124: Leah Shapiro (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Leah Shapiro's bombastic energy and spacious sense of time helped launch Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to new creative galaxies, but her early years with the band were plagued with misfortune. She tells Joe about growing up with free spirited parents in Denmark; studying music business; losing her friend and mentor, Michael Been of The Call; and recovering from a debilitating brain condition.

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0:00.0	The Trap Set will always be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.
0:05.4	Please visit our website at thetrapset.net and click Donate.
0:09.2	Subscribe to our show on iTunes, and if you enjoy what you hear, give us a review. This is Joe Wong.
0:28.6	Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:33.8	I want to play something for you.
0:49.8	Music I want to play something for you. You're hearing funny games by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, featuring my guest Leah Shapiro on drums.
0:58.6	A native of Denmark, Leah moved to the U.S. to attend college at Northeastern and NYU.
1:05.4	She began touring while still in school, sometimes flying overseas for weekend shows and returning to school during
1:11.9	the week.
1:13.5	After playing with bands such as Dead Combo and The Ravenettes, Leah replaced founding drummer Nick
1:18.6	Jago in Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
1:22.2	Her spacious sense of time and bombastic energy helped the band reach new heights, but her early years with Black Rebel were plagued with misfortune,
1:31.3	including a motorcycle accident, the death of her mentor, Michael Bean,
1:35.3	and a debilitating brain injury.
1:38.3	Now recovered, Leah and the band are putting the finishing touches on a new album.
1:51.0	Now my conversation with Leah Shapiro.
1:55.0	My dad is from the U.S.
2:07.0	He left after college.
2:11.6	I think he hopped on a boat.
2:13.5	Right, because Shapiro isn't a Danish name.
2:16.0	No, no, not at all.
2:18.5	I think there's like, we looked it up in the phone book like ages ago.
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