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Beast Brigade

March 18, 2022 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:00:21 Comments Off on Beast Brigade

A brand new band with a brand new album joins Bill on Episode 610. Meet Beast Brigade! Interview Segment 1 with Beast Brigade Where did the band name come from? What band would you hang out with, if you had access to a DeLorean with a flux capacitor? If you were living the movie Rockstar, what band would you be joining? What 1 question would you ask your musical idol if he/she sat down next to you? Bill mentioned some of the sponsors of Build the Scene Radio.. click to find all of them! Speaking of equipment, what is your favorite piece of equipment that you use on stage? What non-normal venue, would you like to play at? What is something that another band member did that embarrassed you on stage? What would you sell your soul to the devil for, musically? Why would Beast Brigade be in a history book? What is the best pizza that you’ve had because you were in a band? Interview Segment 2 Tell us about the other musicians that have been involved in this project? Who is your Dave Grohl? If you could play with any band at any location, who would you play with and where? Ace, Bruce, Tommy, Mark St. John, Vinnie Vincent… who belongs on stage with KISS? What would it take for Dave and Dan to play in a band that their brother isn’t in? Which of your songs would help re-populate the Earth after an apocalyptic event? If you were going to put together a supergroup to manage, who would you piece together?

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Brian Genovesi PARS566

May 7, 2021 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:00:13 Comments Off on Brian Genovesi PARS566

Pittsburgh Singer-Songwriter, Brian Genovesi joins Bill on episode 566 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. Featuring Music from: End Bringer, Seethe, Brian Genovesi, Steve Hawk, The Redlines segment 1 with Brian Genovesi What brought you to the SOS Concert Series? What were some of the bands that you were in? How does a Brian Genovesi song get started and work its way onto an album? If you were standing at the crossroads waiting for the devil to arrive, why are you there, what is so important that you’re willing to sell your soul for? If you were sitting on a bench like Forrest Gump with a musical idol, what would you talk to them about, what would you be asking them? If you could go back in time and follow any band around for a year to learn from and bring the experience back to present time, who would you follow? If you had to come up with a stage name, what would it be? If one of your songs survives an apocalyptic event and will be used to help repopulate the Earth, which of your songs should it be? If you could play with any band from the history of the world in any location, who and where? Tell me about an embarrassing moment… What is a song that you didn’t write that you wish you would have written? segment 2 with Brian What cartoon series would you be in, and what character would play you? If you were going to act in a documentary about a musician, which musician would you want to be? What are your favorite venues. What other shows do you have coming up? Where can people find you to get a copy of your music? Can you pinpoint that moment when you realized you wanted to be a musician? If you could talk to that boy who first saw the guitar, what would you tell him? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DiHJVmaS9w

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Shrouded in Neglect PARS431

August 10, 2018 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 1:06:41 Comments Off on Shrouded in Neglect PARS431

Nate Kepner of Shrouded in Neglect made is first trip to the Pennsylvania Rock Show tonight, and yes ladies and gentleman, that means this is a metal show! We talked about where the band name came from (this was a new one for me) and how the band formed. We talked about a few other metal bands from the scene both early on and later in the show. We moved on to Nate’s influences which include but are not limited to Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake. (Okay maybe he mentions some metal bands and 90’s alternative bands, too). We then talked a little bit about the local band skell and Rock for Life this past weekend. Nate then tells us about his favorite local bands and we talked about our mutal friend at First Angel Media. He tells us about their song Here Goes the Lights off of their sophmore release Kill All Humans, which we played during the break along with Everything’s Fine by skell. Segment 2: At the beginning of the second segment, Nate talks about searching the Pittsburgh bands to get some great new music. We fan girled it a little and talked about the Penguins and Steelers. Once we got back on track, we talked about Nate’s favorite venues to play at and some of the big name bands (and influencers, is that a word?) that he has played with at the Altar Bar. We also talked about embarrassing situations that have happened to him on Altar Bar’s stage. Which Shrouded In Neglect song would Nate want to represent his band if only one of their songs could survive the apocalypse? Here’s a hint, it comes off of their EP, The Haunting. We find out a little bit about 10 year old Nate and the violin… and a bit more about why he became a musician. What band would he want to open for and at what venue? What does he love about the PGH scene and what does he hate? What would we hear if we listened to Shrouded In Neglect backwards?

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Unification – the time is now.. w/ Brian Shaffer

January 6, 2017 Build the Scene All Podcasts, pars 0:52:08 Comments Off on Unification – the time is now.. w/ Brian Shaffer

Brian Shaffer of the Weekly RockBlog and the Free Peanuts Band came on the show to discuss the movement to unify the tri-state music scenes. He and Bill discussed how the AK Valley Scene is really family and it really wasn’t a competition. The bands use each other as motivation, but not competition. Brian mentioned how hard it used to be to get into venues in Pittsburgh if you weren’t part of a specific clique or had opened for those bands. He also discussed how the venue owners in our area seem to be more open to giving new bands a chance. Bill brings up that it’s harder to over-saturate this area with shows because we live in a more rural area and the venues are spread out a lot more, whereas, in a city there are multiple venues in one block. We discussed how John Lane, of American Hilljack Files, is trying to create something in the Akron scene that is similar to what we have in the AK Valley. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | Google Play | TuneIn | RSS | More We went off on a tangent about how Bill has helped the scene for a few minutes and got back to our topic at hand by asking Brian for some ideas on how we could unify the music scenes. Brian Shaffer mentioned a site that he, John & and are running called Podcast your Scene. PYS is a network of podcasts that support local music. I took a moment to point out that we had added the Grass Roots Show to our page. The Grass Roots show is a FM radio show that promotes the local scene on 97.7 The Rock Station. It is at this point that Bill goes off on another tangent to talk about a cool event he, John Lane, & John Klazon (and Trudy) attended this past summer called Corbriwoodstock. This was a new experience for Bill, as it was a more laid back rock show. It was awesome. It was at this point that Mr. Shaffer talked about having a yearly show where bands from the 3 different scenes are featured, but each year the state that it is held in rotates. This would allow the scenes to learn about bands from other scenes. He also mentioned a few experience that he had in the past along the same lines. At this point, Brian Shaffer brings up Al Gomes from Big Noise. If you’re looking for more on our ideas about unifying the scenes please check out these 2 articles: https://www.buildthescene.com/please-allow-introduce/ & https://www.buildthescene.com/unite-scenes/ We gave a shout out to our awesome webhosting company Webhost Python for not only being a great webhost, but great people. We spent some time talking about a mutual friend Tony Marinacci and his influence on our scene. You should take a look at Iron City Rock for their yearly awards. We’d like to see Tony get into their hall of fame. Give us some Feedback: Subscribe, Review, & Rate us on iTunes Subscribe, Review, & Rate us on MixCloud Subscribe, Review, & Rates us on Google Play E-mail: feedback@buildthescene.com Call Us: 724-568-7018 Join Our Mailing List Submit Your Own Music: Submission Form Book your Band: Booking Form Get our App: iPhone

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