Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Jason Hamacher to the podcast. Jason is the drummer for Zealot R.I.P. and has also drummed in Frodus, Decahedron (with Joe Lally of Fugazi, need to sneak that in here), Battery, and Combatwoundedveteran, among others. Jason talks about functioning with attention deficit hyperactivity and channelling it into creative projects such music and photography.

zealotrip31g.bandcamp.com

frodus.bandcamp.com

decahedron.bandcamp.com

Featured songs:

Zealot R.I.P. - "Magnetic Field of Dreams" from The Extinction of You (Three One G, 2021)

Gorilla Biscuits - "Good Intentions" from Start Today (Revelation Records, 1989)

Zealot R.I.P. - "Personality Conflict" from The Extinction of You (Three One G, 2021)

Photo: Josh Sisk

About this podcast:

Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"

Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

On the fifth episode of Flex Your Head host Jason Schreurs welcomes back Mike Isacson to talk about Hüsker Dü's double theme album Zen Arcade, which explores the troubled upbringing of a young man and the effects on his mental health.

Flex Your Head is a special episode series of the Scream Therapy podcast dissecting classic punk albums with my guests.

Hüsker Dü on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/16bN8mhtDFdegWbg0z3s10

Hüsker Dü Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsker_D%C3%BC

Featured song clips:

Hüsker Dü - "Something I Learned Today" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

Hüsker Dü - "Dreams Reoccurring" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

Hüsker Dü - "Never Talking to You Again" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

Hüsker Dü - "What's Going On" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

Hüsker Dü - "Beyond the Threshold" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

Hüsker Dü - "Whatever" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

Hüsker Dü - "Reoccurring Dreams" from Zen Arcade (SST Records, 1984)

About this podcast:

Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album.

The main Scream Therapy podcast explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music clips:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation

Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Foxx Bodies singer Bella Vanek to the podcast. Bella talks about being hospitalized and diagnosed bipolar. She also shares what led up to her mental health crisis and how she's managed her multiple diagnoses since.

https://foxxbodies.bandcamp.com

Featured songs:

Foxx Bodies - "Bad Kid" from Vixen (Kill Rock Stars, 2021)

Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl" live in Yale, New Haven (1996)

Foxx Bodies - "BPD" from Vixen (Kill Rock Stars, 2021)

Photo: Rochelle Shipman

About this podcast:

Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"

Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

On the fourth episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Drue Swalwell to talk about The Future of What, the fourth album by Olympia post-hardcore band Unwound.

Flex Your Head is a limited podcast series until Scream Therapy returns.

https://unwound.bandcamp.com

http://unwoundarchive.com

Featured song clips:

Unwound - "New Energy" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

Unwound - "Full Explanation of Answer" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

Unwound - "Natural Disasters" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

Unwound - "Swan" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

Unwound - "Equally Stupid" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

Unwound - "...My French" from The Future of What (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)

About this podcast:

Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album.

Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music clips:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation

Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

On the third episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Mike to talk about The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure. It’s a compilation album of equally sarcastic and political songs by rabble rousers Born Against, a 90s New York hardcore band (don’t worry, not the tough guy kind of New York hardcore).

Flex Your Head is a limited podcast series until Scream Therapy returns.

https://bornagainst.bandcamp.com

https://bornagainst.bandcamp.com/album/the-rebel-sound-of-shit-and-failure

Featured song clips:

Born Against - "Neil/The Good Father" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994)

Born Against - "Lillian" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994)

Born Against - "Movin' on Up" cover of "The Jefferson's Theme Song" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994)

Born Against - "Eulogy" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994)

Born Against - "Mary and Child" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994)

Born Against - "Born Against Are Fucking Dead" (answering machine clip) from Battle Hymns of the Race War (Vermiform Records, 1992)

Born Against - "My Favourite Housing Project" from The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure (Vermiform Records, 1994)

About this podcast:

Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album.

Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music clips:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation

Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

On the second episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Mike Isacson to talk about the Canadian punk opus Wrong by Nomeansno.

Flex Your Head is a limited podcast series until Scream Therapy returns.

https://www.nomeanswhatever.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m01lPNVv90s

Featured song clips:

Nomeansno - "It's Catching Up" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989)

Nomeansno - "Rags and Bones" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989)

Nomeansno - "The Tower" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989)

Nomeansno - "State of Grace" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989)

Nomeansno - "I Am Wrong" from Wrong (Alternative Tentacles Records, 1989)

About this podcast:

Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album.

Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music clips:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation

Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

On the first episode of Flex Your Head, a Scream Therapy podcast spinoff, host Jason Schreurs welcomes his dear friend Greg Pratt to talk about the punk masterpiece Supporting Caste by Propagandhi.

Flex Your Head is a limited podcast series until Scream Therapy returns.

https://propagandhi.bandcamp.com/album/supporting-caste

https://propagandhi.com

Featured song clips:

Propagandhi - "Night Letters" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009)

Propagandhi - "Humane Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009)

Propagandhi - "Without Love" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009)

Propagandhi - "Come to the Sabbat" (originally by Black Widow) from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009)

About this podcast:

Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album.

Scream Therapy, currently on a short hiatus, explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music clips:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation

Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

Host Jason Schreurs recaps episodes 31-40 of Scream Therapy. If you missed any of these episodes, it's time to catch up!

About this podcast:

Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation

Propagandhi - "Supporting Caste" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009)

Render Useless - "Bravery in a Sea of Cowards"

Render Useless - "Clique"

Render Useless - "Becoming Anti Human)"

Render Useless - "Attention All Shoppers"

Render Useless - "Inside the Opposite Side of a Hiding Place Window"

From Discography (Clue#2 Records, 2007)

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

Host Jason Schreurs talks to Amyl and the Sniffers vocalist Amy Taylor about keeping mentally healthy at home and on tour. We also chat about how discovering punk helped put her endless energy into a positive place using a positive frame of mind.

https://www.amylandthesniffers.com

Featured songs:

Amyl and the Sniffers - "Cup of Destiny" from S/T (ATO Records, 2019)

Amyl and the Sniffers - "Guided by Angels" from Comfort to Me (ATO Records, 2021)

Propagandhi - "Supporting Caste" from Supporting Caste (G7 Welcoming Committee/Smallman Records, 2009)

Photo: Charles Engelken

About this podcast:

Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"

Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]

Host Jason Schreurs is joined by Rob Rufus, author of Die Young with Me, a coming of age memoir about him being diagnosed with cancer. We talk about situational depression and the psychological effects of beating stage four cancer. Rob also plays drum in Nashville/West Virginia melodic punk band Blacklist Royals.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Die-Young-with-Me/Rob-Rufus/9781501142628

https://www.facebook.com/blacklistroyalsfb

Featured songs:

Blacklist Royals - "No Looking Back" from Semper Liberi (Paper + Plastick, 2010)

Blacklist Royals - "Reject It" from Doomsday Girl EP (Paper + Plastick, 2010)

About this podcast:

Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music:

Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"

Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - [email protected]