This week, my guest is the legend PAUL ROESSLER (The Screamers, Nervous Gender, 45 Grave, Twisted Roots, Pat Ruthensmear, Nina Hagen), who came on to discuss the video documentation by Target Video of the early L.A. punk bands Nervous Gender & The Screamers!!!  

We discuss Paul's childhood classical musical training and how his sister Kira (Black Flag, dos) had to fight through the family dynamic, befriending Pat and Darby of the Germs as a teenager, the mysterious high school UNI HIgh and all its weird 70s experimental trappings (from scientology to teachers yelling at students), how 'The Ark'—a prog rock opera composed by a young Paul Roessler—broke some musicians’ minds who tried to play it, Darby turning on Paul and what bands were the lightning bolt moment for him, what an amazing musician Pat Smear is, seeing the Germs' first show, how The Screamers were known locally before they even had their first show, Paul's entryway into joining The Screamers. hippies turning punk, how Joe Rees and Target Video started documenting The Screamers and why the band didn't ever make a proper record during their existence, being the youngest member in a band, Paul’s instrumentation and equipment in a keyboard-driven band, the hilarious story of David Byrne and Brian Eno borrowing The Screamers' drumset, their Population One film, how Paul joined Nervous Gender and also broke his toe his first time seeing them, how Nervous Gender were one of the most confrontational Queer art bands ever, not following other people's expectations or rules when making music, why Twisted Roots was formed with Kira and Pat, plus having a band with three out-of-sync synths alongside an amplified street sign and an 8 year old drummer!  

So come roll some dice on a piece of metal as we amplify it beyond your ears' limits on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!

PAUL ROESSLER:

paulroessler1.bandcamp.com

THE SCREAMERS:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_wVMr0psEU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnh8OeMeN0U

NERVOUS GENDER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCp6TuqJ4-o

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Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

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