SEASON 2
ARTURO BARRIOS
JASON CAMACHO
AUDIO KARATE
Episode 50
4/23/18
Audio Karate stops in for our season 2 finale, and Art Barrios talks about his first show at 14 years old, at an abandoned house, and filling in for Audio Karate (called The Goons back then) as their singer, while Jason Camacho joined The Goons to play a talent show, though they lost…they still had everyone dancing. Then they both agree that one of the best shows was Manchester in 2003 supporting The Ataris while they were wasted.
Jason talks about how one of his worst shows was a show at a bar in the Midwest with only 6 people where he made Art really mad, even though Art doesn’t remember it. Then Art shares a story of performing after drinking Absinthe in Europe..
For more about AUDIO KARATE:
https://www.audiokarateisback.com/
COMMANDER ANGEL NOVA
LEFTENANT AR-7
THE PHENOMENAUTS
Episode 49
4/16/18
Commander Angel Nova & Leftenant AR-7 from The Phenomenauts stop by to share the origins of the band as street musicians, and Leftenant AR-7 being built for a Christmas show with The Vandals in San Diego with a mystery opener. How the best show ever was a tiny bar in Germany. Though the Metal Festival in the Black Forest was pretty epic too. They also share the art of “Commando Shows”. Then finally, the SF Weekly award show, where just no one helped and the time AR-7 just wanted to give up.
For more about THE PHENOMENAUTS:
http://www.phenomenauts.com/
SHAWN PETER
GHOST TOWN REBELLION
Episode 48
4/9/18
Shawn Peter, vocalist and guitarist for GHOST TOWN REBELLION shares with us the difficult path the band took to come together, and a first show that was also was kind of the worst show, since they surprised a crowd that may have expected something different. How their best show was one of two great moments...
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ENON GAINES
UNLIKELY HEROES
PHENONENON
Episode 47
4/2/18
Hip-Hop Artist and Singer/Songwriter, Enon Gaines stops by 3 Gigs Podcast to tell us stories about their first show was at the LA TIMES FESTIVAL at USC, and it wasn't what they expected. Then his best show was performing at Oakland, CA FIRST FRIDAY Festival on his birthday! Finally his worst show was when he discovered you can get WAY too drunk on red wine and waffles before playing a show in SF on a rooftop.
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PATRICK DRURY
JUSTIN PRITCHARD
KID YOU NOT
Episode 46
3/26/18
KID YOU NOT's vocalist/guitarist Patrick Drury and bassist/backing vocalist Justin Pritchard stop by 3 Gigs to talk about their first show ever that happened to be opening for the band, Face To Face! Learning the hard way why white shirts don’t sell. How some of the best shows ever have been the times they played The Fest in Florida. As well as a sad tale of a crazy show where they realized a member had to go.
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GULI REMONDI
SKETCHY
Episode 45
3/19/18
Guli Remondi, guitarist of Sketchy stops by and tells us about being 14 years old and terrified while playing a backyard show. Getting paid the headlining bands pay by mistake. Bringing his family to see him perform at Punk Rock Bowling in front of 2500 people, and having them all wish his 4 year old sister a happy birthday. Then some stories of how bad it gets when everything goes wrong, and what you do when the promoter of the show tries to run away.
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MIKE GRIFFEN
TAME ADULT
ACHORS-CALIFORNIA
TSUNAMI BOMB
Episode 44
3/12/18
Former guitarist for Tsunami Bomb and currently releasing music as Tame Adult, Mike Griffen visits 3 Gigs to talk to his former bandmate Dominic Davi for the first time in over a decade. Telling stories of his first show with a Jazz band back in Texas, to wearing the wrong shirt to 924 Gilman at his first Tsunami Bomb show. The hidden intimate glory of basement and house shows, and the moment in Boston where both Dominic and him let family problems get the best of them. Listen in on this intimate conversation between two old bandmates talking to each other after so long.
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VIZIN
Episode 43
3/5/18
Pop singer and drag queen, VIZIN stops by 3 Gigs Podcast to tell us stories about what it feels like to play her hometown for the first time, to playing Long Beach Pride with Chaka Khan, and how trying to have a pop show in Florida after a hurricane, is not always a great idea....
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SCREAMIN' E
THE MEMPHIS MURDER MEN
Episode 42
2/26/18
Screamin’ E, vocalist for The Memphis Murder Men and co-host of Monster Candy Podcast, stops by 3 Gigs Podcast to tell the story of his first show in Pittsburg, PA with The Brain Invaders, where according to rumor he may or may not have punched a kid in the stomach. To playing with The Misfits in San Francisco (where Dominic played too!), to an emotional memorial concert getting cut off before the end of the show, and this one night in Antioch where everything just went wrong…
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BELLA NOVELA
Episode 41
2/19/18
Long Beach, CA band Bella Novela stops by 3 GIGS Podcast and talks about their adventures from early talent shows and covering Hole acoustically to opening for Salt N Peppa with sign language interpreters dancing like go-go dancers, to opening burlesque shows in Tahoe and not being naked enough to warrant attention. Finding out the hard way it's not a good idea to try edibles before performing. The new episode is up now!
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Peter Niven
THE ATOM AGE
NOBODY’S BABY
Episode 40
2/12/18
Peter Niven, co-vocalist and guitarist for THE ATOM AGE stops by this week to talk about THE ATOM AGE’s first show on Halloween and how they always get the cops called on them at house parties. What it was like to fix a vintage keyboard in France with seconds to spare, and how food poisoning and gorilla gluing a forehead shut a great show does not make.
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Rain DeGrey & Devilynne
Episode 39
2/5/18
Sex Educators and Adult Performers, RAIN DEGREY & DEVILYNNE drop by the show to share what first, best, and worst performances mean for porn stars, and tell some eye opening stories about what it's like being a professional naked person. They let us know how they've taken those experiences and how they are now educating others how to embrace their kink safely and properly.
For more about RAIN DEGREY:
http://www.raindegrey.com/
Sal Ellington
REBUILDER
Episode 38
1/30/18
Sal Ellington of REBUILDER stops by 3 GIGS to talk about how he went from drummer to vocalist, and what they had to do about the old singer. How Virginia Beach became a second home, and sometimes anywhere is better then New Jersey!
For more about REBUILDER:
http://www.rockandrollinamerica.com/
Jeff Dean
AIRSTREAM FUTURES
DEAD ENDING
Episode 37
1/22/18
Jeff Dean of Airstream Futures and Dead Ending, talks about his first show ever with the band Tomorrow’s Gone, out in the middle of the desert between Boulder City and Las Vegas, to playing the Huntridge Theater with Jack Kevorkian and the Suicide Machines that led him to move north to Detroit (and eventually landing in Chicago). All Eyes West performing huge shows in Chicago and Minneapolis with his guitar hero Bob Mould, and getting to meet him over a busted pedal. What happened when they played Nottingham with Amusement Parks On Fire who staged a spontaneous reunion, just for that show. To playing a weird little bar on the North side of Chicago, when everyone left before they played and the power kept cutting out and the drums slid everywhere…you can’t help but ask yourself….what are you doing with your life?
For more about AIRSTREAM FUTURES:
https://www.facebook.com/airstreamfutures/
For more about DEAD ENDING:
https://www.facebook.com/DeadEnding/
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Nymble Digitz
AUSTIN TEXAS DJ
Episode 36
1/15/18
Nymble Digitz comes to the show and tells us about his first show in Qatar in the Persian Gulf, and literally risking getting his head cut off by parting hard and throwing a party where he DJ’d for the first time. A huge party he played at Kingdom in Austin TX, with an incredible sound rig and a better crowd. As well as a terrible party he had to play where equipment crashed constantly and a VIP ticket only got them all one free drink.
For more about DJ NYMBLE DIGITZ:
https://www.facebook.com/nymble.digitz/
Ean Hernandez
SICKO
TOP DRAWER RECORDS
SEATTLE POP PUNK FESTIVAL
Episode 35
1/8/18
For this episode we speak to EAN HERNANDEZ of the Northwest Pop-Punk legends SICKO! He also run TOP DRAWER RECORDS, and is putting on the first ever SEATTLE POP PUNK FESTIVAL! He tells us about the origins of his scene and why he's putting on his own festival, and then tells us about having the worst and best time of his life for his first show ever, what it was like to play Japan with SICKO, and a surreal run in with the Nazi Punks of Kansas.
For more about SICKO:
www.Sicko.com
DBC
THE LOBSTROSITIES
OUTLAW DANCE SOCIETY
HUDSON CRIMINAL
DOUBLE BLOCK AND BLEED
SCATTERED FALL
Episode 34
1/1/18
For our first episode of the year we are airing an episode I've had in the works for a while, and I'm very excited to finally post it! The man, the myth, the legend, Stockton based musician DBC shares with us some of the most entertaining stories we've heard yet! From his first show at an all day festival in California, to sneaking on the Warped Tour, to staying at the craziest punk rock house ever. You do not want to miss this episode.
JOHN GENTILE
PUNKNEW.ORG
Episode 33
12/18/17
Freelance writer and features editor on punknews.org, John Gentile, talks about getting into Rolling Stones thanks to his uncle, and the worlds greatest rock n roll band was the first show he ever got to see. What some of the clashes in current punk rock scene comes from. How out of the many amazing shows that he’s witnessed, KRS-One is an incredible stand out with his unpredictability cause you never know what is going to happen! However the worst show he’s ever seen, was Sammy Hagar after being blown off stage by David Lee Roth.
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SHAWNA POTTER
WAR ON WOMEN
Episode 32
12/11/17
SHAWNA POTTER of WAR ON WOMEN takes a moment to speak to me about her first grunge rock band, Fair Verona and how being in a band that does well, doesn’t mean your next project will always be as successful. She shares how WAR ON WOMEN dressed up as a bachelorette party on stage for a sold out Halloween show at The Fest in 2015 and it was one of the best shows of all time. Although the first time they played Fest....was a bit of an adventure.
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KIMM GARDENER
CHANNEL 3
Episode 31
12/2/17
Kimm Gardener from CHANNEL 3 shares a story of a lifelong friendship started a band which led to a living room show and the first time he heard the crowd clap for his band. We talk about the enduring appeal of punk rock though the years and the story of headlining for the first time at the Whiskey A Go-Go. What led to them going on tour for the first time and what it was like to play Memphis, in the dead of summer, after G.G. Allen shit in the ice machine the night before…and how the internet brought the band back to life.
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KARL IZUMI
SPIDER
Episode 30
11/27/17
Karl Izumi from the band Spider stops by to tell us about house parties in 1981, and how his drummer gets busted mid-performance at his first show ever! He also tells how punk crowds in 1990 dealt with Nazis. Yet despite his first show and best show being shows that complete broke down at some point, his worst show ever was when he played a house party for little people that famous actor Billy Barty put on. Yes. You read that right. Billy. Barty’s. Party.
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MIKE PARK
ASIAN MAN RECORDS
Episode 29
11/20/17
MIKE PARK of ASIAN MAN RECORDS and SKANKIN’ PICKLE fame, tells us the story of his first, best, and worst shows ever! From NO GIMMICK, a cover band playing two songs for a 1986 High School talent show to playing massive festivals in Korea with MU330 as a backing band with no practice to performing with YO GABBA GABBA! as a Super Music Friend to the last days of SKANKIN’ PICKLE where after 6 years of over 200 shows a year he just hit a wall.
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JAWSH HOTTA
TRASHED AMBULANCE
Episode 28
11/13/17
Frontman for Canadian skate-punk band TRASHED AMBULANCE, JAWSH HOTTA calls in to talk about grad party shows, writing his own Christmas songs, the monster drives of Canada, the dangers of microphones, playing festivals that completely tank, social media not being a good indicator of how many people are actually coming to the show, and being the poppy band on a show that features a bunch of bands much harder then you.
Find out more about TRASHED AMBULANCE:
https://www.facebook.com/trashedambulance/
https://thousandislandsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-dime-for-every-time
NICOLE LAURENNE
THE DARTS
Episode 27
11/6/17
The legendary vocalist for THE DARTS, NICOLE LAURENNE, stops by to tell us stories of her classical background, balancing law school with being a Jazz musician, and her love of Punk Rock. Having amazing shows in France where against all odds they kept the crowd, and was showered by roses, but how everything can just go wrong in Houston, TX. Most importantly, she talks about how THE DARTS is the best band she's ever had.
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 1
TSUNAMI BOMB
Episode 26
10/30/17
While Season 2 is being prepared and on it's way, I'm finally stepping up to the plate myself. You've asked about my own stories, so now you are going to hear one! For the 3 GIGS PODCAST HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, I will be telling a 100% true to life ghost story that happened to Tsunami Bomb while on tour back in 2001. This is a real paranormal encounter that was witnessed by multiple people and I'm telling it publicly for the first time. I even had my bandmates Oobliette and Gabe read the transcript that I wrote up to verify my account. I'm going to tell the story to the best of my ability and you can judge for yourself what happened that night in Illinois.
Hope you enjoy the tale.....Happy Halloween!
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