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Para Bellum PARS589

Kate, Eric, Terry, and Amanda from Para Bellum join Bill on episode 589. Interview Segment 1 with Para Bellum You are sitting on a bench and your musical idol sits down beside you, you’re allowed to ask 1 question… What are you selling your soul to the Devil for? What has Para Bellum been up to? Who is your Dave Grohl? Tell me about something embarrassing that another member of the band has done on stage. Have you ever played in the Youngstown, OH area? If there is an apocalyptic event, which one of your songs could help re-populate the Earth? What will the the crazy item in your first rider? Who is the most famous musician that you’ve met? Interview Segment 2 If Para Bellum was out on tour and Eric was driving, what would the soundtrack of your tour be between shows? If you are in Almost Famous, what band do you follow around and what are you going to write about? Your band gets signed and goes out on tour, what local bands are you taking with you? What is the best pizza you’ve had when you’ve been out playing? What is one venue that you’d like to play at? What song that you have not written, do you wish you had written? One thing that you love about the scene and one thing that you hate?

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Instakill PARS559

Mike, lead vocalist of InstaKill joins Bill for his first voyage on the Pennsylvania Rock Show. Featuring music from: Camp Element, (kaj), Homicide Black, Leprosy Segment 1 with INSTAKILL Where did the name iNSTAKILL come from? Which iNSTAKILL song will help repopulate the earth? Give me an MTV stories teller moment about the song, Being. Let’s say iNSTAKILL goes on a world tour, what other bands would you want to go on tour with you? What would the sound track between shows on your tour sound like? Where would you want to play your opening show at? Tell me about the members of your band, since they seem to be hanging out in the chat tonight… If you could go back in time, and follow around any band, who would you follow around for a year just to learn from? If you were going to form a band, in hopes of making it on stage with the actual band, what band would you tribute? If you could play anyone in a rockumentary, who would you want to be? Segment 2 with Mike If I was flipping through a social studies book and I find iNSTAKILL, how did you get in there? If you could sit on a bench with anyone from any time, who would it be? What 1 question would you ask? (Randy Savage impersonation inserted here) What song do you wish you would have written? Who is your Dave Grohl? If you were going to build a band to manage from the local scene, who would you put in it? Besides your Facebook page, where else can your band be found online? What is coming up for iNSTAKILL? (SOS PGH Concert Series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Awp0wxIqZk

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Christmas Special w/ Christina PARS547

Episode 547 is a different kind of animal. In this episode, Christina, of the Shadow Event, interviews Bill. You get to learn some things about the show and Bill that you probably never knew. The episode also features all unsigned Christmas music. Featuring Music from: Bill Duff, Amber-Alexis, Rockabilly Junction, Chip & the Charge Ups, Corners of Sanctuary, & the Stevie J. Band. What’s your favorite Christmas movie What’s your favorite Christmas memory Do you ever wanna go on a Christmas strike like the movies Christmas with the Kranks and Four Christmases? Italian – 7 fish dinner and Dominick the donkey What made you want to start doing podcasts and when? Have you ever been in a band or ever wanted to? Do you ever get nervous doing an episode? What would you love to see build the scene and pa rock show achieve more than it already has? What made you want to become a teacher and what is your craziest teacher story to tell? If you could start over in a career, what would it be? If you were a cartoon character, who would you be? If you could have any national music act on your show, who would you have. – what would your questions be? In regards to the pandemic, and the music scene specifically, do you think there is still hope? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VcI7pdDQk

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The Shadow Event PARS518

Christina makes her second appearance on the Pennsylvania Rock Show on Episode 518 and brings her bandmate Mark along for the ride. They are 2 of the members of Pittsburgh band, The Shadow Event. Segment 1 with The Shadow Event If they were going to make a cartoon episode that features the Shadow Event, what cartoon series would it be, and what character would play you? They are going to make a rockumentary about your band, who plays you? What are the side effects of The Shadow Event? If you could play with any band, like you’re at a concert and they invite you up on stage, which band would you want to get up on stage with? What genre is The Shadow Event? I stole the topic from this week’s Loudini Rock and Roll Circus, who are the best supergroups? Build your own supergroup from the Pittsburgh Scene. Segment 2 with Mark and Christina 10 years from now, kids are flipping through their social studies book and they get to the section on the pandemic and The Shadow Event is on the page, why are you there? What’s the best thing about the music scene? Worst thing? Shout out to Durty Art- Bob Freyer If you could take you favorite album and forget it so that you get the euphoria of hearing it for the first time again, which album would it be? Being a KISS fan I had to add this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7LmrLMyso

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Doug Carnahan PARS499

Doug Carnahan Joins Bill to chat on episode 499 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. It had been about 9 months since he was on episode 009 of 3 Questions and a Song. He and Bill discussed their song The Fight on that Episode. You’ll hear about the song, New S.A. on tonight’s episode among other topics. Segment 1 with Doug Carnahan of After the Fall I’ve noticed a ton of acoustic shows schedule for you lately on facebook. What has brought that about? If you could sit on a bench for a hour with any musician in history, who would you sit with and what would you discuss? If I found you in a social studies book, what would that page be about? If you could follow any band around for a year, without breaking the space-time continuum, who would you want to tag along with? After the Fall has taken quite a few trips as a band, what was your favorite one? We’re going to play New S.A. what can you tell us about it without delving too far into the lyrics? The listeners can learn about the lyrics at First Angel Media’s A Look at the Lyrics Segment. Segment 2 with Doug If you could pick one album and erase it from your memory so that you can experience it for the first time, again, which one would you choose? Who is the best American Rock band in the US.. ever? If you were going to live out the movie, Rock Star, which band would you have a tribute for and then join as the front man? Where can people hear you acoustically and with After the Fall coming up? https://www.facebook.com/afterthefallbandpa https://www.twitter.com/AtFbandrocks https://www.reverbnation.com/afterthefallband https://www.rflrecords.com https://www.dirtbag.com https://www.spectraflex.com

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Brian Shaffer PARS483

Brian Shaffer drops in and we get right to discussing what he has been up to before I even introduce the show! I asked him about his current bands to get things underway. Topics covered: Brian’s time with (kaj) and Present Tense. The history of the Pennsylvania Rock Show. We talk about After the Fall and their new single “New S.A.” as well as the great production on it. Brian and I talk a bit about Bill Postle and his influence upon Brian. Brian picks Bill’s brain about how to get music for podcasts and how the music is delivered. We talked about Brian’s podcast, The Weekly Rock Blog coming back from a long hiatus. Make sure you check out episode 12 where he talks to… me. Ace Frehley vs. Tommy Thayer What brought Brian to the podcasting world? We also talk about our recording setups and habits.

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Feast on the Fallen PARS460

For episode 460 of the Pennsylvania Rock Show, Bill talked to the guys from Feast on the Cookies Feast on the Fallen out of Pittsburgh. Segment 1 Where did your band name come from? Tell us an interesting or embarrassing story about something that happened either on stage, on your way to the stage, or after being on the stage. What do you believe to be the biggest strength of your band? Feast on the Fallen gets to headline their first world tour. What bands do you bring along in support? If I was on the tour bus with you, what bands would be on the radio for the trip? What is your song Boneyard, about? Segment 2 If you could live the movie Rock Star, which band would you join? What would you like to change about our music scene? What do you consider success to be as a musician? How can our listeners get a copy of No Saviors? What shows do you have coming up? Give us some Feedback: Contact: Be Our Guest | Music Submission | Feedback | 724-568-7018 | Mailing List

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Fist Fight in the Parking Lot

Come join Molasses Barge and Fist Fight in the Parking Lot as they release their next CDs with blackseed records. Both bands will be featuring songs live from their records and have CDs available for sale, and they want to share it with YOU, Pittsburgh! July 28, 2017 Doors at 9, Show at 10PM $5 In our first segment, Bill is visited by Moe, Larry, and Curly… errr Jason, Johnny Metal, and RuDawg of Fist Fight in the Parking Lot. We start out talking about the writing process and how circumstances allowed them to sit on the songs and go back to them later, we smoothly transitioned into the history of the band (yeah smoothly haha) and talking about about festivals and competitions… throughout the whole interview you get bits and pieces about their writing  & recording processes. I asked about the title of the album, and got a lot of different answers (haha). They were much more forthcoming about where the band name came from. Segment 2 starts out with a conversation about social media and websites and then we move on to learning a bit more about the pieces that make up FFITPL. Sammy or Dave? It was around this time that we learned that Chris embarrasses Fist Fight in the Parking Lot. We move on to name every band we could think of and even talk about Overlord Brom (Dethlehem) and his helmet. Somehow we even included Orko… we then move onto having them create their own super group from local musicians. and well… ya… listen to the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KecIdlEAKhU Bob Price was the member of Dog Day Sunrise that I couldn’t remember during the show, tattoos at Inferno Studios.

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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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Pay to Play, Record Labels, Promoters and more PYS001

Bill, Brian, & John start to bring out their opinions on pay to play. John and Brian both fall into the group of musicians that are against them. The conversation covers topics of pay to play, benefit shows, promoting a show and who is responsible, record labels and hidden issues, music reality tv and the reality of it, music competitions, and more. Is there a right way to do pay to play? Is it killing music scenes and venues? How does it affect younger bands vs veteran bands? Brian talks about the Zippo Hot Tour and how much he loved how that was ran. Bill told road stories and Brian and John want to take him on a tour to manage it for them. Eric Anthony, formerly of (kaj), and currently soundman came up in during the show. Everyone is in agreement that he does an amazing job on the board … and eventually we get around to Rock for Life, that series is just amazing in all of our eyes.   Have the Stone Temple Pilots Found their New Frontman? All You Need to Know About the Music Business Rat Bastard Syndicate Terachain Sky Shawn Perry & the Hazard County Rebellion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5y96O30ACo 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

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