About this episode

Brian Fallon and Greg Barnett discuss their bands, new albums, and the punk rock scene.

On this week’s Talkhouse Podcast, we’ve got a great chat between two rockers whose bands tuck classic-sounding songs into punk-inspired packages: It’s Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem and Greg Barnett of the Menzingers. The Menzingers are one of those bands that are sort of easy to take for granted: They’ve released a steady string of punk anthems for 20 years, and their songs are as reliable as the sunrise. But when you step back and take a look at their catalog, it’s pretty massively impressive. The Scranton, Pennsylvania band just released their eighth album, Everything I Ever Saw, and it’s as big and catchy as you’d hope. They’ll head out on a US tour this fall with one of their big inspirations, Hot Water Music, in the opening slot. Check out "Chance Encounters” from Everything I Ever Saw right here. The other half of today’s conversation, Brian Fallon, fronts a band of a similar age and sound as The Menzingers, though as you’ll hear in this conversation, his band took a chunky hiatus a while back. The Gaslight Anthem broke through back in 2008 with the instant classic album The ‘59 Sound, which won them acclaim from fans, music writers, other bands, and even their fellow…

People in this episode

Host: Talkhouse

Guests: Brian Fallon, Greg Barnett

Topics covered

• music
• punk rock
• band interviews
• album releases
• US tour

Keywords

• Gaslight Anthem
• Menzingers
• punk anthems
• album release
• US tour

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Gaslight Anthem, The Menzingers, Hot Water Music

Books & works: The ‘59 Sound, Everything I Ever Saw, Not Bad for New Jersey

Places: Scranton, Pennsylvania

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