Turned Out A Punk

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Episode 264 - Nick Woj Part #2 May 29, 2020

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GET READY for a hardcore scientist masterclass! On this episode, Damian is joined by returning buddy, Cold World’s Nick Woj! Listen in as the two discuss, theorize, debate & philosophize on a variety of punk related topics including: the differences between east & west coast power violence, why the punk connection was more present in UK rave, why Jason Mewes got sober, how Toronto has altered rap & hardcore, the revisionist history behind modern Deadheads & other pressing topics.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Beastie Boys, Spazz and Cold World
the massive coastal difference in Power Violence fans
Independent Wrestling and DIY Hardcore
Burial Ground
DJng in the back of Home Base
The Wrestling/ Posi-Numbers connection
Acid House and Post-Punk connection
the motivation for forming Herman’s Hermits and Fugazi are probably pretty similar
Normies
the 90’s
Hardline
Scott Biben
Chef G
UK Drill
Is the Lincoln/ Hoover split on iTunes?
Portraits of the Past
Rap/ Hardcore: Toronto changes everything
The Blood For Blood effect on Boston
Right Brigade Demo
Magnus: Where are they now?
Why Jason Mewes got clean?
The tragic Bane/ Only Crime show
Deadheads: the real story
& Much, Much More!!!
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Episode 263 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (The Killers, Attaboy Skip, Fault) May 25, 2020

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"Somebody told me that you had a punk past". This week on the show Damian is joined by The Killers' Ronnie Vannucci for a deep dive into the early 90's Las Vegas punk scene. Join the two as they discuss going from NoFX shows in the desert to being in one of the biggest bands in the world. NOT TO BE MISSED! Also check out The Killers' "Imploding The Mirage" coming later in 2020.
Also Touched On:
Moving to Northern California from Vegas
Parent’s friend Emily gives you a DK and a COC tape
Seeing the Minutemen in skate videos
Getting “Head on the Door” by the Cure
Dad’s bitching van
Going to see the Cadillac Tramps at the Huntrage Theatre
The Summer of Shows
Vermin From Venus connection
The Double Down Saloon… or Double Door?
Sneaking into shows
Meeting older kids at the heath food store
John Castro and A Lesser Dog
Seeing NoFX playing in the desert
How did a desert show work?
Fugazi: Vegas Style
House of Blues changes the game
Purple Dirt with Vegas’ Dave Navarro
Meeting Elephant Stone and forming Attaboy Skip
Fault
Tennis Court shows
When no one comes to the show, might as well play ska/punk?
How the Killer came to be
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Episode 262 - Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sky Larkin, Sleater Kinney, Wild Beasts Courtney Barnett) May 21, 2020

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Get ready! This week on the show, Damian is joined by the god Katie Harkin! Listen in as the two discuss: the post industrial collectivism of Yorkshire punk, free hats from MF Doom, the damage done to a generation of rock dudes by the success of the Arctic Monkeys & so much more!
Don't miss it & don't miss Katie's new solo album Harkin!!!!
Also Touched On:
Growing up in Leeds
A trip to Cyprus
the influence of the Smashing Pumpkins
Leeds over Reading!
Feeling bad for MF Doom after his set and trying to offer him a kind word
Post Industrial Collectivism
the Arctic Monkeys change everything
forming a band to get a 7” in Jumbo Records
Getting thrown out of a band for suggesting not doing covers
The Gossip blowing up in England
The London music biz
Wichita rules!
“Would you want to be the next Lilly Allen?”
Why is non-mainstream music more mainstream in the UK?
Sleater Kinney
Saturday Night Live
& MUCH MUCH MORE!!!
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Episode 261 - Jami Morgan (Code Orange) May 11, 2020

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ARE YOU READY, cause we've got a KILLER one for you tonight! JAMI MORGAN of Code Orange is on the show! Listen in as Damian & Jami finally get a chance to catch up & talk everything from family ties to Dillinger Four to calling in the Heyman Hustle at the WWE. THIS EPISODE HAS EVERYTHING!
Again, NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Punk adjacent parents
Dad went to school with Billingsgate
the secret family rap history
booking the first Code Orange show at 14
Grade 7 pop punk WAS HUGE!
Selling tickets for your own shows
Never being shown the ropes of genre
The Ska demo that isn’t ska
playing with Menzingers ad a house party at 14
Becoming a bitter ass band… at 15
The Pittsburgh goes apart
The first tour
Anti-Flag
Finding your scene
Booking a Circle Takes the Square tour and then asking them to hang
The four way split and where it went
Converge
Touring with Bane
“You guys fuck with ska?”
Scott Vogal: people’s champ
The Wicca Phase Wrestling Connection
The WWE
Jamming for just Triple H
Paul Heyman, bootleg samples and the making the theme for Bray Wyatt
& Much, Much More!!!
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Footnotes Supershow #6: Pittsburgh Week With Dave Martin May 08, 2020

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In further celebration of Pittsburgh Week, Chris and Damian invite Pittsburgh rocker Dave Martin to nerd out about Pittsburgh and get lost in the weeds along the way.
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Episode 260 - Jon Daly (Kroll Show, I’m Dying Up Here, Big Mouth, The Betas) May 06, 2020

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It's Pittsburgh week on Turned Out A Punk! Often on this podcast, we hear about older punk siblings being a gateway for their younger counterparts ... but not this time. Today on the show, Damian sits down with the hilarious JON DALY to discuss how having punk older brothers drove him away from the genre for many years. Listen in as the two discuss the fear caused by Danzig videos, having to sneak around with Jimmy Buffet records & so much more!
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Mutual love
Austin charges his hair, forms Cryptic Alliance and freaks poor little Jon out!
punk spreads to the middle brother Matt
Liking the Circle Jerks but not liking the name and also not understanding it
Being into Jimmy Buffett
Loving the Dead Milkmen
Hard On Gang jamming in the basement
Matt forms Hurl
Parent’s with no other choice
Becoming a Jock
Being on the scene and getting into indie rock
being 15 and getting drunk with Don Caballero
Connecting to the guys in Metallica
Pixes
Polvo
Dub Narcotic
Not being able to skate
Fuck Rusted Root!
Andy Warhol was not a chill hang
Degrassi
Why is canadian TV so awesomely bad
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 259 - Zach Blair Part #2 (Technically A Part #5) May 03, 2020

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Drakulas’ week continues & Zach is back for another attack! That's right, Damian's good buddy (& one-time co-host) Zach Blair returns to the show for the fifth time in celebration of the brand new Drakulas' record Terminal Amusements, to finally record an actual Part #2! Join the two friends as they catch up & dive further into Zach's wild career in music. From Government Flu to Hagfish to Gwar to Only Crime to Rise Against to the Drakulas & everything in between!!!
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Episode 258 - Mike Wiebe (Riverboat Gamblers, Drakulas, High Tension Wires) Apr 29, 2020

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What makes a great front person? Well, on this episode Damian sits down with one of the best to ever do it, The Drakulas' Mike Wiebe! Find out what brought him to the microphone & listen in as the two discuss how the local Denton scene has kept producing so many amazing bands & the fight they had to go through to be seen. Also, don't forget to check out the amazing new Drakulas' album "Terminal Amuesments" OUT NOW!
Also Touched On:
ChiPs and Quincy Punks
a tape with the Dead Milkmen and the Misfits
the silly version of punk being in your DNA
Class Of 1984
Tough Turf
Ramones in a Budweiser Ad
Thrasher
Brutal Juice and the Denton Scene
The Toadies blow up
Craig Welch was terrifying
The Skeleton Kids
The Reds become the Marked Men
Parquet Courts continue the tradition
The Dallas Scene vs. Denton
The power of the Weekly in the before internet time
Listening to Iron Maiden and being overtaken by the power of Neil Diamond
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 257 - Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast) Apr 23, 2020

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In celebration of the fantastic new Best Coast record "Always Tomorrow": When Damian first started this podcast five years ago, he asked his buddy Bethany Cosentino from Best Coast to be a guest, but sometimes good things can take a while to happen. On this episode, Beth & Damian finally sit down to talk punk. Listen in as as the two chat: turning hymns into pop-punk anthems, the amazingness of The Smell, forming Best Coast & everything in between!
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!
Also Touched On:
podcasts: a way to catch up with friends
being obsessed with the dude with the dyed black hair and Social D shirt
You can wear a Strung Out shirt to church?!?
“This is the best shit ever!”: Discovering Hanson
Mom drops you off at the Vandals and goes and gets a tattoo
Youth group and Tooth And Nail
Turning hymns into pop punk songs
punk rock camouflage
the Omaha connection
Trying to get hidden from the weed smoke at the 311 show
Operation Ivy as the inspiration
the brilliance of true pop-punk
meeting Mika Miko
Hello Operator: A Smell supergroup
Lagwagon, the Ataris and Tony Hawk soundtrack
Saddle Creek
being confused by Yellowcard
The Locust and THREEONEG
the Infamous Dystopia show
Crowdsurfing through the kitchen at Dean and Randy’s
going noise but not liking it
Forming Beth Coast
media bullshit
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Episode 256 - Joe Sib (22 Jacks, Wax, Frontline) Apr 20, 2020

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This is the type of episode this show was made for! SideOneDummy Records co-founder & Frontline/ Wax/ 22 Jacks vocalist, Joe Sib joins Damian & winds up connecting the dots between: Rancid, Swingin' Utters, America's Hardcore, The Faction, The Necros, Jackass & Weezer.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
The brilliance of the Frontline 12”
The thermals and shorts vibe
The Sex Pistols on TV
Dad finds a skate park, has to convince you to go and it changes your life
Steve Caballero and the united punk entourage
Donald goes full punk
Black Flag speaking to you
Going to school before Johnny and Kevin from the Swingin’ Utters
A group of friends “sharing” a Clash tape
learning punk lyrics for catholic school
Being the Factions’ Road Dawg
Everyone had a band
Minor Threat
America’s Hardcore
Forming Frontline
Operation Ivy
Signing to Caroline Records and them hating you
having to play CMJ at CB’s at 3am
Starting SideOneDummy
Meeting Spike Jonze and getting him stitches
Loomis and the first Jackass stunt
Johnny before Knoxville
Metal dudes discover Wax and become Weezer
MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!
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