Turned Out A Punk

Turned Out A Punk goes metal as we celebrate the release of the AWESOME NEW BOOK, "EVE OF DARKNESS"! Join Damian as he sits down with returning guest, DEREK EMERSON (see the "TOAP 80's Toronto Hardcore Special" episode) & CHRIS TURNER to discuss the fascinating worlds that made up Toronto Metal in the 80s. The love that went into  putting together such an spectacularly authoritative tome, THIS THING IS SO CRAZY, SO GET IT BEFORE IT’S GONE!!!!

"EVE OF DARKNESS", out September 25 on UXB Press! Preorder it here: https://uxbpresscanada.bigcartel.com/

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Have you got a minute? Can you fit TOAP into it? Because, Superchunk & Merge Records' MAC MCCAUGHAN is on the show today! Listen in as Damian talks to his label boss & hero about his punk journey. From going to see the Ugly Americans, to making a flyer that pissed off Ian MacKaye, to being A Bat: this is NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

& don't miss Mac's AWESOME new solo record "The Sound Of Yourself" out September 24th on Merge Records!

Also Touched On:

AC/DC: punk in Australia

Molly Hatchet

Point Blank and Loverboy

Todd Barry and The Chant

“No bands are going to come here!”: moving to NC

Finding college radio

Getting used by cool stuff

The Pressure Boys: king of the scene

REM

Ugly Americans

Stillborn Christians

COC

The multitudes of DCHC

Honour Role and the Minutemen 

Mac being a Bat

Flying Nun Records

& SO MUCH MORE!!!

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CHECK IT OUT: JOHN BRANNON IS HERE!!! Today on the show, one of the most important vocalists of all time stops by to discuss punk! Listen in as Damian sits down with his biggest musical influence to talk: Static vs. Detroit Punk, the Minor Threat shows that bookend Detroit Hardcore, turning Nirvana on to Lead Belly, scaring the shit out of Ryan Gosling & so much more! 

THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!

& don't miss the first ever release of one of the most storied lost recordings in punk history: Static's "Toothpaste And Pills"! OUT NOW on Thirdman Records!

Also Touched On:

A dream episode 

punk before punk

Alice Cooper

Static: Class Of ’78

A faster Mott The Hoople: Sex Pistols at midnight on the radio

Reading about it in Creem

Being at the Kiss “Alive” gig

The first smell of weed: Rocking out to Judy Collins in ’69

Hearing the Stooges 

“Kick Out The Jams” on CKLW

Destroy All Monsters at the Red Carpet 

“It was horrible”: Detroit first wave punk

Fallout: John’s first band

Terrorizing Grosse Point

Thurston and the tape

“Everything I’m doing is wrong”: Discovering Hardcore

Ben Blackwell is the reason

Toothpaste and Pills: the stage show

“They all sucked”

The Coronation Tavern in Windsor

“Minor Threat is going to kill Negative Approach” 

The Allied

OP and Graham join

The death of a scene

Violence overtakes the scene

metalheads becoming Oi Boys

The Birthday Party changes everything

“We aren’t ready”: opening for Black Flag for the first Hyenas show

“Fake NA”: The third line-up

Laura Lee

“I wanted more violence” where the NA sound would have gone

Hating Evacuate… still

Hangin’ with Belushi

going to Fear on SNL

“New York SUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKS”

Detroit: the Sweden of punk

“We don’t come from the Beach Boys and the Beatles. We like the Stooges”

& SO MUCH MORE!!!!

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It's Negative Approach Week on Turned Out A Punk! Kicking it off with former Negative Approach & Youth Patroler: CHRIS MOORE! Listen in as Damian sits down with his friend, live at Dinosaur Jr.'s Camp Fuzz II & talks about the birth of Detroit hardcore. From borrowing your aunt's vest for the Devo show, to the punk vs. hardcore divide, to the differences between the early scenes, to the violence that brought it to an end: this is NOT TO BE MISSED!

& don't forget to look for Chris' latest work at cmooremusic.bandcamp.com or crmooreart.com!

Also Touched On:

Hangin’ at the Skatepark in 1978

W4Play: Finding punk on the radio

The Clash

“It was like getting hit by a train”: seeing Devo 

Meeting Jerry Casale 

The Minor Threat show that kicked it off

Forming Youth Patrol

Necros sussing people out

“Are they even in the music?”: violence 

Joining Negative Approach

The early Detroit scene

Recording the first 7”

Going to NY: “I’m going to live here when I get older!”

Meeting the Misfits

DC's vs Detroit's tastes

Finding The Freezer

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Get ready to Skate & Destroy! Today on the show, the original Skate Punk, STEVE CABALLERO sits down to talk about both of his legendary career’s. From starting one of the original skate zines, to being inspired by JFA, to the skateboarding/ punk balance: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!

& don't miss Steve's new band Urethane's awesome debut album "Chasing Horizons" out on September 24th via Cyber Tracks!

Also Touched On:

Not growing up with rock music

Skate Punk zine

Getting into Black Flag

The DIY nature of early 80s Skateboarding

Inspired by JFA

Skaterock

Black Flag 

Kingpin: The Rockabilly Skate Punk Band

Green River

IM Records: a mother and son operation

A Pro-Skater brings the kids in the door

Odd Man Out

“The skinheads are looking for you”

The “Epi-Fat” era

Bodyjar

Signing to Mystic

Lars Frederikesen in the drum set... twice

& SO MUCH MORE!!!

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Today on the show, Damian sits down with the "Svengali of punk": MILES COPELAND! Listen in as the two discuss Miles’ role in the early punk scene, the arrival of the New Wave boom & laying the ground work for the alternative explosion! 

Don't miss it!!

Also, don't miss Miles’ fantastic new book "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back" out now on Jawbone Press.

Also Touched On:

The first touring festival

the Sniffin’ Glue atheistic 

A&M’s reaction to punk

Sex Pistols: more of a press operation than band

Tour managing the Sex Pistols

Lux and Stiv: really scary

“It’s about what you have to say”

Passion over virtuosity

“Miles, how am I supposed to help this band!? They can’t play!!”

The Squeeze: “Not PUNK punk”

The Wasps

Going to the Roxy and finding Menace

The Go-Gos

Lux didn’t trust anyone

The Fall

& SO MUCH MORE!!!

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Welcome to a new TOAP experiment! Each episode of Splits will have Damian sitting down with two past guests of the show to talk about... punk.... & more, but mainly PUNK.

Today on the show, Turned Out A Punk favourites & mutual fans, Nick Woj (ep. 17 & 264) & Tony Molina (ep. 198) meet for the first time & let the good times role!

DO NOT MISS THIS!!!!

Don't miss Woj's mixtapes on www.soundcloud.com/wOjavelli  (yes, that is a zero)!!! Tony said he didn't want to promote anything.

It's election time in Canada! To celebrate the process of democracy we welcome, the only punk rocker currently in Canadian Parliament, CHARLIE ANGUS to the show! Join Damian as he sits down with Charlie to discuss the music side of his life. Listen in as they talk the journey from the bands L' Etranger & Grievous Angels to applying his "degree from the school of punk" in the world of federal Canadian politics. THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!

& don't miss the Grievous Angels' fantastic album "Summer Before The Storm" on Jimmy Boyle Records now!

Also Touched On:

Sitting in the back of accounting class hoping for something more

Getting rock mags from a neighbour 

“Oh my god! You aren’t going to buy that are you?

The divides in Toronto punk

The music changes the landscape

“Losers like John Tory”

Why was the downtown art scene used to be so good

Tell the Parliamentary Library you graduated from the school of punk rock

Elvis Costello and the radical reinterpretation of what a rockstar was

Touring and building community

Going to the Last Pogo

Going on tour with Goddo

Don’t go upstairs at Larry’s Hidaway 

The Cabana Room

“The Jam had a record by 18. We’re are almost 20! We’re failures!”

The Ugly

The ill-fated tour with the Dub Rifles

& SO MUCH MORE!!!!

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Swear word bands unite! Today on the show, Dead F*ckin' Last's MONTY MESSEX stops by to talk about punk! If being from one legendary band wasn't enough, Monty was also the lead singer of long time Turned Out A Punk obscure favourite: The Atoms! Listen in as they talk about the rocky journey getting from The Atoms to DFL. From the hardcore/ punk divide, to Flea having to come to the rescue at the first show, to The Beastie Boys/ Guns & Roses Connection: DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!

And don't miss DFL's awesome new EP YRUDFL out now on SBÄM Records!

Also Touched On: 

Halloween 1979: burnt into your soul

going to the Hong Kong Cafe for 

Keith Morris in a Spiderman costume singing for Black Flag

The LA HC/ Punk divide

The Germs=Greatness

Going to see the Chiefs and the Gears

Hangin’ at THE Church

Hollywood High

Dangerhouse Records

How Atoms came together

“We Got The Power” zine

Flea to the rescue

Who was Harvey Oscar?

Chris Trent

Finding a bootleg of the of your own band

“Nothing to do but do drugs and have sex with each other.”

Things fall apart

How DFL came together

now vs. then

Fletcher attacks on a Pennywise tour

& so much more!

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Class is in session! This week on the show Damian is joined by the author of the amazing memoir "I'm Not Holding Your Coat" & celebrated teacher: NANCY BARILE! Listen in as the two discuss the formation of the American East Coast hardcore scene. From early Philly New Wave, to the economic realities behind what gets canonized in punk, to why Jackal is the coolest punk & so much more! NOT TO BE MISSED!

Don't miss Nancy's fantastic "I'm Not Holding Your Coat" on Bazillion Points! Available at your favourite bookstore now!

Also Touched On:

Kenn Kweder

The Ramones and Blondie

“Philly never gets its due”

The class differences in the early hardcore scenes

having to sell a school ring to pay for the Sadistic Exploits 7”

The 1981 explosion

Punkfest

SSD

The Stick Men

Headcheese

the art/punk divide 

Pure Hell are gods

When Jackal hits the scene

Going to New York… somehow

The NY before the HC

Hating DC 

The board daylight Boston scene

Bad Brains 

“Kill anyone with a beer in their hand”

& SO MUCH MORE!!!!

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