A more than music podcast. From the team that produced Steven's Untitled Rock Show on Fuse comes GOING OFF TRACK, a more than just music podcast. A lot.
Each week join your hosts Steven Smith (disarmingly charming television host from Fuse, Myspace and VH1) Jonah Bayer (freelance journalist and former Music Editor of Alternative Press) and Mike Cangemi (television producer and music documentarian extraordinaire). Joined by audio producer Brad Worrell, listen and laugh as they talk with your favorite musicians, celebs and industry insiders and see
where the conversation takes them. Collectively Steven, Mike and Jonah have interviewed hundreds of artists and have found the best interviews take place when the cameras aren't rolling. GOING OFF TRACK creates an environment that allows guests to be themselves, comfortable and intimate. You'll learn something you never knew and you'll laugh. Oh, you will.
In this clip from a new, exclusive video for our Patreon patrons, Benny talks about recently sharing a festival stage with Ed Sheeran and how Ed "just seems to wanna be a dude in a band".
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This week, Hopeless Records founder, Louis Posen regales us with tales of how he cold-called both NOFX and Green Day, offering to make music videos and ended up doing "Bob" for Fat Mike and the gang. Guttermouth pushed him to release the first Hopeless Records single, using money made from his baseball card collection and he beat Tim Armstrong to Monster Plug by showing up.
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We had an amazing talk this week with New York Times journalist, Nick Corasaniti. His new book, "I Don't Want to Go Home: The Oral History of The Stone Pony" just dropped and it is a very fun read. Our esteemed host, Benny himself is in the book! Besides a lot of rich stories about the legendary New Jersey venue, we go off track discussing Aerosmith's legacy and the Taylor Ham vs pork roll controversy. Big stuff.
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Oh boy, have we got a show for you this week... the amazing Butch Walker of Marvelous 3, The Floyds, SouthGang, also a renown producer/songwriter working with Green Day, Weezer, Pink, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco to name a few. Butch has seen eras come and go and played a part in all of them! From being an LA hair metal band MTV star to what is happening with A-listers this week, the man is on it. A great story teller to boot, so strap in.
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Guitarist for Thursday, Steve Pedulla joins us to talk about the band and its history as well as his other gig as a director of photography for cool, food shows (among other reality shows). There's also a lot of "Jersey" talk and of course the mandatory AI discussion.
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Hot Water Music's Chris Wollard joins us this week with guest-co-host, Jon Snodgrass to discuss the Gollum songwriting curse, praise for Stever Miller Band and how he and HWM drummer George Rebelo hated each other on site at their initial meeting.
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Danbert Nobacon (musician page) has seen the full range of it all - from the streets of Manchester UK in the 70s to the wilds of eastern Washington state; from 80's anarchist punks to anarchist major-label, big-hit darlings in Chumbawamba. Along the way he never sold out his ideals and quite literally put his money where his mouth is. A super interesting conversation with a very real dude.
Check out his new album, Kochtopus's Garden with the Axis of Dissent.
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THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM's FOH engineer, Tiffany Hendren on a "Road Dogs" episode that was actually taped on the road!
Benny sits down with their wonderful live-mix engineer between gigs in Europe to chew the fat about what she does and how she got there.
Happy Friday People!
What better time than now to revisit the mountain man himself, the honorable Chuck Ragan (Official) of Hot Water Music fame along with solo artisting and of course... mountain manning.
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Drummer for The Bouncing Souls and Joan Jett, just to name a few, Michael McDermott is another Jersey treasure. From his early ska days and Murphys Law, to Budokan, the kid's got stories and he's telling!
And be sure to check him out in The Kilograms with Joe Gittleman and Sammy Kay.
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Hardcore NJ drummer for Ensign, P.E.D. and many more, Chris Ross has known Benny since the latter was a wee punk. We go deep into the lore of New Jersey punk & hardcore, from the magic of 67 Hardy St. and the Bouncing Souls house basement shows to The Melody & The Roxy. There are also many fun, (some embarrassing) young Benny moments.
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Coliseum singer/guitarist, Louisville native, Ryan Patterson gives us the lowdown on 'zines, throwing shows and managing a record label. He talks about pushing forward to escape his small town and how "everywhere is a creative outlet". Be sure and check out his new band, Fotocrime.
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Fotocrime: https://www.fotocrime.com
Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio joins us this week to talk mustaches and basketball. Oh yeah, he's got an awesome day-job too. We get deep into AT's new album and drummer as well as going back to those VFW gig days and the beloved Fireside Bowl, Chicago!
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Popeye Vogelsang of legendary hardcore band, Farside, joins us this week to discuss pizza and s*x, growing up a puny little punk kid, "bowling it out!" with Jimmy G. of Murphy's Law and his new band, Calling Hours.
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Senior NBA Writer for The Ringer and contributor to the NY Times, LA Daily News and Sports Illustrated, Howard Beck also knows a thing or two about music. Benny has a blast talking hoops with him and comparing basketball positions with band members.
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In another, 'pal-of-the-podcast' episode, we talk to the 2nd nicest drummer in the biz, The Menzingers own Joe Godino. Yoga with Descendents' Bill Stevenson, muscle maintenance with Hot Water Music's George Rebelo and hangin' with Kevin from The Office. It's all in there.
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Dave Hause is a great songwriter, singer, performer and an awesome podcast guest, especially for this show. Benny and Dave dig into their shared past, the rewards and pains of being a professional musician and Fat Mike's over-reaction to Dave's article on how punk-rock Taylor Swift was.
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Listening to Donovan Woods talk is almost as good as listening to him sing. The lyrics AND the tone are there! Maybe the backing track of Benny and Brad cackling at his stories isn't quite as nice as Donovan's sweet acoustic guitar but hey, it's storytime.
Check the full episode for more dumb thoughts on AI and something about Tim McGraw in a garbage can.
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Deep thinking drummer, podcaster and renown singer/songwriter, Emil Amos joins us gets way deep with Benny. "Melt down this whole machine so people can see what's inside the Matrix." Then he tells us about how hid dad used to be sailing pals with John Oates of "Hall and". It's a very Emil episode.
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Hot on the heels of finishing up his brilliant new album, Hellmode - our most popular, and represented guest of all time, singer/songwriter, music-maniac, nice guy, Jeff Rosenstock! This is Jeff's 11th or 12th appearance on the show, his 4th solo episode and he is very happy to have coincidentally made episode #420. Please enjoy, we did.
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Rock guitarist/songwriter Emily Wolfe reveals her most embarrassing moment.
In the full episode, she talks about horror movies, turning to ROCK with sobriety and what's up with Texas.
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Dynamic hardcore frontman, Brendan Garone of Incendiary joins us this week from Long Island to talk about the scene, local pizza, the evils of social media, and making friends with Skynet.
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The legendary Gentleman Jim Norton kept us going so long, he became a 2-parter! We'll just drop names for this one... Fred Schneider of the B52's, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Evan Dando... Madonna didn't even make the cut because the other stories were so good!
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The one and only Gentleman Jim Norton joined us for an epic session that is all off-track. From his upbringing in the Church of the Precious Blood to becoming the #3 Trivia Host in the World, while along the way road-managing Rancid (during intense times) and The Goops! (among others). Oh yeah, did we say he was also the bass player in Crucial Youth? He was.
This excerpt has punk legend, Ian MacKaye naming him an idiot at a Uniform Choice show.
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Ben Walsh of Tigers Jaw checks in this week to throw love at his band and go way off-track with strange sleep experiences, The Office and this tale of his first encounter with The Menzingers crew.
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Dynamic guitarist for L.S. Dunes and My Chemical Romance, Frank Iero gets down and Jersey with Benny this week. We dig deep into early memories, hanging with his jazz-drummer Grandpa and pals then go down into a scary MyChem basement show. It's all Franky... and Jersey.
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This week we reached all the way around the globe to check in with Winston McCall, singer from Parkway Drive. The conversation itself spans the planet too, starting with the Statue of Liberty's butt and maturing to the spirituality of surfing sublime Byron Bay.
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Benny takes a backstage break during THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM tour to really get into the s**t with buds, Chris Farren and Brian Fallon. Oh boy, this one is nothing but fun, as evidenced by this excerpt detailing how both guests were once "Mall Goths".
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