Episode 6: Scotty Heath of Tankcrimes

Scotty Heath has been running Tankcrimes for half his life. The underground label, dedicated to grimy punk rock and metal, has just put out new EP Noxious Concoctions by monstrous death metal entity Ghoul and this Thursday the band, alongside label-mates Necrot and Dead Heat will join Municipal Waste for the Brainsqueeze 2024 tour, celebrating 21 years of the latter’s debut album Waste ‘Em All.Scotty and Municipal Waste go way back, with Scotty having been involved with the band in one capacity or another for about as long as he’s been running Tankcrimes. We get into how Scotty Heath came to be affectionately called the band’s sixth member, the history of Brainsqueeze, the forthcoming tour, all sorts of insights about running a label, not to mention Scotty’s wild story about how he kept the label afloat during financial difficulty. The man has a cool story and a very cool label. Hear all about it in this latest interview for Whatever Comes Next. Thanks for reading (and listening). If you haven’t already, why not subscribe? It’ll make me happy and I’ll do my darnedest to keep you entertained. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tomosman.substack.com