Available now everywhere here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceI have no idea why he hasn't been on the show several years ago, at least a couple of times. This was way overdue. My guest is my boy Anthony Russo, Jr. He is the singer for New York Hardcore band, A Breed Apart. We go on and on about hardcore, how social media ruined a lot of s…

Nate Holly is my guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. A short, twenty-second video that came across my feed caught my attention. It turns out the clip was of their first ever show a couple of months ago. I needed to know the story behind this band and the heavily tattooed man singing with a buck knife on his hip. So, I reached out. …

Rob Castoria returns to The Brooklyn Blast Furnace in order to get a couple, two, three things off his chest. Everywhere here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceSupport:Generation Records 210 Thompson Street West Village, NYC Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik Edits: Nick Light…

Available now on all platforms here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceMy guest is a man I've known now for close to a decade. I'm surprised he hasn't been on earlier. He's played in Leeway NYC/The Eddie Leeway Show, Hard Response, The Casting Out, Comin' Correct and besides being a solo artist and collaborating with Keith Caputo, he has a ne…

Available Now everywhere:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceMy guest this time around is the guitarist for Fire Is Murder and Damn Your Eyes. He also played with Eddie Sutton in the last few years of Leeway NYC. Ladies and gentlemen... Artie Alexander. He's an incredible musician and an all-around good guy. We discuss the aforementioned bands…

Listen up, everyone...Available now on all platforms here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceMy guest is a writer, director, producer, and musician. His new movie, "Director's Cut," is now up on all streaming platforms. Ladies and gentlemen, Don Capria. Owner and founder of OneTenCrew films and 110 Artist Management.We talk about his awesome …

Available Now everywhere here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceMy guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast is the former drummer of legendary Long Island Hardcore band, Disciplinary Action! Jeff Lanzetta and I take it back to the late 80s and into the 90s, discussing the band, the LIHC scene back then, and reminiscing abo…

Yo! Available Now everywhere:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnace*Disclaimer*This is a long one!Strap in, kids. You have been warned.— in Forest Hills.Lenny Bednarz and I sat down for a marathon conversation... we touch on everything from growing up in old New York City to his bands, Without A Cause, Fahrenheit 451 NYHC, District9 BXHC, his sh…

Available Now everywhere:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceScott Vogel is back after about five years since he was last on the podcast. We has an informal conversation about touring, how much he appreciates he quiet downtime after playing over 200 shows on average per year. We touch on how he very rarely drinks and parties anymore and the po…

My guest is a legendary figure in the hardcore scene. With a resume that spans forty years. He's played in bands such as Blind Approach, Agnostic Front, Madball, The Eulogy, and currently H2O. Ladies and gentlemen, Matt Henderson. We run through his entire history from growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the formation of Blind Approach to playin…

I finally had the chance to sit down with my friend, Danielle Dombrowski. She's been photographing hardcore and metal shows since the mid-90s, owns a successful hair salon, and also does wedding photography. We discuss what made her step into the hardcore scene, where she grew up, and some of the earliest shows she shot. With hundreds of shows unde…

I decided to record a short episode giving everyone a little background and update on the book I finished writing earlier this year.Thank you all for the continued support throughout the years.Have a Happy New Year everyone! Here's to 2025! Respect.https://linktr.ee/relativelyunscathedhttps://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnacehttps://www.instagram.c…

This was a very long time coming. My guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast is one of The Godfathers of Hardcore... singer for Agnostic Front, The Alligators, The Disasters, former bass player for The Psychos and Madball... author of "My Riot: Agnostic Front, Grit, Guts & Glory" and his new book, "WITH TIME: The Roger Miret Arc…

A brand new episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast has dropped.Smash this:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceMy guest this time around is Lil Dee " Danny James. Ridiculously talented, born and raised and representing Coney Island. He wrote his first rhyme at ten years old. He was killing cyphers at twelve and hasn't stopped since. With…

I sat down and chopped it up with legendary artist and musician, Craig Holloway.Available Now on all platforms here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceWe go into his artwork, horror movies and the inspiration for his style of art, coming up in the Detroit hardcore scene. Cold As Life, H8 Inc., Blunt Force Trauma and touch on some of his earli…

When I say Bayway... you say...Motherfuckers, my guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace is JayWay. Singer for Bayway, 25 Ta Life and guitarist for Shattered Realm. He also has a rap project out under the name JayWay 908.Bayway has quickly caught on with the hardcore scene, and I'm all in as well. I met Jay only a couple months ago in p…

This was one episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast that I honestly never thought would happen. My guest this time around is one of the founding members and legendary guitarist of Biohazard, Bobby Hambel, aka Bobby The Handball. Bobby hardly ever does interviews or podcasts, so for him to take the time out to sit with me for an hour and a ha…

My guest on the podcast is someone I've been wanting to speak with for a long time. singer for Detroit hardcore bands, H8 Inc. Ladies and gentlemen, BEAST! Finding a record harder than any of their three records would be rough to do. We go into the very beginning of the band, the three records, and what is happening with them now. of course, we had…

Back with another episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. This time around, I have my friend, Mike Valente on. Founding member and guitarist for Brick By Brick. He also founded the Extreme Music Awards, which will hold its 2nd annual award show on January 10th, 2025, at Empire Live in Albany, New York. We talk some Brick By Brick history and their u…

After a couple month hiatus, a new episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace is available now.I spoke to my guest at the Nighthawk Cinema at the Vinnie Stigma book release party and set this up. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... SKAM DUST. He came to Bay Ridge from the Lower East Side to talk shit in my living room. We talk about his recent, thirty d…

After several weeks and a much needed vacation, the podcast is back. My guest is, Queens native, international sex symbol and a guitar God. He shredded for Metal Storm (Queens) the short-lived NYHC band, FUSE, wrote, composed and played guitar and bass in Maniac Rise, toured with Merauder and filled in for a leg of an Agnostic Front tour, filling i…

It's been over five years since Jeff was last on the podcast. We both figured it was long overdue for him to come back on, especially after the tribute show that I put together in memory of Eddie Sutton in which he took part in. We talk all about the show, hardcore and metal, and go into old school wrestling. We discuss everything from Lentil soup …

WHAT UP DOE? The OG Kevin Gill is my guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. Kevin has been around a very long time. Being the man who was in the harcore scene early on then bringing SFT (Striving For Togetherness) into New York City. SFT has released legendary material. We go from the record label to how the 1995 NYHC Documentary came…

My guest on this episode is someone I've known for over thirty years. Singer for Brooklyn hardcore bands, Inhuman and The Last Stand and bass player turned singer for Confusion... Michael Scondotto. We go way back to the early 90s hardcore scene when we first began to go to shows. the early days of Confusion, Nobody's Perfect, Lament, Life Of Agony…

After being on the show over four years ago, the singer for the legendary Bay Area thrash band, Vio-Lence... Sean Killian is back.I recently saw the band in Brooklyn, and after 38 years since the release of their first record, "Eternal Nightmare," they killed their set. Although not the same line-up, this is one exception where if there is no Sean …

My guest on this episode is, in my opinion, is the criminally overlooked Tony Fontão. Tony played drums on the classic Leeway record, "Born To Expire." We talk all about him leaving his native Sao Paolo, Brazil, coming to New York City in search of his dream of playing music as a teenager. He speaks about the entire recording process in order to cr…

Listen up! This is available now on all platforms here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceCuz Joe and I sat down for an hour and a half. We start off talking about the hypocrisy and lies surrounding what was going to be a show in Tompkins Square Park to benefit Jesse Malin. But it worked out and it was moved to this Friday night at Irving Pla…

It's Clobberin' Time!!!The return of Lou Koller of Sick Of It All has dropped on all platforms. It's been several years since he was on the podcast. A lot has happened since we last had a conversation like this."Scratch The Surface" turned 30 years old, "Blood, Sweat and No Tears" turned 35!"Death To Tyrants" turned 18, and "Based On A True Story" …

My guest on this episode was years overdue to join me on the podcast. My friend, singer for Everybody Gets Hurt, Red Eyed Devil, formerly of Terror Ave. and Setback... Vato Rob Cullin aka Twiggz, aka Rob EGH aka Rob IDS. The guitarist, Miami Frank and drummer, Mario for EGH make cameos for a couple of minutes.We talk about everything from the early…

Joe Stanley is the guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. I had him on very briefly during a This Is Hardcore Festival back in 2017.This time around, we have a full conversation about what he has been up to as well as his new charity, PERSEVERANCE that supports Veterans. He is a combat veteran himself and has seen his share of conflic…

You were warned, and I knew it was gonna happen.Prepare yourself for a barrage of banter, jokes, offensive language, and nonsense from four underground rappers and producers.Diabolic has been on several times before, as has Coast Locastro. I hit up Nightwalker to see if he was down to come on the podcast, and he was, and told me he just wrapped a r…

The one and only Sal Bbruscato is my guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. We speak about growing up in Brooklyn in the mid-eighties into the nineties and how he wound up meeting Peter Steele. From playing drums in Toximia to becoming a member of Type O Negative. We discuss recording Slow, Deep and Hard as well as Bloody Kisses. We t…

I have been wanting to have a conversation with my guest for a few years. He was ridiculously busy, then a pandemic got in the way, and then I killed off the podcast for a couple of years. He's since semi-retired and less busy, the pandemic is over, and the podcast is back from the dead. My guest is the legend himself, Louie Beato. Drummer for Carn…

Something a bit different. I sit down with my friend Kevin Bednarz for a laid-back discussion. He is a ridiculous artist, an entrepreneur as well as a member of the Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team. I met him through Danny Boy O'Connor at the All-Star Comic Con, a convention he put together, in which Danny was a guest.We talk everything from his …

I sat down with my good friend, Michael Alago. Known for being a former A&R executive for Elektra and Geffen Records. He signed Metallica as well as White Zombie, amongst many others. His documentary "Who the Fuck is that Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago" is incredible, as is his memoir, "I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music, Signing Metal…

My man Coast returns to the podcast. He was initially on along with Diabolic a couple years back. We talk everything from his new record Slash Coast, his Wu-Locastro ep, to filming movies, along with his role in the upcoming movie Even the Score. We are all over the place here, from growing up in the Bronx and both of us living like we were on the …

Danny Marianino returns along with special guest Mick Lambrou. Danny, known for being the singer for the North Side Kings and knocking out little Glen Danzig, along with releasing several books. Never Punch A Rock Star, It Blows My Mind, To Make Matters Worse, and several others. Mick is a native Australian and incredible cartoonist. They joined fo…

I was looking forward to having this conversation with Michael "IBeam" Cline. He wrote an incredible book, "New York City Junky Days," which chronicles his downward spiral into heroin addiction in the East Village. We talk all about his addiction, as well as his recovery. He also took all of the photographs in the Agnostic Front, "Last Warning" alb…

Happy New Year!!!The Furnace has been lit once again.The first guest back after almost two years is my man, Parris Mayhew. Although I was a bit rusty, I think this came out pretty good. My guest helped a lot. I hope you enjoy. Respect.Grab your Aggros merch here:https://www.aggros.nyc/Support:Generation Records 210 Thompson Street West Village, NYC…

Guess who's back...I wanted to touch base and fill whoever listens in on why I decided to bring the podcast back from the dead. The first official episode back will drop on 01.01.24.https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnacehttps://www.instagram.com/relativelyunscathedhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/relativelyunscathedhttps://www.patreon.com/thebroo…

Erin Hughes and Al Ghostcat are back! This episode we try to get underneath a topic that has been floating around the mainstream new a lot lately, democracy. There has been a lot of discussion about the undermining of democracy in the US and other places in the last few years especially, so we took this episode to get far down below all the hoopla …

This one is dedicated to Brendan "Stu" Maguire.This is the third time I've had Aaron on the podcast. One of my favorite people to chop it up with for sure. As you already may know, whenever I record an episode, there's no telling what direction it will go. This one is no exception. I reached out to him a few months back to come back on the show, bu…

Hail! Legendary Norwegian Black Metal musician... Tom Visnes... better known as "King ov Hell" or simply, "King". He has played in several bands from Gorgoroth, God Seed, Abbath, Ov Hell, Audrey Horne, Sahg and I. We talk a little bit about his bands and black metal. How he was literally charged in a court of law for blasphemy... but mostly about t…

Singer for the North Side Kings, author of several books including "Never Punch A Rockstar" which is a book compiled of hate mail and death threats from fans of Glenn Danzig, who was knocked out cold by my guest... the hilarious Danny Marianino. We go deep into horror nerd stuff, toys, books, how it felt to crack lil Glenny Danzig, Entenmann's cake…

One of the founding members of two of my all-time favorite Straight Edge Hardcore bands... "Youth Of Today" and "Judge" as well as "Project X" and "Shelter". He's done stints in "Bold", and "Gorilla Biscuits". He ran "Schizm" Records and currently owns a Straight Edge clothing line, "True Till Death". My guest on Episode 252 of The Brooklyn Blast F…

Here's another Bonus Episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace with my pal Sam Hoyos from the Long Island band "Playing Dead" and the "Red River Podcast". His band just dropped a new ep titled "Something To Tide You Over' and is available on all streaming platforms. We talk his band, the ridiculousness of Facebook jail, the new installment of The Texas…

Detroit Hardcore! Way back on Episode 185, I had Enzo D. on the podcast... he's back again, but this time he's joined by his brother Jake Bulldog on Episode 251 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast. We chop it up about what's new with their band Dogz of War Detroit Hard Core, their long anticipated new record, being signed to a label, as well as a…

Erin Hughes and Al Ghostcat get down this week to talk with Joey about misogyny in punk. It’s great that people are paying attention to the gross man shit that has been happening in society at large as well as our corner of it in the punk community. Calling this gross-man-behavior out is the first step to changing these offenders, changing ourselve…

"Bob Vance. Vance Refrigeration.""Bob Vance. Vance Refrigeration.""Bob Vance. Vance Refrigeration."Known for his roles as Bob Vance on "The Office", Officer Joe Vickers in "Psycho Cop" and "Psycho Cop Returns" my guest on Episode 250 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast is actor, Robert Ray Shafer. An actor for 40 years and currently retired, he's…

I always enjoy speaking with my friend Craig Ahead. So, we decided to set up another episode to talk smack. It worked out perfectly since this is released on the 23rd Anniversary of the Sick Of It All record "Call To Arms". We speak a little bit on that record and then go into some old "Youth Of Today" stories when he was on tour with them. We go i…