We had a chance to catch up with Dave from Freaktography. His unique approach to urban exploration is simultaneously aligned with what we do at Delta Bravo while staying true to a stricter definition of URBEX. While Dave recently went on a pilgrimage to Brooklyn and Manhattan; paying tribute to pop-culture and music history, he also seeks out isolated, often abandoned locations.  He has found old funeral homes, empty houses, and some rusty, rotting industrial sites.  As a result, he has a beautiful archive of high-quality photographs.  It was great to hear about his approach to research and exploration; and it was gratifying to compare notes on some of our favorite locations.  Freaktography is an asset to this ‘location finding’ community, and it was informative and inspiring to connect.

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The Outsiders House Museum 
Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team 

The Ashburn Pub 
44110 Ashburn Village Blvd. #196 
Ashburn, Va 20147 

The Purcellville Pub 
745 E. Main Street
Purcellville, Va. 20132

Purcellville EATS 
609 E. Main Street. Suite U.
Purcellville, Va. 20132

Main Street Jukebox 
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Intro: Greg: https://www.motionkitchen.com

Beats: Joseph A. Cassar. IG @joelific45
Logo: Fred: vectorsector.bigcartel.com

Freaktography (Urban Explorer. Photographer)

I finally had the chance to sit down with my friend, Danielle Dombrowski. She's been photographing hardcore and metal shows since the mid-90s, owns a successful hair salon, and also does wedding photography. We discuss what made her step into the hardcore scene, where she grew up, and some of the earliest shows she shot. With hundreds of shows under her belt and thousands of photos to show for it, her craft is second to none. This was a cool, laid-back conversation. I hope you enjoy.

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Generation Records 
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light 

Danielle Dombrowski (Hardcore Photographer. Business Owner)

My guest is a legendary figure in the hardcore scene. With a resume that spans forty years. He's played in bands such as Blind Approach, Agnostic Front, Madball, The Eulogy, and currently H2O. Ladies and gentlemen, Matt Henderson. We run through his entire history from growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the formation of Blind Approach to playing CBGB's and planting the seeds to lifelong friendships with future members of some of the bands he wound up playing in. He then decided to move to Boston to go to school from Minnesota and, with the friendships made in the past, opened the doors to joining Agnostic Front. From there, the rest is history. Sit back and enjoy this history lesson. Respect.

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Generation Records 
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light 

Matt Henderson (Madball. Agnostic front. The Eulogy. H2O. Blind Approach)

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Scott Vogel is back after about five years since he was last on the podcast. We has an informal conversation about touring, how much he appreciates he quiet downtime after playing over 200 shows on average per year. We touch on how he very rarely drinks and parties anymore and the positive affects it has had on him personally as well as Terror as a whole. His move back to Buffalo from Los Angeles, and we discuss our mutual love for Leeway and a bunch of other random topics. Always cool to shoot the shit with Vogel.

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Generation Records
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light

Scott Vogel (Terror. Buried Alive. World Be Free. Despair. Slugfest)

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*Disclaimer*
This is a long one!
Strap in, kids. You have been warned.— in Forest Hills.
Lenny Bednarz and I sat down for a marathon conversation... we touch on everything from growing up in old New York City to his bands, Without A Cause, 
Fahrenheit 451 NYHC, 
District9 BXHC, his short-lived stint in the pop-punk band, 
Well, excuse me, Princess into 
Crazy Eddie NYHC. We touched on the part he played in Grand Theft Auto IV: Liberty City. We go back into old New York City to movies, then back to bands, then start discussing our mutual love for cemeteries. Mixed within all of these are random side conversations about how the soul and feel of NYC has either changed or is gone altogether. And of course we mention how our friends parents had the right to slap us and that there was always that one kid that wouldn't tell anybody that he went home and stayed in while playing manhunt, jackin' up the entire game. This was awesome to do, and I'm sure we'll wind up doing another episode. We could've gone for another couple of hours easily.

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Generation Records
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light

Lenny Bednarz (Crazy Eddie. Fahrenheit 451. District 9)

Listen up, everyone...
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My guest is a writer, director, producer, and musician. His new movie, "Director's Cut," is now up on all streaming platforms. Ladies and gentlemen, Don Capria. Owner and founder of OneTenCrew films and 110 Artist Management.
We talk about his awesome new film and the horror genre as well as his book, Colombo Book. He played drums in Blindside and Skarhead, and we delved into a discussion about hardcore. 

Being a huge fan of everything horror, serial killer, and mafia related topics, this was a lot of fun to do. Go check out "Director's Cut" now. The cast is great, and Louis Lombardi kills it. Respect.

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https://www.directorscutmovie.com/

Buy the Colombo book here:
https://a.co/d/a9ZFsxH

Support:
Generation Records 
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light

Don Capria (Writer. Filmmaker. Producer. Director. Skarhead)

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My guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast is the former drummer of legendary Long Island Hardcore band, Disciplinary Action! Jeff Lanzetta and I take it back to the late 80s and into the 90s, discussing the band, the LIHC scene back then, and reminiscing about hardcore in general. This was a long time coming. Enjoy.

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Generation Records 
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik
Edits: Nick Light

Jeff Lanzetta (Disciplinary Action)

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My guest this time around is the guitarist for Fire Is Murder and Damn Your Eyes. He also played with Eddie Sutton in the last few years of Leeway NYC. Ladies and gentlemen... Artie Alexander. 
He's an incredible musician and an all-around good guy. We discuss the aforementioned bands, we talk a little about Eddie, along with the tribute show that I had put together in his honor. Artie played a huge part in that event. We bullshit about how none of the things that we currently do would be possible without being sober. Artie should've been on the podcast much earlier, better late than never. I'm sure he'll be back again. Enjoy.

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Generation Records 
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro  & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light

Artie Alexander (Fire Is Murder. Damn Your Eyes. Leeway NYC)

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My guest is a man I've known now for close to a decade. I'm surprised he hasn't been on earlier. He's played in Leeway NYC/The Eddie Leeway Show, Hard Response, The Casting Out, Comin' Correct and besides being a solo artist and collaborating with Keith Caputo, he has a new band called Ritualized.
We are all over the place in this rather long episode. From hardcore to road trips to movies and guilty pleasure songs, we run through a lot! Sit back and enjoy. This was a lot of fun to do. Respect.

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Generation Records 
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro  & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light

Mark Thousands (Ritualized. Leeway NYC. Comin' Correct. The Casting Out. Hard Response)

Rob Castoria returns to The Brooklyn Blast Furnace in order to get a couple, two, three things off his chest. 

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Generation Records 
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro  & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light

The Return of Rob Castoria (Maniac Rise. Metal Storm. Ex: Merauder)

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I have no idea why he hasn't been on the show several years ago, at least a couple of times. This was way overdue. My guest is my boy Anthony Russo, Jr. He is the singer for New York Hardcore band, A Breed Apart. 
We go on and on about hardcore, how social media ruined a lot of shit, the days from when I was booking shows at Lucky 13 Saloon and a ton of other banter. We probably could've babbled on for another couple of hours easily.

One thing is for sure, there's not many of us left. So, sit back and listen to how neither of us has a Brooklyn accent whatsoever. 

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Generation Records
210 Thompson Street 
West Village, NYC 

Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar 
Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik 
Edits: Nick Light

Anthony Russo Jr. (A Breed Apart NYHC)

Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team:

Founded by Danny O'Connor (The Outside House Museum. House Of Pain. La Coka Nostra) back in 2009.
While on tour with La Coka Nostra he found the house where The Curtis Brothers lived in the 1983 Francis Ford Coppola movie, "The Outsiders" which was adapted from the novel written by S.E. Hinton of the same name. 
While on the same tour, Danny took the tour bus and looked for more movie locations in Austria. Once he returned to Los Angeles, he created the name and logo... the Delta Bravo Urban Exploration Team was born.

The rest is history...


Freaktography (Urban Explorer. Photographer)

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