Brian McTernan (Record Producer and vocalist for Be Well and Battery)

Lead Singer Syndrome with Shane Told

Shane Told

Music, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

WHAT A STORY! WHAT A LEGEND! Legendary Punk and Hardcore producer AND frontman Brian McTernan joins the show! From his days as a hardcore singer in the influential DC Hardcore band Battery, to becoming one of the top record producers, he has so many amazing stories. We talk about the early days, producing bands like Circa Survive, Senses Fail, Thrice, Cave In, and how one day he got so burnt out and quit to work for ... a construction company! Now, after a hiatus from music, Brian is back with a new (and awesome!) band he's fronting called Be Well, which not only continues his legacy as a hardcore singer, but incorporates a lot of melodic elements as well. The new album "The Weight and The Cost" is out now on Equal Vision Records! Support for Lead Singer Syndrome comes from Manscaped! The best in men's below the waist grooming. Trust me, your balls will thank you! Use code LSS to save 20% off AND free shipping! -> manscaped.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, I'm not going to be able to do it.
0:13.0	Oh, I'm going to be. Hello everyone and welcome
0:37.0	and welcome back to another episode of the podcast my name is Shane told and I will be your
0:47.4	host once again as I talk to other lead singers about what it's like to be the front man or front woman of a band
0:59.2	and today we have an absolute legend on the show Mr Brian McTernan who he's an
1:09.2	terrific lead singer he used to be the front man of one of the most important
1:17.9	super influential hardcore bands called Battery.
1:23.0	Now he's doing a new project called Be Well.
1:27.0	Awesome, awesome new release.
1:29.0	It's out now on Equal Vision Records.
1:32.0	Check it out.
1:34.0	But what Brian is most known for, I would say,
1:38.0	is all of these incredible records he's produced.
1:43.6	If you listen to punk or hardcore or emo,
1:48.6	anything in the scene, you've probably probably you probably own several Brian michternen produced records he is
1:59.5	unbelievably talented.
2:02.7	But you know I got the call to do this episode and you know I saw his name pop up I couldn't
2:10.1	have replied faster to the email but but I was kind of like, what happened to this guy?
2:15.9	Because I have not heard from Brian McKernan in quite some time.
2:21.3	Now I don't want to spoil the whole story. He's going to talk all about it in this
2:26.5	episode. Super interesting, you know, and there's really something to take away from this just about you know hard working people
2:35.6	how they can get burnt out how you can start to you know distort your passion
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