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Caleb Straus 3QS075

Caleb Straus joins Bill for 3 Questions and a Song #75 in support of the song that he and Felicia Patterson released together, Eclipse. Tell us about your record label, Sollunar Records. Tell us about your song, Eclipse. We learn a bit about Caleb’s movie, Overnight. Caleb tells us about his involvement at First Angel Media. What is your question for the Pittsburgh Bagpiper, Sean O’Donnell? What is something that you, wish you could tell people to get them to listen to your music? Who is your Dave Grohl? What is the best pizza you’ve eaten because you are a musician? What is a non-regular venue that you would like to play at? Who do you want to see play the next Superbowl halftime show? Do you have any last thoughts for the listeners? About Caleb Straus Genre: Genre-fluid, Metal, Industrial Location: Texas, USA Caleb Straus is best known as the lead singer for industrial metal band, EMZY ENZY, but he has also recorded multiple projects as a solo artist. His current focus is producing and curating the Official Soundtrack to the upcoming Film Overnight, including a score by himself and collaborator Allen F. Turner alongside single “Eclipse” with Felicia Patterson and music from 9 Stitch Method, Ritual of Ether, MadClock, Seethe, Silhouette Death, Feast on the Fallen, Sam Astaroth, as well as Caleb’s new solo studio project, The Death of Zenith. About the song, Eclipse “Eclipse” is a duet between EMZY ENZY/Death of Zenith vocalist Caleb Straus and musician/actor/model Felicia Patterson. The song was released on December 4th, 2021, the date of an actual eclipse. It is also the first single on the Overnight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The second single released was “Those Eyes” by Silhouette Death, and the third slated for March 31st is “Portal” by Caleb’s new project, The Death of Zenith, featuring Sam Astaroth, formerly of Astaroth Incarnate on lead vocals. I’ll talk more about the song, movie, and story of everything on the show. Where to find Caleb and Sollunar Records: https://youtu.be/Vxhat76i1vkhttps://youtu.be/4jx_X4TEMpg

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Three Vulture Culture PARS541

John Lane IV joins Bill on episode 541 and you get a good helping of a randomness filled conversation between friends. From Netflix to life as parents… Featuring music from: Para Bellum, Three Vultures, Seethe, & skell Segment 1: Learn about Vulture Culture We talked about Three Vultures and the Rattle Clack groups of websites. Besides being a first time dad, how has the pandemic been affecting both your regular life and your band life? We talk about new music that they are working on for the Vulture Culture. (3 EPs and a large album drop) We discussed binge watching shows on Netflix. (A LOT) John talks about playing covers and “messing it up”. Name dropped Flix Critix and First Angel Media and what they are about. John talks about the recording process of his drums on the upcoming releases, as well as how they have been tracking it with new blood involved. Learn about Vulture Culture We talked about the review that Patrick McElravy wrote about 3 Vultures. Rockabilly band in John’s future?!? John tells us about how loud his drumming is… errr his drumming techniques. Who is your Dave Grohl? Could you imagine being in the situation that Taylor Hawkins is in? Recently Gene Simmons said the rock music business is dead, do you agree? If you have the chance to meet your music idol, who are you meeting and what 1 question are you asking? We talk about companies that record music videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbKHy1ZQL6E

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Shiners From Texas to Nashville… to PA

Release Date: 2/6/2015 The Shiners have played up and down the east coast. Playing Honky Tonks, festivals and Motorcycle events from New York City to Florida. They have shared stages with Charlie Daniels, David Allen Coe, Blackberry Smoke, Hank Williams Jr. and many, many more. “We Just LOVE playing music” The Shiners are: Rob Keller – Guitar/Vocals Jim “Slim” Varhola – Guitar/Vocals Pete LaCava – Bass Guitar/ Harmonica Dave Marshall – Drums Show Notes: Rob and Slim chat with us about the band loving to play songs from singer/songwriters from Texas and Nashville; mentioning how their originals fit perfectly with these songs. As always we discussed their new EP & where you can get a copy of it. We also delve into their musical influences and who they are currently listening to. They even talked about marriage to a musicians (HA!) We did a round of Bill’s Barrage questions via “Either, Or” questions. Running Time: 01:09:00 Guest: The Shiners Where to Find Them: www.shinersrock.com Where to Purchase their Music: CD Baby Other Topics Sadly, we are reporting the death of skell and Dimwit’s drummer Keith Kweder. Keith and I were mere acquaintances, but every year at Rock for Life he would go out of his way to chat with me. He was a nice guy by all reports and an amazing drummer. This is a huge loss to our local music scene. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to Keith’s family and friends. Being a healthy and young man Keith did not have have health or life insurance and a Go Fund Me page was started to help his family out with this terrible situation. Bands and websites that Rob and Slim Mentioned: Chris Knight Roger Clyne The Braun Brothers: Reckless Kelly Crack the Sky The Fenways Give us some Feedback: Subscribe, Review, & Rate us on iTunes Subscribe, Review, & Rate us on MixCloud 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 | Android

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