Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Drummer Michael Kadnar splits his time between Downfall of Gaia, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Black Table as well as teaching when not on tour/recording. We get into touring with The Dillinger Escape Plan /getting his mind blown every night by them, how he got the call to do both DFOG and #12LLU, as well as early stories about playing in concert band as a kid, navigating the ever changing music business, playing festivals vs small venues, reminiscing about our first gigs and first recordings, and our mutual fascination with DEP’s original drummer Chris Pennie. Blast off!!!https://www.facebook.com/michael.kadnar.5https://www.instagram.com/mkadnar/https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/https://downfallofgaia.bandcamp.com/https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/https://blacktable.bandcamp.com/*Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/slashlite9

For a quarter century drummer Cheshire Agusta has been the driving force behind Philly punk/jazz trio Stinking Lizaveta!! We get into pit-bull security officers, touring in the mid 90's vs now, camping out, communal living, playing in a band with two brothers and transitioning from classic piano to drums and finding both a greater physical connection and ultimately a greater creative pursuit. WhamO'!!!https://stinkinglizavetaofficial.bandcamp.com/musichttps://www.facebook.com/Stinking-Lizaveta-175571942466657/Photo: INSTA; @polcer

When faced with the task of slamming home some serious punk rock bombast, blasting & grinding or just laying down straight grooves- Brad Fickeisen of Trap Them is on it!!! *I caught up with Brad amidst T.T.’s final run of shows before calling it quits after 15 years where we got into his formative years in marching band, what he’s enjoyed the most about drumming in Trap Them, OCD, his love for Oslo, shows with broken ankles, The Red Chord, touring, cats, dogs, camping & photography! R.I.P. TRAP THEM!!!!!https://www.facebook.com/TrapThem/https://trapthem.bandcamp.com/IG:@trapthem Merch: http://shirtkiller.com/trapthem

Andreas Neuderth aka; "Neudi" has lead a wildly cyclical life in playing drums with not one but TWO bands that he grew up listening to: Manilla Road and Trance. We caught up at Manilla Road's 40th anniversary tour were we talked about German beer, Czech Lot Lizards, autobahns, obsessing over Manilla Road as an 11 year old, playing a historic kit for the tour, C.C.R. , casino's, stoic Germans, avoiding gigs that you're not creatively invested in and "beer flavored seltzer water"! No shortage of laughs! CBBP!!http://www.manillaroad.net/https://www.facebook.com/ManillaRoadOfficial/https://www.facebook.com/Neudi666Trance; Breakout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU2BDdiL2x8Photo: https://www.facebook.com/dany.adelfinger

Drummer Phil SanGiacomo of Brooklyn's own Somnuri stops by to talk about drummer docking, lot lizards, palm rudiments, searching Craigslist for sex and/or band auditions, strange bills/gigs, hair loss, grandma slices, forming Somnuri and what the hell the band name means,plus the drummers important roll in the band and learning to mix your own recordings! Let the drawez' fly!https://somnuri.bandcamp.com/album/somnurihttp://www.metalsucks.net/2017/10/11/video-premiere-somnuri-kaizen/https://www.facebook.com/Somnurihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPO_-ScXn_M

Nathaniel Shannon might not be a drummer but he's certainly taken killer photo's of sick drummers over the last decade in NY! We get into the real origin of Aids, who really killed Kurt Cobain, sex changes, handcuffed rednecks on metal cruises, how to piss off a Boston crowd, Crazy Eyehategod/Dillinger Escape Plan stories, gnarly back pieces, our "inner juggalo" plus spit valves and monkey jizz. We also talk about his upcoming Exhibit "Still Screaming" as well as his musical project with local band Godmaker; "Nathaniel Shannon and the Vanishing Twin". Holy Moly Kids! CBB Fucko's!nathanielshannon.comIG: @nathanielshannonnathanielshannonandthevanishingtwin.bandcamp.comStill Screaming Exhibit: UAS house at 329 Broome St., NYChttp://www.stillscreamingshow.com/new-events/

Matt Couto is the drummer of Massachusetts proggy-epic-stoner groove rockers- Elder. Presently on the road for 2017's Reflections of a Floating World the band played a killer set at @stvitusbar in NYC where I was able to catch up with Matt and talk about his favorite shows of all time, early years of playing, the work flow of a band geographically spread out, getting lost in long songs, Ronnie James Dio and Tom Petty (RIP), legal weed, self motivation with practicing and much more! * https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/elderofficial/Twitter: @beholdtheelderInstagram: @elderband

Zack is the speed-demon kit-thrasher with New Orleans blackened-thrash band Goatwhore. He joined the band at 17 years old and has grown up on the road traveling everywhere from the US, to Europe to Tasmania, Australia and more. We get into his upbringing in Arizona, biking for exercise, pre-gig rules, favorite towns, having supportive parents, demoing ideas in the 21 century, plus dealing with downtime and embracing the metal-nomad lifestyle. Blast Away!http://www.metalblade.com/goatwhore/https://goatwhore.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/thegoat666/Twitter: @GoatwhoreNOLAInstagram: @goatwhorenola

Ryan Smith is the drummer/vocalist of Brooklyn based Thera Roya as well as guitarists/vocalist in Crusasis. We touch on Dad's and stolen snare drums, inheriting drum-kits from your deceased friends, playing weird gigs in the woods and in strange bars in the South, wheelchairs and mushrooms, chopping wood and writing songs in a cabin! Get 'er done!https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/09/29/watch-thera-roya-static-transmission/https://theraroya.bandcamp.com/album/thera-royahttps://www.facebook.com/TheraRoya/

Jason Spence is the drum pounding, beat blasting, rhythm gorilla of Brooklyn’s own Prostitution. We talk about their new record entitled "Egyptian Blue" due out 10.10.18 and subsequent release show 10.15.17, plus pit-bulls, Juggalo’s, vampires at Coney Island, crazy Gwar concerts, boarded-up windows at hardcore shows, Bruce Lee, & white supremacists.. It's all in there kids!!!www.facebook.com/Prostitution666prostitution.bandcamp.com/album/egyptian-bluewww.facebook.com/events/421134994954344/

* Whether laying the rhythmic foundation plus lead/backing vocals for Brooklyn psych rock outfit The Golden Grass or his southern boogie band Rattlesnake, Adam Kriney is equally at home no matter where it goes! We get into acclimating to singing while drumming, crazy European gigs on beaches, drum sets finding their owners, pot brownies, psych rock, improvising, and the badassness of Captain Beyond. Boo Yaaahhh! Adam Kriney y’all!https://thegoldengrass.bandcamp.com/https://rattlesnakeboogie69.bandcamp.com/https://laotracina.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/thegoldengrassgroop/https://www.facebook.com/thegoldengrass/https://www.facebook.com/RattlesnakeBoogie69/Crazy Euro Beach Gig!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KeM03-63Q

While Lev might be best known for his techy-blast-bea(s)t work in Brooklyn Black Metal outfit Krallice, he is certainly not at a loss for an array of gigs. We get into his many projects, Indiana Jones themed thrash bands, children books, legal weed and the great North West, playing drums in a Manhattan apartment, shredding long-form blast beats, Metallica’s “’And Justice For All”, his blind piano teacher, the joys of teaching, collaborating with Dave Edwardson of Neurosis, and his plans for the remainder of 2017! Wham Bam Thank’ya M’am!!http://levweinsteindrums.com/https://www.facebook.com/lev.weinstein.1

Drummer/guitarist Jimmy Bower has been the New Orleans go-to player for heavy music since the 80’s and has worked with Down, Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, EHG, SuperJoint, Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, Shell Shock, Slugs, Blatant Frustration and more! We get into opening for Pantera, strange gigs with fat, masks, & glass, touring Japan, the origins of EHG & Crowbar, The New Orleans music scene back in the day, and much more! Yea you right!!https://www.instagram.com/jimmybowerpowerhttps://www.facebook.com/jimmy.bower.31https://twitter.com/bowerpower9

Hundred Suns/Ex-Every Time I Die drummer Ryan “Legs” Leger is our guest today! We get into his first drum set, The many joys of fishing, dial up internet and Kate Winslet's boobs, "professional" splash cymbals, Christmas tree stands with hub caps, penny music subscriptions, the Canadian birthright: Hockey, returning to country living & raising his daughters, Attention Deficit, and how he got the ETID gig plus the formation of Hundred Suns... And more (fishing)!smarturl.it/hundredsunshttps://hundredsuns.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/hundredsunsmusic/Twitter: @HundredSunshttps://www.instagram.com/hundredsunsmusic

NY native Greg Fox is the multi discipline, multi genre, electro, drumming, sensory percussion playing madman behind Liturgy, Ex Eye, his own solo records and much more. We get into opening for DMX, almost being in Jay Z’s band, what the hell sensory percussion is and how he used it to make a record, making a record by recording heart beats via a stethoscope, the forming of Ex Eye and Liturgy, his electronic pursuits, our mutual love for The Locust and Gabe Serbian's drumming and living in tiny NY tombs! Bam!http://gregfox.spaceTwitter: @GDF_XInstagram: @gdfxhttps://gregfox.bandcamp.comBoiler Room in Stereo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eftq8l_2GIkCatching an L Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEaSfQ_CZR0

When it comes to backbeat dropping, beat flipping, spazzy yet groovy, power punk playing Casey Deitz drumming is all that and then some! We caught up to talk about our mutual love for 90’s Rawk including Chavez, Polvo and Shiner and how those influences stand the test of time. We also get into the writing process of the Velvet Teen and Casey’s personal approach to writing a drum part. Lastly we touch on touring, his love for Japan, his other project Americas and a V.T. gig that devolved into a fist fight!!http://www.thevelvetteen.comhttps://thevelvetteen.bandcamp.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thevelvetteen/https://americas.bandcamp.comPhoto : facebook.com/EricMolyneauxImages/

Daniel Davison can presently be seen slaying beats in Buffalo New York’s own Every Time I Die and was previously a founding member of Norma Jean and recorded/toured with Underoath. We get into Daniel’s other gig; video directing and editing! -Plus long tours, how he got the ETID gig as well as the process of acclimating to their furious musical pace and the recording of “Low Teens”, plus the early years of his playing and subsequent forming of Norma Jean and much more!!!http://everytimeidie.nethttps://www.facebook.com/everytimeidie/Twitter: @everytimeidieInstagram: @everytimeidiehttp://www.danieldavison.netNorma Jean Video: https://vimeo.com/70593654Daniel Drumming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCgmHjHJld8ETID’s Halloween show clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uniGh06QeT4

Mason Macias is the glitchy, spazy, beat flipping’ drum-beast of NY’s synth, guitar, bass trio YOINK. We get into Zach Hill’s influence as well as our favorite jazz records, Mahavishnu Orchestra being the gateway band from Rock to Jazz, playing orchestral music, the fine line between improvisation and memorizing parts, plus other crazy projects he’s got going’ on.*Candy Rain @ 40:17 of the Podcasthttps://yoinknyc.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://www.facebook.com/mason.macias3D YOINK JAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RGxUhOvyEoINFIX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDwETcnE838

I caught up with my drum instructor Wayne Maureaudown in New Orleans for some good times! We touch on German Beer, touring Europe, finding the balance of technique and groove to make something musical, Walter Wolfman Washington’s 30 year anniversary and our mutual fascination with Walter's previous drummer Junkyard Dog. We also get into the challenges of teaching and the importance of self motivation/ the benefits of playing afro-cuban/Brazilian beats/learning from VHS instructional videos, and more!!!!http://www.waynegrooves.com/https://www.facebook.com/wayne.maureauhttps://www.facebook.com/walterwolfmanwashington/*Tracks are from Walter Wolfman Washington's "Live at DBA, Wayne Maureau's trio with Steve Masakowski live on WWOZand and Wayne's funk trio "Trifunkta"

Coady Willis is the power house drummer of noise groove -duo Big Business who have also been 2-4th’s of the Melvins. With the Melvin’s , Coady found himself playing drums along aside one of his idols in Dale Crover and the two made for one hell of a dual drumming team and incredible phase of the Melvin’s. We get into nightmare gigs in New Orleans, Texas BBQ, learning to play double drums with an idol and compensating with visual cues for the spaciness that is the Melvin’s music, last minute subbing for Unsane’s Vincent Signorelli , the origins of Big Business and Murder City Devils, plus touring tips and the early connections o the drums that lasts to this day..Photo courtesy of: https://www.facebook.com/erikmoholdtphotography/https://bigbigbusiness.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/bigbigbiz/https://twitter.com/bigbigbizhttps://www.indiemerch.com/bigbusinesshttps://www.facebook.com/bigbigbiz