Stay ConnectedThe Toth Zone chronicles musician James Toth’s all-consuming obsession with music while growing up in pre-9/11 New York City, and all the trouble it caused him along the way. It’s a little like A Christmas Story, but with headbangers, hoodlums, and hip-hop.
“…something like David Sedaris by way of Iggy Pop.”
– Elizabeth Nelson, Lawyers, Guns & Money blog
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My first gig as a rock critic, hip-hop, and the after school fistfight that gave birth to an unlikely alliance.
Guidos, mischief, crying over death metal...
Action-packed episode about metal, mischief, and mayhem. Plus: explosions, drugs, and the world premier of The Skumbags!
Record store jerks, record store humiliations, record store lessons.
How heavy metal made me want to be smart...and the corniest thing I have ever said to another person to get them to join my band.
How my late cousin, Peter Steele of Type O Negative, taught me that life need not be a series of compromises, concessions, and fading passions.
How my disabled sister helped me discover my musical voice...sorta.
Uncle Cut Above; betrayed by baseball (and Kiss); the suburban basement as music laboratory.
Genesis of a mania -music freak ground zero; my very first band and our one and only concert featuring my sister, the four-year old “slut”; some valuable early lessons in showbiz.
Following the breadcrumb trail; the OTHER New York City; first concert and first records; the search for Sucker MCs.
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