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

https://monolord.com/tour

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!

Lamb of God drummer Art Cruz talks with the #CBBP about their new record Into Oblivion; both in tracking drums with Josh Wilbur and working with the rest of the band on the record, how it differed from the previous two records, finding his “groove” in the band and how being relaxed and focused affected his feel on the recording, changing diet, fitness and more in the last three years and focusing on drilling down the set with hellacious reps -in advance of the tour, his history with marching band and the many lessons learned from his time in that world, our mutual influence in drummer David Garibaldi, some of Art’s early influences in his formative years, Michael Shrieve’s killer drumming in Santana, and much more!

https://www.lamb-of-god.com/tour/

Drummer Jonathan Balsamo of ATL’s own Palaces talks about the long road from recording their new record Sunhunting to working with Bill Kelliher of Mastodon and Tom Tapley as the mixer, as well as accepting click tracks for the first time with the band, JB’s go-to drums and an assortment of snares used on the recording, the many ways the band Generation of Vipers rules, his roots as a bass player and how he reluctantly became a drummer, early math rock influences and the faux pas of China Cymbals and Double Bass pedals outside of prog/metal, Helmet and Jon Stanier’s drumming kicking all the ass, being self-taught and much more!!

https://palaces.bandcamp.com/

Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz of Cannibal Corpse talks about CC's nearly 40 year history, the early Buffalo, NY scene and some of the bands that inspired them (Slayer), recording their first(and subsequent) record(s) , their migration from Buffalo to Florida and the incredible scene they inadvertently found themselves in, how Europe embraced the band from the beginning, the evolution of recording and playing live /Paul’s inevitable acceptance of click tracks, why Dave Lombardo rules, early impressions of Sean Reinert and Gene Hoglan’s drumming, Paul in the evolution of blast beats, viral social media moments and CC’s appearance in the movie Ace Ventura, Paul’s first drum set & much more!!

Drummer, Producer, Engineer, Visual artist and more; Jamie Saint Merat of Ulcerate talks about the bands first US tours, the multi-step process of writing, pre-production, and ultimately recording (including tempo-mapping non-click rehearsals), the evolution of how they’ve written and recorded over the years, Jamie’s thoughts on doubles in the feet and his regimens for maintaining foot speed, kick pedal tensions at different BPM’s, pre-show regimens and adjusting to long/extreme sets, the hypnotic ritual that is their albums and live shows, the shocking dichotomy of atonal madness and etherial levitation, early cassette tapes that lead him into an extreme direction, his favorite fusion drummers, the challenges of touring outside of New Zealand, isolation as a benefit for regional styles /sub-genres, triggers and much more!

Part 2 of Biohazard drummer Danny Schuler! We get into amazing shows he saw including his two favorites; Bad Brains and Van Halen, our mutual love for leeway and their 91’ record Desperate Measures (as well as Danny seeing them live multiple times), Biohazard’s connection to the hip hop group Onyx and there collaboration not he Judgment Night soundtrack, Danny’s thoughts on the Grunge era and some of his favorite bands of that time, an especially incredible experience with seeing Alice In Chains live, crazy Biohazard shows early on, seeing amazing shows at L’Amour’s in Brooklyn (and meeting his future wife there), modern vs old school PIZZA, and Jody somehow not knowing what a Bialy is!!!! CRASH BANG BOOM!!!!