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My guest for Part 3 in the "Bane 2.0" series is drummer Nick Branigan. He played drums on the "It All Comes Down To This" and "Give Blood" records. He toured the world for several years with "Bane". He was in the Boston hardcore band "Close Call", after "Bane", he joined "Silent Drive" and went on to create music in several different genres. His current band is "Hands And Knees" and has been with them for over eleven years. I know I state it often, but it's the truth... this was a lot of fun to do. Enjoy! Bane Forever.

My guest for Episode 174... Part 2 in the "Bane 2.0" series is bass player, Brendan "Stu" Maguire! Stu played and toured with "Bane" extensively and recorded the "World Series" 7" collection in 2009. We begin this episode speaking about his battle with pancreatic cancer. For what this man has gone and is going through, his positive attitude and fight is second to none. It's inspiring to say the least. We both called the first half hour or so of this conversation, "The Ailment Episode" since he tells his story, then I wasn't going to, but he wanted me to tell mine as well. Not that we're comparing, but my story doesn't even come close. We then go into his history, growing up, and his time in "Reach the Sky". I never met Stu in person and really hope that I do sooner than later. The man is an inspiration and my hat goes off to his amazingly supportive family.

The final Bane set was released when a 20k goal was reached within 24 hours via GoFundMe set up by Sunny from Hate5six. Once the goal was reached, the last set streamed. But the goal has been raised to 50k to help him and his family get through this ordeal. So... if you can, please visit the link below and help.

https://www.hate5six.com/stu

Thanks for your time Stu.
I hope you all enjoy this episode. Respect.

"The Isolation Sessions" are over. The first five part "Bane Series" is over... but "Bane 2.0" has just begun. Get ready for another five part series with former members and people very closely associated with them. My first guest in the "Bane 2.0" series is bass player, Peter Chilton. He has played on every full length "Bane" record, toured the world several times over and is an enormous part of the band. He created the artwork for several "Bane" album covers along with dozens of other bands. He was also in the bands "Godflaw" and "Silent Drive". He currently is co-owner of "Nova Motorcycles", a custom motorcycle and repair shop. This was awesome to do. I hope you enjoy this one as well. Once again... Bane Forever.

The Isolation Sessions: Volume 18!!! The last in this series that I did during the Coronavirus pandemic of 2020. I close this out with the legendary Phil Demmel! Founder and guitarist of "Vio-Lence", "BPMD", ex "Machine Head", "Technocracy" and singer for "Torque". This was another one of those episodes that I never thought I'd ever have a chance to do. My teenage years (and still to this day), "Vio-Lence" was a big part of my soundtrack. We go right into the upcoming new "Vio-Lence" record. We talk about "BPMD", his side project with Bobby Blitz from "Overkill", Mike Portnoy from "Dream Theater" and Marc Menghi from "Metal Allegiance". Their debut record, "American Made" is available now. It's a record of 70's rock songs with a metal twist. We talk about his departure from "Machine Head" after a sixteen year run with them as well as him getting a text from Kerry King from "Slayer" asking him if we could fill in for Gary Holt for a few dates on their final leg of their final tour. Phil Rules. I hope you enjoy this.

The seventeenth in a series of podcasts during the Coronavirus pandemic. "The Isolation Sessions". It's been close to 150 episodes ago he was on the show the first time. My guest is Joey Stone... also known as Joey Southside. Singer for New Jersey Hardcore/Metal band "The Banner". He's also a ridiculous artist and co-host of the "Cerebros" Podcast with his brother Greg Stone, who was a guest on Episode 107. We talk about how he wanted to throw Jerry Seinfeld a beatin' one night... yeah, Jerry Seinfeld. We get into "The Banner" for a bit, we discuss his podcast which segways right into us nerding out over toys and cartoons from the 80's like two children. Joey rules, The Banner rules and so does is podcast and artwork. Good guy this Joey Southside. Support his ventures. He deserves it. Respect.

Sometimes you just have to show appreciation for things. I'm not going to get long-winded describing this 15 minute mini episode. Please listen. You're all appreciated. Thank you for the continued (and growing) support. Respect.