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Episode 22: Deigo Medrano - Ramona Jul 17, 2017

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Diego Medrano of the band Romona tells us how getting out of a relationship and playing a show became a focus for his anger, and making all his friends over the course of 8 songs very uncomfortable. Playing a show with everyone that mattered, but having some unfortunate racial interactions in Tacoma, WA. Yet despite that, the people of Tacoma made up for it in the end. Official website: www.3gigspodcast.com Official host website: www.dominicdavi.com

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Episode 21: Ray "Rocket" Carlisle - Teenage Bottlerocket Jul 10, 2017

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Ray Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket takes a moment while mixing "Stealing The Covers" their brand new cover LP out on Fat Wreck this week, to tell about practicing in his friends basement in Laramie, WY and playing house shows, and playing Gilman St. for the first time. Moving up the chain and opening for national touring bands in the ever changing local scene. How fast Teenage Bottlerocket took off in Laramie. The importance in feedback from bands you open for. How they got on Red Scare and then to Fat Records. Conquering San Francisco for the very first time. The story of Milo, the 9 year old Prom King of the Vans Warped Tour 2016. Returning to Fat Wreck after all this time. The Battle of the Bands not going the way you hoped it would and no matter how bad they always are, some towns you just have to play. Also, sometimes it's easier to let people think you are from Miami.

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Episode 20: Daniel Dart - Time Again Jul 03, 2017

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Daniel Dart, political activist, artist manager, singer and founder of Time Again tells us about getting a show before he even had songs, with a guitarist that had to be snuck into the shows, but knowing it was going to work. The feeling of playing a massive festival with 80,000 people, and how hard it is to share that with people. How much a life in music changes you forever, and what it's like to have the city of Prague believe you have a serious drinking problem. Official Website: www.3gigspodcast.com Official Host Site: www.dominicdavi.com ** This episode was brought to you by Fresh Clean Tees! It's like a shaving club, but they bring you awesome, affordable, clean t-shirts! Check out Fresh Clean Tees at http://www.freshcleantees.com/ and get 20% off your first order with the code "GIG" **

Episode 19: Stacey Dee - Bad Cop/Bad Cop Jun 26, 2017

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Stacey Dee, co-vocalist and guitarist for Bad Cop/Bad Cop takes a moment at the 2017 Vans Warped Tour Salt Lake City, UT stop to tell us about playing acoustically for the first time because no one would play in a punk band with her. How music was the only thing that ever mattered, and how it very literally saved her life. What it felt like to play in front of 5,000 people for the first time, and why the best show stories always seem to always be in Europe.Yet despite this fact, a small bar in the middle of nowhere of Germany was still pretty terrible. Official Website: www.3gigspodcast.com Official Host Website: www.dominicdavi.com ** This episode was brought to you by Fresh Clean Tees! It's like a shaving club, but they bring you awesome, affordable, clean t-shirts! Check out Fresh Clean Tees at http://www.freshcleantees.com/ and get 20% off your first order with the code "GIG" **

Episode 18: Sabrina Worthington - The Applicators Jun 19, 2017

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Sabrina Worthington, lead vocalist for Austin, Texas punk band, The Applicators stops by and tells us stories about playing the Blondie's Skate Shop's last show ever for The Applicators' first show ever, and how The Applicators went from a side project to a full time project. The importance of promoting your own show, and building your own scene around your band without just using the internet. What it was like creating an all-woman punk band when there were no all women punk bands in Austin! Performing in Italy at a club called Jack the Ripper. Dealing with the catcalling bro-dudes of Arizona, and playing a strip club, after MCing a topless volleyball game. Official website: www.3gigspodcast.com Official host website: www.dominicdavi.com ** This episode was brought to you by Fresh Clean Tees! It's like a shaving club, but they bring you awesome, affordable, clean t-shirts! Check out Fresh Clean Tees at http://www.freshcleantees.com/ and get 20% off your first order with the code "GIG" **

Episode 17: Spike Slawson - Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies Jun 12, 2017

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Spike Slawson, vocalist for the world's premiere punk rock cover band, Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies, takes a moment while on tour in Denver, Co to talk about performing as Ace Frehley in a KISS cover band, the sordid tale of the Electric Banana, and the focus on the how you present vs. what you are presenting. Unself conscious fun fashion adventures in Cologne, Germany. Embracing the theater aspect of punk rock, and just how disastrous performing fireworks night at Pittsburg Pirates PNC Park really was.

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Episode 16: Brandon Paski - Marketing Director-Live 105 FM/My New Life/Boy Kicks Girl Jun 05, 2017

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Brandon Paski, Marketing Director for San Francisco, CA alternative radio station KITS Live 105.3 FM and formally the bassist for pop punk bands Boy Kicks Girl and My New Life, sits down with us to tell us about playing a talent show and getting in trouble when sneaking in an extra song, playing the first Boy Kicks Girl show at 1am to no one, and his first Live 105.3 FM BFD at Shoreline Amphitheater with 18,000 people! How sometimes you have to make it all up as you go along, and never getting to see any band that plays your shows. How punk rock makes you ready for anything. The joy of opening for Blink 182, and what it felt like to sell out 25,000 people for BFD 2014 in advance at Shoreline Amphitheater for the first time (and still holding the record of the biggest show there of all time)! The best worst show in Buffalo, NY and having your drummer decide to leave a six week tour after two weeks with little to no warning. ------------------------------------------------ Official website: www.3gigspodcast.com Official host site: www.dominicdavi.com ------------------------------------------------ ** This episode was brought to you by Fresh Clean Tees! It's like a shaving club, but they bring you awesome, affordable, clean t-shirts! Check out Fresh Clean Tees at http://www.freshcleantees.com/ and get 20% off your first order with the code "GIG" **

Episode 15: Jay Hunter Richardson - Danger Friends May 29, 2017

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Jay Hunter Richardson aka Jay Danger from Danger Friends, while recording in the studio tells us about starting a band to perform at the high school talent show, but leaving out actually practicing as a band, never having met the singer, and not knowing how to play the chosen song…and getting third place out of three bands. Jumping into things he's not quite prepared for. Becoming local legends based off one song and playing the single greatest house show ever. He also shares how Danger Friends survive the most devastating and heartbreaking shows ever.

Episode 14: Corbett Redford - Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits/Director of Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk May 22, 2017

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Corbett Redford, director of the new documentary "Turn it Around: The Story of East Bay Punk" and one half of the musical duo, Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits stops by 3 Gigs and shares how the Bay Area was once filled with Marijuana and Funk metal, and how he either played his the first show at a sandwich shop or between sets with Papa Roach, while torturing a clown. He shares what it was like playing wherever you could to reach people, the crazy genre hybrid bands of the 90s, the unique qualities of the San Francisco Bay Area Punk Scene with it's mixing of cultures and multiple cities…opening up for Negativeland and having to convince them Bobby Joe Ebola wasn't a real band. What it feels like to nail the moment, "how much art can you take?" putting on Geekfests for years, the creation of "irratainment" and having issues trying to play good shows in Eugene, Oregon....and that frankly stated…hippies aren't supposed to be aggressive. Official website: www.3gigspodcast.com Host website: www.dominicdavi.com ** This episode was brought to you by Fresh Clean Tees! It's like a shaving club, but they bring you awesome, affordable, clean t-shirts! Check out Fresh Clean Tees at http://www.freshcleantees.com/ and get 20% off your first order with the code "GIG" **

Episode 13: Kevin McCracken - Siren/Rush & Attack/Caught May 15, 2017

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Bay Area punk rock drummer Kevin McCracken stops by 3 Gigs and talks about singing for his first band ever and not being able to face the audience, the developing early days of the Santa Rosa and north bay punk scene, the "peanut butter sandwich" thing, the evolving punk scene and how social media has effected communication, how the punk rock community has influenced his business model at Social Imprints, the politics of punk rock and Siren, making your show an event, and reuniting Siren to perform a memorial for a mentor and friend, and how confrontations with local extremist vegans while on tour can lead to a very uncomfortable show.

Official website: www.3gigspodcast.com Host website: www.dominicdavi.com **This episode was brought to you by Fresh Clean Tees! It's like a shaving club, only they bring you awesome t-shirts! Find them at freshcleantees.com, and get 20% off your first order by using the coupon code GIG **

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