Marc Brownstein of the Disco Biscuits Responds to Former Drummer
Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast
Andy Frasco
4.8 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Mark Brownstein joins Andy for a candid conversation about the recent Disco Biscuits split with their drummer, Allen Aucoin, and the public fallout around it. Mark shares his perspective on how things unraveled, including communication issues inside the band, the challenges of long-term creative relationships, and the business realities that can complicate everything even more.
Andy also connects it to his own recent breakup with Shawn, so the episode turns into a broader discussion about conflict, friendship, and what happens when personal and professional relationships stop working the way they used to. It's an honest look at how one side is processing it in real time. The conversation touches on band dynamics, touring, money, resentment, and the hope that eventually people can move forward with some respect for what they built together.
A thoughtful, and very real conversation between two good friends and colleagues.
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| 0:00.0 | It's crazy. |
| 0:00.9 | I'm on vacation. |
| 0:21.6 | I love that, dude. Yeah, I'm like trying to. Well, thanks for making time for me. I appreciate that. Last minute, you know. We're live, dude. It's an emergency pod with my buddy Mark. Yeah. What a fucking week, dog. What happened, dude. What a week. I was on the plane. I was on a plane. |
| 0:22.7 | You know what I mean? So I like came off of a flight, you know, when like big news happens when you're |
| 0:27.2 | up on a flight and I just like came off of the flight. |
| 0:30.6 | Yeah, came off of a flight. |
| 0:32.4 | And it was actually I found out about it. |
| 0:35.1 | It was like in my like I put up in Facebook or Instagram post of like me on the plane, |
| 0:41.3 | like, hey, I'm heading to my mom's house, you know, Florida to play DJ show. |
| 0:48.0 | And then there was like, so I like just like got some notifications and like the comments. |
| 0:53.8 | And I just read it. |
| 0:55.3 | And I was like, okay, what is going on here? |
| 0:57.2 | What happened? |
| 0:58.9 | And so what happened? |
| 1:00.8 | I'm sure, you know, you know what happened at this point, which is Alan went on to do an interview. |
| 1:09.0 | And I guess the interviewer asked some questions about the disco biscuits and |
| 1:12.4 | and you know he went he went off you know and so what was it was there like a non-disclosure |
| 1:20.0 | or any of that or was it what's going on no um there was no non-disclosure. |
| 1:28.2 | You know, everybody can just say whatever they want to say, you know, at this point. |
| 1:34.3 | I mean, that's respectful. |
| 1:35.7 | A lot of people will fucking hush it out. |
| 1:37.8 | So, like, I mean, your story about this, you know? |
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