As The Story Grows

Ray Gurz sits down in the basement studio for my fourth face to face podcast. Ray Gurz the multi-lingual Japanese speaking Navy veteran talks boot camp and his band Carpenter Ant opening for Mastodon in a house (RIP Pirate's Cove). Ray explains his unorthodox method of learning how to play bass by numbers with his band Tile and their talks with Reptilian Records. Gurz has another band called Bad American that has just released a full length called "Scuzz". Ray also has his own skateboard company called Lost Soul which is releasing their newest video on May 21st. This guy does...not...stop. Grab a coffee and be inspired. By the way, Alex of my old bands Aletheian and Solamors was a guest on the latest Shoot The Shred podcast. Listen here: https://shredpod.simplecast.fm/25 Chapter 59 Notes: Lost Soul trailer for "Magic Camera" coming on May 21st: https://vimeo.com/141716399 Bad American video for "Leather Candy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf20j3Db2B0 https://badamerica

Scott Hatch of Burnt Toast Vinyl joins the story! Let's hop in the DeLorian and set the flux capasathngy to 1991. Here it is; the WHOLE story. It started in Indiana and led to Philly via Drexel University. Along the way we're going to discuss beer and Trav doesn't like Belgians, Scaterd Few and reissuing Sin Disease (I know, I know...it's a big deal, ok?), being a radio dj at WKDU, Christian book stores, zines, Cornerstone, Roadside Monument and apartment shows, making music for a soundtrack (?!?!). Oh...and he's part of a brewery. Insane. This dude has done it all. WATCH this podcast on the youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1nVixITjg Moment of silence and tip of the cap to Prince. Rest In Peace, you misunderstood genius weirdo virtuoso. We love Prince. Take care. Bye-bye. : ( Chapter 58 Notes: BTV home: http://www.burnttoastvinyl.com/blog/ Yndi Halda home: http://www.yndihalda.com Crime And Punishment Brewing Co: http://crimeandpunishmentbrewingco.com Chapter 58 Music: Prince: "Let

BONUS FRODUS!!! Jason gosh-darned Hamacher is so funny he doesn't fit into one podcast. So...here it is. The official "Team Bum-Out" story. Chris and Greg of Dillinger Escape Plan added to Jason's mischievious ways and this is one the funniest story I've ever heard. Then, there's the legendary prank phone call to G Gordon Liddy live on his show? But wait...how you gonna top that? Ok. How about almost getting gunned down at Jesus' tomb? I do this because I love you. Take care. Bye-bye. Chapter 57 Notes: Jason's Lost Origin Site: http://lostorigins.com Jason's latest band (with J Robbins...yeah. "That" J.): https://regents.bandcamp.com/album/regents As The Story Grows links: Help out at Patreon Follow on Twitter See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions ATSG Website ATSG Music and Merch Leave some feedback at iTunes ATSG YouTube Channel Join the Email List ATSG Facebook Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com

Oh my God. I thought I'd have to tape up my ribs. Jason Hamacher of Frodus is about as unique as they come. Drummer of Frodus, Regents, Zealot (and about a dozen other bands you've heard of) joins me and guest host Seth W for TWO podcasts! This is the first of the two. I tried to make this one wrap up but Jason...is Jason. Story after story after story made me so thankful I didn't hit the stop button. Hamacher talks Frodus, his land breaking and nothing short of historic relationship with Syria, we get heavy Christian theology, the super touching story of Jason's life from 1999-2003 that changed all the directions, massaging Ben from Dillinger Escape Plan...just hang on. It was just too good for one podcast. Chapter 56 Notes: Jason's Lost Origin Site: http://lostorigins.com Jason's latest band (with J Robbins...yeah. "That" J.): https://regents.bandcamp.com/album/regents Chapter 56 Music (just one this time): Regents: "Please Feel Me Dear Human" As The Story Grows links: Help o

Brandon Kellum, vocalist for the band American Standards joins the story with the 55th chapter. (Happy first birthday to ATSG!) Brandon and I discuss leaving Victory records and going DIY, socio-relevant lyrics, kickstarter campaigns, shooting videos and the fact that the world might be out of band names. Chapter 55 Notes: American Standards Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanStandards/ Harvester Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbgliRqV6rg Chapter 55 Music: Wrong: "Boil" (pre-order their stupid heavy record here: https://wrongriff.bandcamp.com American Standards: "Still Life" American Standards: "Misery Relapse" American Standards: "Harvester" American Standards: "Circus Rats" As The Story Grows links: Help out at Patreon Follow on Twitter See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions ATSG Website ATSG Music and Merch Leave some feedback at iTunes ATSG YouTube Channel Join the Email List ATSG Facebook Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.c

Shane Oschner of...or IS the band Everything In Slow Motion. This Facedown Records artist tells us everything there is to know about the history of his arrival as a one man show...from the formation of his first band Hands with his high school buddy to now and everything in between. Check Shane's site in notes below. It has everything that you need to know about Everything. What a crazy story...it all started with a walnut. Chapter 54 Notes: http://everythinginslowmotion.com Chapter 54 Music: Everything In Slow Motion: "Coma" Hands: "The Helix" Everything In Slow Motion: "Red" Everything In Slow Motion: "Bad Season" As The Story Grows links: Help out at Patreon Follow on Twitter See what we're doing at Lavirra Productions ATSG Website ATSG Music and Merch Leave some feedback at iTunes ATSG YouTube Channel Join the Email List ATSG Facebook Email: asthestorygrows@gmail.com

Happy Easter, you! Sam West, drummer of Stavesacre joins the story with his story. This guy is a drumming hero of mine. Scaterd Few "Sin Disease" and "JawboneOfAnAss". Are you kidding me? Sam tells us about his family and how he is surrounded by musicians. Sam tells us about Stavesacres' upcoming album and producing it with the great Paul Figueroa. He covers his timeline, auditioning for the band AMEN, kid stories, how he came into Scaterd Few and how grumpy Omar was at the audition. Sam tells us about subbing for the Supertones, Plankeye, Audio Adrenaline, legal issues with recording Jawbone, first Saviour Machine show which led from their drummer not showing up. Seriously? We get Sam's introduction to the film industry through our hero Matt Kitchens which led to his day job on The Real. Then for some reason I tell a story about a Violent Femmes show...not sure why I felt compelled to tell that story. I get to tell Sam that I used his "Speakeasy" drumset on my band's new ep. It

Chris Raines has played drums for Spitfire, Norma Jean and now Sunndrug. Chris was nice enough to lay out his timeline and resume for all to hear. We discuss having twins and coaching little league. Chris Raines tells us about getting Stretch Armstrongs' studio time at Trax East, the story of Spitfire, owning a record store, joining Norma Jean, starting Sunndrug with Jimmy, and being a prank call ninja. Check out his new band Sunndrug through the link below. Thank you SO much for making the Zao double-chapter the highest listens I've ever gotten. Onward and upward! Chapter 52 Links: https://m.facebook.com/sunndrug https://m.facebook.com/spitfirenoise/ http://www.normajeannoise.com Chapter 52 Music: Fugazi: "Five Corporations" Spitfire: "The 2:48 Lie" Spitfire: "Meth Monster" Norma Jean: "Blood Burner" Sunndrug: "Psy-Vamp" Sunndrug: "Denial" As The Story Grows links: Patreon Twitter Lavirra Productions Website Music and Merch

Dan Weyandt, Jeff Gretz and Scott Mellinger of Zao continue laying out the entire upcoming album "The Well Intentioned Virus" track by track. This chapter will cover tracks six through ten, plus a very special remix of Xenophobe called "Xenophyle" by Joey Milligan of Anberlin. Zao just KEEPS GIVING! Don't forget about that giveaway that ATSG, Skull Toaster and MetalBandCampGiftClub are collaborating on. Listen to the rules and listen closely to the podcast. The answer was revealed in chapter fifty last week. Listen closely, follow Skull Toaster and WIN THAT POSTER! Chapter 51 Music: all Zao from the upcoming album The Well Intentioned Virus (and working titles) "Xenophobe": First single from the album. I take a stab at what I think the meaning would be. Jeff discusses a bit about pressing this to vinyl. Never before released: "Xenophyle" remix by Joey of Anberlin. Why? Because Zao loves their fans. Just give us a few minutes to discuss the heroin stronghold on P

Fifty is a nice big round number so let's do something big, shall we? How about Dan Weyandt's first podcast? Dan, Jeff Gretz and Scott Mellinger of Zao are laying out the entire new album "The Well Intentioned Virus" track by track. This chapter will cover the first five tracks. Seth W joins me to let you all in on a contest give away that ATSG, Skull Toaster (and even MetalBandCampGiftClub) will be collaborating on. Listen to the rules and listen closely to the podcast. The answer is in here. Chapter 50 Music: all Zao from the upcoming album The Well Intentioned Virus Xenophobe "Weeping Vessel" (Working Title: "Leviathan") Dan's wife miscarriage and Jeff hears Dan's perspective for the first time. "A Well Intentioned Virus" (Working Title: "Devil") Zao had difficulty in tracking this song. Lots of perspective. "Broken Pact Blues" (Working Title: "Fire") Touching story about Dan's brother Matt...and Scott's dog...and Anthrax l

Eyal Levi is a well known metal producer and toured the globe with his band Daath. Eyal has a very special Creative Live project starting March 7th called "Recording Metal: A Bootcamp" with the band Monuments. Eyal discusses in great depth how this is all going to work and his PR company Fresno Media chose ATSG as an outlet to discuss it. (Super cool; thanks Brian.) Eyal and I discuss having a more brutal sense of humor and how that helps deal with constant mispronunciations of his name (present company included). We cover the big topics like how we enjoy certain beverages, growing up with a genius orchestra leader father and how the metal bug bit him. In the intro I thank Jerry Adams for his generous Patreon contribution and I play ya'll a little ditty from the new Slaves BC album. Chapter 49 Links: Eyal's "Nail The Mix" site: http://nailthemix.com Eyal's Creative Live catalog: https://www.creativelive.com/catalog/audio?q=eyal%20levi Jerry's band Ourfathers: https://ourfathersnoise.bandc

We are joined by Bill Meis of eOne. Bill is the former guitarist of the Long Island Facedown band Alove For Enemies...so he's been there. Now, he works with the likes of Black Crown Initiate, Zakk Wylde, Ace Frehley, and St. Louis' Black Fast. Bill and I discuss Cornerstone generator stages, the drive in the weekend warrior tour stories and how we would change nothing. We get to reflecting on being a part of the Christian music scene which was a LOT of fun to discuss. Bill ain't no dummy neither; he has taught english in Prauge. He articulates how working at a record label doesn't make you the enemy...something we all need to be reminded of. Bill is one half of the workbench podcast with our beloved Seth W. We close it out with a little baseball talkies and Bill Meis introduces me to the "baseball player name game". This chapter is dedicated to Brad Barber. Thanks. Chapter 48 Notes: eOne: http://www.entertainmentone.com/home The Workbench Podcast: http://www.workbenchpodcast.com follow Billia

Nope. Not kidding. Adam Robinson of the hilarious Portlandia shares his chapter with us...phone issues and all. (Gotta love technology.) Adam was influenced by his musician father who is still in three bands in his mid-70s! He tells us about his new teenage mutant turtles guitar, his mom fighting cancer, his first bands and earliest gigs, his love of the band jellyfish. Adam tells us how Portlandia came to be. It all came from a strange opportunity because "some dude broke his foot"...hey, ya never know. His story of the FIRST time he met Fred Armisen is hilarious and how he's still a fanboy of Steve Buscemi. I am joined in the intro by Mister Werkheiser and I get to tell you all about the awesome experience I had at an Umphrey's McGee show. This has been a great week. Chapter 47 Notes: Robinson/Moncrieffe "Rorschach Happy Love Skull" youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjmiraBshAY&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4YMnGwjYV34VgAyJSSnqSTU Portlandia IFC site: http://www.ifc.com/shows/

Kelsey "Chapstick" Zimmerman joins the story. Kelsey tells us how she went from a West Virginia drummer/rock fan to a New York City metal industry artists' spouse. She is part of the metal twitter family and is actually kinda hilarious. Kelsey works for Blast Beat Network and gives some insight on what metal advertising is all about. She is an accomplished drummer having won awards in her past; she now plays in the band Manutara. Kelsey's first spin was Zeppelin which CLEARLY leads a metal fan to Incubus...I know just listen. She reveals how she meets her husband (artist Aaron Zimmerman) but she still loves this one dude named Jasper even more. She also teaches my old ass about "mean mugging"...which I had to look up. Ugh. I suck. Another fun chapter from awesome industry folk who are worth the listen. Seth W of the Skull Toasting W's joins me on the intro to tell us about a new podcast that I want everyone to subscribe to because it's hilarious. The new METAL MINUTE is exactly up the alle

Megan Osztrosits of Couch Slut hangs with special guest co-host Seth W and I (during the great 2016 blizzard) to talk about early Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania life, a little bit about her band Couch Slut, murder, our love for dogs and conspiracy theories. We absolutely fall apart at the end; SUCH a fun hang. I talk a bit about #metalbandcampgift club and hitting 20,000 listens in the intro. Thank you everyone! Chapter 45 Notes: Latest #metalbandcampgiftclub google hangout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SavkBrUAiO0 Couch Slut Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/couchslut/ Decibel Magazine article about the Couch Slut Cover Conundrum: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/nsfw-couch-sluts-cover-conundrum Chapter 45 Music: Baha Men: "Who Let The Dogs Out" (for comedic effect, I am truly sorry) King's X: "Dogman" Couch Slut: "Rape Kit" Couch Slut: "Carpet Farmer" Couch Slut: "Replacement Addiction" Couch Slut: "Lust Chamber" Couch Slut: "Split

This snow-covered chapter is all about Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee. Kris tells us about his first drumset at eight years old all the way up to the upcoming Umphrey's tour. Kris Myers talks about his college days of studying jazz, touring with his school jazz ensemble and playing weddings on the weekends. He covers the transition from his band Kick The Cat to coming into the UM fold. Then come the stories...Chris Poland (formerly of Megadeth), Buckethead, Les Claypool, Huey Lewis (!!!), Adrian Belew of King Crimson...a truly amazing list. But for as big of a band as Umphrey's McGee is there is a lot of diy to be discussed. Umphrey's McGee have started their own label and Kris has started his own production company called Good Night Nurse. This is good inspirational stuff. The raw footage of this chapter is available on the youtube channel and you can get extra unedited footage that was edited out of the podcast. (Link is below) In the intro I talk a little bit about this beautiful phenomenon called metal ban

It's been said there are only two constants in this life and they are death and taxes. I found that to be a perfect title for this weeks chapter considering the two main topics. Death: I hate to start off with a sad solomn note but I had to tip my hat to the late David Bowie. You will be missed, Starman. I wanted you all to hear Iggy Pop talk about him from 1990 and the famous clip from 1983 when Bowie calls out MTV for not playing black artists. We wrap up with Jimmy Fallon mentioning Bowie and we have a small moment of silence before moving on. Taxes: Ok. More bad news. Taxes are due in about three months. NEVER FEAR! Onward to Tessa Allen of Destroy Nate Allen. We talk about how her and her husband met and started a punk rock revolution one unamplified show at a time. Tessa happens to be wicked smart at taxes and I thought a discussion on how a current DIY musician could learn a few things might be a good idea. Now that avenues such as Patreon and Kickstarter exist, folks need to learn how to deal. Who bet

YES!!! #metalbandcampgiftclub is one of the biggest things on the twits right now, but what the heck is it? I'm proud to say that we have the very first meeting of the minds that thought this thing up. Jeremiah Nelson and Zach Goldsmith (Manny-O-War) join the story with the amazing story of this past week. It never ceases to amaze me how much generosity there is out there. Enjoy this story! We LOVE you. Take care. Bye-bye. Chapter 42 Links: WE PUT UP AN OFFICIAL SITE AS OF TODAY: http://metalbandcampgiftclub.com Beast Of The Apocalypse Bandcamp: https://thebeastoftheapocalypse.bandcamp.com/album/the-touch-of-ithuriels-spear Couch Slut Bandcamp: https://handshakeinc.bandcamp.com/album/my-life-as-a-woman Jeremiah Nelson Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jeremiahn Manny-O-War Twitter: https://twitter.com/mannyowar Jeremiah's Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/v3rdict Manny's Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/mannyfried Chapter 42 Music: Beast Of The Apocalypse - "UR NANNA UR NANNA" Couch Slut -

Oh boy. Stephen is pissed. We decided to hop on and just hang out. Turns out, I caught Stephen in a sour mood about the Tourniquet "Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance" vinyl release. This is one of the funniest rants we've ever done. Grab a drink (we did) and listen to us discuss what we got for Christmas, Lemmy, our heroes dying and we cover every single album released in 2015...pretty much. This is a straight up "ring in the new year" partycast with 42 music clips. ONWARD TO 2016! Chapter 41 Music: Tourniquet: "Gelatinous Tubercles Of Purulent Ossification" Tourniquet: "Twilight" Tourniquet: "Crawl To China" Rush: "Dreamline" Motorhead: "Heroes" Motorhead: "One Short Life" Swans: "We Will Survive" The Armed: "Future Drugs" Baroness: "Kerosene" Carved Up: "Hot Pocket" Cloudkicker: "Emfargo" Coliseum: "Wrong Goodbye" Foo Fighters: "Sean" High On Fire: "Luminife

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the second half of the Jimmy Brown chapter! Jimmy P Brown II of Deliverance and his new project Jupiter VI has A LOT to say on this half. We had to ask numerous times "is that ok to leave in?" Jimmy was gracious enough to spill his guts and give us one of the more intimate interviews he has ever done. Please listen and appreciate where this man is coming from. He talks about some very personal stuff for the very first time such as drug abuse, alcoholism and why he has been "done" with Deliverance for a decade. Only the best for our listeners. Chapter 40 Links: Deliverance label site: http://www.roxxproductions.com/ 3Frog Studio: http://3frogzstudio.com/ Chapter 40 Music: David Bowie - Scream Like A Baby Deliverance - Entombed Deliverance - After I Fell Fearful symmetry - Love My Way Jupiter VI - Sleepless End (segments from parts I-IV) Deliverance - Nude Deliverance - Belltown Deliverance - Map Deliverance - Hope Lies Beyond Deliverance - Si