Ep. 175: The Militia Group w/ Rory Felton

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05/06/22 • 61 min

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The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. In 2000, Pearson teamed up with Felton to turn the agency into an independent record label based out of Huntington Beach, CA. Some of the bands they signed were Rufio, Noise Ratchet, Copeland, The Rocket Summer, Acceptance, and Cartel. The Militia Group stopped releasing new music in 2012, though its back catalogue is still in print.

I got Rory on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

The Kansas City scene
Putting out records when he was 16
Revelations distribution
Noise Ratchet
The Rocket Summer
Cartel
Getting burned out
And a ton more

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I got Rory on the Skype and this is what we chat about:

The Kansas City scene
Putting out records when he was 16
Revelations distribution
Noise Ratchet
The Rocket Summer
Cartel
Getting burned out
And a ton more

This week’s sponsor is Mint 400 Records.

Here’s a clip from their artist Yawn Mower's song "Sixteen Minutes" from their forthcoming release To Each Their Own Coat.

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day. I also have an Instagram for it.

Feel free to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month through Patreon

Or go to thiswasthescene.com to possibly buy some merch.

Previous Episode

Ep. 174: Dogpound w/ Jefferson Campoli

Dog Pound were early 90's punks with a van-load of attitude from Passaic County, NJ. They toured the US from dive bars to legion halls to basements to pizza joints.

Real quick, the connection we had wasn’t great so there are some spots where it sounds like the audio jumps around. That’s because there were random delays when Jeff was talking so some stories have weird transitions mid sentence.

I contacted him through his FB account, asked him to chat, he said yes, and this is what we talk about:

Not starting off punk rock
Getting told to grow his hair
What made them start putting on legion hall shows
Forgetting the words while playing live
Sound Exchange in Wayne, NJ
Playing with Jawbox
Having an edge as a band
King Dickley Kool
Getting soured by the scene change
The Heroine story and shit on the walls stories
And a ton more

You can visit their Dog Pound bandcamp page to listen to their albums.

You can also check out his songs on bandcamp.

Check out my new book The Couples' Checklist for my webcomic dailyBred. It's a great gift for Valentine's Day.

Next Episode

Ep. 176: Blount w/ Jack Wesley

Blount were a skate punk band from Pensacola, Fl. They had splits with Shocking Truth, Strung Out, and put out their only LP on Fearless records in 96.

Thank you Josh Marsh for your intro to Jack who I got on the Skype and this is what we chat about: