Jon Cheese toured from 2002-2012 working for all kinds of bands as a tour manager/Merch guy. Piebald, cave in, my chemical romance, Apollo Sunshine, Limbeck, The Honorary Title, Meg & Dia, Big D & the Kids Table, Streetlight Manifesto, and The National. He did a weird T-Pain tour... and every Warped Tour from 2002-2011 (02/03 with Doghouse records and 04-11 with Side One Dummy Records.

I got him on the phone and here's what we talked about:

• Why it’s ok to not like some of the older punk bands
• The origins of the name Jon Cheese
• Possibly running Cave-in’s Merch
• Finally remembering the name Aaron Kraft from many episodes ago
• My arch nemesis from high school
• The Morris County youth crew
• Meeting Piebald
• The My Chemical Romance story (this is fucking amazing)
• Jesse from Motion City Soundtrack’s involvement in Jon’s marriage
• Selling real estate to Fat Mike and other punk rock folks
• And a ton more

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