Drummer Shane Medanich of Brooklyn skate-thrash band Slashers talks their new self titled record, growing up in NY and moving to San Fransisco where he began playing drums in his band Hightower that continues to play shows 18 years later, DRI and the origins of skate thrash, playing bizarre border shows in Arizona, jamming Metallica songs in his formative years, touring the US and the connections in the skate community that continue to this day, learning to play drums in his communal skate house, junk yard drum sets, rock n' roll rodeo bands, Austria paradises, New Orleans brawls, swimming holes prior to the internet, the perks of social media and a whole lot mo'!!!!!!https://slashers.bandcamp.com/https://www.facebook.com/slashersbk/Slashers Insta: @slasherskickyourassHIghtower Insta: @hightowergram