50. Geoff Rickly (Thursday): We'll Never Get a Chance Like This Again So I'm Gonna Make the Most Of It

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Music, Arts, Music Interviews

5.0 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Bolm celebrates his 50th episode with guest Geoff Rickly of Thursday and a special intro by Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra

During this episode the two discuss exercise, being out of breath performing, The Beatles and they make him think of his parents, Nine Inch Nails and their song "Down In It", Kurt Cobain's passing, Geoff's first band, Saxophone and the time he played with Green Apple Quickstep at CBGB's, first recording experiences, playing a pizza shop and a battle of the bands, Type O'Negative, advice for getting on shows as a new band, Geoff's basement venue, playing guitar live, the importance of taping your microphone when performing, shared learning experiences, Midtown and how they got Thursday signed to Eyeball Records, Thursday's first tours and their first time in Los Angeles, signing to Victory Records, ending up on MTV, the first time Jeremy and Geoff met, mutual appreciation, using the bathroom before performing, signing to a major label, and so much more!!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 50th episode of the first ever podcast.
0:04.0	I present to you the theme song performed by Andy Hall of Manchester Orchestra.
0:11.4	Take it away, Andy.
0:13.4	It's the first, first ever
0:25.6	podcast Oh, oh, oh, oddcast.
0:43.8	How awesome was that. Shout out to Andy Hull for just being the best.
0:50.2	This is the 50th episode, everybody.
0:52.0	It's the first ever podcast, and I am your host, Jeremy
0:55.2	Bollm. If this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds
1:00.5	about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. I am so
1:05.9	thrilled to have my guest, Jeff Rickley, be the 50th. He is a very long-time friend. He's like an older
1:13.0	brother to me. One of those guests that I knew would arrive here one day, and having him be
1:18.4	this milestone really, really just made it extra special. This is also probably my favorite
1:23.6	episode. So all of this just, it feels great. I'm in a, I'm in a great mood here.
1:32.0	I, you know, the show's been going on for a year now. If you've stuck with me this whole time,
1:37.1	or maybe you just pop in and out, I can't thank you enough. This has been just such a, such a joy.
1:44.0	And it has been, I don't know, it's just doing this podcast has really helped me deal with just the decline of social
1:46.3	interactions that we've all had this last year and some change.
1:49.4	So I appreciate your support.
1:52.0	I really do.
1:53.0	Let's give a shout out to some sponsors.
1:55.4	Let's hear it for Discovered magazine.
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