Pam Chen | The Roanoke Times

Drastic Plastic is one of Roanoke's most unusual musical ensembles. Using an array of brightly colored "boomwhackers" (that's a technical term, folks), they bang out percussive melodies, playing everything from "Peter Gunn" to "Chopsticks' and a few original pieces.

Hailing from Roanoke, Botetourt County and Bassett, the band consists of members Chris Kendrick, Sean Deel, Jeremy Price, Teddy Holcomb, Andy Burnette and Justin Price. Jeremy Price, one of Drastic Plastic's founders, also serves part time in Stomp, a percussion ensemble that's toured around the United States and world.

For this week's Podcast, we invited the members into our studio to talk about their craft and perform three songs. For more information, contact Jeremy Price at spockontheplastic@cox.net or Holcomb at tjoel@mac.com.

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Host: Mason Adams

Producer: Seth M. Gitner