Turned Out A Punk

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Episode 283 - Barney Greenway (Napalm Death, Benediction, Extreme Noise Terror) Sep 07, 2020

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Today, we rip the punk right out of metal with one of the greatest to ever do it: Napalm Death's Barney Greenway! Join Damian as he sits down with the vocal god to discuss, the difference between extreme music in America and the UK, Motorhead being the ultimate punk band, why do Italians do it (hardcore) better & tons of other goodness! Not to be missed!!! Also, don't miss Napalm Death's AWESOME new "Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism" OUT SEPTEMBER 18th!!!
Also Touched On:
The Ruts
GBH are the greatest
Discharge
The Mermaid
Birmingham football hooligans showing up for Sham 69
The formative power of Ungovernable Force
Dad loved the hard rock!
Motorhead: Trve Pvnk
Vocal heroes from Genesis to Gang Of Four
“Oi could be tricky”
not 100% fitting in with metal
Tape trading
Raw Power
the American influence on UK Hardcore
Burning Spirits
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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RIP Riley Gale Sep 02, 2020

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Riley Gale was family. We will love & miss him forever. This is for him. Our deepest condolences to Power Trip & everyone else that loved Riley.
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Episode 282 - Derrick Green (Sepultura, Outface, Alpha Jerk) Aug 24, 2020

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METAL IS PUNK! This week on the show we celebrate punk's influence on metal with two of the greatest to ever do it! First off, Sepultura's DERRICK GREEN stops by the show. Join Damian as he sits down with one of his dream guest’s to talk about what lead him to his twenty plus year career fronting one of the worlds most important metal bands. Listen in as the two discuss: teenage jams with Jeff Buckley's future drummer, the early days of Integrity, going on the road with Quicksand and Inside Out, the legend of the Overfiend DEMO & more!
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Check out Sepultura's new Quadra album out on Nuclear Blast NOW!
Also Touched On:
Still being friends with all the kids that got you into it
Cleveland’s lineage
getting in to rock music
Matt Johnson had cable, a drum set and wound up playing with Jeff Buckley
False Hope
Knifedance
Starvation Army
Growing up with Dwid
Integrity
Hyper As Hell
Face Value
The division between Scat/St. Valentines scene and the hardcore scene
the influence of the Faction, Stalag 13, Decendents and Dag Nasty on Outface
Falling into singing
The East and West side of Cleveland gathering at shows
Connecting with Walter Schreifels
Going on the Inside Out, Quicksand, Shelter tour
The grunge era of Outface
Going to Europe
Opening fo Sheer Terror
Keelhaul being the favourite Cleveland band
Alpha Jerk
Moving to New York and forming Overfiend
New York Hardest Vol.2
Toybox Records
Mike Gitter and XXX
Davide from Orange 9mm chooses a studio
Auditioning for Sepultura
Taking a book out from the library and trying to learn about Brazil
Shooting crossbows in Brazil
The origins of Integrity
The Hostile Amish
& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!
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Episode 281 - Jehnny Beth (Musician, Actor) Aug 19, 2020

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Jehnny Beth is one of the best front people in music as well as an accomplished actor. As such, Damian is beyond stoked to get to chat with Jehnny again for the first time in 7 years! Listen in as the two catch up & discuss: cars as instruments, the beauty & horror of mainstream alternative music in France, getting turned away from the post office, living for art & tons of other stuff!
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!
Also, don't miss Jehnny's brand new amazing album: To Live Is To Love!!!
Also Touched On:
Reconnecting after 7 years
Is “I Put A Spell On You” the first punk song?
Fugazi, Cassavettes and Art and Lifestyle being one
Film with stakes
Learning about Jazz from a piano teacher
Seeing Kim Gordon with a DJ
Blonde Redhead Rule
The glam band on the side of the road
Microfilm
Forming the Motels
meeting Johnny
playing the car in a grindcore band
The Stinky Toys rule
the controversy around Noir Desire
Meeting Johnny
The Luminaire: a venue and a home
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 280 - Butch Vig (Producer, Garbage, Spooner, Firetown, Smart Studios) Aug 10, 2020

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Get ready to hear some melody drawn out of the noise because today on the show, Damian sits down with producer extraordinaire BUTCH VIG!!! Listen in as the two discuss: the greatness of Mecht Mensch's Zombie, Kurt trying to Sabbath-up the Nevermind mix nearly making Spooner miss a show, trying to capture the Laughing Hyenas & how meeting Garbage impacted a young Damian! That's just the tip of the iceberg!
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Garbage being super cool to Damian and his friend in the 90’s
WORT
the inspiration of punk
mom being a music teacher that loving Led Zeppelin and the Beatles
Merlin's
The Eclipse rehearsal tapes
The University of Madison
Spooner
the Nerves
Mentored by Gary from The Shoes
Self-taught by punk
Raspberries and Tom Petty covers
“Here’s a song by the Beatles”
Playing with Spooner during the mixing of “Nevermind”
pulling hooks out of noise
The godly Appliances
Playing in a Polka band
Starting Boat Records Touring with Steve Earl
Flying home to work on Killdozer
Feedtime
Cosmic Psychos
Swamp Thing
The Fluid should have been stars!
Genetic by Sonic Youth RULES!
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 279 - Omar Doom (Straight Razor, Inglourious Basterds, Deathproof, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) Aug 04, 2020

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How could Damian have known that when, actor, DJ & Inglourious Basterd, Omar Doom came on show that they were going to wind up talking GG Allin & Breakdown? Listen in as the two discuss: opening for Biohazard & Killing Time, rolling with the Murder Junkies, being rechristened by Tarantino & lots of other goodness! This is why we do this thing!
Also Touched On:
Having a lot of half pipes in your backyard
Seeing the Ramones in a bar in PA
Driving in cars listing to the Dead Kennedys
Repo Man
Seeing G’N’R open for Aerosmith
Metallica
The other Ordeal
playing drums
No one in school length Misfits cover band
The Wear-A-Ramones-Shirt Gang
Following the Ramones around like the Dead
The Cro-Mags
Violence at shows
Biohazard
Moving to NY
Down with the Murder Junkies' Gang
The Bosstone of GG shit
Joe Coleman at a party
& So Much More!!!
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Episode 278 - Kevin Gill (GCW, Striving For Togetherness Records, JCW) Aug 02, 2020

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The Juggalo/ Punk Connection is real! As we continue our journey into early 90's New York punk, today on the show Damian sits down with his friend, the connector of the hardcore, wrestling & Juggalo worlds: KEVIN GILL!!! Listen in as the two discuss: learning that NY hardcore was about respect & courtesy early on, doing wrestling commentary with Lars from Rancid, getting into Insane Clown Posse's insular world & holy moly, so much more!!!
Also Touched On:
A long time in the works
The punk wrestling connection
Jackson Heights
Trying to get Jimmy Gestapo to watch ECW
Discipline
Beer in the air conditioner
Going to see Sick Of It All
hearing Gorilla Biscuits and a world opening up
Public Enemy and Murphy’s Law
No Redeeming Social Values talking in quotes
Sheer Terror with Paul Barer in a thong
Being scared of Agnostic Front at first
Famous riot videos
Striving for Togetherness Madball
Bond Street
The Insane Clown Posse Connection
A wrestling promotion with Lars Frederiksen
JCW
& Tons Of Other Stuff!!!
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Episode 277 - Simon Doom & Dave It Up Reunite! Jul 29, 2020

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It's 90's New York Week on the show with, not one but, THREE episodes! Starting it all off with the reunion of Turned Out A Punk contributor & NJ punk legend Dave "It Up" Ackerman & returning guest, Simon "Doom" O'Connor! Join Damian as these two friends reunite & relive the heady days of early 90's New York street punk. This is one of the the funniest episodes ever!
DO NOT MISS IT!!!!
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Episode 276 - Sacha Jenkins (The 1865, Ego Trip, The Wu Tang Clan's "Of Mics To Men") Jul 24, 2020

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As we continue with the celebration of the band The 1865, Damian gets to sit down with one of his heroes! Writer, director, producer, editor, musician & all around cultural force, Sacha Jenkins is on the show! Listen in as they talk everything from watching Bugout Society waste White Castle burgers, to dealing with Nazis while roadieing for Burn, to having to explain to Eminem that the joke wasn't on him & everything in between! THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
The importance of Ego Trip to this podcast
The influence of the New Breed Comp booklet
Meeting Chaka
Going to school with one of NY Hoods
playing Leeway in tackle football
Meeting Johnny Waste in class
Quincy punk
Lismore Lounge with Absolution, Pressure Release and Bugout Society
the drug of the pit
The class distinction in NYHC
Meeting Lord Ezec in gym class
on the road with Burn
Dealing with Nazis
The shift in the NY scene
Cane River
Sons and daughters of artists
Identity and punk
starting a zine
PHASE 2 and IGT
Soho Zat Henry Chalfant’s apartment as a graffiti hub
Meeting Daryl Jennifer
White Mandingos
Ego Trip as Black Flag ’81 to ’83
casting the White Rapper Show
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!
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Episode 275 - Honeychild Coleman (The 1865, Sistagrrl Riott Collective, Heavensbee, Badawi) Jul 21, 2020

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The 1865 are one of the best bands going & this week on the show we celebrate their awesomeness with, not one, but two guests from the band! First, the incomparable lead singer, HONEYCHILD COLEMAN joins Damian to talk punk. Listen in as the two discuss going from seeing anti-Sex Pistols ads in the Bible Belt, to helping start the Sistagrrl Riott Collective, to forming The 1865 & writing the amazing "Don't Tread On We!".
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Reading the paper and discovering punk
loving Surf and Classic rock
Getting Blondie records from the bookmobile
growing up around showbands
Prince
Green On Red at the Peppermint Lounge
Seeing RuPaul’s punk band
Basquiat: the DJ
The difference between NY and every other scene
Pre-celebrity culture
Sonic Youth, Dadaism and inspiration
Moving to the Bay
Performing in the subway as a job
Sista Grrrl Riots
Roir Records and Tapes
Re-meeting Sacha in the Subway
forming The 1865
Chuck Treece
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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