Drummer, Producer, Engineer, Visual artist and more; Jamie Saint Merat of Ulcerate talks about the bands first US tours, the multi-step process of writing, pre-production, and ultimately recording (including tempo-mapping non-click rehearsals), the evolution of how they’ve written and recorded over the years, Jamie’s thoughts on doubles in the feet and his regimens for maintaining foot speed, kick pedal tensions at different BPM’s, pre-show regimens and adjusting to long/extreme sets, the hypnotic ritual that is their albums and live shows, the shocking dichotomy of atonal madness and etherial levitation, early cassette tapes that lead him into an extreme direction, his favorite fusion drummers, the challenges of touring outside of New Zealand, isolation as a benefit for regional styles /sub-genres, triggers and much more!

Part 2 of Biohazard drummer Danny Schuler! We get into amazing shows he saw including his two favorites; Bad Brains and Van Halen, our mutual love for Leeway and their 91’ record Desperate Measures (as well as Danny seeing them live multiple times), Biohazard’s connection to the hip hop group Onyx and there collaboration on the Judgment Night soundtrack, Danny’s thoughts on the Grunge era and some of his favorite bands of that time, an especially incredible experience with seeing Alice In Chains live, crazy Biohazard shows early on, seeing amazing shows at L’Amour’s in Brooklyn (and meeting his future wife there), modern vs old school PIZZA, and Jody somehow not knowing what a Bialy is!!!! CRASH BANG BOOM!!!!

Biohazard drummer Danny Schuler sits down for a two part(er) where we catch up on the break between 2012’s Reborn in Defiance record and what lead to the re-formation of the band and ultimately to the writing and recording 2025’s “Divided we Fall”, how the band focused on recording live with minimal edits on analog gear in big-live rooms with minimal takes and no samples on the drum tracks, the 89’ DW kit he used to record the record, some drums of his older collection, his new Gretsch kit that has been blowing his mind, the irony of power toms not being all that powerful, pre-tour physical/fitness regimens, their upcoming tour with Sepultura, Exodus, and Tribal Gaze, hardcore and punk influencing Sepultura's sonic evolution from Arise to Roots, the chaos and violence that canceled the 90’s “New Titians on The Block” tour (and Biohazard playing some of those shows), the badass(ness) of Sick of It All and how they were the torch bearers for Hardcore in the 90’s, the brilliance of Dave Lombardo’s drumming & much more!

Drummer Caleb Hogue of Excide talks about the writing /recording of Excide’s killer new record Bastard Hymns, playing in church band and ultimately hardcore bands, his love for John Tempesta’s playing in Helmet, his giant family (He’s one of 7!), the car wreck that almost took his life, back breaking blue collar jobs, some of Jody’s dumbest gig-cancelations due to self imposed injuries, his other bands including A Knife inThe Dark, Dull Mourning and Holy Figures, plus much more!~

https://sharptonerecords.co/collections/excide?srsltid=AfmBOooTbcIvOkH53UAntJpexvp7PrgHlP4IKPAa-v6onOq0j-Mtoj2-

Drummer Adam Deitch of Lettuce, Break Science, A.D. Quartet, and more talks about Lettuce’s connection to New Orleans and some of his favorite drummers past & present, working with John Scofield and Average White Band, growing up playing drums with his mother AND father as well as learning the ropes in his Dad’s studio, studying with the great Dave DiCenso at Berkley, the spontaneity of recording the new Deitch, Teitle, & Fribush record “Another Side of the Sound”, working on his signature snare drum with Tama, VHS drum videos as early inspiration and our mutual fascination with David Girabaldi of Tower of Power, drum lessons on deitchacademy.com , and much more!!!

https://deitchacademy.com/

https://www.lettucefunk.com/tour

Drummer Rob Smith of Traindodge, Museum of Light, Calm Collapse, Riddle of Steel (and more) talks about Traindodge’s connection with ATL trio Dropsonic, a brief history of his time in STL, MO trio Riddle of Steel, Russian Circles drummer Dave Turncrantz influence on Rob when he first joined the band, balancing parenting and touring, his first drum sets (and varying drum sets through out the years), Brendan Canty of Fugazi and James Lo of Chavez as drum influences, recording the Museum of lIght “Diviner” record at Ocean Sound studios in Norway, recording at God City Studios with Kurt Ballou /w/ Calm Collapse, playing keys AND drums simultaneously, and learning to balance all three of his bands!

Drummer Scott Middleton of Asheville, NC mountain-psych-stoner band- Bask talks about their great new record The Turning, the process of writing it, recording drums, the gear involved, some of the concepts behind the lyrics, recent shows with Tennessee’s Generation of Vipers, the crazy series of events leading up to the Asheville floods; being stuck in the mountains without electricity/water to making his way in to town and witnessing the destruction first-hand, the kindness of strangers, doing drum-therapy to heal, plus much more!!!!

https://basknc.bandcamp.com/album/the-turning

Drummer Jason Gerken of KC’s Shiner returns to the CBBP to talk their fantastic new record Believe You Me, the process of recording the drums in what started as pre-production (and how much of that ended up on the record), the franken-kit he used in the studio, some go-to snares, the process of writing, jamming and winging the hell out of parts, vampire armadillos, leper colonies, aching backs, acidic stomachs, shitty Japanese backline gear (and why he’s bringing drum heads with him overseas going forward), the drumming of Bonham, Tony Thompson, and Sebastian Thomson, drummer Chris Metacalf of The Life and Times approving of Jason’s best impersonations of Chris, original Shiner drummer Tim Dow’s crazy injury that lead to Jason filling in (& joining the band), the hurricane that was Billy Cobham, Jason’s love of Prog and Podcasts - and much more!!! Believe You Me is available everywhere!

https://shinerkc.bandcamp.com/album/believeyoume