Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal

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The finest interview/discussion show on music and musicians that mean a whole hell of a lot to certain people. Why we do what we do?, Rocker ennui, amusing anecdotes, process and context

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Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal episodes:

06.12.2024
Ep389: Jake Smith (Eye Flys, Backslider)
Protonic is back! First show since the 10 year anniversary episode. Let's go! This episode is Jake Smith of heavy band Eye Flys, who have a great new heavy rock record. (self-titled!) It's a song by song of that record,...
05.12.2024
Ep150: RIP Steve Albini Part 3 (Shellac, Big Black, Rapeman)
Part 3, of Steve Albini remembered and one of my favorite times he has been on, this is the episode where he first talks about not being held to account for the name of the band Rapeman, before any other...
05.08.2024
05.08.2024
Ep021: RIP Steve Albini Part 1 (Shellac, Big Black, Engineer) from 2015
Ep021: RIP Steve Albini Part 1 (Shellac, Big Black, Engineer) from 2015 We speak with the one and only Steve Albini, pretty cool. Drive Like Jehu show recap and a whole lotta great talkin' get into it. Radio stations and ambient noise,...
05.03.2024
Remembering Gary Floyd - Ep358: Gary Floyd (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness, Black Kali Ma, Gary Floyd Band)
RIP Gary Floyd Punk rock legend Gary Floyd of the legendary DICKS enters the lair of the Protonic Reversal! We talk about HATE THE POLICE, how it has sadly aged pretty well and is quite possibly one of the greatest debut...
04.29.2024
Ep388: 10th Anniversary Spectacular (Duane Denison, Coady Willis, Marnie Stern, Steve Albini, Falco, Bob Bert, David Pajo, Alain Johannes, John Schmersal, Mike Morasky, Dale Crover, Jennifer Precious
13 (!) new interviews, about 10 minutes each to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the podcast. Wow! 1. Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk, DK3) (Ep158, Ep94) 2. Coady Willis - (High on Fire, Melvins, Big Business, Murder City Devils) (Ep132) 3. Marnie...
04.28.2024
Ep387: Doni Blair (The Toadies, Hagfish, Only Crime, Author)
Doni Blair is best known as bassplayer for 90s legends The Toadies, but just like his brother Zach. Conan knows him from his old band Hagfish! We talk all about the Hagfish days, and van touring, as well as the...
04.24.2024
Ep386: Danbert Nobacon (Chumbawamba, Solo, Axis of Dissent)
Danbert is a anarcho-punk icon that cofounded Anarchist collective punk group Chumbawamba in 1982, yes that's right the one with the "I get knocked down, but I get up again" song. All about the origin and the journey of "the...
04.23.2024
Ep385: Roger C. Miller (Mission of Burma, Composer)
The legendary guitarist for Mission of Burma arrives to talk about dream interpretations for solo guitar, silent film accompaniment, Vs., reunions, how the world caught up to Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra/The Anvil Orchestra (scoring Dr. Caligari at MFF soon!),...
04.19.2024
Ep384: Rick Sims (Didjits, Gaza Strippers)
293 episodes since Rick Sims last protoniced, did they even have podcasts then? Was it on wax cylinders? Probably. Anyway! Strictly Dynamite is the new Best of and Rarities Didjits collection. It's got all of the best stuff, but also...
04.17.2024
Ep383: Ryan Patterson (Fotocrime, Coliseum)
Long time coming! Ryan Patterson has a great new Fotocrime record called Accelerated. And there's also a TWO OFF Coliseum reunion/celebration coming up shortly! We dive into all the aspects of the act of creation and connection and what should...
04.15.2024
Ep382: Buzz Osborne (Melvins)
Tarantula Heart. The latest Melvins record which was created in an unorthodox way with Ray from Ministry , and the King Dunn tour (Buzz and Trevor Dunn from Mr. Bungle) is finally happening after nearly 4 years. Eclipse madness! AI...
04.08.2024
Ep381: Greg Norton (Hüsker Dü, Ultrabomb)
Greg Norton is back! It's been almost three years since last time. Ultrabomb! Cancer. So much to discuss. The new record Dying to Smile is almost here, we also discuss Time to Burn (the first Ultrabomb record), music discovery and...
04.02.2024
Ep380: Kid Congo Powers (Pink Monkey Birds, the Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Kid Congo Powers has a brand new record called That Delicious Vice with his band The Pink Monkey Birds. Pair that with his book (Some Kind of Kick), and the recent Wolfmanhattan Project record (with Bob Bert and Mick Collins)...
03.25.2024
Ep379: Ralph Spight (Victims Family, The Freak Accident, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine)
Victims Family has an awesome new split lp with Nasalrod! "In the Modern Meatspace". We talk about that as well as a comprehensive history of Victims Family, a band who blazed their own trail throughout the 80s independent rock, the...
03.18.2024
Ep378: Blake Bickel (Bronson Arm)
The Bronson Arm self-titled record is still fairly recently released. We get into a detailed song by song of that debut, preceded by a bit of history of the band and how it all came together with so long to...
03.13.2024
Ep377: Norman Westberg (Swans, Heroine Sheiks, Solo)
That's right it is weirdo guitar LEGEND Norm Westberg! Here not just to talk about the genre defying brutality of Swans or his magnificent ambient solo work, but to also speak about at length about the radically underrated Heroine Sheiks...
02.26.2024
Ep376: Steve Turner (Mudhoney, Green River, Monkeywrench, Author)
Mud Ride is the name of Steve's book. A messy trip through the grunge explosion. Steve of course, was there for all of it as a first hand participant with Mudhoney and before that Green River. We talk about all...
02.23.2024
Ep375: Steven Hodson (USA Nails, BLKLSTRS, Kong)
Feel Worse is the new record by USA Nails, Steven also plays in the incredible BLKLSTRS as well, and was in Kong and Oceansize. So let's get into that, as well as recording a record where 3/4 of the band...
02.19.2024
Ep374: Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma, Minibeast, Volcano Suns, Kustomized)
Peter Prescott is the impresario and driving force behind Minibeast. To this day though, he is known to most as the drummer for the mighty Mission of Burma. We talk about the iconic album, ep and single by that band,...
02.14.2024
Ep373: J. Robbins (Jawbox, J. Robbins Band, Burning Airlines, Magpie Cage)
J. Robbins returns! He has a brand new record called Basilisk. It has been awhile since last he was on. How long? Well his LAST album Un-becoming wasn't even done yet then and that was 2019. So there you...
02.09.2024
Ep372: John Wright (NoMeansNo, Dead Bob) and Jason Lamb (NMN book)
John Wright of NoMeansNo and Dead Bob returns! And this time he has the NMN biographer Jason Lamb, author of NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History, with him. which has just come out. We speak of the great...
02.06.2024
Ep371: Andrew "Falco" Falkous (mclusky, Future of the Left, christian fitness)
It has been 1031 days since Falco's last appearance on Protonic Reversal and mclusky's US tour is imminent (for real this time). So much has happened since then, let's start with the return as a "real" band (or as real...
01.29.2024
Ep370: Zach Blair (Rise Against, GWAR, Hagfish, Only Crime)
Zach Blair has had an incredible career in music. He and Conan talk about finding a voice with guitar, Anti-Heroes is Zach's podcast. Anti-Heroes is a podcast about guitar players that aren't on the covers of the guitar magazines but...
01.22.2024
Ep369: Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo)
Steve started off writing songs and playing flute (!) with the Strawberry Alarm Clock then joined Don Randi's band (Wrecking Crew). All of that BEFORE Oingo Boingo. So what else? Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo into Oingo Boingo,...
01.15.2024
Ep368: Gerald V. Casale (DEVO)
Friend of the show, Gerald V. Casale returns! To talk not only about the 4-d video for the Lounge Version of Pay U Back (with Steve Bartek of Oingo Boingo and Josh Freese), but to talk about the many, many...
01.08.2024
Ep367: Scott Macdonald (Arcwelder)
Rejoice! For the first time since 1999 there is a new Arcwelder! CONTINUE is out now. What better way to celebrate than to have the amazing drummer and co-primary vocalist Scott Macdonald on. We get into all of the details...
12.28.2023
Ep366: Matt Cronk (CNTS, Qui, Fake Legs, Cowards)
Matt Cronk returns, and so has CNTS. This time you can lose the U. let's hear some stories of what THE CRONK has been up to since Feb 2020 and he was on last. Did anything happen? Medical tragedies, musical...
12.21.2023
Ep365: Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu)
Ignore Grief, is the latest album from Xiu Xiu, it came out in 2023! However, Conan's history with the band goes way back to the first record. So, how about a relatively comprehensive album by album history? From the very...
12.17.2023
Ep364: Eddie Gobbo (Something is Waiting)
Absolutely is the new record from Chicago heavy swagger rockers Something Is Waiting. The history of SiW. Going from a 5 piece to a 3 piece. NU-ROLL, The mad scientist nature of Bill Fay Refused. sounding full vs. sounding loud,...
12.14.2023
Ep363: Top Records of 2023
1. Djunah - Femina Furens 2. Marnie Stern - The Comeback Kid 3. The St. Pierre Snake Invasion - Galore 4. Elephant Rifle - Broken Water 5. Oxbow - Love’s Holiday 6. Resurrectionists - Now That We Are All Ghosts 7. Sparks - The Girl is...
12.04.2023
Ep362: Stephen Hodges (mssv, Tom Waits, David Lynch, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples)
Hodge! Not only does this complete the mssv trifecta for protonic, we get to hear all about his work on those classic Tom Waits records, playing with Bob Dylan, working with David Lynch for the Fire Walk With Me Soundtrack...
11.20.2023
Ep361: Marnie Stern
THE COMEBACK KID! It isn't just the player, it is the name of the new record. After almost 10 years, Marnie's back. The 8G band and the difference between playing music there and anything from the world of punk rock...
11.15.2023
Ep360: Simon Bonney and Joshua Murphy (Crime & the City Solution)
The Killer is the new record by the latest lineup of Crime & the City Solution, the band is embarking on a long tour of Europe with new member multi-instrumentalist Joshua Murphy not just playing in the band but also...
11.12.2023
Ep359: Nina Nastasia (Solo, Jolie Laide)
The inimitable Nina Nastasia! Jolie Laide is the newest record, a collaboration between Nina and Jeff MacLeod featuring songs evoking classic California Ballads, Desert Dirges and the cinema of leaving behind. However, as somebody Conan has wanted to talk...
11.07.2023
Ep358: Gary Floyd (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness, Black Kali Ma, Gary Floyd Band)
Punk rock legend Gary Floyd of the legendary DICKS enters the lair of the Protonic Reversal! We talk about HATE THE POLICE, how it has sadly aged pretty well and is quite possibly one of the greatest debut singles of...
11.01.2023
Ep357: Brian Cook (Botch, Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, SUMAC)
It is Brian Cook of BOTCH, Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes and SUMAC. Right before Botch tours the nation (well, the coasts anyway) in 2023! and SUMAC play a few shows in the midwest. Let's talk about the why...
10.30.2023
Ep356: Todd Trainer (Shellac, Brick Layer Cake, Rifle Sport)
Well hey there, it's one of Conan Neutron's very favorite drummers, here to give all the details of how the amazing Shellac came to be, thoughts on each and every Shellac record in depth. High cymbals, putting on a show,...
10.03.2023
Ep355: Mike McGinnis (Rid of Me, Fight Amp, Low Dose, Knife Hits)
Access to the Lonely is the new record by Rid Of Me, and it's a good'un! A song by song review of the Philadelphia band's second record is in order, as well as a history of the band in general,...
09.18.2023
Ep354: John Baizley (Baroness)
STONE is the one new one by Baroness, no it is NOT named after a color. We get into all the albums that ARE named after colors, as well as the new one in a detailed track by track breakdown....
09.15.2023
Ep353: Robert Kassees (1001 Album Complaints, The Chop, The Beverly Crushers, Repeat After Me)
Rob was on Protonic Reversal before the show hit double digits. It has BEEN awhile. Let's hear all about his show 1001 Album Complaints, a music commentary show based on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book...
09.05.2023
Ep352: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (Nils Frykdahl and Michael Mellender)
Bring Back the Apocalypse! What's that? Why it's Nils and Michael from the unique and incredible SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM. The bay area treasures are back and the SGM2024 pledge drive is in full effect. You can be a part of...
09.03.2023
Ep351: Jason Smith (Traindodge)
The Alley Parade is the 8th (!) record by the band Traindodge, let's hear about the other 7 records as well as that one from this very long lived band. Finding common cause with Kansas City and St. Louis. Riddle...
09.01.2023
Ep350: Eugene Robinson (Oxbow, Buñuel, Author)
Love's Holiday is the new album by Oxbow and A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight Into Murderer's Row is Eugene's new book! Both are momentous occasions. Let's hear about why Oxbow is NOT like Taylor Swift, the meticulous nature...
08.27.2023
Ep349: Steel Pole Bath Tub (Mike Morasky, Dale Flattum, Dorothy Kent) w/ Noah Landis
Surprise! All three members of Steel Pole Bath Tub for their first join media appearance in the last twenty years. All of this in service of their first SHOW in 5 years. A celebration in Houston for Emo's 30th anniversary...
08.23.2023
Ep348: Mike Hard (Thrall, God Bullies, They Never Sleep)
It has been a couple years since Mike Hard was on last and quite a bit has happened. Thrall is back! But David Livingstone of God Bullies has left us, as has Johnnie Johnson III. Memories of both of...
08.18.2023
Ep347: Clinton Jacob and Danny Sein (Mr. Phylzzz)
Clinton and Danny from Mr. Phylzzz have a new one called Fat Chance, recorded at the stately Electrical Audio in Chicago. We go through a track by track of that one, as well as a lot of discussion of the...
08.09.2023
Ep346: Randy Randall (No Age, Hyphenate)
Randy has been rocking with his bandmate Dean in the band experimental punk group NO AGE for almost twenty years now sharing the stage with acts such as Foo Fighters, Pixies, Sonic Youth and Pavement! We go over the entire...
07.28.2023
Ep345: Maple Stave (Chris Williams, Andy Hull, Evan Rowe, Chris Rasmussen)
Durham rock band Maple Stave have a new record called ARGUMENTS and it is the first in a very, very, VERY long time. Listen to this long lived noisy/melodic/sometimes mathy rock band as they talk about bringing in Chris Rasmussen...
07.25.2023
Ep344: Ryan Christopher Parks (B. Hamilton)
The one and only Ryan Parks returns! There is some new B. Hamilton music. An ep, even! Other Lives of Magic and Wonder and Whatever, a followup to the recent I Would Give Songs Numbers Instead of Names If...

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Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal episodes:

Ep389: Jake Smith (Eye Flys, Backslider)

Ep150: RIP Steve Albini Part 3 (Shellac, Big Black, Rapeman)

Ep021: RIP Steve Albini Part 1 (Shellac, Big Black, Engineer) from 2015

Remembering Gary Floyd - Ep358: Gary Floyd (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness, Black Kali Ma, Gary Floyd Band)

Ep388: 10th Anniversary Spectacular (Duane Denison, Coady Willis, Marnie Stern, Steve Albini, Falco, Bob Bert, David Pajo, Alain Johannes, John Schmersal, Mike Morasky, Dale Crover, Jennifer Precious

Ep387: Doni Blair (The Toadies, Hagfish, Only Crime, Author)

Ep386: Danbert Nobacon (Chumbawamba, Solo, Axis of Dissent)

Ep385: Roger C. Miller (Mission of Burma, Composer)

Ep384: Rick Sims (Didjits, Gaza Strippers)

Ep383: Ryan Patterson (Fotocrime, Coliseum)

Ep382: Buzz Osborne (Melvins)

Ep381: Greg Norton (Hüsker Dü, Ultrabomb)

Ep380: Kid Congo Powers (Pink Monkey Birds, the Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

Ep379: Ralph Spight (Victims Family, The Freak Accident, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine)

Ep378: Blake Bickel (Bronson Arm)

Ep377: Norman Westberg (Swans, Heroine Sheiks, Solo)

Ep376: Steve Turner (Mudhoney, Green River, Monkeywrench, Author)

Ep375: Steven Hodson (USA Nails, BLKLSTRS, Kong)

Ep374: Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma, Minibeast, Volcano Suns, Kustomized)

Ep373: J. Robbins (Jawbox, J. Robbins Band, Burning Airlines, Magpie Cage)

Ep372: John Wright (NoMeansNo, Dead Bob) and Jason Lamb (NMN book)

Ep371: Andrew "Falco" Falkous (mclusky, Future of the Left, christian fitness)

Ep370: Zach Blair (Rise Against, GWAR, Hagfish, Only Crime)

Ep369: Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo)

Ep368: Gerald V. Casale (DEVO)

Ep367: Scott Macdonald (Arcwelder)

Ep366: Matt Cronk (CNTS, Qui, Fake Legs, Cowards)

Ep365: Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu)

Ep364: Eddie Gobbo (Something is Waiting)

Ep363: Top Records of 2023

Ep362: Stephen Hodges (mssv, Tom Waits, David Lynch, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples)

Ep361: Marnie Stern

Ep360: Simon Bonney and Joshua Murphy (Crime & the City Solution)

Ep359: Nina Nastasia (Solo, Jolie Laide)

Ep358: Gary Floyd (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness, Black Kali Ma, Gary Floyd Band)

Ep357: Brian Cook (Botch, Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, SUMAC)

Ep356: Todd Trainer (Shellac, Brick Layer Cake, Rifle Sport)

Ep355: Mike McGinnis (Rid of Me, Fight Amp, Low Dose, Knife Hits)

Ep354: John Baizley (Baroness)

Ep353: Robert Kassees (1001 Album Complaints, The Chop, The Beverly Crushers, Repeat After Me)

Ep352: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (Nils Frykdahl and Michael Mellender)

Ep351: Jason Smith (Traindodge)

Ep350: Eugene Robinson (Oxbow, Buñuel, Author)

Ep349: Steel Pole Bath Tub (Mike Morasky, Dale Flattum, Dorothy Kent) w/ Noah Landis

Ep348: Mike Hard (Thrall, God Bullies, They Never Sleep)

Ep347: Clinton Jacob and Danny Sein (Mr. Phylzzz)

Ep346: Randy Randall (No Age, Hyphenate)

Ep345: Maple Stave (Chris Williams, Andy Hull, Evan Rowe, Chris Rasmussen)

Ep344: Ryan Christopher Parks (B. Hamilton)

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