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The Art of Burning Bridges PARS514

May 8, 2020 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:59:10 Comments Off on The Art of Burning Bridges PARS514

The Art of Burning Bridges, which includes 2 members of the former band Fountain Infinity (and one member of September Mourning), who came and performed live in our studio back in 2005. The Art of Burning Bridges – Segment 1 You were on a bit of a hiatus, what is going on album wise? We do a little catch up on the history of the band. We talk about the video that they were working on when the call took place. Hear the band’s take on how the pandemic has affected them as musicians, after I ask about shows. Pat offers $5 shows on Wednesday nights, sarcastically. Pat tells us the “story” behind their song Walls. Segment 2 We go off on a tangent about Chux Beta and if they named the band TaObB, and we talk about the Hard Rock Cafe for a second. If there was an apocalyptic event on Earth, hich tAoBB song should survive? What cartoon character would play each of you? Who would play you in a Rockumentary? If you could go back in time, what band would you follow around for a year to learn from? If you were the main character in the movie “Rock Star” what band would you end up a member of? If you were in the role of a reporter doing their first freelance article like the kid in “Almost Famous”, what band would you want to write about? If you had to build a band from the PGH scene to manage, who would you put in the band? What has been your favorite venue to play in? If you could open for any internationally touring band, who would you open for and where would the tour start? Embarrassing moments? 10-15 years from now, TaObB is in Social Studies books, why?

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Skarlett Sky, Abandon All Hope PARS508

March 27, 2020 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:59:01 Comments Off on Skarlett Sky, Abandon All Hope PARS508

Skarlett Sky‘s Ash and Greg stop in to talk a little about their new EP, Abandon All Hope, and the world as it is today. We also end up talking about cars and other things. Segment 1 – Abandon All Hope How has the virus affected your band schedule? The timing of the dropping of Abandon All Hope is kind of fitting? If there was an apocalyptic event and only one song off of Abandon All Hope can survive it, which song should it be? If you could sit on a bench with any musician, who would you sit with and what would you ask about? If you could go back in time and follow any band around for a year, who would you follow and why? What can you tell us about the song “Pain Inside”? Segment 2 What is the cd release date on the EP? We discuss small business and how it has been affected lately. We talk about about their rescheduled Whisky a Go Go show that is now scheduled for 9/11/2020. We talk about cars, favorite cars, car trips, and what car they would put on an album cover like ZZ Top’s Eliminator album. They talk about writing and rehearsing during this time off from gigs. We talk a little bit about how to treat fans. The topic off everyone starting as a garage band and I pointed out that September from September Mourning (click for the interview) was signed before she ever performed in a band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2opQXbnik

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Children of October

February 22, 2019 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:59:06 Comments Off on Children of October

On Episode 451 of the show, Horror/Thrash/Hardcore band, Children of October join Bill to introduce themselves to our listeners. Segment 1 How did another member of your band annoy or embarrass you on stage? We had a conversation about stairs… sort of We also established that if you want to find out about Children of October, you should visit their Facebook page. We learn a little bit about the history of the band’s line up. Find out who influenced Timmy and Rick. Where did the band name come from? Who should Children of October open for, and where should the tour start? We talk about their releases and the song, I Want to be Your Sin.. and their upcoming release. Segment 2 When did you realize that you wanted to play in a band? What would we hear if we played one of your songs backwards? What do you like the most & least about the music scene? If you could go back in time and spend one year observing one band, who would you observe and why? Where can the listeners get your music? https://childrenofoctober.bandcamp.com/

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Shattered – Blackout Sessions – Erik Rhodes

September 29, 2017 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:05:14 Comments Off on Shattered – Blackout Sessions – Erik Rhodes

In segment 1: Erik Rhodes, from Shattered, joined to discuss many things in the world of Shattered including their up and coming Album, Blackout Sessions. We discussed the band the Art of Burning Bridges and a former band of some of the members, Fountain Infinity. We debut the song Love/Hate/Obsession on the show. We talk a bit about the song and how it is a “Shattered” version of a love song.  We talked about a show 10 and a half years ago 2/23/2007 when Shattered played live in my living room. We have 2 live tracks from that night in our archives. Erik talked about the recording process that they used for the Blackout Session album. He told us that they had already started writing this album before the last album, Rise of Hypocrisy was released, and that they had started recording the album in October 2014. He told us about some upcoming shows that the band and his acoustic project have coming up. Shattered is opening tomorrow, September 30, 2017 for Lacuna Coil at Diesel. Erik gave us some incite into his influences through telling us about his music collection. In segment 2: Erik told us about the acoustic track, Silhouette, off of the upcoming release, too. We talked a bit about country music!?!?!? We moved on to get Erik’s opinion on pay to play. We talked about what is good about our music scene and even something that Erik believes needs fixed about the scene. We talked about the quality of the musicians in the scene and the Rock for Life Concert Series, as well. I brought up the band Creep, who will be writing new music for the first time in years, you can get a digital copy of their last album by listening for a code in Episode 325 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. We then discussed the different influences that may have affected the sound of the Blackout Sessions album. I then had Erik tell us his favorite song off of the new disc, his overall favorite Shattered Song, & his favorite cover to play. Erik brought up the band Deadman’s Hand that I’m trying to book, now.

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The Art of Burning Bridges, Justin Tyme

August 11, 2017 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:03:53 Comments Off on The Art of Burning Bridges, Justin Tyme

On this episode of the Pennsylvania Rock Show, we revisit the year 2005 for a while when we talk to the former drummer of the band Fountain Infinity. He is currently the drummer for the band The Art of Burning Bridges. We talked about the history of the current band dating back to the time that Justin Tyme was in Fountain Infinity, the conglomerate that was created through the integration of band members from the band, Fiction on Fire, moving to California with the band Human Animation Lab, and more. We then move into discussing the Pay to Play situation, the local musics scene.. Justin brings up the issue of the amount of people at shows, the lack of venues (especialy underage venues), and the issue of technology and local musicians. At this point I had him do some name dropping with Starset, Silver Snakes, and September Mourning. We then compared the music scene of the AK Valley and Pittsburgh back in 2005 and now. We talked about the support of the musicians for each other in the scene today, compared to 2005, as well. We also talked about playing in the South Side of Pittsburgh and the issues that are now involved in that. The next topic of discussion was the album that The Art of Burning Bridges is currently (re) recording. Who is the Art of Burning Bridges? Justin Time – Percussions Kassie Rock – Bass Timmy Rock – Keys/Synth Anthony Rome – Guitars/Vox

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