The Tone That Made Us

Charlie Walker Pt2: This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast brings a visit from another old friend and one of the most solid drummers we know Charlie Walker from Chamberlain. We delve into his love for the coolest Drums shops around the country. How he owes so much to our friend Chris Daly. Lower East Side shenanigans. Bouncing back and forth between NY and LA in a rapidly changing sequence of amazing bands and arena experiences. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast brings a visit from another old friend and one of the most solid drummers we know Charlie Walker from Chamberlain. We discuss his history with drums going back to seeing his dad's Rogers kit for the first time to his need to shed his kits over the years to reduce attachment and stay fresh. We cover touring, various band history and gear over the years, touring with U2 and how amazing they were and his love for Dave Abbruzzese. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast brings a visit from an old friend and NJ Screamo staple the one and only Steve Pedulla. We discuss the years of his gear journey, Thursday's days on Victory and signing to a major label. His love of effects and all of the various pedal boards over the years, how he did beta testing for Line 6 and how his Helix is the mission control for his current analogue pedalboard and amps. Lot's of reminiscing and influencing which led to us both buying new Line 6 pedal boards after we recorded this! Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!   IG and Twitter: @thursdayband IG: @stevepedulla

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast we have met our gear soulmate. The mighty Zach Blair from Rise Against. We discuss his years of tone evolution, our shared love of Dan Armstrongs, Les Pauls, modded Marshalls, what is was like playing in Gwar and how he stayed involved after he left and his new Podcast called Anti Heroes where he dives into the careers and gear of some of the most underappreciated and underrecognized guitarists in counter culture music. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word! https://www.ruinousmedia.com/antiheroes https://riseagainst.com

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is with quite possibly the single largest guitar influence in the Hardcore Music scene, Mr. John Porcelly. We had such a great chat with Porcell this is a two part episode. He talks about growing up in suburban NY, how a family member inspired him to play Guitar and how he got started. We discuss the various gear and tones he used on all of the Youth of Today, Judge, Shelter records and more. We touch on his love for Les Pauls and how his YOT Les Paul was not a Les Paul at all. His hatred and now new love affair with Fender guitars and his new projects, clothing line and so much more. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is with quite possibly the single largest guitar influence in the Hardcore Music scene, Mr. John Porcelly. We had such a great chat with Porcell this is a two part episode. He talks about growing up in suburban NY, how a family member inspired him to play Guitar and how he got started. We discuss the various gear and tones he used on all of the Youth of Today, Judge, Shelter records and more. We touch on his love for Les Pauls and how his YOT Les Paul was not a Les Paul at all. His hatred and now new love affair with Fender guitars and his new projects, clothing line and so much more. This is a 2 part episode to check out part 2 next week! Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is with a long time friend and guitar pioneer in the scene. Adam and his bandmates in Split Lip took musicianship in Hardcore to a new level. As bands were catching up to them, they took a left turn, renamed the band Chamberlain and upped their game. Adam brough elements of Indie Rock and Country roots to later redefine and influence so many players in the scene. He talks about those developmental years, how the band always pushed the limits of what was accepted and the eventual disbanding and reunions. He also chats about his career as a musical director and film and tv scorer. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word! https://www.adamrubensteinmusic.com

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is a long in depth chat with a Music Legend. Our first drummer on the show Ivan takes us on a journey from growing up in Harlem and being exposed to the New York version of the Wrecking Crew at an early age. Knowing Kurtis Blow as a child and eventually playing with him. Playing Live AID!!!! Playing on Broadway while attending college and how he used his reputation and networking skills to get epic gigs with Ashford and Simpson, Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, J Lo and more. Producing award winning tracks for Vanessa Williams and how he transitioned his skills into a career of music education. This is truly one of the most interesting chats we have had. Check out Ivan's links below and please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word! https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ef1dKHyV9k9g3aDlmR7tI?si=nq69Q-nVRjuc-6lTLCPHuA https://youtube.com/channel/UCRM6FQqD3GmcFwiV6y72uEQ   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Hampden_Jr.?wprov=sfti1

This week's episode of The Tone That Made Us Podcast is with our good friend Heath Saraceno. Heath discusses his love for 80's Kiss, playing in NJ punk bands leading to his time shredding for bands like Midtown and Senses Fail. He recounts times on the road, in the studio with Mark Trombino and life after being a touring musician. Midtown will be playing reunion shows this Fall and you will not want to miss this in depth chat! Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word!

This Episode is an exceptionally important one for us. J Robbins (Government Issue, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels, Solo) is a songwriting genius and great influence on many. His personal performing credits hold a close first place to his producing credits for bands like Clutch, Texas is the Reason, The Promise Ring and many more. J owns Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, MD. We get a chance to discuss his first love of Classical music and orchestration, being a introverted nerdy dude turned role model for the Post Hardcore scene and how his gear shaped the tones of the records we love.

This Episode is with powerhouse player Rob Echevarria. Rob started in the NYHC scene with bands like Straight Ahead and Rest in Pieces segway-ing to bands like Helmet and Biohazard. We spend an hour to chat with Rob about his early influences, how his Marshall was the only amp he needed, being the first guitarist in the 80's HC scene to rock PRS, auditioning for Helmet in standard E tuning and nailing it and his love for collecting guitars. Please share, subscribe and rate!!!!

This episode is with powerhouse guitarist Gavin Van Vlack. Over the past 4 decades he has influenced thousands of musicians by consistently reinventing his sound and approach in bands like Absolution, Burn, Die 116, Pry, Big Collapse and Cannonized. We discuss hitchhiking hundreds of miles as a youth to go to music stores to acquire gear, purchasing an epic guitar from Billy Gibbons and how he protected his gear over the years living in the Lower East Side Squats of Alphabet City in the 80's. Please share, rate and subscribe wherever you enjoy your podcasts! Spread the word! Check out Gavin's stuff on Instagram @gavin_van_godamn_vlack @burn_nyc and @diamondheartpcc

This is a bucket list Episode for us. Renowned guitarist and gear addict Vernon Reid. Vernon has spent the last 5 decades as the Guitarist for Living Colour as well as producing, Musical Directing and being an amazing guy. He sat with us to discuss his start with 60's rock and jazz to his time developing his tone and signature sound with Living Colour and his signature guitars from ESP, Parker and PRS. Touring stories, studio stories, it is all in here.   Twitter: @vurnt22 Twitter: @LivingColour Instagram: LivingColourOfficial Facebook: LivingColour  

This is an incredibly nerdy gear saturated episode with one of our teen heros Stephen Egerton. As the guitarist for Descendents and All, Stephen has solidified his place in punk rock history. But it goes much deeper. We touch on his humble beginnings as a solo acoustic player, how he got into producing, building the Blasting Room (literally), every guitar and amp he used in his years making music and if indeed his van leaked gasoline all over the streets of South River, NJ while producing Shades Apart at Trax East. This episode was a Bl'ast!

This Episode is with the songwriting and producing force that is Walter Schreifels. Walter blazed paths that thousands followed with bands like Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, CIV, Rival Schools, Solo and more. While everyone was chasing what Walter was doing, he was already was creating new bands that defined music scenes. We discuss the early days of gear, our love for weird Japanese guitars and how much the evolution of tone, played into the songwriting process.

This Episode is with a very special one. Alberto Vaz was an up-and-coming Jazz guitarist from Rio who developed a love for engineering and developed an amazing career earning a Grammy for live and studio sound for Kid Rock, Kacy Musgraves and Sheryl Crow. He currently runs Front of House sound and is the Chief Engineer of Sheryl Crowe's personal studio. We discuss growing up with limited exposure to musical instruments in Rio, manifesting a scholarship to Berkley School of Music and how he went home to Brazil to hone his skills that would later land him in Music City Nashville, TN with one of the most prolific songwriters and performers

This Episode is with a very special one. Alberto Vaz was an up-and-coming Jazz guitarist from Rio who developed a love for engineering and developed an amazing career earning a Grammy for live and studio sound for Kid Rock, Kacy Musgraves and Sheryl Crow. He currently runs Front of House sound and is the Chief Engineer of Sheryl Crowe's personal studio. We discuss growing up with limited exposure to musical instruments in Rio, manifesting a scholarship to Berkley School of Music and how he went home to Brazil to hone his skills that would later land him in Music City Nashville, TN with one of the most prolific songwriters and performers.

This Episode is with the driving member and Guitarist of The Dillinger Escape Plan Ben Weinman. Ben fused Jazz, Hardcore and a bit of Calculus to create one of the most important genre defining bands of the late 90's/Early 2000's. We discuss years of duct taping and screwing back together guitars, years of trial and error with gear, recreating the DEP live sound on records, reinventing their sound over the years and his vision of the perfect guitar and how ESP helped him to realize it.

Billy Graziadei: This Episode is with legendary guitarist and producer Billy “Biohazard” Graziadei. Billy has been a touring a recording musician for 4 decades and in his studio Firewater Studios he continues to creatd amazing music for his bands Billy Bio and Powerflo along with producing music for countless other bands. We discuss growing up in Brooklyn learning piano and his first instruments, Studio tips learned along the way from some of the greatest and how EVH in both spirit and gear changed his sound. Check out his links here: https://linktr.ee/billybiohazard

The Tone That Made Us with Josh Newton This Episode is with the one and only Josh Newton. He not only has played in bands like Every Time I Die, From Autumn to Ashes, The Damned Things, Season to Risk, Shiner and The Great Fire of 1666. But he is the Guitar Tech to the stars. Whether it is teching for Fall Out Boy or Kings of Leon, Josh lives gear on the road. We discuss many gear acquisition stories, his signature guitar from EGC and some amazing behind the scenes tour stores including a little Jared Leto shit talking.

The Tone That Made Us with Arthur Smilios This Episode is with the John Entwistle of Hardcore Arthur Smilios (Gorilla Biscuits, CIV, Warzone, Token Entry). Arthur is a talented musician that is deeply connected with the gear he has used over the years. We discuss the beginnings of his guitars/basses, his first Major Label open account to buy the bass of his dreams, his banjo skills and how he has a Rain man like ability to remember the serial numbers of his guitars.