The Static Age Podcast (Francisco Alvarez)

I spoke with Roger Alcocer, he is the host of the show The Magnificent World of Toys. He has dedicated many years to visit and document collections all over the world and talking to very interesting people including artists, toy makers, and collectors. If you haven't seen his channel go check it out, you won't regret it. 

Today I spoke with Rod Usher, he is the singer and frontman for the German Horror Punk Band The Other. We talked about touring and opening for The Misfits, Danzig, The Cult, The Damned, Alice Cooper and other important bands. He told me about the magazines where he writes and the interviews he has done in the past to Glenn Danzig and other musicians. We talked about the connection between Vampiro (the wrestler) Jerry Other (Jerry's son) the Rebel Cats (Mexican band) and his band.

The Rebel Cats is a rockabilly band, one of the subgenres of rock and roll originated in the 50s. The band consists of Vincent Van Rock (guitar, armónica, vocals), Vince (vocals and drums), Chucho Tormeta (Keyboards) and Lalobilly (bass and vocals)

I talked to Vince and he shared his experience during the 20 years of his band, we talked about his influences, his love for the Misfits , horror movies and music. He shared with me some cool stories from touring with his band .

Brian Flynn is the founder and owner of Hybrid-Design
and Super7 in our beloved and foggy San Francisco. Super7 was supposed to be Brian's pet side-project but it has become something much more than simply a hobby. Super7 began in 2001 as a magazine focused on his obsessive collecting of vintage Japanese toys. Now, all of these years later, Super7 has evolved into a thriving retail brand that is still an extension of Brian’s original passion. As the Super7 company manifesto says: “No one made what we wanted. So we made it ourselves.”

On this first episode of the Static Age, I am introducing myself to all of you fiends out there, just giving you a quick story of how and why I am doing this podcast and continuing with the former FIENDCAST. I hope you can be part of this show and continue to listen and engage with us to be part of this comunity.

On this episode I spoke with Jesse Dethrone or Hack.emfigures on Instagram and he is a guy that I feel like if we have been friends for many years because we have been talking and sending DM's on Instagram for several years now, but never met in person. We have similar interests, like some of the same music, movies and sports. We had fun chatting for about an hour and hope you guys enjoy.

Mechawolf is a professional wrestler with AAA in Mexico, he has worked for several pro wrestling promotions like TNA, Impact, The Crash, NWA and WWE NXT. He is also the frontman and singer/songwriter for the band Monster Wolf with whom he has opened for bands like Cancerslug, Doyle and Violent J from ICP. We talked about Lucha Libre ,his origins and how he got into it, action figure collecting and more.

Tim Baron is an artist, illustrator, and skateboarder who resides in Indiana.

He’s designed skateboards for companies like Tony Hawk, The Property Brothers, Birdhouse Skateboards, Plan B, Creature, H-Street, and Super 8 Skateboards.

Tim designed a board for Tony Hawk that was released in the Spring of 2021 and sold out. One year later, Tim was asked to design the official “Hawk Vs. Wolf” podcast board for Tony Hawk and Jason Ellis which also sold out.

Tim has designed several ReAction figures for SUPER7. His turn-around drawings and color ways were used to create such figures as They Live, Lost Boys, Anthrax, King Diamond, and Rancid. Tim also did the card art for the Phantom Star Killer “Red Baron Banshee” edition figure.

In late 2022, Super7 released action figures of Tim’s “Astro Zombie” character as part of their ReAction figure toyline.

The discovery of skateboarding and its accompanying subculture initiated the next phase of Tim‘s creative development. Within the pages of Thrasher magazine, Tim discovered the legendary Bones Brigade, the art of VC Johnson and Jim Phillips, the frantic scratchings of Pushead, and punk rock bands like the Misfits.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Salk, he is a photographer that captured some of the most iconic images from the early punk days. He was side by side, on stage, on the pit next to young punk fans from the early 80's. He was also right there next to many punk legends such as Henry Rollins, Ian MacKaye, The Misfits, and many more. He shared some cool stories from back then and also we talked about his book Punk: Photos From a Fan's Perspective, which has been for sale for a few years now and you can find on his website. He is currently doing some shows every now and then with some of those legendary bands from the past and some of the current big bands such as Slipknot and many more.

On this episode we have Ghoulish Gary Pullin as our first guest, we talked about horror movies, the misfits obviously, Tom Savini, future conventions that he is traveling to and more. 

In this episode we are talking about The Misfits movie cameos and some tv shows where Glenn Danzig participated and we looked into each of the movies that they participated in.  We also talk about future guests and some new designs that we are working on for some merch.

I spoke with American filmmaker Pawl Bazile, his documentary Living the American Nightmare about one of Misfits vocalists Myke Hideous is a very interesting film where you can see how it was for him to be part of the band, how he got the gig and why it didn't work out like he expected. Pawl also told me a lot stories from the days they were filming this movie and how it was to meet and talk to great musicians such as Pete Steele, Bill Ward, Steve Zing, Michael Alago, Arturo Vega, Legs McNeil and many more. He works currently with Michael Graves and his team. Hope you enjoy

In today's episode of The Static Age Podcast we have Dave Black best known as Mr. Black on Instagram. He is an artist and illustrator, has done a lot of T Shirt designs for the Misfits and Jerry Only, also worked on some art for Super7 Reaction Figures and has done some work for Ozzy, Metallica, Judas Priest and many more legendary bands. He talks to us about how he got into working with these bands and his personal experiences with them. Hope you enjoy

This is their visual story as told through the original ephemera that helped define their legacy. Scream With Me spotlights the band’s iconic and influential album and single art, fan club merchandise, original posters, show flyers, and one-of-a-kind, never-before-seen rarities, culled primarily from the extensive collection of archivist Umberto D’Urso. 

Additionally, the book prominently features insightful contributions on the band’s legacy from members of Metallica, Pearl Jam, Avenged Sevenfold, Dropkick Murphys, and more. For more than 40 years, the band has had an inescapable influence on popular culture and Scream With Me is the ultimate tribute to the original, beloved Misfits era.

MISMITHS, as you can tell is the mix of Misfits/Smiths and on this episode I talked to Steven also known as GORRISSEY, who is the lead singer and frontman. They are a band that is influenced by the misfits, the smiths, Ramones etc. Listen to their music on any streaming platform so you can check out their latest album Every Night Is Halloween. They will be touring this March so go check their instagram page for all the details. We talked about playing in different countries, visiting Mexico City and some MMA.

I chatted with Chris Cavoretto, he is a musician and plays in a Hawaiian Misfits tribute band, he has done music for other projects that he worked in the past. We talked about his life and his love for the misfits and how it is to play for the Hawaiian punk scene.

On this episode I had Joey and Armando from the Thrash Mex podcast, we talked about their project and their movie screenings, we talked about misfits, concerts, records, Mexican cinema etc.

I talked to Rudy Munis the guy behind the Crimson Ghost Maskroom, one of the most impressive mask collections in the world. He is a big Misfits fan and we talked about the band, concerts, horror movies, celebrities that want to visit his house and take a look at his collection, and more.

Brandon Strate is the bass player for the band Doyle, we talked about his personal life, how he got into playing music, about touring around the world, Mexican fans. He told me how it is to be a bandmate of people he looked up to and that he has been a fan of since he was younger, and obviously we talked a lot about The Misfits.

On this episode we have Seth also known as The Crimson Ghost on Instagram, he is a huge Misfits fan and has been working on re-creating the most accurate Crimson Ghost out there. He told us some cool stories about traveling in the tour bus with the band. He handles the account MisftisSamhainDanzigCrypt which is like an archive of information and images of the misfits, Samhain and Danzig over the years. Hope you enjoy

Happy New Year, this is a short one. I just wanted to give everyone an update on what is going on and what are the plans for this new year. Good things are coming for the show and I am excited to share with y'all soon.