Turned Out A Punk

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Julien Baker is back! Apr 15, 2021

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Episode 327:

JULIEN BAKER IS BACK! That's right, Julien returns to the show & we'll be damned if it’s not one of the best episodes ever! Listen in as the two discuss: Nirvana by algorithm, Punk/ Religious guilt, smashing guitars, the loneliness of playing solo & so much more!!! NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

Also, don't miss Julien Baker's AWESOME "Little Oblivions" out NOW Matador!

Also Touched On:

The concession to pop culture

The audacity of a phone call

The writer/performer distinction

Playing with a band again for the first time

The co-operative nature of performance

How thrilling will it be to be at a show again?!?

The intensity of the spotlight

Hayley from Paramore

Chumbawamba career moves

Zach Against The Machine

“I’m sus of everything”: being weary of promotion

The freedom success allows

Mitigating the punk rock guilt

What would have happens if the meeting with Sean 6131 did't happen?

Punk as religion: redux

Computers as DJs

Pheobe and Lucy as inspiration

Religion, punk and dogmas

Questioning straight edge and finding Sobriety

& SO MUCH OTHER GOODNESS!!!

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Episode 326 - Ari Katz (Lifetime, Beach Rats, Zero Zero, Enuf) Apr 10, 2021

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Well, we didn’t miss your birthday this year! Today on the show, Damian is joined by Lifetime’s legendary singer, ARI KATZ!! Damian is beside himself with joy as he talks with one of his favourite vocalists. Listen in as the two discuss: eating Taco Bell Hot Sauce for sustenance on tour, realizing people are trying to sing like you, having to walk away from music & so much more!
This is NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Hearing the Dead Kennedy on a non-punk mixtape
“Do you have any punk records?”
Buying Group Sex
Husker Du for a first show
Meeting AJ on the edge of the pit
Joining Enuf
Christmas (the band)
“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!”: hearing Youth Of Today for the first time
Going to CBGBs for the first time
learning how to play drums
The violence at shows
Getting haircuts with Walter and Civ
People doing interesting things with mosh parts and fast parts
Jawbreaker at ABC No Rio
Loving the Fastbacks
Eating Taco Bell hot sauce on a two month and half tour with Up Front
Touring with Unit Pride and Insted during the summer of Youth Crew
getting kicked out of Up Front and Courage
Running into Rob Fish with a flyer from Dan Yemin in his pocket
Trying to sound like Mark Ryan
Hearing people doing their own version of your vocal
When pop-punk kids took notice
Joining Resurrection
Not being built for it
Signing to New Age
Flowers over baseball bats
The influence of Superchunk
“No, no, no. Don’t say that.”: The AFI Riot
& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS
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Episode 325 - Jeff Gunnells (Cold As Life, H8Inc., Ramallah) Apr 07, 2021

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Few legends loom larger in punk than that of Detroit's COLD AS LIFE. Today on the show, Cold As Life's guitarist turned vocalist, JEFF GUNNELLS sits down with Damian to talk about the reality behind the infamy. From open warfare with the bouncers at Blondies, to checking Insane Clown Posse's egos at their first show and so much more; this is NOT TO BE MISSED.
Pick up a copy of the Cold As Life's CLASSIC "Born To Land Hard", the record that redefined what is was to be "hardcore", out on the great A389 Recordings now!.
Also Touched On:
Finding Discharge
Going to record stores
Day-glo Abortions, Ugly But Proud, Gore, Necros at the Greystone’s
Shifting from punk to a harder sound
Oi
DIY out of necessity
Death all around
Having to hide out
Documenting a city in decline
Writing reality
Drugs and corruption
SBLC
Getting in where you fit in: Making connections with other scenes
“We were a little wolf pack”: Blondies and war with the bouncers
Attracting the right
Meeting Agnostic Front
Carrying on without Rawn
Taking over vocals
Living by the sword and the tragedy of dying by it
Rest in Peace: Tim Mycek Jr., Jake Loch and Johnny Myers
Feisty Cadavers: RIP Steve Crass
The lost Las Vegas sessions for the 2nd lp
H8INC
XTyrantX: Real deal
ICP’s first show opening for Cold As Life… it didn’t go well
Earthmover and +/- Records
Going to Europe
Detroit Heresy
The greatness of Pittbull
& SO MUCH MORE!
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Episode 324 - Dave Buick (The Go, Lost Kids, Italy Records, Third Man Records) Apr 06, 2021

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Detroit week continues on TOAP! Today on the show, the great DAVE BUICK of The Go & Italy Records comes to talk about the Garage side of the Rock City! Listen in as Dave & Damian discuss: collecting Touch & Go Records, the precursors to the White Stripes explosions, releasing one of the most valuable 7"s ever & so much more!
Don't miss it!!!
Also Touched On:
The greatness of 80’s pop music
Side two of the tape with U2 on the side one
Dead Kennedys telling kids to steal mail
Dorks United
On ramp periods of music
Finding the cool people working at the record store
Volbeats
The lost period of Detroit rock and roll awareness
trying to tape song of the radio
Iggy opening for the Pretenders
learning about Touch and Go from a friends sister
“We have a show Wednesday”: learning to play bass and Joining the Go in the same day
The Gories
Adult
Wolf Eyes
making a home Ugly But Proud pocket tee
Starting Italy Records
Putting out The Dirtys record out of a sense of civic pride
The story of one of the most valuable 7”s of all time
& SO MUCH OTHER GOODNESS
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Episode 323 - Loren Molinare (The Dogs, Attack, Little Caesar) Apr 02, 2021

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Get ready for the greatest Rock & Roll story never told! Today on the show, Damian is joined by LOREN MOLINARE from The Dogs! Famous amongst punk collectors for their obscure & awesome records, The Dogs’ career is far more interesting & storied than any of the more well known counter parts. Listen in as Damian discusses one of the most fascinating careers in music with the guy who lived it. From playing with the likes of the MC5, Kiss & Van Halen to drinking with Bon Scott to clowning Sid Vicious on stage to teaching the Ramones how to dress to inspiring Black Flag to play: THIS IS ONE NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!
Also Touched On:
The Dogs: born in ’69
Mary walks into the basement and makes the band real
Hearing I Wanna Be Your Dog for the first time
Dick Wagner from the Frost
Opening for the MC5 and getting to witness them live for the first time
The effect of the The Who coming to Ann Arbor
playing
Getting beaten and dragged to jail in from of 9000 people for refusing to play after Bob Seger
Getting banned from the Mid-West
Opening from Ted Nugent at the first solo show
After one thing but before another: Going to New York in ’73
finding the voice
Raw Power over Fun House and S/T
Finally seeing The Stooges
influencing Black Flag
The Motels
The Pop
“Radio Free Hollywood”
The Masques and the punks
Drinking and playing with AC/DC at their first US gig
“Let’s fuck him up!”: Sid Vicious looking like a fool on stage
Australia gets it
“Thank god for bootleggers!”
Killed By Death saved everything
Opening for Kiss
Playing with the Pre-Blondie Stilettos
Going belly up in London
Seeing the Ramones before the Ramones at shows
& SO MUCH OTHER GOODNESS
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Episode 322 - Kathy Valentine (Go-Go's, Textones, The Violators) Mar 30, 2021

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You're going to go-go Go-Go's crazy for this episode! Today on the show, Damian is joined by the Go-Go's legend KATHY VALENTINE! As if being from a Hall Of Fame nominated band wasn't enough, Kathy is also: a Chiswick recording artist, an almost member of England's Girlschool & the founder of Austin, TX's first punk band The Violators!? Listen in as they discuss all of that & so much more!
NOT TO BE MISSED & don't miss Kathy's FANTASTIC new book "All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'N' Roll Memoir"!!!
Also Touched On:
Being a rocker
Born too late for Psych
No proto-punk in Texas… except for ZZ Top
Go-Go’s as a gateway for kids
The power of the songs getting over looked
Learning from Charlotte and Belinda
The punk influence on Can’t Stop The World
New Wave vs. Punk
The diversity of the LA sound
The Weirdos: LA’s Damned
The effect of Manson
Having no time for Kim Fowley
The Violators
Dr. Feelgood
Going to England and seeing the Pub Rock
Going to see the Sex Pistols in San Antonio
The Next
Project Terror
The Nerves
The Capitol Records Swap-Meet
The Plugz
& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!!!!
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Episode 321 - Georgia Hardstark (My Favorite Murder) Mar 26, 2021

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Get siked Murderinos! My Favorite Murder's GEORGIA HARDSTARK is here!! That's right, one half of the true crime podcast juggernaut sits down with Damian to talk about her not always positive experiences in punk. From surviving the wrong crowd as a kid to claiming space & building your own world.
This is NOT TO BE MISSED!
Find My Favorite Murder at your favorite podcast store!
Also Touched On:
Bonding with your brother over Ween
Meeting the Crusties
Hating the OC
Going to the Vandals and seeing a stabbing instead
The downside of the punk utopia
Meeting a metalhead in rehab
Slayer: a middle ground
Moving to LA and meeting Strife
Loving the Wrestling Podcaster just not the wrestling
The Grade/ We Watch Wrestling Connection
a secret zine
the importance of Riot Grrrl
SciFi as a path to sobriety
Meeting Ray Bradbury a secret Mr.Show live comedy show
Find treasure on TV
Starting My Favorite Murder
A secret zine
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!!
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Episode 320 - Liz Phair Mar 22, 2021

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LIZ PHAIR IS HERE!!! That's right, the iconic indie rock legend joins Damian on the show to talk punk! Listen in as they talk: making records as an autobiography, the music nerd paradise of Oberlin & how punk drove her to get on stage.
NOT TO BE MISSED & don't miss Liz's new album "Soberish" dropping later this year on Chrysalis Records!
Also Touched On:
The importance of tapes
Feeling welcomed by punk
Expression over permission
The Police, Madonna and The “Why Can’t I?” Effect
The dissent in the music
You are human, you are alive, therefore you are qualified
Bowie as a Punk icon
Seeing the punk on a Liz Phair, Alanis, Garbage Tour
Going to the land of the music nerd: Oberlin
Getting into the Cult
Only liking pop with a punk edge
How sexy are the vocals in the Fall?!
Culture of zines
The aesthetic of punk
Flyers and the importance of the Physical world
trying to read Raygun Magazine
Punk driving you to get on stage The Carnivore 7”
Tae Won Yu and The Girly Sound Tapes
Kicking Giant
taking advance of an audience
Pink Moon and The Modern Lovers are perfect records
Hearing your voice soloed in the studio for the first time
The high of scoring
The medium of emotion
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 319 - Bruce LaBruce (Filmmaker, Zinester, Queercore Icon) Mar 18, 2021

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BRUCE LABRUCE is an iconic filmmaker known the world over for his uncompromising approach to cinema… & a legendary zinemaker. Today on the show Damian sits down with one of his most anticipated guests to discuss the conception of Queercore & manifesting the punk you want. Listen in as the two discuss: the Toronto Zine Scene, Gavin & Vice, Nazi violence, Robin Wood’s cultural impact & tons of other stuff!
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!!!!
Also Touched On:
Growing up in small town Ontario
Seeing a punk with fully charged hair in Toronto for the first time
Into the fashion first
Just Desserts: a place for rich people to eat cake and freaks to work
Meeting Fifth Column and a world opening up
MRR
Partying backstage with Husker Du
Disco and Folk
CKEW out of Detroit
Gucci’s Queercore line
Fanzine: The Ephemeral Art form
Nirvana before the boom
“Queering everything”: Creating Queercore out of reclaimed and found elements of punk
Trying to create a new gay culture
The Mumps
Vaginal Davis and “Fertile Latoya Jackson”
Pat Loud cooking for the punks
The rightwing appropriation of punk atheistic and strategy
The Vice days
DBDTD
The having to deal with Neo-Nazis Skinheads in Toronto
Loving Can-rock
Rough Trade
Will Munro, Vazaleen and making the JDs fiction real
The Gun Club at a boozecan
Zuzu’s Petals
Getting punched while covering the Dead Kennedys
The 1988 Anarchist Unconvention in Toronto
Robin Wood: more radical than the punks
Cineaction
being deprogrammed by punk
Pissing on the Cinema of Transgression
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 318 - Jello Biafra Part 2 Mar 13, 2021

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JELLO’S BACK! That’s right, one of punk’s original firebrands returns to the show & oh boy, is it ever a good one!! Join Damian as he sits down with a feisty JELLO BIAFRA to discuss punk & politics as only Jello can. Listen in as the two friends talk: watching workout tapes with Zappa, getting cornered by Timothy Leary at Giger’s art show, going to war with Tipper Gore & so much more!!
Not to be missed & don’t miss Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine’s awesome brand new album: “Tea Party Revenge Porn” out now on Alternative Tentacles!!!
Also Touched On:
Jack Chic comics
The Dancing Assholes and the Faith Healers
GG Allin’s hardrock band
Lee Ving’s Psych band
Felt: the pre-Dickies band
Greg Sage’s band with a singin’ Wrestler
Hedge-fund record collectors
The censored acetate of “Too Dunk to *BEEP*”
The Greek DK’s record
The Beach Mutants
Toronto VS Vancouver
Drake
Releasing the Eraserhead soundtrack
The Bad Brains
Working with Bob Last
Going to Australia
The Lime Spiders
Wrong Kind Of Stone-age
The Celibate Rifles
Meeting Hard-Ons after they were attacked by Skinheads
The Government was supposed to be on “Let Them Eat Jellybeans!”
“No Alice Cooper props!”: The surgical gloves
Having to be willing to fail on stage
The Husker Hotel: “Hi, we’re Husker Du and we’re here to stay!”
The Fartz
Pushing potted plants in people’s faces
Debating the definition of punk
Ian and Henry shaving heads on the side of the stage
Mosh vs. Thrash and Slam
The Mudd Club sucking
The origin of “Nazi Punks Fuck Off”
The night the British Movement attacked the Dead Kennedys and MDC in Lester
UK Mayhem
Denver catches up
“This is war!”: the PMRC
“You are the victim”: meeting Zappa
Timothy Leary trying to get Jello to help with Al Jorgenson at a Giger exhibit
Gwar shows up to save the day
& SO MUCH OTHER GOODNESS!!!
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