Hey there, friends!
Welcome to the show. I hope you all are doing well out there beyond Podcast Land.
Tonight, I'm going to be debuting a new format for the show called "Flashback Fridays".
Every Friday, I'm going to be highlighting an album that I not only love, but believe deserves more love, more credit, and a bit more of an audience.
After all, this is a music podcast, primarily, so I thought this would be fun. Perhaps you've already heard of this band, or maybe you love this album already and it's been a while since you've given it a proper spin in your car with the windows down. We're approaching Summer, so it doesn't hurt to have some lesser known hidden gems available.
I'm going to start with the year 2000, and I'm going to work my way up all the way to 2020. After that I may do some 90's releases that I don't think get enough attention, but we'll have fun with this.
Tonight, the first album I'd like to highlight is Ace Troubleshooter, the self-titled debut album from the band with the same name.
Ace Troubleshooter, often shortened to Ace, was an American pop punk band. Formed in December 1995 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, they released five albums. This first album was officially released on BEC Recordings and their next two records were released on Tooth & Nail Records. And those two records are great as well.
Ace Troubleshooter is the third studio album by American pop punk band Ace Troubleshooter and their debut on BEC. The album was recorded at the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton of Descendents/All.
My first band played a few show with Ace in Minnesota, and we also stayed with Ben, their bass player when we went up there. Those guys were a lot of fun, we really had a good time playing shows with them.
I remember they owned a bus that they bought from a country music artist, and the only one in the band who could legally drive it was the drummer.
John, the singer, eventually went on to play bass for Relient K. You can hear his voice on the song "Let it all out".
Their first record is a really fun, fast, punchy pop-punk record that kind of came out of nowhere and it makes sense that it was recorded at The Blasting Room. It still sounds great. The guitars, the vocals, the drums... It doesn't sound like a record that's 21 years old. It's one that I revisit and I think you should check it out, if you haven't heard it.
This is the first song off of the album, it's called SE 101.
Okay, I hope you are all doing fantastically well this weekend. Let me know what you think of this format. Maybe you can recommend some records to me for future Nostalgia Fridays. Talk to you soon! Take care.
