Brent Friedman - We Are The Union, Omnigone & Skatune Network

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There's a lot going on in the independent music scene, and always has been. Question The Answers illuminates some of the people involved, and not just the musicians. Hosted by Andy Pohl (Tsunami Bomb | Sell The Heart Records), each episode he has a chat with the folks that run the labels that put out the albums, the people that take the photos you see online and in print, the people that set up and promote the shows you attend, and more. The scene is made up of such a huge array of creative people, all working together to make it happen, and we're here to celebrate them all.

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Brent Friedman - We Are The Union, Omnigone & Skatune Network

Question The Answers

1 hour 2 minutes 18 seconds

4 years ago

Brent Friedman - We Are The Union, Omnigone & Skatune Network

If there is one person that may be holding the ska community together, it may be Brent Friedman, who is our guest this week. Brent is known within the greater ska scene for being the drummer for We Are The Union, Skatune Network & Omnigone, but he also works very hard behind the scenes for Bad Time Records, Suicide Machine & Skatune Network among others.

Growing up in Huntington Beach, CA, Brent fell in love with the ska scene, and soon became well known as "that ska guy" (much to his chagrin), eventually opting to wear it as a badge of pride and taking it as far as creating his social media handle @pleasetagmeinyourskaposts to solidify the truth that YES, he is in fact THAT SKA GUY!

As a true defender of the genre, he has spent a good portion of his adult life affiliated with some of the biggest names in the ska world, and as is laid out in our discussion, he is beyond proud of where ska has gotten during the last few years, and his role in that.

We spend some time learning about how he got involved in the various projects that he works with. We dig into the role that "Ska Twitter" plays in keeping things within the scene buzzing, and we reflect a bit on whether or not there is potential 'danger' of ska potentially falling out of favor again (psst... it never went away in the first place, so the answer is NO!). He also provides some artists that you should have on your radar, as well as his 5 desert island albums.

To checkout We Are The Union - http://wearetheunion.net/

To checkout Bad Time Records - https://www.badtimerecords.com/

To hear some of the music mentioned on this and our previous episodes, check out and follow this playlist on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3oI01ZU

Question The Answers is co-sponsored by The Bad Copy and Sell The Heart Records, be sure to follow them as well to stay up to date on music news, reviews, and to check out the releases on our label.

Sell The Heart Records - https://www.selltheheartrecords.com... | @selltheheartrecords (IG)

The Bad Copy - https://www.thebadcopy.com | @thebadcopy (IG)

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