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
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 2020
21 min
My first gig as a rock critic, hip-hop, and the after school fistfight that gave birth to an unlikely alliance.
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 13, 2020
Oct 13, 2020
29 min
Action-packed episode about metal, mischief, and mayhem. Plus: explosions, drugs, and the world premier of The Skumbags!
Oct 13, 2020
Oct 6, 2020
Oct 6, 2020
19 min
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.
Oct 6, 2020
Oct 6, 2020
16 min
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.
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
28 min
Uncle Cut Above; betrayed by baseball (and Kiss); the suburban basement as music laboratory.
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
21 min
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.
Sep 22, 2020
Sep 22, 2020
24 min
Following the breadcrumb trail; the OTHER New York City; first concert and first records; the search for Sucker MCs.