Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In Episode 33, Justin and Luke talk with Bobby Bray of The Locust, Holy Molar, and INUS. Bobby is a guitarist, a sound technician, and teacher. The three start the conversation with the formation of The Locust, Bobby's trajectory branching out from death metal as a teenager, and the eventual goal of being a “brutal Residents”/“brutal DEVO." They dive into the business side of music, the legal aspects of streaming, the intersectionality and evolution of technology and music, the invention of the term “pedal tone for guitar,” and Bobby’s experience for a decade teaching classes like experimental sound, live sound, business, and recording arts. Finally, Bobby shares his new hobby/passion of cycling with a crew of noise musicians, and some of the trips they’ve recently taken.
The concept of Cult and Culture began as a short segment created by Justin Pearson, an internationally known musician, record label owner (Three One G Records), author, and actor. He is perhaps best known as bassist for bands such as Dead Cross, The Locust, and Some Girls as well as vocalist for Deaf Club, Swing Kids, and Planet B. Having traveled the world touring in hardcore and punk bands since age 15, Justin has come to know and work with a broad spectrum of captivating personalities and brilliant minds, many of which are key figures in the realm of popular culture and cult followings alike-- from being on the soundtrack to John Waters’ Cecil B. Demented, to acting in an Asia Argento’s Incompresa, to playing in Dead Cross with Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo. Cult and Culture arose as an opportunity to document bits and pieces of the DIY-driven, subversive world of art Pearson identifies with- one that many are not aware of or perhaps have misconceptions about.
Eventually, Pearson joined up with producer and bandmate Luke Henshaw (Sonido De La Frontera, Planet B, Satanic Planet, First Power Crew) to build the idea into a proper podcast, now recorded at his own PengOne Studios in San Diego. Henshaw has collaborated with hip hop legends such as Invisible Skratch Piklz’ D-Styles and Q-Bert, Kool Keith, in addition to being immersed in the world of Cumbia alongside Sonido De La Frontera bandmate Karlos Paez (B Side Players). He also recently scored the music for upcoming documentary Sk8face, which tells the history of skateboard graphics. In this way, both Justin and Luke are influenced by a diverse array of subcultures that all have connected roots. John Waters was one of the first people interviewed for the podcast- an icon of both cult and culture. Since then, guests have included a broad scope of musicians, producers, authors, and anyone passionate about what they do-- anyone from Grammy-winning musician Juan Alderete (Mars Volta, Racer X, creator of Pedals And Effects) to actor Michael Malarkey (Vampire Diaries, Project Bluebook), from San Diego Black Panther Party members to longtime partners Nicola and Adam in electro-punk band ADULT. or The Satanic Temple cofounder Lucien Greaves (who would go on to form Satanic Planet with Luke and Justin as a direct result of their podcast conversation). The focus is not intended to be solely on people in any one realm, and because guests are friends and family, the conversations are frank, informal yet well-informed, and genuine. Pearson and Henshaw seek to achieve a casual openness, blurring lines between traditional guest and host. Cult and Culture is available on iTunes and SoundCloud and new episodes will be premiering on Brooklyn Vegan. This podcast is part of Ruinous Media.
Purchase the Cult and Culture Podcast compilation LP (featuring The Locust, ADULT., The Exploited, HIRS Collective, Swing Kids, and more!) either on vinyl or digitally here: threeoneg.com/archive/vinyl/v-a-cult-and-culture-a-planet-b-podcast-compilation-lp
Catch up on all episodes of Cult and Culture podcast, via iTunes, or through Three One G’s Soundcloud.
soundcloud.com/threeoneg/sets/cult-and-culture-podcast?si=8e23fb336e244982b780c5b2c6e45bc5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cult-and-culture/id1232084207
Video edited by Displaced/ Replaced.
In Episode 33, Justin and Luke talk with Bobby Bray of The Locust, Holy Molar, and INUS. Bobby is a guitarist, a sound technician, and teacher. The three start the conversation with the formation of The Locust, Bobby's trajectory branching out from death metal as a teenager, and the eventual goal of being a “brutal Residents”/“brutal DEVO." They dive into the business side of music, the legal aspects of streaming, the intersectionality and evolution of technology and music, the invention of the term “pedal tone for guitar,” and Bobby’s experience for a decade teaching classes like experimental sound, live sound, business, and recording arts. Finally, Bobby shares his new hobby/passion of cycling with a crew of noise musicians, and some of the trips they’ve recently taken.
The concept of Cult and Culture began as a short segment created by Justin Pearson, an internationally known musician, record label owner (Three One G Records), author, and actor. He is perhaps best known as bassist for bands such as Dead Cross, The Locust, and Some Girls as well as vocalist for Deaf Club, Swing Kids, and Planet B. Having traveled the world touring in hardcore and punk bands since age 15, Justin has come to know and work with a broad spectrum of captivating personalities and brilliant minds, many of which are key figures in the realm of popular culture and cult followings alike-- from being on the soundtrack to John Waters’ Cecil B. Demented, to acting in an Asia Argento’s Incompresa, to playing in Dead Cross with Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo. Cult and Culture arose as an opportunity to document bits and pieces of the DIY-driven, subversive world of art Pearson identifies with- one that many are not aware of or perhaps have misconceptions about.
Eventually, Pearson joined up with producer and bandmate Luke Henshaw (Sonido De La Frontera, Planet B, Satanic Planet, First Power Crew) to build the idea into a proper podcast, now recorded at his own PengOne Studios in San Diego. Henshaw has collaborated with hip hop legends such as Invisible Skratch Piklz’ D-Styles and Q-Bert, Kool Keith, in addition to being immersed in the world of Cumbia alongside Sonido De La Frontera bandmate Karlos Paez (B Side Players). He also recently scored the music for upcoming documentary Sk8face, which tells the history of skateboard graphics. In this way, both Justin and Luke are influenced by a diverse array of subcultures that all have connected roots. John Waters was one of the first people interviewed for the podcast- an icon of both cult and culture. Since then, guests have included a broad scope of musicians, producers, authors, and anyone passionate about what they do-- anyone from Grammy-winning musician Juan Alderete (Mars Volta, Racer X, creator of Pedals And Effects) to actor Michael Malarkey (Vampire Diaries, Project Bluebook), from San Diego Black Panther Party members to longtime partners Nicola and Adam in electro-punk band ADULT. or The Satanic Temple cofounder Lucien Greaves (who would go on to form Satanic Planet with Luke and Justin as a direct result of their podcast conversation). The focus is not intended to be solely on people in any one realm, and because guests are friends and family, the conversations are frank, informal yet well-informed, and genuine. Pearson and Henshaw seek to achieve a casual openness, blurring lines between traditional guest and host. Cult and Culture is available on iTunes and SoundCloud and new episodes will be premiering on Brooklyn Vegan. This podcast is part of Ruinous Media.
Purchase the Cult and Culture Podcast compilation LP (featuring The Locust, ADULT., The Exploited, HIRS Collective, Swing Kids, and more!) either on vinyl or digitally here: threeoneg.com/archive/vinyl/v-a-cult-and-culture-a-planet-b-podcast-compilation-lp
Catch up on all episodes of Cult and Culture podcast, via iTunes, or through Three One G’s Soundcloud.
soundcloud.com/threeoneg/sets/cult-and-culture-podcast?si=8e23fb336e244982b780c5b2c6e45bc5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cult-and-culture/id1232084207
Video edited by Displaced/ Replaced.
![DEAF CLUB Planet Bombing [Official video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LDA1uys00tM/mqdefault.jpg "DEAF CLUB Planet Bombing [Official video]
DEAF CLUB Planet Bombing from the Productive Disruption LP
Purchase here: https://threeoneg.com/archive/vinyl/productive-disruption
Directed By
Eris Deo (@eris.deo)
Director of Photography
Tyler Bradberry (@coolinternetdude)
Edited by
Eris Deo (@erisdeo)
Evan Aretz (@shidd_fardd)
Asst. Editor
Constantine Mickens (@breadflavor)
Set Design
Eris Deo (@ErisDeo)
Art PA
Annabel Young (@omophagic)
Computer Art
Skinner (@theartofskinner)
Special Effects
Eris Deo (@erisdeo)
VFX
Evan Aretz (@shidd_fardd)
Glitch Art
Eris Deo (@erisdeo)
Extra Footage Provided by
Nic Maier (@commadorgilgamesh)")
![End Of The Line Burning Down [Official video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LDAKsyuEsE4/mqdefault.jpg "End Of The Line Burning Down [Official video]
END OF THE LINE Burning Down from the bands self-titled LP available from Three One G.
Purchase here: https://threeoneg.com/archive/vinyl/self-titled-3
Video by Displaced/Replaced.
“Fuckin great. This stuff rages with the kind of crazy, maniacal energy and enthusiasm thats often so hard to capture on vinyl. If I have to come up with a comparison, Id say old-style DC hardcore like... VOID, but less doomy and more dynamic. Imperative.”
—Maximum Rocknroll
End of the Line, the short-lived San Diego hardcore band that was in the right place at the right time. Existing during summer 1991, its membership boasted Matt Anderson, Scott Bartoloni and Aaron Montaigne of seminal 90s band Heroin, who, for the most part, had switched instruments. Further intensifying this lineup was leather-throated vocalist Cory Linstrum. A mutual appreciation of Bl’ast!, Faith, Void and SSD acted as its starting point, leading the band down the left hand path of chaotic punk and hardcore. EOTL played a dozen shows during its brief reign. Its teeth were cut appearing alongside Aspirin Feast, Say No More, Struggle, Undertow, Downcast, Media Children and Blatz (among others), before obtaining an opening slot on a Born Against/Rorschach show. The display of raw pandemonium unleashed that evening saw End of the Line’s buzz spread to the East Coast as these bands returned from tour. Rapidly a bidding war began with EOTL in the middle. Vermiform offered a seven-inch deal, while Ebullition dangled the opportunity of a full length. The band chose the full length. Having previously recorded three tracks, EOTL now had the opportunity to record the rest of its set for posterity. The band was aware it wouldn’t last much longer. Heroin would be releasing its own LP and leaving for tour, while Linstrum would relocate to the Bay Area to front John Henry West. It was during these recording dates that End of the Line concluded with its final appearance, a September 1991 show with Fugazi and Jawbreaker. Without an active band to promote the release, Ebullition’s version of the End of the Line LP wallowed in obscurity, where it slowly became a cult classic of early 90s hardcore. Let End of the Line crush your eardrums like an artillery shell, leaving you in the mud with the rats, lice and dogs!
This record has been remixed and remastered by Tim Green (Nation Of Ulysses/The Fucking Champs) at LOUDER studios. Pressed on limited edition color vinyl with a 3D cover and accompanying individually printed 3D glasses.")
![Zealot R.I.P. Ambush Predator [Official video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NeT5h2H9P60/mqdefault.jpg "Zealot R.I.P. Ambush Predator [Official video]
Zealot R.I.P. Ambush Predator from The Extinction of You LP available from Three One G.
Purchase here: https://threeoneg.com/archive/vinyl/the-extinction-of-you-lp
Video directed by Rory Sheridan.
Zealot R.I.P. started years ago when life-long friends, Jason Hamacher (Frodus, Battery, CombatWoundedVeteran) & Mike Schleibaum, decided to collaborate and write music that’s fast and heavy. Between Schleibaum’s relentless touring in Darkest Hour and Hamacher’s extensive documentary work in Syria, it took a few years for them to settle into a sound that’s somewhere between Entombed, Dead Kennedys and Born Against. The band was solidified with the additions of Pig Destroyer’s Blake Harrison and Fairweather’s Peter Tsouras. This metal amalgam, upon forming, went immediately into the studio and recorded a handful of brutally unhinged songs, released as a self-titled EP on Three One G in 2019. As a bizarre and radical opening reception to the world, Zealot R.I.P. played their first show at the Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C., as The Embassy hosted a concert and panel discussion around the history of Swedish metal.
With the release of Zealot R.I.P’s debut LP, “The Extinction of You” has every bit of the energy one would expect from these beloved, brutal and ripping musicians. And yet, by their own admittance, the band is also a deviation for most of its members. Mike Schleibaum explains that from the band’s formation, “I’ve taken a different approach from any other project or band I’ve been in. Zealot is sort of a return to my early days in music. We write songs pretty quick and usually end up keeping the first takes. I’ve always appreciated Jason’s creative raw energy on the drums and this project is a direct reflection of that. Combine the unique perspectives of Peter and Blake, and the result is explosive visual energy personified in song form.” Blake Harrison adds, “Moving to DC, I wanted to start another project that was a little more ‘punk’ and ‘live’ than Pig Destroyer. Lo and behold, I did not start a new project, but fell in with Zealot RIP, whose energy is bombastic.”")
