Lancer's Lounge (Backstage & Unfiltered)

For this latest episode I go full on nostalgia. I get to interview Joe Punk and Jason McMaster from the band, Villain Press. They have a new song, ‘Race To Be Dead’, off of their debut EP, No Return, which can be found at goldenrobotrecords.com. Joe, I’ve known for a lot of years (he was podcasting before podcasting was a thing). Jason, I’ve been a fan since his time in Dangerous Toys. Much to discuss. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and enjoy…  

One of things that I’ve learned over the course of doing this podcast, is the love of making music never goes away. Even, as is the case with Wil Martin of the band Earshot, you take a bit of a hiatus. Earshot came out in the early 2000s. They had a couple of big rock radio hits. And then they went away, for nearly a decade. But they are back with a new single. Earshot is on the road and have found the fans are still there. We have a lot to talk about. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and enjoy… 

It’s been a good year for new music, and newer bands being embraced by the masses. One of those relatively new bands is Moon Fever. I had the opportunity to hang and chat with the whole band. As Triston says at one point, ‘this is what happens when friends get together’. It didn’t have the feel of an interview. It felt organic. And this Seattle band has a story to tell, through their music and their words… I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and enjoy… 

This one took me back. My pre-New York days, working at an Alternative station in South Carolina. This was when I got a taste of Scary Kids Scaring Kids. It was a band on the cusp of greatness, & then it was gone before really starting. There has been music. There has been touring. Now 20 years later, they are back with a new album and single and a new OFFICIAL lead singer. We’ve got a lot to talk about. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and enjoy.

I’m still editing a couple of interviews so I figured I would go archival for this episode. Wes Scantlin is one of my favorite people in the rock industry. The man gets a lot of flack, deservedly so. But every encounter I’ve had with the man, he’s been witty, endearing and massively appreciative of the fans. Everyone makes mistakes. His seem to be magnified on a megaphone. But I have nothing bad to say about the man. This interview goes back a couple years and we talk all things, Puddle of Mudd. We revisit the past. So take that trip with me. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and enjoy… 

For this fireside chat, we take the DeLorean back to the 70s and a conversation with Jock Bartley of Firefall. The band was a collaboration between Jock (who’d been touring with Graham Parsons) and Rick Roberts (formerly of the Flying Burrito Brothers). The result was multiple top 40 hits and tours with the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. We talk this, as well as the fact they are still touring and playing to fans all across the country. Once a rock star, always a rock star.   I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and enjoy… 

Butcher Babies made a splash 17 years ago as an aggressive metal band with not one, but 2 woman, fronting the band. Earlier this year I had the opportunity to interview Carla Harvey, who officially left Butcher Babies in 2024. Now I get the chance to chat with Butcher Babies now, with Heidi Shepherd as the lone vocalist. Henry Flury and Sean Violet join. We talk the new album, single, direction, and hopes for the future. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and enjoy… 

I get to take a trip back to my pre-programming days with my next guests. Back a quarter century ago, when I was just a kid on the radio. It was a fun time in music, in rock, with so many bands emerging. One of those bands was like the perfect pieces of a puzzle, linked together to make an incredible debut album. The band is Tantric. My guests are Hugo Ferreira and Breanne ‘Breezy’ Powell. And that debut album celebrates 25 years this year. Much to discuss. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax & enjoy… 

Getting in on the ground floor of an emerging artist, getting the opportunity to be a part of that, it’s truly satisfying. And in my interview with Ryan Perdz out of Buffalo, we delve a little deeper into his love of music. For the record, this interview was PRE-performance at the Brew York Festival, where he was the buzz. Everyone was blown away. I think you might be as well. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relax and please enjoy… 

For this conversation, I talk with the man that has pipes massive enough to take on Aerosmith’s ‘Dream On. Matt James of Blacktop Mojo. The band on the road in support of their new album, ‘Discount Fireworks’ and a new single, ’10 Year Itch’. Incredible live. They absolutely put on a show. And we talk about that live environment, as well as the new music, the viral moments (there’ve been a few). Plus, we talk a sport we invented many years ago, Golf Cart Frisbee. I invite you to take a listen. Sit back, relac and please enjoy…