About this episode

William Beckett discusses his experiences as the frontman of The Academy Is..., including wrestling, live performances, and pop culture references.

The ever dynamic frontman for The Academy Is..., William Beckett joins us from the land of John Hughes to talk about wrestling, still not meeting Chris Carrabba, and of course - our pending Dave Mathews dance party! He also counts Warped Tours and reveals his most Epic Fail on stage and nerd alert... we do a LOT of Game of Thrones but hey, we're both G.O.T.! The Academy Is... website

People in this episode

Hosts: Benny Horowitz, Brad Worrell

Guest: William Beckett

Topics covered

• music
• interviews
• wrestling
• live performances
• pop culture
• Game of Thrones

Keywords

• William Beckett
• The Academy Is...
• Chris Carrabba
• Dave Mathews
• Warped Tours
• Game of Thrones
• music interviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Academy Is...

Books & works: Game of Thrones

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