Drummer Josh Eppard talks about his work with new band HELD., the process of recording their new record “Grey”, Josh’s origins with C & C, Josh’s love for early analog recordings and his hopes to return to mor humanity in recording, the mind fuckery of writing concept records, the wild story behind Josh’s foray into his rapper persona/project Weerd Science, his journey with recovery and weight loss/getting drum stamina back up to sustain the physicality of a set, early lessons of studio drumming while growing up in a studio, learning from other drummers while on tour, his favorite drummers; especially Chris Gartmann of the band 3, playing Woodstock ’94 with 3, & much more!

PIC: James Coffman

Drummer & Audio Engineer Esben Willems of Sweden’s Monolord returns to the CBBP to talk about the strange Covid times in Sweden and the challenges of getting back to Sweden while on tour during the onset of Covid, their new record Neverending; from the writing to the decision to work with legendary producer Sylvia Massy in Oregon, drums that were used, the drum room where it was recorded as well as knocking the tracking & mixing out in 4 weeks, the kit he still wants in his collection, Swedish governmental support of the arts and how it fosters artists, the awesomeness (and at times strangeness)of Black Sabbath, Swedish beers, upcoming tours and a whole lot mo’!!!

PIC: James Rexroad

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Drummer Chris Hornbrook of Poison the Well returns to the CBBP to talk their new record Peace in Place, the ubiquitous nature of the “chops revolution” outside of fusion, focusing on groove and musicality in the age of increasingly short attention spans, the extensive process of recording what would become Peace in Place w/ Will Putney, leading with intuition in the initial phases of writing to then inform the patterns that ultimately stay or get altered on the final recording, the challenges of revisiting The Opposite of December for their reunion tour, revisiting double bass playing, taking lessons with Candiria drummer Ken Schalk, Jody’s lessons with JP Bouvet and Blake Fleming, Chris’ work with Greg Puciato on Mirrorcell, some go-to snares from his crazy collection & much more!