Boston in the ‘80s and early ‘90s hosted a little-known and mostly undocumented underground music scene of incredible diversity, talent and vitality.

In this first episode in our examination of the Boston underground, we talk with proto-punk pioneer Clint Conley about the early days of Mission of Burma; we discover the alluring power of Peter Dayton and La Peste; and we speak to garage revivalist Dana Hatch about his long-running trio Cheater Slicks.

In this episode we also hear from Michael Cudahy (Christmas), Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Belly), Tom Johnston (manager for Galaxie 500), and Kurt Davis (Bullet Lavolta).

Hosted by Dylan Metrano and Gregory Moss.

Episode artwork (Peter Dayton) by Alan Bull.