Geoff Rickly (Thursday, No Devotion, United Nations)

Lead Singer Syndrome with Shane Told

Shane Told

Music, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

It finally happened! After nearly 5 years of trying to get him on the show, he's here! Geoff Rickly, best known for being the frontman of Post-Hardcore legends Thursday joins the show! We talk about their punk rock roots booking shows in basements, being thrust into the MTV spotlight, how that took its toll on Geoff, who was told he couldn't sing, and even referred to as "Tone Geoff". We discuss their time with Victory Records, and how they played the labelled played them against other bands... including Silverstein. Also - New music from Geoff's project No Devotion, his upcoming book, and tons more! One of the best episodes of the show yet! Thanks to our sponsors: Manscaped - the best in men's "down there" grooming (use promo code LSS for 20% off plus free shipping at manscaped.com Rockabilia - the biggest, the best prices you'll find anywhere on band merchandise! They have TONS of Cannibal merch too! Use promo code SHANE for 10% off their already low prices! Rockabilia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Music
0:27.0	Hello everyone!
0:29.0	And welcome back to another episode of lead singer syndrome.
0:36.0	I'm your host, Shane Told, like every week as I take you into the backstage conversations
0:43.0	that I have with other lead singers.
0:47.0	And we got a great episode this week.
0:50.0	This is a long-awaited guest.
0:53.0	We talk about how I think like five years ago this was discussed.
0:57.0	And I'm so glad it's finally happening.
1:01.0	Jeff Rickley of Thursday is here.
1:05.0	We go way back.
1:06.0	We go way deep.
1:08.0	Old stories and old memories.
1:11.0	And I was smiling.
1:13.0	I don't know if you hear it in my voice right now.
1:15.0	But I'm smiling right now just thinking about the smiling I did for the hour we spoke.
1:22.0	Even after we finished the podcast and we hit stop, we still talked for like another 20 minutes.
1:29.0	This guy is awesome.
1:31.0	I love all his projects.
1:33.0	Thursday is obviously just legendary at this point.
1:37.0	But to pick his brain was a real treat.
1:39.0	And I can't wait for all y'all to hear this thing.
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