116: Raygun Busch (Chat Pile): Artistic Ambition Trumps Equipment
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy talks to Raygun Busch - Vocalist of the band Chat Pile
On this episode Raygun and Jeremy talk about the KoRn challenge, Oklahoma City, Rumpshaker, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, his solo project Randy Rulz, Sonic Youth, HBO's Reverb, Bright Eyes, his first recording experiences, making short films, the genesis of Chat Pile, their relationship with Portrayal of Guilt, The Flenser, and so much more!
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| 0:56.0 | the first ever podcast I am your first ever podcast. |
| 1:12.4 | I am your host, Jeremy Bollm. |
| 1:14.8 | This is episode 116. |
| 1:18.3 | And if it is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences and their art form that led them to where they are today. |
| 1:32.0 | My guest this week is Reagan Bush, |
| 1:38.8 | the vocalist of the band Chat Pile. I am so excited we got to talk. I am a huge fan of this record. |
| 1:45.4 | The album is called God's Country. I first caught wind of this band because they have a split seven inch with the band portrayal of guilt, and their side of it just completely blew my mind. It like harnesses, |
| 1:52.7 | oh, I don't even know. Like, it's sort of like bleach era, Nirvana vocally, but it's like real |
| 1:58.6 | grimy. I don't know. This band just completely blew me away. And I love |
| 2:02.5 | this record. It's one of my favorites of the year. So it was really awesome getting to talk to Reagan. |
| 2:07.3 | And it turns out we have a lot in common. We have a lot of musical tastes that we both, |
| 2:12.0 | we both really gravitate to and some you might not expect. Before we get there, though, I want to let you know that |
| 2:18.7 | there's a bonus episode available right now if you head on over to patreon.com slash the first ever |
| 2:25.1 | Patreon where Reagan answered questions that were submitted by subscribers. That is a thing that |
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| 2:42.6 | And hey, if you have not subscribed to the show on Spotify or Apple, wherever it is, you're listening |
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