The Zen Perry Project
Zen Perry, Brooklyn drummer for industrial rock outfit Dirtbag Ivy and co-founder of GMGF Industries, brings you The Zen Perry Project—a podcast amplifying the voices, sounds, and stories of musicians and artists pushing creative boundaries.
Episodes
This week on the Zen Perry Project, we welcome Josh Musto of Brooklyn's electronic-infused thrash metal titans, TRIP VILLAIN. New single VILLAIN MAW drops on FRIDAY (3/20) just a few weeks out from their second full length album DOSE, dropping on May 8th - catch them live at TV Eye on 3/20 (w/MK Ultra) and 5/15 (w/Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol).
Photo by Tyler Bertram
Introspective intervi...
This week on the Zen Perry Project, we're thrilled to be joined by Cole, Sean, & Cody of Long Island's Prog Metal Hardcore kings - VALEFOR. Don't miss their fresh new live album LIVE AT LUCKY 13 SALOON.
VALEFOR LINKS:
Bandcamp - Instagram - Threadless
Photo by Jimmy Busch
Introspective interviews with artistic individuals - an ongoing audiovisual journal of Zen Perry.
This week on the Zen Perry Project we're joined by Ian Knapp (MKULTRA), a self-described post genre professional shape shifter based in NYC. A veteran in the music scene, MK has been playing music since the age of 10, going through many different phases and experimenting with numerous styles, from Metal to Punk to Jazz to Classical, Pop, Noise, Rap and everything in between.
With a music video for "Be Human...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome GUMMY? a genre-bendy band from Brooklyn rooted in a rich character universe where three beings - Gummy (bass/vox), Mammon (guitar), and Liminal Man (drums) - live in between boot-up and dimensional fabric. The harmony and chaos of their universe lends itself to the band’s gaze-fuzz-punk sound, full of distorted strings, hardtuned vocals, and heavy drums. Their debut EP, ...
Zen Perry Project presents GMGF RADIO featuring interviews with and music from:
Rosie Rebel of Typhoid Rosie,
Vincent Blackshadow of YFYTYR,
& Scott Mangino of chemical-x.
Introspective interviews with artistic individuals - an ongoing audiovisual journal of Zen Perry.
Behold a wall of periodically updated webpages!
Official Website: https://www.zenperryproject.com/
Patreon: https:...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome Brandon Gallagher, the Bushwick-based mastermind best known for his blisteringly brutal one-man experimental industrial project TRACE AMOUNT. Recorded shortly before a run of December NYC shows (sorry this is dropping after the fact!) and in the thick of recording his second full length, Brandon weighs in on balancing freelance work to support artistic pursuits, reflects...
Aaaaand we're back!
This week on the Zen Perry Project, we welcome Leo, Sean, and Aaron of the Austin-based greasy groovin’ riff masters - RICKSHAW BILLIE’S BURGER PATROL. Set to embark on an extensive run of touring (with more dates to be announced, so be patient!) and in the thick of recording their follow up to Big Dumb Riffs - we're so psyched these dudes were able to swing by for a pre-tour, Thanksgivi...
This week on the Zen Perry Project, we welcome Eddie Brnabic - guitarist and founding member of the Portland-based stoner metal power-trio, HIPPIE DEATH CULT. Freshly returned from a summer European tour and gearing up for a fall North American run, Eddie talks everything from the experience of performing with the backdrop of a Sardinian sunset on the beach of the legendary Duna Jam festival to reminiscing on how he...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome Lori S. - guitarist, vocalist, & mastermind of ACID KING, the pioneering psychedelic doom metal band from San Francisco. Lori chats everything from the immaculate vibes of Val de Moine in Clisson, France to breaking down what goes into curating a two-night hometown celebration for the 25th anniversary of the seminal Busse Woods album. With spirited insights shaped by...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome Scott Reeder, best known for his twenty plus years of drumming for the So Cal Stoner Rock legends FU MANCHU. In addition to talking the band’s thirteenth album The Return of Tomorrow and how he’s been recovering & prepping for the upcoming Two Headed Beast Tour with CLUTCH & RIVAL SONS, Scott delves into the recently revived SUN & SAIL CLUB supergroup, his so...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome Melissa Lucciola, a talented multi-instrumentalist best known for fronting FRANCIE MOON and drumming with GUSTAF. After meeting at a local show and subsequently geeking out talking Jon Beavis of IDLES (who GUSTAF just toured with), Mel and I picked up our conversation where we left off talking everything from balancing concurrent artistic commitments to working as a cert...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we get the chance to talk to Barrett (Guitar/Vox), Nacho (Bass), and Cole (Drums) of SLEEPWELL, a supremely badass genre-defying act ascending out of Brooklyn. The band has been secretive to the point that despite not knowing any of the members names before they joined the zoom call, we had a blast talking about their well composed rage that simmers into a twisted carnage of relent...
This week on the Zen Perry Project, we're ecstatic to welcome Mike Brandon, guitarist & vocalist of the Brooklyn-based psychedelic-60's-inspired garage rock band, the MYSTERY LIGHTS. In addition to divulging details on the band's recently announced upcoming third LP PURGATORY (to be released September 13th), Mike discusses everything from the efforts of plotting tours to his admiration of songwrit...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we are joined by the High Priestess NightHawk, vocalist, bassist, and leader of the Philadelphia-based stoner metal trio HEAVY TEMPLE. In addition to reflecting on the processes of writing and recording their recently released second LP Garden of Heathens, she talks preparation for the band’s upcoming Nation of Heathens tour (with Valley of the Sun) and considers how her reflection...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome back Brooklyn’s prime pioneer, VINCENT BLACKSHADOW. In addition to delving into his most recent release Mandatory Reporter (his second release of a planned trilogy along with 2023’s Burn Out Loud and an upcoming album Cafe Mirror), Vincent talks figuring out what art means to oneself after the fact, celebrates the cultural irrelevance of creating a CD, & about the ma...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome Michael Wilbur, a prolific multi-instrumentalist best known for the supreme saxophone skills he showcases in his Brooklyn-based bands Moon Hooch & Thundersmack. With a career that's gone from busking New York City subway stations to performing as a solo artist on the Retail Therapy Tour with his friends and frequent collaborators Too Many Zooz, Michael wielding ...
This week on the Zen Perry Project, Zen & Michael have a conversation covering topical headlines from across the music industry. Will this format become a staple segment of a burgeoning exploration of the business - or will it land with the thud of a St. Anger tuned snare?
This week's topics include:
-250 artists back a congressional bill to eliminate bad actors in ticket sales
-Tren...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome Edward Barakauskas, drummer of the Washington D.C. based bands TEEN MORTGAGE & TIRED ALL THE TIME. Besides talking the Teen Mortgage tour kicking off with a sold-out show at Union Pool in Brooklyn this Friday, Ed talks everything from how they squeezed 17 tracks onto the recently released self-titled vinyl to dropping pro-tips for taking cozy sh*ts on the road.
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This week on the Zen Perry Project we crack into a case of Modelo with Mike Vickers, vocalist of the fuzzed out Massachusetts metal heroes LEATHER LUNG. Their new album GRAVESIDE GRIN is dropping this Friday (March 15th) - singles including "Spit in the Casket" and "Empty Bottle Boogie" are already OUT - give them (and the fantastic music videos) a listen / watch!
Introspective ...
This week on the Zen Perry Project we welcome Sally Gates, the talented composer and guitarist of the experimental jazz-metal group TITAN TO TACHYONS. In addition to pondering how the vast cosmos are gleams of insight into the inspiration she finds in the unknowable, Sally discusses the approach she takes here on the ground to composing complex instrumental songs that flow as a story.
Awesome photo courtes...
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