V. Paul welcomes Eli Nowak of Break to Broken, No Wake, Doc Flo, and Dr. Reaper. Eli and V. are longtime friends, having come up in the same scenes and creative circles; their connection runs deep through mutual friends and shared musical influences. They discuss his musical family, musical upbringings, high school days, current projects, and a whole lot more.

Follow Eli Nowak and all his music projects: All links in his Link Tree

Theme music by V. Paul Janbazian • Caspian Seal Sounds and Music, ASCAP

Background music by HitsLab • Ievgen Poltavsky, BMI

Outro Music is No Care feat. Mike Watt by Break To Broken (Engineer Records)

The Basements Were Stars is a Caspian Seal production

V. Paul welcomes Vram and Tarra Thiessen Kherlopian of Gustaf, Tea Eater, MamajoeVramajoe, Sharkmuffin, and The Big Drops for the first episode of The Basements Were Stars. They discuss their musical upbringings, influential bands, guitar pedals, classic Brooklyn & New Jersey venues, and a whole lot more.

Follow Vram & Tara:

• patreon.com/TeaEater
• teaeater.bandcamp.com
• teaeatertarot.substack.com
• instagram.com/teaeatertv
• instagram.com/mamajoevramajoe
• www.tiktok.com/@mamajoevramaj0e
• www.twitch.tv/mamajoevramajoe
• instagram.com/gustaf_nyc

Theme & Outro music by V. Paul Janbazian • Caspian Seal Sounds and Music, ASCAP

Background music by HitsLab • Ievgen Poltavsky, BMI

The Basements Were Stars is a Caspian Seal production

Just a brief overview of the podcast and also a little about myself. I discuss potential future episodes and in general what to expect from the show. The title, The Basements Were Stars is a play off Sunny Day Real Estate's The Blankets Were Stairs. Because for many of us musicians the basement is where it all starts. I'm still looking for a co-host or even just a regular(s) to co-pilot this thing from time to time. Thanks for stopping by.

Intro music by V. Paul Janbazian • Caspian Seal Sounds and Music, ASCAP

Background music by HitsLab • Ievgen Poltavsky, BMI