This week, join Damian as he sits down with The Swellers' Nick Diener in a hotel room in Brisbane, Australia. Listen as the two discuss being on the Swellers’ final tour, and journey that brought him here.

Also discussed

-The 48 hour birthday

-MEATLOAF IS COOL

-Not liking Blink 182 until “after”

-Goldfinger

-Growing up just pre-Napster

-The Angus Soundtrack

-Green Day

-Weezer

-Riverdales

-Pansy Division

-Learning to play piano to learn the Undertakers' theme

-Millencolin: helping little brothers get over a fear of the basement

-Connecting with Mike from Green Day over a The Get Up Kids’ song at your first show

-Opening every show at The Flint Local 432

-Mustard Plug

-Suicide Machines

-Hellmouth

-The Flint All-Ages Scene 2002-2004: the Greatest Scene Ever

-Not fitting in with the pop-punk clique

-Lagwagon

-From playing with Propagandhi to touring Paramore within 48hrs

-Cold As Life

-Queers

-Catch 22

-Easy Action

-Negative Approach

-Misfits

-“Nah, they’re JUST a punk band dudes.”

-Getting in good with the Ernie Ball Family

-Warped Tour routing in a Van

-A Wilhelm Scream

-Less Than Jake

-Mom and dad, I’m getting in the van

-The Fullblast

-Cardboard cutouts of yourself in Japanese record stores

-Hi-Standard

-Gauze

-Only Crime

-Being Vegan in Japan

-AntiSeen

-Working heel in a band

-Lots of wrestling talk