192: Ryan Savitski (One Step Closer): I Just Love Hardcore
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2024
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews Ryan Savitski of the band One Step Closer
On this episode Jeremy and Ryan talk Wilkes-Barre, the VH1 Top 20 Countdown, Green Day, CD bin diving, KISS, guitar inspiration from his father, baseball, 6th grade talent shows, local production heroes, playing the first Have Heart reunion, touring with Turnstile internationally, recording with Will Killingsworth of Orchid, the new One Step Closer album "All You Embrace", and so much more!!!
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| 1:21.6 | The first ever podcast. My name is Jeremy Bollm. I am your host, and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. This is episode 192. And my guest this |
| 1:52.8 | week is Ryan Savitsky. He is the vocalist of the band One Step Closer. He's also been |
| 1:59.5 | anxious. This man is carrying, he's one of the people carrying the torch of the band one step closer. He's also been an anxious. This man is carrying, he's one of the |
| 2:03.8 | people carrying the torch of the Wilkes-Barrell, Pennsylvania scene. I met Ryan briefly a couple |
| 2:11.0 | years back. They played at the lodge room in Los Angeles. I believe it was with Drug Church. |
| 2:16.4 | And it just struck me as such a kind and outgoing person. |
| 2:20.9 | It's been really cool seeing how prolific his career has been since he's started doing it. |
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