About this episode

Nate Bergman joins Stephen Hill to discuss his music and take the 5 Album Challenge.

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Trve. Cvlt. Pop! the music podcast. On this week's show Steve is joined by solo artist and former member of the band Lionize, Nate Bergman, who has recently released a bunch of very interesting acoustic and country covers of some great punk and hardcore classics. Nate takes the 5 Album Challenge, going from Pig Destroyer to Tom Waits in only five moves. There's also a quick bit of chat about the return of Ozzfest in 2027 and the sad passing of ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard this week.

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Hill

Guest: Nate Bergman

Topics covered

• music
• album challenge
• punk covers
• acoustic music
• Ozzfest
• music commentary

Keywords

• Nate Bergman
• 5 Album Challenge
• Lionize
• Ozzfest
• Frank Beard
• punk music
• acoustic covers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lionize, Ozzfest, ZZ Top

Books & works: Pig Destroyer, Tom Waits

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