| Bed Of Nailz was a hardcore band formed by singer Eric Pleska and a few local friends from Westchester County, NY in the summer of 2001. Members came and left due to college commitments over the years. Before disbanding in 2003, Bed Of Nailz played live shows in NY, NJ, and CT in addition to releasing 6 albums. The classic live lineup consisted of Eric, Dan P, Tomislav, and Mike C. |
| ALBUM AVAILABLE ON I-Tunes |
| Discography "Had Sex In New Jersey This Morning" (2001) "Smash The Mirror" (2002) "Slipped Through The Cracks" (2002) "Live at The Journal News Building" (2003) "Requiem For Mayhem" (2003) "Early 2000's Suburban Hardcore" (2003) |
| Bed Of Nailz t shirts circa 2001 |
| LATER NEVER COMES |
| Former Bed Of Nailz band mates Eric Pleska and Ed wrote and recorded a punk rock album from scratch one weekend in 2004. |
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| Back in the mid 90s before the internet , when the phrase "cut and paste" meant scissors and tape, Eric Pleska wrote and distributed his own independent magazine. From 1995 until 2003 the monthly New York Hardcore / punk rock based fanzine featured interviews with bands and celebrities in addition to show reviews, album reviews, monthly columns, articles, and advertisements. Regular features included the monthly "Verbal Diarrhea" column which was essentially a blog before blogs and articles venturing out of the scope of the music world and into the realm of conspiracy theories and the paranormal. A true mish mosh of material. The publication was dubbed Taking Another Perspective On Usual Topics, abbreviated TAPOUT. The advertisements which eventually spawned into a dozen or so outside ads per month originated with Pleska's Trading Card Mania ads (for his teen years mail order baseball card business).Prior to TAPOUT, Pleska printed photocopied typewritten monthly mail order catalogs for his comics and trading cards cards starting in 1992. |
| The last issue of TAPOUT Zine from October 2003. Featured interviews with Dan Severn, Sage Francis, Madball, Cage, Ron Waterman, Sworn Enemy, Necro, and more. |
| Nearly 500 interviews were conducted for TAPOUT over the years including: Joey Ramone, Iggy Pop, Ian MacKaye, Bad Brains, Green Day, NOFX, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, Bouncing Souls, KMFDM, Korn, H2O, Silverstein, Crown Of Thornz, Bill Wyman (ex Rolling Stones), Dashboard Confessional. D Generation, Marla Sokoloff, Debbie Gibson, Pat Mastroianni, and many more. |
| Disconnect The Dots |
| While in high school circa 1994 an aged 14 Eric Pleska began managing local bands and hip hop artists, getting them booked at local gigs and school dances. One act Eric put together was called Sub Level 3. After the band consisting of Dan The G.O.T., Kojima, and Lice booted drummer Ed Massena from the group, Eric and Ed formed their own punk band called 43 Bob. |
Eric Pleska launched a 30 minute recurring cable access program with 43 Bob high school punk band mate Ed in 1995 called Disconnect The Dots. The show aired once a month on Friday nights at 8pm through 1998 in White Plains, NY. The show hosted by Eric and Ed (dressed as a grim reaper character in sunglasses named Juansico) was a music based program. Each episode featured a local musical artist performing in studio followed by an interview, comedic skits, and random shenanigans. Additionally each episode would include a music video from Ed & Eric's band 43 Bob which they produced themselves. It was essentially a bootleg version of 80s pitchman Crazy Eddie hosting The Ed Sullivan show run by two high school kids; a cable access circus. |
| First 43 BOB full length cassette tape - 1994 |
| JUANSICO |
| LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE |
| ERIC'S PROJECTS 1994 - 2004 |