Turned Out A Punk

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Footnote 185 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Foss, Antemasque, Anywhere, De Facto etc.) Sep 24, 2018

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Support can be a selfish thing. For nerds, I think it’s this way. Today on the show Chris & Damian sit down to talk about the incomparable Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Also, the importance of drummers.

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Episode 185 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Foss, Antemasque, Anywhere, De Facto etc.) Sep 19, 2018

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On anyone's list of all-time greatest front people in music, they would have to include this week's guest. CEDRIC BIXLER-ZAVALA HAS FINALLY COME ON THE SHOW!!! Join Damian as he gets to sit down with one of his favourite's to ever wield the microphone & talk about going from a gang affiliated drummer, to trashing the Jools Holland show!

Also Touched On:

One Of The Best To Ever Do It

The Power Of Night Flight

Watching Another State of Mind With Your Family

The Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist Is The Key Record

Uglord One Of The Wildest Bands Ever

Ed Ivy From The Rhythm Pigs Starts Throwing Shows

Omar & Sonny Meet Lux & Ivy

Seeing Punk On TV & Putting Punk On TV

The Misfits: A Lot To Love & Love Again

The Jools Holland Show & What Went Wrong

Reenactment Scene In Punk

Distorted Silence: The First Band

Joining Phantasma Gloria: The Bad Kid Band

The Respect & The Hate That Comes From Being Feared

Playing With Christ On A Crutch

When Your Two Favourite Local Bands Have Beef

Being A Cheerleader

A One-Man-Pit In Your Parents House

Bad Mothergoose & Sprawl & The Texas Funk Scene

Everyone Wanted To Be Red Hot Chilli Peppers & Jane’s Addiction

Joining the Three Blind Bats, The House Band For The North East Death Squad Gang

The Spermbirds’ Influence On El Paso

Scratch Acid, Butthole Surfers, Big Boys: Texas Punk

Cherbs, Ed Hall & Trance Syndicate Records

When Your New Band Beats Up Your Old Band

The Acid Years

The Dregtones: Trying To Do Something Really Uncool

Meeting Foss & Beto

Pretending To Be Rain Sanction

Booking No Empathy

The Grunge Hangover

Touring With FEIST

Trench Mouth Looks Like A CULT!

“No One Was Interested At All.”

Dreaming Of Ebullition Records

Getting On Flipside

Face To Face Was Pissed!

Dodging Full Cans Of Coke Whipped At Your Head

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!

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Footnote 184 - Shawna Potter (War On Women, Avec, Fair Verona) Sep 18, 2018

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Nerds’ my thing, I keep on a hook. This week on the show Chris & Damian talk about the greatness of the Shawna Potter episode! Also, they gear up for the TOAP TORONTO LIVE SHOW WITH DINO JR!

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Episode 184 - Shawna Potter (War On Women, Avec, Fair Verona) Sep 12, 2018

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Get ready everyone! This week on the show, one of the best doing it today, War On Women’s, Shawna Potter! Join Damian as he gets to sit done & chat with another one of his favourite front-people! Shawna discusses going from being signed to a crooked indie label at age 16 to touring with Black Flag!

Also Touched On:

Was It The Sex Pistols Or Bikini Kill As First Exposure?

Sonic Youth Is PUNK

The Two People In North America That Never Got Into Fugazi

The Washington DC/ Washington State Connection

Growing Up With MTV

The Judds Rocked

NOT ALL WOMEN PLAYING PUNK ARE IN RIOT GRRL BANDS (Those Bands Rule Too Though)

Forming Avec

Helium Is AMAZING!!!!

Playing In Fair Verona For 6 Years Is A Lifetime When You're In High School

Getting Put Through The Record Industry Wringer As A Teenager

Moving To Baltimore

Playing To Black Flag Fans

Touring, But No One Caring

Jim Ward Is The NICEST Person In Music

Brooks, Beto & The Fate Of The Free World

RIP John Stabb

Wizard Of Oz Connection

Theatre Kids Make The Best Vocalists

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

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Footnote 183 - Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano (HBO's ANIMALS) Sep 10, 2018

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NERDS! Here's another episode of Footnotes featuring Chris & Damian talkin' non-stop music & TV...& the Animals Episode

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Episode 183 - Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano (HBO's ANIMALS) Sep 04, 2018

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This week on the show Damian is joined by not one, but two great guests, the creators of HBO’s Animals, Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano! Check it out as they discuss how Animals was the pair’s ultimate statement about the DIY ethics & how music ultimately guides the show.

Also Touched On:

Animals As A Punk Project

Phil Finds Green Day, But Is Too Young To Read The Name Of The Album

Blink 182

Saves The Day

Club Chrome

Mike Finds His Way In Through Compilation CDs

Kung Fu Records

An Older Brother In Save the Day

Emulating

Tony Hawk

Why Did The Show "Vinyl" Suck So Much

New Found Glory

American Football

Cap'n Jazz

Mighty Mighty Bosstones As Vocal Icon

Finding Out The Composer From Your Show Was In Shudder To Think

Moby, Punk Style

Vatican Commandos

Flipper

Titus Andronicus

The So So Glos

The Men Doing The Theme Song

Working With Bill Callaghan

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!

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Footnote 182 - Sami Zayn (WWE Superstar) With Special Guest - Wei Ting (Post Wrestling, Live Audio Wrestling) Sep 02, 2018

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Nerds! Killing it all, get the fuck out of our bingo halls! This week on the show, Chris & Damian realized that they needed some backup to take on the monumental Sami Zayn episode, so they invited Post Wrestling’s own, Wai Ting to help out! Join the trio as they discuss wrestling, punk & how Wai was nearly the co-host of Turned Out A Punk. CRAZY! Right?

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Episode 182 - Sami Zayn (WWE Superstar, DDT, ROH, PWG, WXW, www.samiforsyria.com) Aug 28, 2018

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REJOICE!!!!!!!!!! This week on the show Damian is joined by one of his most dreamt about guests, WWE Superstar Sami Zayn! Listen in as they have a far reaching conversation about everything from punk, wrestling & the very real bond that connects their identities & subculture. THIS ONE IS NOT TO BE MISSED!

Also, please visit www.samiforsyria.com & donate, if you can.

Also Touched On:

Third Attempt & Third Times A Charm

The Reason For The Mystery

Thank You Sami For Jesse Micheals Coming On The Show

M Dogg & Brookside Are The Most Down Punk Rockers

“Operation Ivy Is Perfect”

Having To Live Up To Other People’s Ideal Version Of You

The Idea Of Being A Different Person Outside The Ring

The Different Approaches To Public Attention

Green Day Happens

Angelo Was Ahead Of The Game!

Returning CD’s To HMV

Trading Tom Jones For Punk In Drublic

Out Comes the Wolves Is A Perfect Record

The Clash

Did You Pick Punk OR Did Punk Pick You?

Lagwagon

Hi-Standard

Hearing Propagandhi & Not Being Ready For It Until Recently

Falling In Love With The Beatles

Getting Booked By Kevin Gill & Lars Frederiksen

The Punk/Wrestling Connection!!!!

Bon Jovi Is OVER In Montreal

Dennis From Styx Is Also OVER In Montreal

Going To Your First Indie Wrestling Show & Getting Hooked

The Energy Of Indie Wrestling Is Like Going To A Punk Show

Seeing Grimskunk At A Street Festival

Against Me!

Not Understanding Why People Get Concerned About Bands Selling Out

Not Knowing BLITZ… Until Now

"90% Of Punk & Wrestling Is Terrible"

Going For Bon Jovi & Getting Less Than Jake

Bob Dylan Is A Truly Unhinged Performer

Kicking Ultra Mantis Black In Face As Hard As You Can

Teaming With Brad From Pissed Jeans

Sick Of It All

Leatherface

Chris Gethard, Aiden English & The Best Show Connection

& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!

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Footnote 181 - Eric Davidson (The New Bomb Turks, Livids) Aug 27, 2018

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That’s just what nerds got to be! Can’t you see this is an emergency? This week Damian & Chris tackle the episode featuring their mutual rock/literary hero: Eric Davidson! They also try to get to the bottom of the Raise Your Voice Joyce Comp. GOOD TIMES!!!!

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Episode 181 - Eric Davidson (The New Bomb Turks, Livids) Aug 20, 2018

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EVERYBODY JUMP UP, cause this week we've got ERIC DAVIDSON of THE NEW BOMB TURKS on the show! Listen in as Damian gets to sit down with, not just one of his favourite frontmen, but one of his favourite authors' as well! From seeing a news story about punk to writing a book identifying a hereto unknown subgenera of punk, the two cover Eric’s storey in-depth! Not to be missed!

Also Touched On:

New Bomb Turks Is One Of The Best HC Bands From The 90's

The Spaceshits’ Unique Style

Danko Jones' First Show

The Deadly Snakes

The Dark & Starvation Army: Clevo Hardcore

Death Of Samantha: Eric’s Fave Write Band

Seeing Punk On The TV For The First Time

Brother Goes To See The Clash & Brings Back The Word Of God

Getting A Tutorial Through Requests To The College Radio Station

The Mainstream College Station Plays REM

Kurtis Blow

Seeing Clash On The Cut The Crap Album

The Remnants Of Old Cleveland

Seeing The Mirrors

Watching Stiv Bators Pee

Prisonshake

Cleveland Doesn’t Suck

Seeing Pagans

A Scene Develops Free From The Curse Of Success

Shows In A Junk Yard

Seeing The Romantics With The Boys Brigade For Your First Show

Peeing Beside The Bassist Of The Hoodoo Guru’s

Shadow Of Fear & The Goth Vibe

The Choir & Raspberries

The Lizard: The Cop That Looked Like LUX Interior With A Cramps Patch On His Jacket

Cleveland Is A Goth Town

The New Bombs Turks & Integrity Played Together.. Maybe

The Mice RULE!

Gibson Brothers, TJSA & Skrawl

Datapanik Records

Mike Rep Rules

New York Dolls

The Electric Eels Moved To Columbus?

True Aim Reluctant Hardcore Friends

Gaunt Brothers In Arms

The Release Of Killed By Death

Really Red

Pagans

Crypt Records

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!

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