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Lena McFrison's band The Loyal Cheaters will be playing with Will's band in Astoria Queens on November 2nd the last day of their US tour.  Before that they sit down to talk about discovering Punk Rock and putting on shows in a small town in Italy.  the logistics of planning a tour of the USA as an international DIY act, Their upcoming show at The Fest in Gainsville, Florida, and the songwriting process for their newest album And All Hell Broke Loose. Follow and See The Loyal Cheaters Live https://beacons.ai/theloyalcheaters https://www.instagram.com/theloyalcheaters/ https://open.spotify.com/album/3nzloYQ27lnXmPrxHsYZBk?si=mXRRc92VTH2US_-1o26SfA https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/

Goalkeeper guitarist Marc Juliano returns to the show ahead of the band's new ep Pins and Needles during their tour with Calling All Captains.  He talks to Will about their newest single Black Hole, the heavier direction that they are taking musically and lyrically  on the new ep, his current live set up and the bands current tour opening for Calling All Captains. Listen to the new Goalkeeper single: https://open.spotify.com/album/3ZvWNjZk7kFwvM4EF5fiGf?si=_i4gX8z-RJaePdvuFna5GA https://www.goalkeeperband.com/ See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:   https://www.seetickets.us/event/Skip-LagMichael-Hilliard-and-The-Working-ClassGhost-Melody/618249   https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/    

Larry Spahn recently celebrated two milestone anniversaries of his pop punk band On Hiatus, and his hardcore punk band But, Pyrite.  He talks to Will about growing up in Queens, New York, how started by playing bass cause a friend told him he needed a bassist, his degree in history, the inspiration for the brutal riffs and goofy lyrics of But, Pyrite, 15 years of Hopeless Otis, how he co founded a record label with Brandon Bujnowski of Bedpan Fight and how he puts together DIY tours. Listen to Hopeless Otis https://hopelessotis.bandcamp.com/album/leave-it-all-behind Listen to But, Pyrite https://butpyrite.bandcamp.com/album/get-it-down https://www.instagram.com/knuckledownrecords/ See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:   https://www.seetickets.us/event/Skip-LagMichael-Hilliard-and-The-Working-ClassGhost-Melody/618249   https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/    

A lot has changed since the last time Aaron Barkstrom was on the show.  He has a new band Suburban Surf Club and a new ep titled Something Higher.  He talks to Will about their summer concert schedules, The collaborative writing process of the new ep, his deep dive into listening to The Grateful Dead and Surf Rock and how these diverse influences combine into the band's new ep. Listen to Suburban Surf Club: https://open.spotify.com/album/0iKsHGYwoABR0Mv2t58GZ2?si=71x9__Q6T1-m7XEU1m3EfQ See Will's band live in NYC 10/18/24:     https://www.seetickets.us/event/Skip-LagMichael-Hilliard-and-The-Working-ClassGhost-Melody/618249   https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/  

Mike and Rob's band The Challenged have been a part of their lives and the NYC music scene for 20 years.  They tell Will about the DIY and house show scene in Brooklyn, sharing the stage with punk rock legends, learning how to record all of their own music, songwriting and how the band is critical part of their emotional and physical well being. Listen to the Challenged: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1UgvwKkB30lo4JNpGXx6Jl?si=7DUCQSXIQi-4S8TLGT0zNw https://www.instagram.com/thechallenged?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== See Will's band Skip Lag in NYC 10/18/24 https://www.seetickets.us/event/Skip-LagMichael-Hilliard-and-The-Working-ClassGhost-Melody/618249 Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag: https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/

On Hiatus vocalist/bassist Tom Lee Rose is dedicated to building up the punk rock scene in Des Moines, Iowa,  and continuing the band throught van tours and incrediable loss.  He talks to Will about the band's recent tour, the music scene in Iowa, the music that drew him to bass guitar, self recording the band's newest ep One More Day, and the small victories that need to occur for a band to get on stage.   Listen to On Hiatus: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jYIcwKrCbqkYeMRcOODY5?si=f9SfTl4jSlSsDh0dimkkow Follow the band and Tom on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onhiatusband?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==   https://www.instagram.com/tomonhiatus?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==   Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag: https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/

Precursor guitarist Stuart Mckillop says the bands music is a product of their surroundings and the angst that you discover when you get older.  He talks to Will about the band's new album Thick & Thin, working with the bands lead vocalist on song rewrites, the recording and engineering of the album, the punk scene in Vancouver, BC of the late 90s early 2000s, his time in Daggermouth and how Precursor is the natural extension of this musical style. Listen to Precursor. https://open.spotify.com/album/3WWcjT7IvFYLR5MLB5fe6Q?si=ps6l4eJfSxSeoGOd2yUHNg Stuart on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sturules604/?hl=en Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag: https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/  

Pat Condon graduated college just as Covid descended on the world, but it only slightly delayed his plans of moving in NYC.  He talks to Will about growing up in rural upstate New York, playing in cover bands, working at a rental car place solo, how the first interation of the band came together before Will joined, Skip Lag's new single Rhode Island and where the band plans to go next. Listen to Rhode Island by Skip Lag: https://open.spotify.com/track/6StU3cjkNVf3zASJ77w3hA?si=bc34291a71f84e76 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/

Musician Dani Nash splits her time between being an in-demand touring drummer for some of Canada's top artists with her own career as a singer-songwriter.  She talk to Will about the writing process for her new singles Ordinary Love and Anything at All, how being a drummer first influences her songwriting process, Madonna's influence on her when she was growing up outside of Toronto, and how playing an arena can be easier than a club show. Listen to Dani's new single: https://open.spotify.com/album/5uhhMtVWA86HSGLS43u8V2?si=q_Axfor0S563q9xZRQVXXg Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/

Creating music is crucial to who Tony Lovato is as a person and he has done that with Mest for nearly 30 years. He talks to Will about Mest's recent Japan tour, finding a dream guitar in Tokyo, Chicagos legendary DIY punk venue Fireside Bowl, his relationship with John Feldmann, what he learned about songwriting from making four records with John, why you shouldn't let go of what you loved when you were younger , Mest's new single When We Were Young from their upcoming new album out May 31st   See Mest live: https://mestmusic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/anthonylovato/ Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07 Will's Band: https://www.instagram.com/skiplagnyc/  

Writer and comedian Chloe Hawker started comedy as a release valve from attending Harvard Law School.  She talks to Will about growing up in Colorado at high altitude, the musical rent, theories on the legal system and international relations, sketch comedy, writing, and finding The Peoples Improv Theater before moving to NYC.   Chloe's website: https://chloechawker.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chloechawker Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07  

Emily Bones joins the show ahead of the release of her band The Anti-Queens second album Disenchanted.  She talks to Will about growing up going to concerts in Toronto Canada with the help of cool parents, the city's formative DIY venues, touring America in a van, her growth as a songwriter over the course of the band, and plans for touring in the future and where she'd like to go internationally. See The Anti-Queens on tour with Bowling for Soup: https://antiqueens.com/tickets https://antiqueens.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CX0fdiDs9n9HSJs1PRSy3?si=ZKPRwcqfQoG3paZj_aK6wQ Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07

Comedian and writer Erin Gonyeau is  She talks to Will about interning at Disney World, growing up in Connecticut, attending college for dramatic acting, discovering sketch comedy, the basics of sketch writing, and her shows at The People's Improv Theater the newer Your Father and I, and the extremely popular Love is Live. Erin's linktree: https://linktr.ee/eringonyeau https://www.instagram.com/eringonyeau/ Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07

Comedian Jake Otero has structured his life around stand up comedy.  He talks to Will about growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico pre and post Breaking Bad, the cities up and coming stand up scene anchored by Dry Head Comedy Club, getting sober at a young age, discovering stand up comedy, working with National Headliners, and he and Will share their mutual love of Punk Rock music. Jake on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakeoterocomedy/ https://linktr.ee/jakeoterocomedy Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07

Jason Lamb spent years grinding on the Canadian Comedy Scene in a fashion that parallels the band which is the subject of his new book NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History.  He talks to Will about the uniquely original punk scene that developed in his hometown of Victoria, British Columbia, his introduction to NoMeansNo, the Canadian comedy scene of the late 90s, transitioning into journalism and then radio, meeting NoMeansNo, and how he compiled the incredible oral history that details the bands unique sound, touring career and songwriting style. Buy NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1505 Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07  

Writer and comedian Jason Saenz's new solo show the Wheel World recounts his experience of becoming paralyzed, and his experience of trying to adapt to a world that does not consider wheelchair users. He talks to Will about his experience performing at New Faces at Just For Laughs Montreal, starting improv in Washington DC, working as Steve Harvey's social media manager and writing jokes in his voice, his evolution as a writer and comedian after his accident, the development of his solo show The Wheel World, upcoming Fatherhood, and the country he'd most like to visit. http://www.jasonsaenz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jasoncsaenz/?hl=en Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07    

It's Christmas day which means it's time for Paul Cohen of Backdoor BBQ and Will to talk the year of Pop Punk.  From a year of amazing tours, long anticipated reunions, amazing new bands, and excellent new records from established bands.  There is a lot of great music in 2023 to talk about!   Will and Paul's 2023 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pp2CsW12Bqb8FohgXdiwc?si=a3ffa769f7de40d9 Paul on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/therealpaulcory/ Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Get exclusive music and videos at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/awesomedisaster Listen to Will's band on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6diGYyCyFjJZNOZ0Madqrl?si=T0jg3j1bS9iXQ47rHekvgg Listen to Will's Solo EP: https://open.spotify.com/album/3jMCe7S0qxESZaXEcfR1Cj?si=9h8vYhNKT5qmQX5g8QvWlw Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07  

Guitarist Matthew Jenkins and Drummer Brandon Ossont  of the Scranton, PA emo band The Maguas sit down with Will to discuss the writing and recording of their new album Settled, what they learned working with producer Nik Bruzzese of Man Overboard, the one song they could not master as a cover band, the role of the drummer in the song writing process, and their new cover of God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman for the Holiday season. Listen to Settled by The Maguas here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0NY4Gn4J9aIVipfAWnUw5i?si=WAFk2gR7TVeLhyW6_NdyVQ https://themaguas.com/ https://www.instagram.com/themaguas/ https://www.youtube.com/themaguas Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Get exclusive music and videos at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/awesomedisaster Listen to Will's band on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6diGYyCyFjJZNOZ0Madqrl?si=T0jg3j1bS9iXQ47rHekvgg Listen to Will's Solo EP: https://open.spotify.com/album/3jMCe7S0qxESZaXEcfR1Cj?si=9h8vYhNKT5qmQX5g8QvWlw Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07

This week for the Holiday season enjoy an interview from my 2nd Podcast the Hallmark Aftershow Podcast.  My Wife and I interviewed author Richard Wagner about his new children's book Needles the Forgotten Christmas Tree. Get your copy today https://needlesthechristmastree.com/ Follow Richard: https://www.instagram.com/richardwagnerauthor/    

Will's long time friend Kevin Froleiks set a goal for 2023 to record 4 music albums in 4 genres and he completes this goal with his just released 90's rock influenced album We Have Your Son, But Please Take Him Back under his moniker Goodbye Charlemagne.  He talks to Will about the influences behind this album, the tools he uses for recording electric guitars, programming drums, mixing vocals as well as his year of releases and what he wants to create next. Listen to Kevin's new album https://goodbyecharlemagne.bandcamp.com/album/we-have-your-son-but-please-take-him-back https://linktr.ee/goodbyecharlemagne Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster Get exclusive music and videos at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/awesomedisaster Listen to Will's band on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6diGYyCyFjJZNOZ0Madqrl?si=T0jg3j1bS9iXQ47rHekvgg Listen to Will's Solo EP: https://open.spotify.com/album/3jMCe7S0qxESZaXEcfR1Cj?si=9h8vYhNKT5qmQX5g8QvWlw Awesome Disaster Highlights! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4T5fT0Sc8bipvHWFaBEY2J?si=5f8ad01818404d07