GET READY!!! This week on the show Damian is joined by a legend: DONITA SPARKS of the godly L7! Listen in as the two discuss not fitting in & having to create your own scene, punk as an attitude. Also, the trials & tribulations of headlining the first Warped Tour. 

NOT TO BE MISSED! 



Also Touched On:



Sisters with great taste



Hearing the Ramones & finding your band



Not liking bands that buy shit off the rack



Punk or New Wave



B-52s were crazier than the Cramps



The Dead were a deal breaker



Going to dance clubs in the Northside of Chicago



Hating hardcore



The LA art punk scene gives rise to L7



Opening for Bad Religion



Redd Kross were true glam



Not being a part of the hip LA scene



Grunge up end rock



Meeting Sub Pop



Writing Shove



Covering Bloodstains & turning it into the Mencies Anthem 



The Dick Dale influence



The half-step 



Suicidal’s dirge



Everyones is opening for the riot



& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!



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Episode 226 - Donita Sparks (L7)

Damian Abraham has been many things... the singer of a critically acclaimed band, a failed VJ and food network host, one of the minds behind TV&#39;s &#34;The Wrestlers&#34;, parent of 3... and undeniably, a punk music obsessive.

Each week, he sits down and chats with an interesting person from various walks of life to find out how their world was influenced and changed by the discovery of a novelty genre that supposedly died out in 1978... PUNK!

Music

Music Interviews

Music Commentary

Music History

The Northwest Toronto Punk Summit is here because Me First and the Gimme Gimmes’ CJ Ramone, John Reis and Spike Slawson are in Damian’s basement! Listen in as the current and former members of: Ramones, Rocket From The Crypt, Swingin’ Utters and Urine Trouble sit down to talk about what is and isn’t punk. From CJ’s lost first appearance of the show, to the downside of being too punk for the Pittsburg Pirates, to San Diego’s 80’s skinhead problems, to trying to slow down the Ramones acceleration and so much more: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED! Photo by Melanie Kaye Also, don’t miss Me First and The Gimme Gimmes’ brand new: “Me First and The Gimme Gimmes Blow It...at Madison's Quinceanera”! Out everywhere June 14th, on Fat Wreck! Also, don’t miss them on their Summer European Tour! Also, Swami John Reis will be giving tours at The Punk Rock Museum May 24-27! . Also, John’s awesome Swami & the Bed Of Nails’ new single: "How Are You Peeling"! Out May 15th, on Swami Records!

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Spike Slawson, John Reis and CJ Ramone are back

Punk Rock Bowling presents: How could've young Billy imagined, when he sat down to write that heartfelt letter to a friend in an America, that he would wind discussing it with two Canadians, four decades later? Riff Raff's Billy Bragg and Alexisonfire's George Pettit return to the show for one of the all-time episodes! Listen in as the unlikely pair are brought together by Damian for an awesome conversation about: art, labour, oppression, resistance, contradiction and punk. Don't miss this one!!! Also, don't miss Billy at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas May 25-27! Get your  tickets now! Also, find George rocking with Alexisonfire and Dead Tired this summer!

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Billy Bragg and George Pettit are back

Calling all Rebel Kids: the Punk Singer is on Turned Out A Punk! Today on the show: Kathleen Hanna is here! Listen in as Damian sits down with the Bikini Kill/ Le Tigre legend to critique/ nerd out about all things punk. From weedy dealings with Poison Idea, to the positive influence of Halo of Flies, to finding the downside of punk and so much more: don’t miss this one! Also, don't miss Kathleen's must read new book:" Rebel Girl"! Available everywhere on May 14! Also, don't miss Bikini Kill on tour this summer!

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Kathleen Hanna from Bikini Kill is here

Punk Rock Bowling Presents: It's lifestyles of the infamous and influential, today on the show, because Chris Rest and Joe Raposo from Rich Kids on LSD have come to TOAP! Listen in as Damian sits down with the reunited legends to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of RKL. From Doug Moody's quest for perfect reverb, to Joe's parents signing over their parental rights for touring, to who really drew the KISS portraits on the Melvins' van to Josh Brolin and Joey Capes' places on the family tree: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED! Also, don't miss Chris and Joe with RKL as part of Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas May 25-27! Get your  tickets now! Also, check out, new RKL vocalist, Tony Waste's appearances on the show!

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Chris Rest and Joe Raposo from RKL are here!

Can you feel that Arkansa Heat?! The Gossips’ Beth Ditto and Nathan Howdeshell have come to Turned Out A Punk! Listen in as Damian talks to the, Searcy by the way Olympia, legends about all things punk. From the Sex Vid connection, to gigging together, to The Rhino DIY Series LA Compilation, to Orville Peck’s punk past, to learning the social graces Olympia’s punk paradise, to forever beefing with punk's Joe Rogan and so much more: DON’T MISS THIS ONE! Also, don’t miss the Gossip’s brand new “Real Power” lp, out now! Also, don’t miss the Gossip on tour!

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Episode 226 - Donita Sparks (L7)

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