Turned Out A Punk

TOAP CLASSIC #13 (RELEASED: Oct 11, 2015)

Don't miss Joey Cape's return to TOAP, out later today!

Also, don't miss Joey Cape with Lagwagon at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas May 25-27! Get your  tickets now!

Hurry listeners! This week, we have a brief but packed episode with Joey Cape From Lagwagon! Hear Damian’s amazement as Joey talks about being abducted in to Punk at 12 and nearly not surviving; only to wind up having it continue to shape his life, 30 plus years later. Plus, Revelation Records, growing up with RKL and getting beaten down a Beowulf show: don't miss this one!

We got an urge, we gotta purge, because it’s out of control now: Mark Mothersbaugh is here! Listen in as Damian sits down with the Devo LEGEND, to continue the conversation about punk they started 14 years ago. From having proto-punk energy, to the beatnik side of punk, to a THC infused memory of Johnny Rotten joining the band, to Iggy Pop liking the songs too much, to Zappa and Joe Walsh not liking them at all: this is not to be missed!!!

Also, don’t miss Mark’s fantastic new book: "Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti", available in limited supply now!

Also, check out the fantastic Blank Industries for: the "Hard + Fast" book, Nuns reissues and more! 

Also, don't miss Devo at Punk Rock Bowling May 26th!

Also, check out Mark and Damian’s first conversation for Under The Radar!

Roger’s back, but where the hell is Vinnie?! Agnostic Front’s legendary vocalist, Roger Miret returns to the show and joins Damian, as they wait for AF’s Vinnie Stigma. While waiting, the two have an in-depth conversation about: mental health, survival, politics, family, Maximum Rock & Roll, New York City, secret Gilman shows, GG, learning, evolving and much more. Eat your heart out, Samual Beckett!

Also, don't miss Roger with Agnostic Front at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas May 25-27! Get your  tickets now!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

Punk Rock Bowling presents

When the man said: “Don’t wanna be nobody’s hero,” clearly your host was not listening. Today on the show, Damian gets to chat to one of his musical heroes: Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns! Listen in as they discuss punk and conflict. From a war zone being all you know, to a lost generation discovering punk, to Dr. Feelgood not feeling very good in Belfast, to the Rudi “rivalry”, to not always picking up the Good Vibrations, to the power of Peel and so much more: DON’T MISS THIS ONE!

Also, don't miss Stiff Little Fingers at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas May 25-27! Get your tickets now!

Nine years in the making, the other 2/3s of one of Canada's greatest power trios have come to TOAP! Listen in as Damian sits down with METZ's Alex Edkins and Hayden Menzies, to talk punk and Ottawa's DIY hardcore utopia. From the influence of Shawn Scallen, to DCHC North, to not getting to America, to the righteous power of Mark Arm, to Three Penny Opera and so much more: don't miss this one!

Also, don't miss METZ's fantastic new: "Up On Gravity Hill" lp, out now on Sub Pop!

Also, don't miss METZ on tour!

Also, don't miss the other third of Metz: Chis Slorach on TOAP