Turned Out A Punk

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Episode 274 - Bubba Dupree (VOID, Hater, Earth 18) Jul 18, 2020

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VOID WEEK CONTINUES! On this episode Damian is joined by guitar god: BUBBA DUPREE! Listen in as the two discuss Bubba's journey into punk & hardcore. From developing the sound that changed hardcore to his criminally underrated 90's band Earth 18, this one is nuts!
Also Touched On:
The Sex Pistols in Esquire Magazine
Buying “Never Mind the Bollocks” on 8-Track at K-Mart
Being young in San Francisco
Seeing the Jackson 5 at the Cow Palace
Brian James is the greatest punk guitarist
Looking for something trippier than Discharge
Joining Void
Where does Bubba’s guitar sound come from?
Ian McKaye in the studio
the story behind the unreleased “Potion For Bad Dreams”
liking Rites Of Spring
forming a band Johnny Reese from the Obsessed
Earth 18 with Graham from Negative Approach
the Void logo transcends the band
Kim and Ben from Soundgarden are Void fans
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 273 - Chris Stover (VOID) Jul 16, 2020

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This week on the the show, we're going to live by our rules! IT’S VOID WEEK ON TURNED OUT A PUNK & we're celebrating one of DCHC's greatest bands with two awesome episodes! First join Damian as he sits down with Void bassist Chris Stover as they talk: Ian & Henry regulating the Clash pit, how VOID came to be, DCHC vs. a bunch of Rednecks, getting grounded from going to see Fear on SNL & tons of other goodness!
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
DCHC starting the pit at the Clash show
Skateboarder Magazine and Action Now
The Bollocks
Seeing the Teen Idles and everything changing
getting tapes from Bert from the Untouchables
Going to see Devo
Law And Order
The Unheard Music Festival
Wino and the Obsessed
how Void came together
“KILL THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!” Void’s second show
Almost missing Fear on SNL because of a grounding
Getting caught eating catering by Eddie Murphy and Garrett Morris
Belushi hangin out with Ian McKaye: what the hell did they talk about?
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 272 - Moby (Vatican Commandos, AWOL) Jul 10, 2020

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Here we are now going to the punk side! This week on the show Damian sits down with the legend & one time live collaborator, MOBY to talk punk! Listen in as the two discuss: the legitimate fear at a FEAR show, Rick Rubin borrowing his amp, punk & stardom not mixing along loads more! Not to be missed & don’t miss Moby’s brand new, All Visible Objects record out on Mute Records now!
Also Touched On:
Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video
Sid Vicious’ My Way
being conceived to Coltrane… maybe
liking Led Zeppelin out of a need to fit in only
Watching SNL at Brian Holstein’s house
buying records at Johnny’s
seeing Yes at MSG
Seeing Fear at the Mud Club
The birth of the Connecticut hardcore scene
Moby on a moped
Rick Rubin needs to borrow and amp
The Rob Zombie Connection
Cro-Mags and Murphy’s Law as the last show
AWOL
The little Ian MacKaye on your shoulder
regrets
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Episode 271 - Jon Ginoli (Pansy Division, The Outnumbered) Jul 06, 2020

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Again, this is why we do this thing! On this episode Damian is joined by one of his heroes: JON GINOLI of the LEGENDARY Pansy Division! Listen in as they not only discuss Pansy Division, but also Jon's AMAZING other band, The Outnumbered, his first wave punk zine and the risky business of putting on a Replacements show. Like always,
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
Also Touched On:
Wondering if the Ramones were supposed to be funny at first?
Seeing an ad for the Pistols in Trouser Press
Raw Power being too raw
Getting into the British bands first
Pere Ubu being a little weird
Hearing Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith
Starting a zine
“Ugly bands are the next big thing!”
meeting the Ramones at a burger joint
Gizmos and Gulcher
Writing to Bomp
going to college for the radio station
Booking the Replacements
Not wanting to do another band unless it was a “gay band”
having nothing to lose
writing about stuff you had never heard in song before
working with Donna Dresch
Tribe 8
Parkdale and the Mission
Phone calls to Fat Bob from Hard Skin
touring with Green Day
signing to Lookout
The Angus Soundtrack
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Episode 270 - Lydia Lunch (Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Retrovirus, 8 Eyed Spy) Jun 28, 2020

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This is what we live for! On this episode, Damian is joined by THE LEGEND LYDIA LUNCH to talk punk! Although Lydia doesn't identify or even really like punk, she certainly influenced a lot of it. Listen in to this NOT TO BE MISSED episode as Lydia talks about the difference between No Wave & Punk, working with Rowland S. Howard, collaborating with (the) Weirdos, Cinema Of Transgression & everything in between!
Did we mention it is not to be missed?
Find her podcast The Lydian Spin here: http://lydianspin.libsyn.com/ and find her on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/LydiaLunch/
Also Touched On:
No Wave, not punk
clubs with “pillowrooms”
the island of found souls
Meeting Stiv Bators in ’73
Sonic Reducer
Running away for the New York Dolls
Rock Magazines
the House of Guitars proto-punk
Loving drugs and not going to sleep
Goth when everybody was Glam
dreaming of Rollerderby
The rise of rap, punk and Trump
being over Iggy and Bowie
The Ramones being silly
going to Richard Hell and the Voidoids’ first show
Mink DeVille
Union Carbine
Suicide did not fit in
Joe Coleman and the Steel Tips
Mars was the first No Wave band
having to go to Europe
Playing with Generation X
13:13
Cinema Of Transgression and No Wave: one movement
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Episode 269 - Daryl Wilson (The Bollweevils, Lando's 45, Rat Patrol) Jun 22, 2020

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The doctor is in! This episode The Bollweevil's Dr. Daryl Wilson stops by to chat with massive fan Damian. Listen in as the two discuss the greatness of 90's Chicago Punk, the problem of being a lead singer looking for a new band, playing "normal" shows vs. punk shows & so much more!
Not to be missed!!!!
Also Touched On:
Achtung Chicago
Sitting in a carport hearing Lexicon Devil
Moving to Chicago
Watching punk versus playing in a punk band
Naked Raygun inspiring you to play music
Being made angry by having to leave Michigan
going to St. Andrew’a Hall for shows
the change in physical perspective that comes with age
Don Giovani
going to see Prince
Boys On Skates: Bootleg Faction
the massiveness of the Chicago DIY punk scene
88 Fingers Louie, Smokin’ Popes, Oblivion, Apocalypse Hoboken, Los Crudos, Vindictives, Screeching Weasel
Naked Raygun, Effigies, Articles Of Faith
Scene Unity to Scene Break-up
growing and having some regrets
Slapstick, Tricky Dick
the sounds of the factions
Writing a letter to Naked Raygun and getting a first show opening for them
the problem being a singer starting a new band
Milo is the influence
Bad Religion
Darby Crash
Lando’s 45
The Foundation All-Stars
Rat Patrol
“Get off the stage man, we’re here to see the Bollweevils!"
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!
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Episode 268 - Dean Spunt (No Age) Jun 19, 2020

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The fun continues!!! This time Damian is joined by his friend & the other half of No Age, Dean Spunt! Listen in as they talk straight edge, building a scene versus joining a scene, the gods CHOPPING BLOCK & so much more!! Not to be missed!!! Also check out "Goons Be Gone on Drag City now, IT RIPS!
Also Touched On:
Following in Dean’s footsteps
Getting, borrowing or stealing a Ramones tape
DJ Quick
NWA
Dead Kennedys
A sketchy looking tape
“The Adolf Cents?”
Luther Van Dross and Markie Mark at 6 Flags
The Natural Fudge Cafe
Guns and Spent Idols
The Smell as an extension of the JabberJaw
No Hardcore at the Smell after a while
joining a scene vs building a scene
booking Amps For Christ and Bastard Noise… together.
The Dystopia Riot
Shows at Dean and Randy’s house!
The No Age Chopping Block 7”
Infest
Teen Creeps
Riverdales over Screeching Weasel
& MORE!!!!!
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Episode 267 - Randy Randall (No Age) Jun 16, 2020

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In celebration of their fantastic new album "Goons Be Gone", it's a two part Turned Out A Punk/ No Age special! First, Damian sits down with his friend Randy Randall to find out how skateboarding & resisting mainstream punk led him to No Age. Come back tomorrow for Dean Spunt's side of the tale & in the meantime, check out No Age's Goons Be Gone on Drag City now!
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Lamar pedestrian bridge
the wildest show ever
A difficult history with punk
fuck the skull band shirt
liking the noisy stuff
Punk as Southern California Jock Rock
Did the Count even have songs?
Finding the Smell
the older scarier scene
Mika Miko
Jim Smith's dedication
having to surrender punk to the next generation
& Much Much More!!!
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Episode 266 - Mark Arm (Mudhoney, Green River, Mr. Epp & The Calculations) Jun 09, 2020

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This episode is so hot it shines! Again, one of the greatest front people of all time, MARK ARM stops by the show to talk punk! Listen in as Mark & Damian talk going from thinking Devo is a joke to Green River playing with Samhain to his lack of recollection of the Jerry A./Mick Harvey Beef & everything in between.
Also Touched On:
Pictures on my walls
See the freaky people on TV on a Saturday night
The Damned: “Like a faster, better KISS”
non-radio rock
Getting sucked into Rush
the Sweet record is a rager!
A joke Devo record gift stops being funny and starts being amazing
The Forming of Mr. Epp And The Calculations
A west coast Deep Wound
Bob 1 smacking you on the head for touching his guitar
Gang or 4
999
Fartz, Husker Du and the Dead Kennedys
Blaine goes to Motorhead and makes it back in time for thew set
That Fastbacks, The Living and the Silly Killers jamming to Van Halen and punk
First hearing about Iggy Pop and being grossed out
The Telepaths
The Tupperwares
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Episode 265 - Brian Baker (Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Junkyard, Fake Names etc.) Jun 01, 2020

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“I Can’t Keep Up! I Can’t Keep Up! I Can’t Keep Up!” This week, we bring you one of the most requested guests in TOAP history. BRIAN BAKER is on the show! Listen in as Damian has his mind blown with stories from the genesis of DC hardcore from a guy who lived it! After all these years, THIS ONE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.
Here’s to a little escape
Also Touched On:
Mutual respect
Going to elementary school with Guy Picciotto & Micheal Hampton
Moving to Detroit
Moving home & everyone is punk!
Everyone was into the Damned, Clash & the Viletones
The importance of Skip - Yesterday & Today
Discharge & Crass
Empire, Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus & the Church inform a sonic change
Either Teen Idles & The Cramps or The Extorts on top of a record store
Pussy Galore elementary school connection
“I could have been seeing Doc Watson play a deli two times a month but I was too busy putting bandanas on my boots, hangin’ outside of 7-11 drinking cokes”
Going to see Stiff Little Fingers with fake IDs & pencil shavings rubbed on your face
The BAD BRAINS
The early Minor Threat shows
not really understanding the name
The Violence
No more fights
The difference between DCHC & NYHC
Getting a Canadian SIN Card
Choosing SNL over playing at the GI
DOA at Woodlawn High School
Forming a Meatmen
Forming Doggy Rock: “just a shit show”
Dag Nasty: The California years
“The Great Minor Threat Escape”
Forming Samhain
“We don’t need this MacKaye character, let’s get Glen!”
Missing out on Bad Religion until “Recipe For Hate”
& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!
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