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Leprosy's 30th Annihearsery PARS437

November 9, 2018 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:05:01 Comments Off on Leprosy's 30th Annihearsery PARS437

Chris, PJ, and Jeff of Leprosy make their first appearance on the Pennsylvania Rock Show for episode 437. Topics covered in segment 1: What are some of the changes that you’ve see in the 30 years that the band has existed? What venues do you miss? What music would we find in their music collections? Where did the name Leprosy come from? Which Leprosy song should survive the apocalypse? What would one of your songs sound like if it was played backwards? If the band could open for any internationally band, who would it be and where would you like to play? Topics covered in segment 2: 30th Annihearsery Show on November 17 at the Sub Alpine with doors at 6:00pm  Steel City Slamfest The trio then took on the monumental task of creating an all-star metal band from the music scene. Each band member had to tell us about an embarrassing moment from a different member in the band. (Dentures? Rolling Toms? more?) When did you realize that you wanted to be in a metal band? Each member of Leprosy gave us one thing that they love about the scene and one thing that they hate about it. Leprosy believes that John Lane made a good point. Find out something you might be surprised to know about the members of Leprosy. They also mentioned that they’re going to dial back shows for a bit and record a full length album.

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PA Rock Show 13 Pre-Show with Justin Cali of Divine Tragedy

November 22, 2017 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:04:38 Comments Off on PA Rock Show 13 Pre-Show with Justin Cali of Divine Tragedy

Justin Cali of Divine Tragedy joins Bill to discuss all things Divine Tragedy and the Pennsylvania Rock Show 13. It should be noted that Divine Tragedy first graced the airwaves of the Pennsylvania Rock Show just over 10 years ago on 11/9/07 where they played 6 live songs during the show. 7:30 The Art of Burning Bridges 8:30 Tilted Shadows 9:30 Divine Tragedy 10:30 A Common Crown 11:30 Homicide Black $5 Members/$10 Qualified Guests Benefits Rock for Life Bill and Justin talk about the show on 11/9/07, the upcoming the Pennsylvania Rock Show 13, and what’s been going on with Divine Tragedy. Justin mentioned that they are working on writing some new material for the new year. I asked him about the percentage of originals vs covers in their set.  We talked about Skid Row and Sebastian Bach. In segment 2, we talk about how many albums they have recorded and moved on to talking about whether or not the scene is dead… we talked about his favorite venue (sidebar). Among other things… also off the air Cali mentioned that he forgot to give a shout out to The Metal Edge… so here’s that shout out!

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Whitethrash

October 20, 2017 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:59:12 Comments Off on Whitethrash

On episode 398 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show, Wes Cason of Whitethrash joined me to tell us about his band and their upcoming ventures. We talked about where the band name came from, influences, supporters, how long the band has been together and how the band formed. We talked about sports, too.. well sort of… and where you can get a copy of their newest song, Agonal Breathing which we debut on the show tonight. In the segment, we discussed the exhaust falling off of their van on the way home from Lima, OH. We took some time to talk about some of Whitethrash’s past shows including Wes’ favorite venue. We talked about his favorite local bands. Wes told us about his favorite and least favorite part about the music scene. This is where promoters and pay to play comes up. I talked a little bit about a website that I’m currently working on called www.palocalbands.com. Wes tells you about upcoming shows for Whitethrash and who they’ll be playing with. I mentioned the Pennsylvania Rock Show Anniversary 13 at the Leechburg Moose.

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A Wright of Passage

April 7, 2017 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:56:48 Comments Off on A Wright of Passage

Lots of music and information for you in this episode. I took a moment to talk about the passing of Cliff from KGB. He was an integral part of our scene and he will be missed. I also did a segment that I titled A Wright of Passage. In this segment I featured songs from Step 11, (kaj), and skell. the link between these songs is that Walter Wright sang lead vocals on all of them. You can hear the progression of his vocals and see how he got to where he is now with what I consider to be the best metal band in the Pittsburgh area. You can read a cd review for their “Everything’s Fine” EP on our other site AK Music Scene. They are currently looking for a drummer to finalize their lineup. You can e-mail Mikey Palone if you think you have what it takes. We featured tracks from: Sofachrome, Tony Marinacci, Camp Element, Silk 9, Homicide Black, Step 11, (kaj), skell, KGB, Dethlehem, Divine Tragedy We featured the following upcoming concerts: May 13: Rock for Life: Spring Fling – Leechburg Moose – $5 Members/$10 Qualified Guests Big house Pete MonaLisa Smile a common crown Heidi & The Hellcats June 10: Feel the Fire Fest 5 – $20 preshow/$25 at the gates – 1314 Hebron Rd SE, Heath, OH 43056-1040 Saliva Xfactor1 Scars like Mine Waragon one in the Chamber After the fall Managed Chaos Iron Head Inc Corrosive Vengence Ribcage Infidel July 7 & 8: Gigaroo 2017 – $20 – Iselin Ballfield Friday July 7 Homicide Black Zone 8 East End Kill the Drama Shattered a commmon crown JL Cook Acoustic Saturday July 8 After the Fall Silk 9 The Hellfire Club Flashback Mojo Filter Here and Now Transcendence Post Traumatik OverMyDeadBody Trigger Happy SuffaCate

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