"After a 6 month long tour...I was drinking an awful lot, I put no light into the world at that time & when I got home I tried to kill myself & failed. That was the thing that struck me sober, that was when the unmanageability of my life was clear to me."

Folkpunk Dad talks to Brook Pridemore about the anti-folk to folk punk connection they traveled, the many lost bands of early folkpunk, community & sobrieties effect on their music. Brook also shares some personal stories they have with Pepe, Pat (the Bunny) & Ceschi.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The music/people that influenced Brook in the early 2000's
• Discovering real (folk) punk for the first time
• Music & sobriety
• Growing up in your musical preferences
• The Mountain Goats
• Meeting a smelly Pat (the Bunny)
• Pepe baked Brook a cake to say I'm sorry

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