64: Alex Lichtenauer (Get Better Records / Control Top): Most Things Are Great In Hindsight

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Music, Arts, Music Interviews

5.0 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week Jeremy talks Alex Lichtenauer - founder of Get Better Records and drummer of Control Top

On this episode, Jeremy and Alex talk California weather, acupuncture, New Hampshire, Rancid and Green Day, learning how to play the drums, Seven Nation Army, Dave Grohl, Alex's first band The SKAnarchists, folk punk, playing drums to a click, Control Top, Strike Anywhere, the HIRS Collective, touring Alaska, self releasing music, working with a pressing plant for the first time, learning how to construct a one-sheet, appreciating accomplishments, and so much more!

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1:02.0	The First Ever podcast Welcome to the first ever podcast.
1:19.7	I am your host, Jeremy Bollm.
1:22.0	If this is your first time here, this is a show where I ask artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that
1:28.0	led them to where they are today. My guest this week is Alex Lichtenauer of Get Better Records,
1:36.8	also plays drums in a band called Control Top. I adore Alex. I was excited to talk to them.
2:01.9	We became friends a couple years ago. And this one's been on the books for a while. We recorded this interview quite a few weeks ago. I'm excited that it is finally coming out now. But before we get to Alex, let's talk about my friends over at Discovered magazine.
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