Turned Out A Punk

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Episode 205 - Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux, Black Bananas) Apr 08, 2019

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When Damian sat down with Jennifer Herrema (Half of the legendary duo Royal Trux), he had no clue they would spend the whole time talking about first wave DC hardcore, but this is a perfect example of the power of punk & ultimately the point of this show. Join Damian in his stunned joy as they discuss how the noise & chaos of hardcore informed Jennifer’s musical sensibility & life in general. NOT TO BE MISSED!!!! Check out Royal Trux's godly new album, White Stuff on Fat Possum now!

Also Touched On:

Shout Out To Tony Reitmen

Hanging with Iron Cross at the age of 12

Olson’s Books and Records with Sab and Tesco Vee working the door

Wandering through George Town and looking at fliers

Anna and Cynthia Connolly

Hanging out with Void

Pussy Galore

Always against straight edge

Dante and Sab were wild!

Ian stands in his own truth

9353

Royal Trux starts in DC

The results of an acid trip

Moby and Neil as college buddies

Going to Skynyrd for Kid Rock

Gerard Cosloy is responsible for all of this

Listening to GBH trying to figure it out

The influence of Discharge

Mike Fellows

Chis Bald

AND MORE!!!!!

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Episode 204 - Mary Timony (EX HEX, Helium, Wild Flag) Apr 01, 2019

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This week on the show, one of the coolest (& one of the first performers your host Damian ever saw live), MARY TIMONY of the band EX HEX sits down for a chat. Listen in as the two talk about Mary going from a DC hardcore kid who didn't feel like she fit in, to finding a home in Boston Indie Rock, to touring world wide with the godly HELIUM. THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED (ALSO, don't miss EX HEX’s FANTASTIC new album "It's Real” on Merge Records)!!!

Also touched on:

Damian’s first show

Growing up down the road from the MacKayes

Mary’s folks: “Have you heard of Ian’s band Minor Threat?”

Alec’s leopard print hair

Watching Friday Night Videos and finding New Wave

Feeling different

Learning to play guitar to stop dressing weird

Seeing Rites Of Spring for a first show

The positivity of the DC hardcore scene

Revolution Summer and the changes begin

“DON’T MOSH!!!”

Combo sport team/ street gang

Fire Party

Christian Billotte

Jamming Joe Satriani

HazMat becomes Autoclave

A Rush loving drummer

Autoclave

Slant 6

Swiz

Kingface

Soulside

Ignition

Fugazi in the basement of St. Stephen’s (pre-Guy)

The friend with the Bongos

Moving to Indie Rock loving Boston

The difference between DC and Boston

“Way to DC for that!”: Major label find no one answering when they come knocking

Signing to Matador

Opening for Liz Phair at CBGB’s

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!!

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Episode 203 - Laura Ballance (Superchunk, Merge Records) Mar 25, 2019

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How often do you get to talk to the boss of your record label, bass player in one of your favourite bands & one of the first people to ever hire you in the music biz? Well, this once in a lifetime confluence happens to Damian this week when he welcomes LAURA BALLANCE OF MERGE RECORDS / SUPERCHUNK on to the show show!!! Listen in as the two discuss Laura’s journey, why MERGE gets it in a way some other label can't & the night in London twenty years ago when Damian had to work the merch table for Superchunk.

Also Touched On:

Big Sister’s record collection as a gateway

Adam Ant on late night tv and a sexual awaking

Was it Prince & The Revolution on Purple Rain OR Bad Brains & Neon Christ for the first show?

ATL Alternative Culture Unity

The difference between Raleigh and Atlanta’s punk scenes

the uniqueness of the various hardcore scenes in NC

Learning to overcome stage fright

Starting Merge

Gerard’s stamp of approval

Not being proud of the early stuff

You can’t be discerning if you’re going to be prolific

Erectus Monotone: pre- Double Negative

not liking the bands that signed to major labels

Jon Wurster: the punkest motherfucker you ever did see

AND MORE!!!!!!

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Footnotes Supershow #2 - Timelife's History Of RnR ep 9 Mar 21, 2019

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The odd couple of punk podcasting are back! This time, Chris & Damian invite Damian's brother / show producer, Tristan on the show to discuss stuff he felt Damian & Jonah may have overlooked on Episode 200. Before getting to that that, they discuss Johnny Rotten vs. Marky Ramone, the new Punk doc series, getting starstruck as an adult, why Robbie Brookside is the ultimate vehicle to discuss the history of punk & so much more!!!!

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Episode 202 - Jake Duzsik (HEALTH) Mar 17, 2019

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Almost 8 years ago, Damian, host of this show, & Jake Duzsik, of the awesome band HEALTH, had a hang so epic it left both men changed. Now, they are finally reunited & it was glorious! Listen in as the two discuss skateboarding, wrestling, success & how it all comes together: PUNK!

Also Touched On:

An Epic Hang A Couple A Few Years Back

Hesher

Going With You Dad To See Nirvana At Age 11

Pearl Jam Being Amazing But Not Being That Into Them

Butthole Surfers Go Mainstream

Come As You Are & Our Band Could Be Your Life

Dad Works With Kim Thayil

Getting into peace punk and becoming snobbie

East Bay Ray can play!

Not starting a band until your 20s

Seeing Submission Hold

How tiny DIY punk and hardcore ws in the 90s

The Artier free jazz side of Crass

Being the outliers of the Smell Scene

Noise in Brooklyn vs. Noise in LA in the early 2000’s

Not liking the Decendents

The emotional playing of the Dead Milkmen

loving the guitars first

Listen to only Frankenchrist for a whole summer

Jake Goes to College

NOFX takes over

Driving in cars with snowboarders singing Bro-Hymn

The Punk side of skateboarding

The Punk side of wrestling

Wrestings VS Skateboarding: battle for punk

& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!

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Episode 201 - Greg Attonito (Bouncing Souls) Mar 08, 2019

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WHAT AN INSANE WEEK!?!?!? This time on the show punk legend & Bouncing Souls frontperson, Greg Attonito stops by for a chat! Join Damian as he sits down with one of his heroe’s to talk about how punk would change his life, the importance of an anthemic chorus & why you never stop when you are opening for Green Day in Europe.

Also Touched On:

Getting Into Punk Though Your Sister

Meeting Brian & Going To Shows

The Real Cool Guys

Sis goes to the Smiths

Seeing Bruce Springsteen in a stadium

trying to be the ultimate sing along band

“Man, we haven’t written anything close to Hungry Heart

Playing together for 30 years

Seeing the Kinks play on the pier

Seeing The Red Hot Chilli Peppers in NY on Halloween vs. an off night in NJ

Ramones

Fishbone

Seeing Ween’s first show

They Might Be Giants

AOD

Sticks and Stones

Getting on stage for the first time

learning to be a vocalist

Braindead: the very first Bouncing Souls song

slinging your 7”s on the street

“We’d just hang out and stuff would happen”

Always being the weird band

AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

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Episode 200 - Damian Abraham (Fucked Up) + Special Guests!!!! Feb 28, 2019

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OH CRAP, WE MADE IT!!! Episode 200 is here & what better way to celebrate than by turning the tables on Damian & putting him into the hot seat. Who better to serve as the interviewer, but the rhythm to Damian's heart, former guest, Jonah Falco (Career Suicide/ Fucked Up/ Game)! Listen in as Jonah forces Damian to answer the question: "How did you get into punk?"

BUT, because this is a party, we have some other guests that have acted as influencers to do this podcast, including: Legendary "The Best Show" caller and music historian Charles R. Martin, "Post Wrestling"'s John Pollock & Wai Ting and "Heat Vision & Jack"'s & maybe Bad-Religion-show-goer Jack Black!!!!!!

This is the a MONSTER of a 200th episode!!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING THE SHOW FOR THE PREVIOUS 199 EPISODES!!!

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Footnotes Supershow #1 Feb 23, 2019

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This is the start of the new era for Turned Out A Punk! Footnotes Supershow is Chris & Damian hanging out & talking all things punk, wherever the conversation goes. What a better way to kick off the show than having not one, but TWO of Daves we know (we know, these are the Daves we know): Dave It Up & Dave Martin!

Sit back & listen as they ask important questions like:

-Have you ever actually heard Chinese Democracy?

-Tragedy's "Vengeance" setting a bar.

-The international record condition exchange rate.

AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!

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Episode 199 - Conor Oberst & Phoebe Bridgers (Better Oblivion Community Center) Jan 27, 2019

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This week on Turned Out A Punk, it is a celebration as PHOEBE BRIDGERS & CONOR OBERST come on to celebrate the release of Better Oblivion Community Center! So sit back as Damian gets two different perspectives on a punk journey that ultimately led to the recording of this record. Can You Believe it? ONE FOR THE AGES!!!

Also Touched On:

Pick A Number Between 1 & 10

Clash Loving Big Brother As First Exposure

Uncle Tupelo

Woody Guthrie

From Avril To X

“It’s Not Punk To Call Yourself PUNK”

Conor: PA For hire

Doing Sound For Brainiac

The Reason That The Omaha Sound Has No Sound

Growing Up & Smelling The Smell

Sloppy Jane: From Punk To Cave Core

Girl Pusher: The Most Appropriate Named Band Ever

Commander Venus

Grass Records

The Crap Shoot Of All Ages Bills

Hating Piano

Neil Young Is So Punk

Nirvana Fan: Me But Greasy

Feeling Like You Have To Sign To Other Labels

Digital Sex Rules!!!

Cursive Signs To Crank!

Mousetrap

311 Leaves Town To Get Back

You Have To Get The Music Out Of Omaha

The Pressure Of Being A Super Young Musician In LA

Phoebe & The He-Men

Einstein’s Dirty Secret

The Topanga Canyon

The Fixie Era

A Band Stays At Your Parents

“Is This Chicken vegan?”

Hearing About Emo For The First Time

The Sunny Day Sound

Pax Am

“It’s Like Sheryl Crow!”

Corporate Piggy

“You Know What Would Be Good For Your Image…”

Playing For The Violent Femme’s Fans: Not Fun

“We Should Form A Band That Sounds Like The Replacements!”

& MUCH MUCH MORE!!!

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Footnote 197 - Julien Baker Jan 19, 2019

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Nerds run the streets tonight! This week on the show Chris and Damian talk MRR cancelling print, Lorna Doom's legacy AND the awesome Julien Baker episode!

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