Crash Bang Boom Podcast!

Poppy drummer Ralph Alexander talks about the unique barn-style house his mother built where he has his drums set up, the unfortunate tour that didn’t happen with Poppy, Deftones & Gojira, the process of recording drums for the Poppy record “Flux” at Sunset Sound Studios (and the bizarre connection to Prince), the inescapable John Bonham influence, early drum teachers and the series of competitions he went through that landed him a scholarship to the Musicians Institute, doing the work to be at your best when the time comes and not letting the pressure of others affect your playing, & much more!https://www.youtube.com/user/ralphalexandermusic/videos

Drummer and Silent Pendulum Records owner Mike Kadnar talks about recording & releasing the new So Hideous record “None But A Pure Heart Can Sing”, picking up on the Downfall of Gaia European tour that got canceled mid-way in 2020 due to COVID, the two tours he did with The #12 Looks like You, developing & expanding his record label amidst major delays with record pressing plants, the prospect of returning to touring after two years of home life, talking lessons with Mark Guiliana & Carter McLean, & much more!

Naked Raygun Drummer Eric Spicer talks about their new record “Over the Overloards”, the break he took from playing after NR disbanded in 92, and how he became a union pipe fitter,  early tours with the Butthole surfers -vs- opening up for the Foo Fighters at Wrigley Field, how their touring van caught on fire, their tours in Europe and live cameos from fellow UK bands, the Sex Pistols as a game changer for him ( &  why Never Mind the Bullocks still sounds killer),  seeing the Buzzcocks and Blondie live, his giant Tama kit in the 80’s, how he tuned out the 90’s, & much more!

Drummer Tim Baltes aka; TIMBO FROM KENO talks about his excerpt form the new book “A Drummers Ethos” by Jose Medeles, the origins and evolution of his ‘In the Air Tonight” drum-fill series, Kowloon Walled City as the soundtrack for winters in Wisconsin, broken-balls,  how he doesn’t live in Canada, nor have his studio set up in a drum shop,  how The Jesus Lizard didn’t make sense until Jody got fired from his job at the time, drum restoration as an occupation, the Fugazi rhythm section as an influence, how facing his own mortality shifted his focus to a drum-centric occupation, and much more!

Drummer Kellii Scott of Failure talks about the writing & recording of their new record “Wild Type Droid”, the bands live set up, celebrating the 30th year anniversary of some of the more amazing records of ’91, his elaborate snare collection (and the single one he’s used live for the past few years), prostate exams and colon cancer, his new steel Q Drums kit, the mystery cymbal in the Distorted Fields song, & much more!Photo: Priscilla C. Scott

Rise Against drummer Brandon Barnes talks about his 21 years in the band, working with producers (and dual drummers); Bill Stevenson & Jason Livermore,  his musical family , some of the more exhausting tours with the band as well as touring with Sick of it All/The Foo Fighters (and why Dave Grohl is so cool), the strange times for Rock in the early 2000’s, the experience of working with a major label and Garth Richardson on Siren Song of the Counter Culture- and returning to the Stevenson/Livermore duo afterwards for The Sufferer & the Witness, drummer Matt Cameron as a major influence, & much more! PIC: Daniel Boczarski

Big Wreck drummer Sekou Lumumba talks about his trek to Montreal, Canada from Trinidad when he was 12 and a couple of influential kids that turned him onto rock & drumming,   minimal preparation in recording the new record "Big Wreck 7.1" and how he became a member, the dual-badass-ery of Ian Thornley, our mutual fascination with Fishbone’s drummer Phillip “Fish” Fisher (and how he influenced Sekou’s first kit) plus much more!

Drummer Luc Hess of Coilguns/formerly The Ocean recounts some of the recording processes’ for both Coilguns (caveman living in a German country-side house), and the Ocean’s Anthropocentric, Heliocentric & Pelagial records ,  Jody’s lost Vistalite kit that Luc played 8 years prior, why Botch rules, the insanity of Chris Pennie’s drumming with DEP, some of the Ocean tours with Between the Buried & Me, Intronaut,  and  the Summer Slaughter tour of 2013, his first “Thunder” drum set  & much more! https://coilguns.bandcamp.com/PIC: Paul VerhagenEpisode Sponsor: https://oneuploops.com/

King Diamond/Shaolin Death Squad drummer Matt Thompson talks about his history in Texas with both local gigs and studying at University of North Texas with the infamous Ed Soph, the challenges of graduating the percussion program there at the time, growing up with concert band, jazz band and marching band in New Jersey, how a modern drummer article changed his perspective on studying various styles of music, how an early interest in drummer Gregg Bissonette and seeing a young Keith Carlock coincided with his move to UNT, how Sean Reinert changed the game, learning the back catalogue and proceeding with new material with King Diamond, lessons imparted by the great Tony Williams, and much more!

Drummer Dan Sneddon of Kowloon Walled City/Early Graves talks about acclimating to the feel and slower tempos of KWC - coming from more up-tempo punk rock, his go-to kit for the new KWC record “Piecework” and his decision to stop drinking leading up to it, Dale Crover as the omnipresent drum influence, Bay Area punk bands such as Lagwagon being an early influence, his first gig at a house party, the early days of playing in Early Graves and touring with SLC band Gaza, how buying an electronic kit during Covid taught him an invaluable lesson and much more!PIC C/O: Adam Myatt

Drummer Enrique Sagarnaga of Crypt Sermon & The Silver talks about shows coming back and playing his first show in over a year & 1/2, the origins of The Silver and the process of tracking/releasing their new album Ward of Roses, drumming with Crypt Sermon through out the years, trying to find extreme music in Bolivia as a kid, Jody’s recent obsession with Metallica (all over again) / our mutual fascination with Sepultura and the lore of metal in general, injuries and dogs in huts in Latin America,  plus  much more!

Drummer Zach Coleman of Denver CO's Khemmis talks about his military Dad, the magical world of bees, small towns in Colorado, establishing continuity in their album designs, the room they used to track drums for the new Khemmis record "Deceiver"  & his C & C kit/the magic of Supraphonic snares that he used on the recording (sonic goblins, fairies and war lords), the nightmare of sliding bass drums, why the ‘Devil’s in the Details” mantra reigns true, misleading album covers, spicing’ up ya’ meat n’ taters, transitioning from playing years of faster music to slower jamz , and much more!!https://khemmis.bandcamp.com/album/deceiver

Eagles of Death Metal/former The Bronx drummer Jorma  Vik talks about the love of motorcycles that took him away from playing the drums for a year & 1/2, the wild ride of being courted by labels after the first Bronx show, the process of recording the first Bronx record vs the subsequent records/the full-drum takes on the second record,  the L.E.S. in the late 2000’s, touring burn-out w/ 300+ shows a year and the associated injuries that drummer Dave Elitch helped resolve,  the ‘mysterious drum intro of Knifeman, crazy dirt bike trips, how a midget titi bar lead to a another drumming gig, and much more!

Black Label Society drummer Jeff Fabb talks about the recording of the new BLS record “Doom Crew Inc. “,  farming on Long Island/ leaving  NY for the LA music scene at 19 years old (& the wild connection ultimately to Zakk Wylde stemming back to Myspace),  rats rolling oranges in the attic, statue of limitations on NY tickets, morphing into a rooster as one ages, the early days of touring with In This Moment w/ barn-gigs in fields, inheriting a record collection from a dead stranger, the underrated drumming of Joey Kramer of Aerosmith, low sitting drummers & blowing’ out your knees, tech’ing for famous drummers and much more!PIC: Pablo Van Velthoven

Carson Gant AKA One Up Drums talks about the extensive process of recording his new sample pack, the tedious nature of keeping shakers in time, confusion about Buddy Rich, Obsessing over the Mars Volta & playing in a Mars Volta cover band, Modern Drummer articles as a source of information, the process of breaking down a ton of DILLA beats, studying with his favorite drummer Ray Garraway, the complexities of fluid soloing, dealing with high output of content via social media & postponing the dopamine hits, plus much more!Insta: @oneupdrumvidz http://www.oneuploops.com/

Drummer/multi-instrumentalist Greg Saunier of Deerhoof talks about the process of recording many of their records with the members dispersed to different cities and keeping a live feel on their new record Actually, you can, the 26+ years of making music and the varying approaches to recording,  Charlie Watts as the ultimate drumming influence, the unorthodox bombast of drummers Brian Chippendale & Zach Hill, the origins of their Love-Lore record, Keith Moon and the wildness he brought to the chemistry of The Who, The Melvins as an influence in the 90’s, working with Mike Watt & Nels Cline, plus much more!

Drummer Jason Pierce of Our Lady Peace talks about the isolated means of recording their upcoming record  Spiritual Machines II  (and the array of drums used on the recording), the truly CRAZIEST series of events that transpired on his FIRST tour in Indonesia with The Weekend (band), the advantages of overdubbing cymbals, the wild ride of his time touring with Paramore, dealing with years of bad technique to resolve pain issues, our mutual love for the Cult &  Guns N Roses (and opening up for Guns in Roses with OLP), mutual fascinations with jazz/improvisational musicians, starting to play gigs again with OLP & a whole lot more!

Carcass drummer Dan Wilding talks about the three years from tracking drums to releasing their new record Torn Arteries, the writing, recording, and artwork of the record, Jody’s brilliant next grind core band, actual carcass removal, the “mindfield” of developing double bass (and maintaining it), technical music not being recorded to click tracks for a change, triggers, learning slow-vs- jumping into the upper tempo hellfire (TM),  marching band as a foundation for drummers in the States, and much more!

Doobie Brothers drummer Ed Toth talks about rehearsals for the upcoming 50th Anniversary shows with the Doobie Brothers & Michael McDonald, the trippy experience of joining the band having been fan of them growing up, the anomaly that is the band Little Feat and they’re connection to the DB’s,  Producer Ted Templeman working with the DB’s & Van Halen, his time with Vertical Horizon and the college radio scene of the late 90’s-early 2000’s, our mutual love for Tower of Power, the magic of seeing The Police and Journey in the 80’s, & much more!

Acrobat, parkour enthusiast, stuntman and Drummer of NY ‘s Loss Becomes & Wings Denied; Alec Kossoff talks about the origins of Loss Becomes, how he fell into the world of acrobatics and stunt work as well as the struggles of playing drums growing up in NY apartments with his three brothers, Mormons VS Hasid's, gettin’ slapped in the face with subway piss, grundle rackers (TM), gooch wraps,  goin’ whaling (not with Bob Marley), flame-retardant gels, being single in a post-pandemic world (the thirst is real), upcoming shows, making the most of COVID downtime & much more!https://lossbecomes.bandcamp.com/