This week I have session drummer and friend Ryland Steen, he’s been playing for the classic rock band America now for a while, and was also the drummer in Reel Big Fish, we talk about how he got a major record label deal at an early age with his band called Audiovent and how that led him to turning down playing full time with Maroon 5. We talk about what it’s like being a hired and touring drummer and his story about how he got into music.
This week I have long time friend singer/songwriter Scott Klopfenstein from The Littlest Man Band and Reel Big Fish, I first met him when I had just graduated high school and was on tour with him in 2002, I even got to play the song Take On Me with Reel Big Fish a few times that year. We recently got back in touch a couple years ago and we talk about how he got started, as well as how I recently filled in for his band on a week and a half run to Texas and back. It was a lot of fun, and so was this interview.
Darrin talks to his long time pal Aaron Barrett from the OC ska band Reel Big Fish.
It’s The Gunz Show, back again for another podcast. This week Gunz takes on the Alternative Press Music Awards with Mike Shea, and chats with Reel Big Fish about all things Vans Warped Tour.
Viral TikTok pop punk band, 408 has announced today that they have signed a worldwide record deal with Big Noise Music Group. The signing pairs with the exciting announcement of their upcoming single “Break Up With Your Girlfriend” produced by Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, Neck Deep), Kyle Fishman (Morgan Wallen, Luke Bryan) and Nick Bailey (Machine Gun Kelly, Trippie Redd, jxdn) out September 29. The band has dropped several teasers across TikTok and Instagram Reels that you can check out! Big Noise President Jon Cohen shared, “We’re super excited to sign 408, a true DIY band that has been grinding on their own for some… Read more »
Mike Cubillos joins Scott to talk about Reel Big Fish, music publicity, and LA living.
February is when things start getting real, and you’re no longer shaking off the exhaustion of the holiday season. From heavy, chest-rattling new songs to melodic gut punches and indie tracks that linger, these are the best new alternative, metal, rock, and indie songs worth your time right now. Want more new music like this? Download the free idobi App and tune into idobi Radio, Howl, and anthm. Differences — “Void” Brace for impact because Differences are about to become your favorite new metal/metalcore band! Comprised of Sean-Anthony Todd (vocals), Gene Ramirez (guitar), Levi Henderson (electric bass guitar), and Nicholas Brandon Miller (drums), the… Read more »
Fall Out Boy‘s Patrick Stump might be the well-known face of pop-punk and scene music, but in his heart, he is an OG ska fan. So much so, that the singer was recently interviewed for the upcoming second expanded edition of In Defense Of Ska by author and journalist Aaron Carnes. The book is set to arrive on October 29 via Clash Books. The book’s second edition boasts “an additional 30,000 words of compelling stories, research, and analysis” of ska legends such as Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Operation Ivy, the Slackers, Hepcat, Mephiskapheles, and Reel Big Fish. In addition to his… Read more »
Punk hip-hop artist Gvllow just released a cover of Billy Idol‘s “Eyes Without A Face” featuring special guest MOTHICA. The song will appear on the Sumerian Records’ American Psycho comic book series official soundtrack. “I recorded this song over a year ago because I simply love this song and wanted to do my own cover of it. It’s fun to do covers once in a while especially when it’s a song you really love,” Gvllow shares. “I was blessed to have my buddy Scott Holiday feature guitar on it to bring the solo and all the fun guitar effects to life on the… Read more »
Charlotte Sands just reimagined the iconic AFI track “Miss Murder.” The song will appear on the Sumerian Records’ American Psycho comic book series official soundtrack. The artist shares, “I am so grateful to get to be a part of such an incredible project alongside so many artists I love and so many songs that have been such an enormous part of my life.” Sands adds, “I grew up listening to ‘Miss Murder’ and I’m so humbled to have gotten to create my own version of it and imagine an entirely new world for it to exist in. I enjoyed every… Read more »
