Cut our wrists and black our eyes as Wingman Steve & Chris-183 go through legendary emo pioneers Hawthorne Height's first album The Silence in Black and White. It's sad, it's screamy, its a classic.
Everything Is Alright: A Motion City Soundtrack Discussion w/ Evan Stewart
We're on fire and now we're getting ready to bust a move. Check it out it's finally time to chat about all things Motion City Soundtrack! The boys call in some backup from Evan Stewart of College Radio to walk through the whole MCS discography and fandom. Here's a playlist of everyone's favorite MCS tracks: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/075EQwzlbmtvWWZwbcoH7C?si=5dff7c5c5e3c4bbc
HSNE Listening Party Volume 1
Today Wingman Steve & Chris-183 play DJs and spin songs from some of the awesome bands they've met during the past year and a half of podcasting. Listen along as they introduce and react to every song and list fun facts about each one from the bands themselves. After you're done you can listen to the full episode playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68TaRl6fEna4n0kOOgAESF?si=eb4ac7068bbe4d33
HSNE Goes YouTube: Blink-182 vs Good Charlotte w/ Katie Foster
Actress Katie Foster made a hot take on TikTok that Good Charlotte is better than blink-182. Chris-183 opposes her in this discussion as Wingman Steve acts as the judge. Audio version from the HSNE YouTube channel
Stories from the Stage w/ Project Revise
It's the Eurotrip we've all been waiting for. This week Wingman Steve & Chris-183 chat with Project Revise singer and guitarist from the UK. They discuss the UK's love for Bowling for Soup, how to cook with worcheshire sauce, the metric system and a whole lot more. Check out Project Revise on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eXFmD8BMGLhcJa80K6DvG?si=f0lPmYZMS-qJQz38zkHWlA
Throwing the Game: A Lucky Boys Confusion Discussion feat/ Stubhy Pandav
You can call it anything you want, the fact remains the same... Stubhy never got to be our Fred Astaire.... This week Wingman Steve & Chris-183 sit down with Lucky Boys Confusion frontman Stubhy Pandav. They talk about how the band got started, about parents and rebellion, record labels, and walk through the whole LBC discography.
Hey Suburbia! w/ Mike Damante
Hey Suburbia! is a punk-rock encyclopedia/coffee table book that details how the scene we love so dearly came to be. This week we're joined by Mike Damante, author and music journalist to talk about punk rock elitism, interviewing your heroes and how the Warped Tour Generation came about. Also check out Mike's "Hey Suburbia Ultimate Playlist" https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xyHjw0fV6hy4Wt1gOB9T7?si=8ffbacda005145f7
Album Spotlight: MmmHmm w/ Matt Kelly
This week the trend is to chat about Relient K and their breakthrough to the mainstream with 2004's MmHmm. We welcome friend of the show and Relient K fan Matt Kelly to discuss the Christian music success and how it was received by Top 40 radio, MTV2, and all things in between.
In the Squared Circle w/ Jake Lloyd Bacon
Oooooohhh yeahhh professional wrestling is a worldwide phenomenon that captivated so many of us as kids, teens, and into our adult years. On this week's episode we welcome Actor/Filmmaker, and pro-wrestling expert Jake Lloyd Bacon to chat about the personalities that captivated us, the theme songs that gave us those Pavlovian reactions and how wrestling fandom is akin to pop-punk fandom.
Totally Over It featuring Peter Munters
This week Wingman Steve & Chris-183 are joined by uber-talented singer, songwriter and guitarist Peter Munters from the bands Over It and Runner Runner. They chat about making the East Coast to West Coast transition, Lobster Records and Peter reveals the band he'll never forget stole Over It's pizza. Peter ranks his favorite Over It/Runner Runner tracks and discusses all the amazing connections he's made in his career.
Stories from the Stage w/ Hiding From Humans
For the first time HSNE travels outside the US to chat with our pop-punk brothers from the north! Hiding From Humans is a killer pop-punk band from Canada and this week Wingman Steve & Chris-183 chat with Danny & Paul and discuss all of the US misconceptions about Canada, the best Canadian music and shows and their awesome debut EP "Radio." Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/album/12jvIVt4Xy8tdEPepWOfC7?si=VhrLRg48RgiZR3B6g6tNyQ
Hands Down The Best Dashboard Discussion w/ Pamela V
Hands down this is the best chat we can ever remember, we'll always remember the sound of our guest's voice as she ranked her favorite Dashboard songs and discussed their discography. We welcomed resident Dashboard fan Pamela V to chat with us about how she got into the music, her experiences over the years and singing along with hundreds of fans. Check out our favorite Dashboard tracks after your listen: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ejHnex15ZMrqJzlMhdOUq?si=dfd0ccb5754649b0
Album Spotlight: Never Look Back
This week the boys talk about their first new(ish) album on an Album Spotlight. Chris-183 is a Goldfinger superfan and in this episode we sit down and discuss their latest release Never Look Back.
Stories from the Stage w/ Blameshift
Today Wingman Steve & Chris-183 welcome Long Island's own Jenny Mann, lead singer of the band Blameshift. They discuss whether or not you should convert your car to run on vegetable oil, extensive touring and that loveable Long Island accent. Check out Blameshift on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0JNPin8zS7V4CniQoNiLbi?si=dsVfTYvkTgu0p0Wx2WdFWQ
Adderall, Xanax and Scotch w/ Mike Henneberger
Sometimes when you spend a weekend in New York City you have a couple of drinks and see a Broadway show. Sometimes you write a memoir about your entire life, your love for NYC and the music that inspired you along the way. Today we chat with Mike Henneberger, author of Rock Bottom At the Renaissance about life, love, and the city that never sleeps.
Fangs Up: A Cobra Starship Discussion featuring Victoria Asher
Fangs up! On today's episode Wingman Steve and guest co-host Mike Elfers sit down with Cobra Starship's Victoria Asher to talk all things Cobra. Victoria talks with us about Myspace, learning how to play the keytar, neon pop-punk and walks through the Cobra Starship discography. Not to mention all the cool projects she's been involved with since Cobra's breakup. Check out all her projects at www.vickyt.com
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: A Good Charlotte Discussion w/ Jason Mazda
This episode is dedicated to every kid who's ever been called a freak...this is for you. Today Wingman Steve, Chris-183 and Jason Mazda walk through their experiences over the past 20 years with pop-punk powerhouses Good Charlotte. They go through the full discography, rank their favorite songs, and draw some interesting comparisons. Listen to a playlist of everyone's favorite GC songs here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6adveYcHCyeZiwkLCt7HVt?si=ebf1782cac184135
Stories from the Stage w/ Hyperspace
When you take Star Wars, the Goonies, Spaceballs, Halle Berry, Weezer and Green Day, stick them all in a blender on high you will come out with our guests today - Hyperspace from Atlanta, GA. Wingman Steve & Chris-183 do a little geeking out on Star Wars and pop-culture with Jason & Ryan from the band and discuss the scene in Atlanta, their favorite Star Wars movies and more. Check out Hyperspace on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0GxwtmgKkTFsexJAA0lfnw?si=zsyBZOGSQ7GVQnEy_u5_9g
Album Spotlight: Is A Real Boy
Despite your pseudo-bohemian appearance and vaguely leftist doctrine of beliefs, you know nothing about Say Anything that you couldn't listen to in any indie, niche podcast or trendy NY underground fashion magazine. No worries though, Wingman Steve and Chris-183 are here to break down the banger "Is A Real Boy" that took the pop-punk world by storm. In this album spotlight they dissect the album track by track and rank their favorite songs.
A Surprise Discussion on MxPx w/ Steve & Stew
With 10 studio albums and a bunch of rarities and B-Sides, we needed to call in for backup to go through the MxPx catalog so we turned to our buds in Port Maria, Steve & Stew for help. They didn't know what we were gonna talk about so we surprised them with the concept. Listen to our chat in the episode and our favorite MxPx tracks on this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nXFSWmQw137AvQLwu30xt?si=gmeo6W4XRAyOCkVL3wiwpw