Ben Gallaty's guest appearances

Ben Gallaty

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It's Record Time

In Defense of Ska

Jeff Rosenstock

Augusta Koch

Barry Johnson

Joyce Manor

Brendan Kelly

Sean Bonnette

John Darnielle

Paul Smith

Chris Young

Stefan Babcock

Jason Hall

Frank Turner

Margaret Cho

Peter Gabriel

Brandie Posey

OwlTail

Folk-punk duo AJJ was playing Mama Buzz Cafe in Oakland when they were approached by a guy named Skylar Suorez who was angling for some free records. Skylar told the Phoenix group that he worked at Asian Man Records. The group was excited at the prospect of being on the same label that released groups like Ten In The Swear Jar, Shinobu and copious ska albums. Shortly after, Asian Man signed them. On this episode, we bring on Sean and Ben from AJJ and dissect their ska roots. Ben is a much bigger fan of the genre and even played some ska in an early band called Free Delivery. While Sean admits he clowned on ska in high school (The entire golf team at his school listened to Christian ska!). However, we find out that he sang lead vocals on the ska song "ABCs" (with Mike Park and Jeff Rosenstock). He also performed at an "In Defense of Ska" event at Sojo's Donuts in Mesa, Arizona, and told the audience he was "ska-adjacent." On today's episode, we talk about all of Ben's favorite 90s and 2 Tone ska bands, how AJJ and Blue Meanies are similar, which ska bands AJJ has played with, and which grocery store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, AJJ once did a show at. We also talk about AJJ's AV Club Undercover show where they mashed up songs by Talking Heads, Neil Young, Wheatus and more. We discuss Mike Park telling the group that they were too big for Asian Man--but no other label was interested in them, and we talk at length about Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, who opened for AJJ last year. And we beg him to be a guest on the podcast.   Support the show

Folk-punk duo AJJ was playing Mama Buzz Cafe in Oakland when they were approached by a guy named Skylar Suorez who was angling for some free records. Skylar told the Phoenix group that he worked at Asian Man Records. The group was excited at the prospect of being on the same label that released groups like Ten In The Swear Jar, Shinobu and copious ska albums. Shortly after, Asian Man signed them.  On this episode, we bring on Sean and Ben from AJJ and dissect their ska roots. Ben is a much bigger fan of the genre and even played some ska in an early band called Free Delivery. While Sean admits he clowned on ska in high school (The entire golf team at his school listened to Christian ska!). However, we find out that he sang lead vocals on the ska song "ABCs" (with Mike Park and Jeff Rosenstock). He also performed at an "In Defense of Ska" event at Sojo's Donuts in Mesa, Arizona, and told the audience he was "ska-adjacent."  On today's episode, we talk about all of Ben's favorite 90s and 2 Tone ska bands, how AJJ and Blue Meanies are similar, which ska bands AJJ has played with, and which grocery store in Tulsa, Oklahoma, AJJ once did a show at.  We also talk about AJJ's AV Club Undercover show where they mashed up songs by Talking Heads, Neil Young, Wheatus and more. We discuss Mike Park telling the group that they were too big for Asian Man--but no other label was interested in them, and we talk at length about Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, who opened for AJJ last year. And we beg him to be a guest on the podcast.   <a href="https://www.patreon.com/indefenseofska" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

In Defense of Ska Ep 79: AJJ (Sean Bonnette & Ben Gallaty)

This episode I was joined by AJJ bassist, Ben Gallaty, to talk about his first purchases, favorite soundtracks and the best live albums. You can find AJJ on Instagram @ajjtheband, Twitter @AJJtheBand, and on Facebook by searching AJJ. OR just head to their website for links to everything www.ajjtheband.com or www.patreon.com/ajjtheband for their Patreon.  We talked about: First Purchases: Stone Temple Pilots - Core and Dead Kennedys - Plastic SurgeryMost Played: Paul Simon - Graceland DifficultDifficult Second Album: Specials - More SpecialsSoundtrack: The CrowLive Album: Todd Snider - Live With The Devil You Know at Grimey You can find me on Instagram @Vinyl__Tap, on Twitter @ItsRecordTime and on Facebook by searching "It's Record Time Podcast". Or drop me a message at ItsRecordTimePodcast@gmail.comI also shout out the Talking Records Podcast which can be found on all Podcast apps or on Instagram @talkingrecordspodcast If you liked the episode, I would love it if you would subscribe, share, and rate us!

This episode I was joined by AJJ bassist, Ben Gallaty, to talk about his first purchases, favorite soundtracks and the best live albums. You can find AJJ on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajjtheband/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ajjtheband</a>, Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ajjtheband" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@AJJtheBand</a>, and on Facebook by searching AJJ. OR just head to their website for links to everything <a href="http://www.ajjtheband.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ajjtheband.com</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ajjtheband" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/ajjtheband </a>for their Patreon. We talked about: <ul><li>First Purchases: Stone Temple Pilots - Core and Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery</li><li>Most Played: Paul Simon - Graceland Difficult</li><li>Difficult Second Album: Specials - More Specials</li><li>Soundtrack: The Crow</li><li>Live Album: Todd Snider - Live With The Devil You Know at Grimey</li></ul> You can find me on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vinyl__tap/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Vinyl__Tap</a>, on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ItsRecordTime" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ItsRecordTime</a> and on Facebook by searching "It's Record Time Podcast". Or drop me a message at <a href="mailto:ItsRecordTimePodcast@gmail.com">ItsRecordTimePodcast@gmail.com </a> I also shout out the Talking Records Podcast which can be found on all Podcast apps or on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/talkingrecordspodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@talkingrecordspodcast</a> If you liked the episode, I would love it if you would subscribe, share, and rate us!

Ep 8 - Ben Gallaty (AJJ)

AJJ founders Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty join me for a triple-voiced episode! These two are just lovely human beings. They tell me about their early days of touring, working together at coffee and ice cream shops, and cleaning toilets whilst listening to mixes of their 2014 record Christmas Island.Their new record Good Luck Everybody is out now!Photo: Joe StakunSongs: AJJ - 'Loudmouth', Cock Sparrer - 'Working' Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AJJ founders Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty join me for a triple-voiced episode! These two are just lovely human beings. They tell me about their early days of touring, working together at coffee and ice cream shops, and cleaning toilets whilst listening to mixes of their 2014 record Christmas Island.Their new record Good Luck Everybody is out now!Photo: Joe StakunSongs: AJJ - 'Loudmouth', Cock Sparrer - 'Working' Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

AJJ (Sean Bonnette & Ben Gallaty)