Roger Apollon's guest appearances

Roger Apollon

Good Beer Hunting

ReadJunk Podcast

Ska Boom - An American Ska & Reggae Podcast

Bigger Thomas

Elvis Costello

Grace Jones

Joe Strummer

John Spence

Bela Lugosi

Chris Taylor

Paul Simonon

Scritti Politti

Ian McFarland

Horace Panter

Chris Malone

Andrew Sacher

Matt Collyer

Johnny Christmas

OwlTail

Welcome to Ska Boom! Stories, which is the audio companion to my new book Ska Boom: An American Ska &amp; Reggae Oral History now available through DiWulf Publishing.   Click here to order: http://www.diwulf.com/books Though my band Bigger Thomas –originally called Panic! -- is not featured in Ska Boom, our 80s American ska story contains a lot of the same trials and tribulations experienced by the 18 bands whose stories I've documented. That is to say, the human condition set to a ska and reggae soundtrack. In this episode, I’m speaking with my long-time bandmate and close friend Roger Apollon Jr about his memories of the early days of the band.  Though we missed out on the ska boom of the mid 90s – the original line-up broke up in 1991 – our story is one you should know. We were the very first ska band from New Jersey.  Please note: The music clips included in this podcast fall under the “Fair Use Doctrine” as defined by Section 107 of the Copyright Act. The law allows for use of music clips for purposes of criticism, comment, and news reporting.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Ska Boom! Stories, which is the audio companion to my new book Ska Boom: An American Ska &amp; Reggae Oral History now available through DiWulf Publishing.   Click here to order: <a href="http://www.diwulf.com/books" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.diwulf.com/books</a> Though my band Bigger Thomas –originally called Panic! -- is not featured in Ska Boom, our 80s American ska story contains a lot of the same trials and tribulations experienced by the 18 bands whose stories I've documented. That is to say, the human condition set to a ska and reggae soundtrack. In this episode, I’m speaking with my long-time bandmate and close friend Roger Apollon Jr about his memories of the early days of the band.  Though we missed out on the ska boom of the mid 90s – the original line-up broke up in 1991 – our story is one you should know. We were the very first ska band from New Jersey.  Please note: The music clips included in this podcast fall under the “Fair Use Doctrine” as defined by Section 107 of the Copyright Act. The law allows for use of music clips for purposes of criticism, comment, and news reporting.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="http://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Ska Boom Interviews - Roger Apollon Jr. of Bigger Thomas

My first guest on the ReadJunk Podcast (episode #8) is Roger Apollon, Jr. of Rude Boy George, Bigger Thomas, and Heavensbee. We had a great chat after having some food in Jersey City. We talked about Rude Boy George's new album and the band, Bigger Thomas, Supernova Ska Fest, the ska scene, a little bit about The World Cup, and Roger's new venture, Four City Brewing Company.At 2 points in the conversation, my damn phone rang twice (robocalls of course), but I left those parts in because it was funny I thought. At the end of the episode, I have Roger play a quick game of Goldblum Trivia. Be sure to visit http://www.readjunk.com for updates, as well as visit us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/readjunk and http://www.twitter.com/readjunk

My first guest on the ReadJunk Podcast (episode #8) is Roger Apollon, Jr. of Rude Boy George, Bigger Thomas, and Heavensbee. We had a great chat after having some food in Jersey City. We talked about Rude Boy George's new album and the band, Bigger Thomas, Supernova Ska Fest, the ska scene, a little bit about The World Cup, and Roger's new venture, Four City Brewing Company.<br>At 2 points in the conversation, my damn phone rang twice (robocalls of course), but I left those parts in because it was funny I thought. At the end of the episode, I have Roger play a quick game of Goldblum Trivia. <br>Be sure to visit <a href="http://www.readjunk.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.readjunk.com</a> for updates, as well as visit us on facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/readjunk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/readjunk</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/readjunk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/readjunk</a>

Roger Apollon, Jr. (Rude Boy George, Bigger Thomas)