Episode 87 - Gerry LaFemina (The Downstrokes / Savage Mountain Fest)

On this really fun episode I get the pleasure of sitting with Gerry LaFemina, frontman of the Maryland punk band The Downstrokes and creator of the Savage Mountain Punk Fest and Arts Program. We chat about his band and their new album “This Close to Vertigo” (being released on 9/29/23 on CD, Vinyl, and Digital through a joint partnership from Allegedly Records and Coffin Curse Records,) along with the grant they received from the Maryland State Arts Council to help finance it, as well as their free release party the same day. We also chat about our mutual friends Bree Meyer, Jay Prozac, Mike Billup, and others, when our favorite music become elevator music and music featured in commercials, trying to play music and do a festival in the current climate of punk rock in the digital age, bands that have played the Savage Mountain Fest stage, and lots more. So sit back and enjoy this wonderful episode of TIJAP! *** (tracks played from the soon to be released The Downstrokes album “This Close to Vertigo” include: “Kaput,” “Moral Dilemma,” “UFO Baby,” and “She.” - used with permission.)***