Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Uber talented multi instrumentalist and one-man-band Nate Wood talks about the 2018 Pasic Drum Convention, the many fascinating variables in Tony Williams playing, electronic music as an influence, Nate's early obsessions with the band Death and subsequent leg injuries from jumping in the proverbial drum "fire", his musical family and early lessons in musicality, reverse-automation and Nate's aversion to midi work flows in electronic music, Zach Danziger/Deantoni Parks as drumming influences, playing bass on gigs with killer drummers and picking their brains afterwards, the art of improvisation, verbal cues/musical cues, plus insights into his one man band fOUR & work with Kneebody.http://natewoodmusic.net/https://www.facebook.com/natewoodmusichttps://natewood.bandcamp.com/fOUR VIdeo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQCMbbkEAEI

Drummer Cliff Almond on touring Japan, the San Diego jingle scene of the 80's and the "high pressure" world of analogue live tracking with a big band, the wild story of Dave Weckl passing off the Michel Camilo gig to a then 20 year old Cliff, a whole lot of Weckl rants, the framework of the Wayne Krantz gig that allows for so much improvisation, the challenges of playing with Wayne/Anthony Jackson & Michel Camilo, searching for an identity on the drums and the importance of taking a break from playing live to search for it, the evolution of online drumming content, his two separate phases of NY life, and the horse-cart conversation with two fellow drummers that was a game changer.https://www.facebook.com/Cliff-Almondhttps://twitter.com/cliffalmond1https://www.instagram.com/cliffalmond

Drummer Jack Ryan of The Marcus King Band on the chaos of NY, crazy tour schedules, his craigslist obsession and crazy collection of drum sets, being the musical lone wolf in the family, his parents record collection and the one record his dad still raves about, his first gigs/bands, classic piano being his first instrument and how he gravitated towards the drums, beards, wrestling, baseball, golf, how he joined the MKB and the rapid ascent in touring with the band! http://marcuskingband.com/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/the-marcus-king-band-full-session23.htmlPhoto: Insta: @40_photography

Drummers Collective instructor and all around killer drummer Tobias Ralph talks growing up in the West Village/NY, seeing Billy Cobham live for the first time in the 80's, the artistic environment in which he grew up and his early drum sets, learning to play by listening to Ringo Starr, discovering cool bands prior to the internet and listening/ recording late night radio stations (and how his childhood radio is still functioning), Simon Phillips' drum solos, the challenges in creating an interesting drum solo and both of us recount not-so-good ones that we played early on, and Tobias recalls a drunken Zildjian day event with Steve Gadd and Vinnie Colaiuta.https://www.facebook.com/tobias.ralphdrummer

Caught up with one of the OG extreme drummers in Dave Witte of Municipal Waste who's also been in many incredible bands throughout the years such as; Burnt by the Sun, Melt Banana, Discordance Axis and many more!! We get into drumming influences with Phil Rudd, Glenn Evans, Lars Ulrich, Dave Lombardo, Brandon Thomas, Buddy Rich, the early 2000's scene with Burnt by the Sun and fellow bands Botch, The Dillinger Escape Plan & Mastodon, the unbelievable story of how drums entered his life, the accelerated talent of drummers in the internet age, The last minute surgery that knocked Matt Pike/High on Fire off the tour and subsequent last-minute addition of Nuclear Assault to the bill at Warsaw in Brooklyn, collecting vinyl, the sickest Dave's ever been on a gig, drumming injuries plus food trucks, our mutual love for Voivod, and the never ending search to get his mind blown!http://dave-witte.com/https://www.facebook.com/Municipalwaste/Photo: IG-: @delcobrephoto

Today's guest is uber-talented drummer Sam Shahin of New Orleans' eclectic 6-Piece band Naughty Professor who was on tour with Big Freedia/Tank & The Banga's where we talked about N.P. being the back-up band for Big Freedia, the respective challenges of playing bounce grooves with Frieda vs the N.P. set, the origins of N.P. and jamming with Marcus King, his path to drumming and the various mentors he's had along the way, the kid-band scene in Austin as he was growing up, the varying approaches of drum-instructor's Wayne Moreau and Johnny Vidacovich at Loyola University, "acid gigs", tour logistics, and the seemingly endless creative inspiration New Orleans provides.https://naughtyprofessormusic.com/https://www.facebook.com/NPFUNK/https://naughtyprofessor.bandcamp.com/Photo: Facebook; @rick.moore.5454

Jon Lane of Brooklyn's proggy-stoner-doom trio Godmaker (also backing band for Nathaniel Shannon & The Vanishing Twin) talks about their new split record with local band Somnuri and upcoming record release show(s), the origins of Godmaker, a Portishead geek-out, his love for Clive Deamer's drumming, Godmaker's Portishead cover on the split record(did I mention Portishead?), plus growing up in Kansas, playing in marching bands, what brought him to NY, to click track or not to click track, embracing varying feels and avoiding excessive editing/quantizing, etc in post, whether or not the remastered "And Justice for All" still needs some goddamn bass on it, and a whole lot mo'!https://godmaker-somnuri.bandcamp.com/album/godmaker-somnuri-splithttps://thecompanykc.bigcartel.com/Release shows w/ Somnuri:https://www.facebook.com/events/182239765985002/https://www.facebook.com/events/167102974227075/

Jon Syverson of Daughters stopped by the CBBP to talk about overcoming geographical differences in recording their incredible new record “You Won’t Get What you Want”, the crew involved and some of the processes of tracking/mixing, and releasing the record, the distinctive members of Daughters and guitarist Nick Sadler’s unconventional approach, the raw recording experience by contrast of Canada Songs, the early years of playing crazy DIY Punk shows/house shows/sleeping in a van, embracing the act of “running people out of the club”” and being the unclassifiable “oddball” band, Jody’s favorite Daughter’s song titles, Jon’s work with tour managing, touring with The Dillinger Escape Plan & The Locust, mix-match drum sets with popcorn containers/baking sheets and more!!!! https://www.facebook.com/daughtersmusichttps://daughters.bandcamp.com/Photo: https://www.facebook.com/bummercity

Shane Mathewson of Winnipeg noise-rock merchants Kenmode is today's guest! We get into arm wrestling on tour, hockey, accounting, drummer injuries, tour disasters, absurdly long drives, vinyl mistakes, confusion about Canadian football, NOT ice fishing, staying in shape on the road, NOT playing with dynamics, shitty drummers ruining bands, CPA's (Certified Personal Accountants), MMA and its similarities to drumming, the creepy artwork for their new record "Loved", an influential noise rock band named "KITTENS", bestiality, and more!!https://www.ken-mode.com/https://kenmode.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/kenmode/Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/myriam.francoeur

Caught up with drummer Jesse Bartz of  Columbus, OH's Lo-Pan while they were recording their new album in NY with uber-producer/engineer James Brown where we got into acclimating to NY commutes, bizarre subway stories, reflecting on the previous recording experiences for Colossus & In Tension's,  getting drum sounds in the big room with his 70's steel Ludwig kit (and the crazy story of how he acquired said kit),  his musical family and how his son is picking up the drums, his first concert, his crazy collection of drum sets, smokey European bars, “sub-genre clicks” and how the "apple don't fall too far from the tree".https://lo-pan-rock.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/lopandemic/https://lopandemic.com/http://aqualamb.org/Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/jeighsohn

Caught up with drummer Clayton Holyoak of Every TIme I Die where we talked about his first tour at age 18 of two months & other bizarre gigs/“map quest” tours, acclimating to ETID’s punk rock fury, playing/hanging in Russia and Australia, growing up in Utah and his uber tolerant Mother who still loves to hear him play, being self taught and drawing inspiration from local drummers, reflecting on his performances on Norma Jean’s Wrongdoers and Polar Similar, playing boat shows, and more!http://everytimeidie.net/https://www.facebook.com/everytimeidie/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWn_P1acl4https://www.sjcdrums.com/blogs/blog/clayton-goose-holyoak-on-etidPhoto Cred: instagram: @alysoncoletta

Today's continuation of the #CBBP - NOLa drummer series features Andi Preen of Stoner Rock Power Trio Suplecs! We get into the last 20 years of rocking with Suplecs, some rants about Cozy Powell and his last words (plus a whole lot of additional history I didn't know about him), John Bonham, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio, his Father playing in both Vaudeville acts and at a titi-bar, his musical family lineage and wildly talented multi-instrumentalist brother, how his brothers/fathers music did or did not rub off on him, identifying the hospital someone was born at depending on their bellybutton type, some hilarious tour stories, train wreck gigs & a whole lot more.! https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/mad-oak-redouxhttps://www.facebook.com/SUPLECShttps://smallstone.bandcamp.com/

Today's guest is drummer Mike Miczek who spreads his drumming duties between The Atlas Moth, Powermad, and Broken Hope! We get into first our CD’s, albums, & cassettes, the irony of Motley Crue’s Shout at the Devil record, Ozzy, The Beatles, the various challenges of playing with his three bands, Nicko McBrain, Keith Moon, and Dave Lombardo as drum influences, a rant about Ginger Baker, lugging around monstrous rock kits in your parents car, the first time he heard a blast beat, gig-technical difficulties/weird gigs, growing up in a small town in IL., tour diets/food restrictions, and warming up prior to the gig!! https://theatlasmoth.bandcamp.com/https://www.powermadinfinite.com/http://brokenhope.com/Photo Cred: https://www.facebook.com/denis.charmot

New Orleans/Nashville drummer Doug Belote is today's guest! We get into balancing studio work with gigging, working with slide guitar-ninja’s Derek Trucks & Sonny Landreth plus Nashville great Jerry Douglas, growing up in Lafayette and witnessing New Orleans drummers such as Russell Batiste, Terrence Higgins and a great story about his first time seeing Johnny Vidacovich, how playing for rednecks and prostitutes lead to a lady pimp helping him get to New York just in time for the Blizzard of ’96 where he studied with Ricky Sebastian at the Drummers Collective, observations in the contrasting worlds of New York and Lafayette, his experience with Hurricane Katrina, his musical family, how an electrical accident almost deprived of him of his ability to drum, and lastly his upcoming documentary Street Beat; Drumming Below Sea Level!http://dougbelote.com/https://www.instagram.com/dougbeloteStreet Beat Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKGm0jsQ9khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MENVyieB8rY#CBBP Spo

Educator, clinician, player, and all around killer drummer Ricky Sebastian is today’s guest! We get into moving to NY in the 80’s from New Orleans and subsequent observations/contrasts of both cites, the NY scene in the 80’s/90’s and playing gigs with the unpredictable genius in Jaco Pastorius (plus a notorious gig with JP), Rashied Ali, Tania Maria and more, finding the appeal in the NY hustle, New Orleans as the northernmost Caribbean city, playing with Dr. John, his early inclination to playing the drums and early mentors, the process of teaching, and challenges in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Latin-Fusion, his first drum-method book and teaching at both The University of New Orleans and the Drummers Collective in NY, the badass that was Tony Williams, plus drumming injuries/the athleticism of drumming in general. http://www.rickysebastian.com/

Uber-shred-tastic drummer Nick Yacyshyn of Sumac, Baptists, & Erosion stopped by the #CBBP to talk about the appeal of more diverse bills, the bizarre process of writing/recording Sumac records, and working said material out as they tour, Baptists cover art and the origins of the band, differences in longer Sumac sets -vs- all-out Baptists sets, his first kit and practicing in the living room, his Dad's record collection, a full-fledged geek-out on Ludwig drums Ian Paice & John Bonham, how AC/DC changed his life, double bass kits, mushrooms in the woods , working with Kurt Ballou, and balancing touring/working in a a drum shop. Drums Drums, Drums!https://www.facebook.com/nickyacyshyndrums/https://www.instagram.com/malcolmandangus/https://sumac.bandcamp.com/https://baptistssl.bandcamp.com/https://erosion.bandcamp.com/Baptists live @ Rain City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-BujK1z6U4photo cred: Paulo P-Lo G

Drummer James May of Savannah GA's Black Tusk is today's guest! We get into gig blackouts, touring with Whores (the band)equipment meltdowns, Guns & Roses, The Headbangers Ball, the funny story of how Black Tusk became a band, tour life and tour regimens, regrouping after the loss of original bassist Jonathan Athon, watering holes, to-go cups and street drinking, vampires, odd schedules and surviving when not touring!https://blacktuskterror.com/https://www.facebook.com/BlackTusk/https://blacktusk.bandcamp.com/https://soundrink.com/#/tour/metal-alliance

Jazz-Metal-Fusion chameleon Kenny Grohowski is today's guest!! We get into the many versions of John Zorn projects and the many "hats" one has to wear to navigate such disparate styles of music, the origins of Imperial Triumphant, how he got the Brand X call and the process of auditioning for the band, Hipster Assassins & the many killer players that go through NY's 55 Bar, Burp Castles, Alphonse Mouzon, Billy Cobham, Narada Michael Walden, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, modern man’s dependency on devices and the disconnect with reality/peoples social media, percussal vs kurfuffles, the art of improvising and developing an ear for listening both creatively and in life, plus listening to fusion as a young kid and his early obsession with Mahavishnu Orchestra!https://kennygrohowski.com/https://www.facebook.com/KennyGrohowskiDrummer/https://www.instagram.com/kennygrohowski https://twitter.com/KennyGrohowskihttps://imperialtriumphant.bandcamp.com/Photo Cred: http://www.petracvelbar.com/

Crash Bang Boom hits a HUNDO and what better a guest than Quicksand’s Alan Cage! We get into bus breakdowns, the early years of Quicksand and experiencing punk & hardcore as a young kid, the 90’s scene and incredible year that was 1991 for music, Quicksand creating their own sound out of the absence of what they wanted to hear, Alan missing a monumental Nirvana gig, his first drum set (that he still has), what lead to the original Quicksand reunion(s) plus reconnecting with his love for music and ultimately playing drums!!!http://www.quicksandnyc.com/https://www.facebook.com/QuicksandNYC/https://quicksandnyc.bandcamp.com/http://epitaph.com/artists/quicksand

Caught up with drum-pounder Joel Willis of Brooklyn’s - Netherlands prior to their tour with Mastodon & Dinosaur Jr. to talk Netherlands EP “Hope Porn”, drum injuries & NOT canceling gigs, how he originally met Netherlands and ultimately joined the band/relocated from NC to NY, subsequent NY realizations, his first drum set, jazz contrarians, developing stamina to hit hard for 45 minutes, and the bizarre chance meeting that lead to the Mastodon tour!https://www.netherlandsband.com/https://www.facebook.com/netherlandsband/https://thenetherlands1.bandcamp.com/Photo Cred: Facebook.com/marissastrawphotography Sponsor: http://www.neworleansrecordpress.com/