The Toth Zone chronicles musician James Toth’s all-consuming obsession with music while growing up in pre-9/11 New York City, and all the trouble it caused him along the way. It's a little like A Christmas Story, but with headbangers, hoodlums, and hip-hop. "...something like David Sedaris by way of Iggy Pop." - Elizabeth Nelson, Lawyers, Guns & Money blog
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
My first gig as a rock critic, hip-hop, and the after school fistfight that gave birth to an unlikely alliance.
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Action-packed episode about metal, mischief, and mayhem. Plus: explosions, drugs, and the world premier of The Skumbags!
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
How heavy metal made me want to be smart...and the corniest thing I have ever said to another person to get them to join my band.
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
How my late cousin, Peter Steele of Type O Negative, taught me that life need not be a series of compromises, concessions, and fading passions.
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Uncle Cut Above; betrayed by baseball (and Kiss); the suburban basement as music laboratory.
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Genesis of a mania -music freak ground zero; my very first band and our one and only concert featuring my sister, the four-year old “slut”; some valuable early lessons in showbiz.
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Following the breadcrumb trail; the OTHER New York City; first concert and first records; the search for Sucker MCs.