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SpeckastSpeckast#45 | Fantasian Neo Dimension, Nikoderiko, Okami 2 & mehrHey Leute,WE ARE SO BACK! Nicht nur erscheint diese Ausgabe wieder pünktlich am Montag, wir befinden uns nun in einer Welt, die dem Erscheinen von Okami 2 unter der Direktion von Hideki Kamiya entgegenblicken kann.Never Kill YourselfUnterstützt meine Arbeit auf Patreon oder Steady und erhaltet neben exklusiven Inhalten auch erweitertete Versionen dieses Podcasts.PatreonSteadyHolt euch bei HOLY mit meinem Code "SPECKOBST5" für einen 5€-Rabatt bei einer Erstbestellung oder spart 10% mit dem Code "SPECKOBST"Timestamps00:00 Nichts passiert auf Game AwardsNE...2024-12-161h 20SpeckastSpeckast#31 | Star Wars Outlaws, Visions of Mana, Castlevania Dominus Collection & mehrHey Leute,oh mein Gott, was ist bloß mit den ganzen Veröffentlichungen? Zwei große Titel innerhalb einer Woche und dann auch noch eine plötzliche Veröffentlichung der DS-Castlevania-Spiele? UND es erscheinen auch noch geile Indies? UND der stärkste Monat des Jahres steht uns jetzt erst bevor? We are eating good, aber ich habe keinen Platz mehr.Aber das soll erst einmal egal sein. Stattdessen wünsche ich euch viel Spaß mit der neuen Folge!Ihr könnt diesen Podcast unterstützen, um eine erweiterte Version sowie zusätzlich exklusive Inhalte zu erhalten.2024-09-022h 57Deep Thrones PodDeep Thrones PodWesteros Stories Ep 2: Balg of the City WatchA comedy podcast hosted by Chris Simms and John Sheedy where they discuss the hit HBO shows “House of the Dragon” & “Game of Thrones”. Westeros Stories gives us new insight into untold perspectives in the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire". Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/082NoQx105PzDw6g5u1EAY?si=a592454c645742442024-05-1215 minBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 18: David Gamage (Rydell, Come The Spring, Couch Potatoes, The Atlantic Union Project, Engineer Records)I’ve known David for more than twenty years, when we co-released the Tidal/Acabah Rot split 12" in 2002. Out of sight, out of eyes, so it was about time to catch up on what’s been going on in the meantime, and David, a great DIY idealist who has been doing his thing for more than 30 years now, has a lot to talk about:- getting bullied by Oasis’ management- touring Europe and sharing a record with Hot Water Music with his band Rydell- Rydell’s bad luck having to cancel their US...2022-03-311h 01BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSFolge 17: Christian "Mosh" Ebert (Elision, Cataract)I don’t wanna be buried in a podcast sematary. Deshalb ist BALG nach fast einem halben Jahr zurück in euren Earpods mit einer introspektiven, fast schon Emo-Folge mit Christian "Mosh" Ebert. Mosh war Sänger bei zwei Schwergewichten des süddeutschen bzw. Schweizer Metal-Hardcore, Elision und Cataract, spielte Hunderte Shows mit Legenden der Neunziger wie Chorus of Disapproval, Quicksand, Unbroken. Zufällig und unerwartet traf ich ihn 22 Jahre, nachdem unsere Bands eine Bühne geteilt hatten, in seinem Motorradladen bei Würzburg, und schnell war klar, dass seine Stories perfektes BALG-Material sind.Darunter:- wie Wa...2021-08-301h 06BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 16: Nathan Gray (Boysetsfire)Just because we’re over forty doesn’t mean we don’t have shit to say anymore! Boysetsfire singer Nathan Gray has always been one to speak his mind on and off stage, and make no mistake, he's still as politically active and outspoken today as ever! So naturally, in this episode we talk about current politics. But Nathan also tells me how Boysetsfire started in the mid 90s, got pretty big in 2000 and continue playing sporadically as a band until today. Nathan is in the middle of producing his third solo album, so we touch on the interesting differ...2021-03-021h 19BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 15: Rodrigo Ponce (Colligere)In these times of isolation, where travelling has become a virtual impossibility, let BALG at least take your ears and mind where your bodies can’t go! Today we’re in Curitiba in the south of Brazil in full summer, where I talk to Rodrigo Ponce of Brazilian melodic hardcore band Colligere. We go deep on the feeling of empowerment that playing in a hardcore band, releasing records and touring the world gave us when we were in our early twenties, and how that has or hasn’t changed in almost twenty years, and the challenge of translating these feelin...2021-02-151h 11BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSFolge 14: Bernhard 'Böni' HahnEin leicht Musik- und Ton-ange’nerd’etes Gespräch mit der süddeutschen Produzenten-Koriphäe mit den vielen Spitznamen („Don Böni Albini“, „Papst Beni Fleisch I.“ etc.), seit den Neunzigern mitverantwortlich für viele großartige Platten von Bands wie Monochrome, Dawnbreed, Sabeth, Robocop Kraus und vielen anderen. Wir sprechen über die empfohlene alljährliche Beatles-Dosis, Bönis Anfänge auf Vierspur-Kassettenrecordern in Korntal-Münchingen, Atari-Computer, Aufnahme-Sessions mit zahlreichen Hardcore- und Indiebands, aber auch mit Bands wie Pur, Nena oder dem legendären Hank Häberle.2021-02-0257 minBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 13: Don DeVore (Ink & Dagger, Frail, Vague Angels, Mandela Strikeforce, Collapsing Scenery)A nocturnal conversation that fell victim to strange occurrences at the stroke of midnight and therefore had to be continued a day later. Don DeVore is a full-time musician and artist who played guitar in seminal 90s bands Frail and Ink&Dagger, the latter known for wild shows played in full vampire make up. We talk gold prospecting in the wild west, music and self-empowerment, the spirit of Sean McCabe, soaking an entire audience in fake blood, putting out a 7“ on Revelation with a full-on Drum’n’Bass track and Don’s current project, Collapsing Scenery.2021-01-211h 12BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 12: The Story of Belvès with Pablo BurguésBALG starts off the new year with an episode like a vaccine shot full of pop hooks! This episode is a bit different than the others, more like something of an audio documentary telling the story of Belvès, a folk pop duo consisting of Pablo Burgués and yours truly, who by chance met in Cuba in 2005. It’s a story about exploring the world, the beauty of creating music and the ups and downs of an intense long distance band relationship. Pablo and I talk about riding through Cuba on rusty bicycles, getting robbed on the Mexico City...2021-01-011h 38BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSFolge 11: Sead Imamovic (Jigsaw Jackson, UV Glaze)BALG ist nach ein paar Wochen Pause zurück in deinen Headphones mit einem Gespräch zwischen alten Buddies über Jigsaw Jackson, eine obskure Garage-Punk Band aus dem Stuttgart der mittleren Nullerjahre, in der beide Gesprächsteilnehmer spielten, das frustrierende Tages- und Nachtleben Stuttgarts zu jener Zeit, folglich die damals von Twentysomethings hochfrequentierte Fluchtroute Stuttgart-Berlin, die auch Sead in die Hauptstadt gebracht hat, und seine dortige Noiserock-Band UV Glaze. Außerdem erzählt Sead von seiner Jugend im Schatten des Daimlersterns als Sohn bosnischer Gastarbeiter, Spielautomaten in Untertürkheim und wie sich die Jugo-Expat-Community im Zuge des Bürgerkriegs der früh...2020-12-181h 23BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSFolge 10: Daniel Benyamin (Sea+Air, Jumbo Jet)Die Jubiläumsfolge – Zehnmal BALG und dieses Mal auch mal wieder auf deutsch. Zwei gleichaltrige Musiker, einer Amateur, einer Pro, beide aus dem Stuttgarter Raum, unterhalten sich über den deepen Stuff. Gott und die Welt. Leben und Tod. Spiritualismus und Religion waren für Daniel nämlich seit der Kindheit ein Thema und wir hatten vor vielen Jahren recht kontroverse Gespräche über diese Themen, die wir nun weiterführen. Außerdem geht's mal wieder um Band-Beziehungen, ums Touren und die damit einhergehenden menschlichen Komplikationen, die folgenschwer sein können. Übrigens könnt ihr in dieser Folge exklusiv ein paar Takte au...2020-10-081h 01BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 9: Paul Vary (Older Than Dirt, Sa Causa)Paul grew up in the South of England where he watched his older brother start a punk band in 1977. Subsequently he played in a couple of bands, and he talks about how him leaving his then band Older Than Dirt somehow led him to leave Britain and move to Spain. I was introduced to him a few years ago by a shared friend in Mallorca and we ended up playing together for two years in Sa Causa, a band that broke up recently after finishing the mixing on our first and last album, due to musical differences. We try...2020-09-2058 minBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 8: Chris Leo (The Van Pelt, The Lapse, Vague Angels)Thirteen years ago we had a chat after a Vague Angels show, now we're back at it on the mics and Chris Leo talks about how he first sang in a band with the former drummer of Agnostic Front, before starting his bands Native Nod and later The Van Pelt. He also tells me he wants to cover a freestyle song (this slightly trashy underground early 80s electronic dance music), why The Van Pelt broke up in 1997 and why they got back together in 2014, how he got signed to and then dropped by Matador Records, the process of writing...2020-08-181h 45BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 7: Justin Pearson (31G, The Locust, Swing Kids, Dead Cross)A talk with Justin Pearson of Three One G records, active in countless bands since the early Nineties, such as The Locust, Swing Kids, The Crimson Curse, Dead Cross, Planet B, Retox and many more. Highly inspirational to me and many of my peers in the late 90s. JP talks about moving to San Diego from Arizona as a twelve-year-old punk kid, Kiss, Misfits, The Cramps, skateboarding, Struggle, Swing Kids, why he started Three One G records, the impact of Drive Like Jehu and politics. An episode sub-titled Influences, Inspirations, Imitations and Innovation a.k.a the four big...2020-08-061h 09BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 6: Martín Solana (Hablan Por La Espalda)Martín Solana a.k.a. Tuka is another old friend from Tidal's world travellin' days. We met in 2002 when he organized an amazing show for us in Montevideo. In early 2003 Hablan Por La Espalda toured Europe and I joined them on that endeavor. We've stayed in touch but haven't seen each other since then, so this was a perfect opportunity to catch up and dig a bit into his band's history, which actually goes back as far as 1996, when Martín started the band together with his brother Fermín and Valentín, the other guitarist. Today HPLE is w...2020-07-261h 16BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSFolge 5: Boris Mauch (Tidal, The Healing Process)Die erste schwäbische Folge geht der Frage auf den Grund, warum eigentlich Bands wie Girlfriends sind: Musikalische Vergangenheitsbewältigung mit meinem alten Weggefährten aus Tidal-Zeiten. Ein Gespräch unter Freunden, draußen in der Natur, mit jeder Menge selbstgedrehter Kippen und ein paar Flaschen Bier, über das Aufwachsen in der Provinz, die "Entdeckung" von Punk und Hardcore und die komplette Tidal-Story vom Anfang über den Höhenflug bis zum Ende. Es ist an der Zeit Bilanz zu ziehen – wir sind älter geworden, doch sind wir unseren Idealen treu geblieben? Tidal war für uns mehr als eine Band – Tidal...2020-07-171h 13BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 4: Euro Dance Trash talk with Emma Boardman (Heath Hunter & The Pleasure Company)Nineties music from a different perspective: My neighbor Emma was part of a popular Euro-Dance group in the mid 90s, so I just had to pick her brain about this last bonanza of the music industry. A talk about hanging out in the tourbus with 16 year old Justin Timberlake, getting in trouble for giving East 17 too much wine before a show and our embarrassing common history with early 90s hard rock power ballads.2020-07-0949 minBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 3: The Hollywood Episode - Pedro Luque (DoP: Don’t Breathe, Penny Dreadful, Antebellum)I first met Pedro in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 2002, when Tidal was touring South America. In 2003 we spent a couple of intense weeks together on his pals Hablan Por La Espalda’s European tour. We haven’t talked since then so we had a lot of catching up to do: We talk about how Pedro took a chance and left Uruguay to become a Director of Photograohy in Los Angeles, growing up in 90s Uruguay, how we both started making music at around the same time in opposite parts of the world, art and censorship in times of political correctness and...2020-07-011h 21BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSFolge 2: Marc Calmbach (Dawnbreed/Monochrome)Dieses mal auf deutsch (sorry non-Germophones!): Ein Gespräch mit Marc Calmbach von Monochrome, einst Dawnbreed darüber, wie Hardcore sein Leben beeinflusst hat, die süddeutsche DIY-Szene in den Neunzigern, Touren in den USA und wie Steve Aoki einst auf seinem WG-Sofa übernachtete.2020-06-221h 05BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSBANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSEpisode 1: Erik the Red (Middle Class Pig Records)Welcome to Bands Are Like Girlfriends! On the first episode I talk to Erik Bauer aka Erik the Red, an American expat who moved to Germany in the mid 90s and started a record label on which my band released our first record. Erik and I talk about the difficulties of being a young punk kid in Kansas City, getting beat up by rednecks, weird mall record stores, Berlin in the early 90s and more. Enjoy!2020-06-1458 min