Turned Out A Punk

Break out the diet root beer & get ready to prank call the Bulldog Store, cause this week on the show, Charles Bronson’s vocalist turned Youth Attack tastemaker, MARK MCCOY!!! Join Damian as he sits down with a major influence of his & a 90's Chicago Hardcore Legend to talk about making art with a thesis. Also, the narrow atheistic boundaries within punk, records as artifacts & DAMN, so much more!!!!

Also Touched On:

Charles Bronson As A Huge Influence

Growing Up Near A Naval Base

“Yes, Very Fucking Hard!”

Studying Hardcore

Looking For A Third Minor Threat Tape

“There Were So Many Fucking All Tapes”

“What Is This Hardcore Thing? It Isn’t Sex Is It?

NoFX

Skate Videos A Document Of A Progressing Culture

“Like Does Screeching Weasel Actually Fit Into Infest?”

Going To Wax Trax

Amazing Sleuthing To Track Done Todd Pre-FYP

“Get SSD, But Not The Later SSD It Sucks”

Meeting Dan From SPAZZ By Randomly Calling Sheep Squeeze

Deep Wound & Siege To Infest & Crossed Out

The Rejected: “Do You Guys Like Skacore?”

Being On A Comp With 88 Fingers Louie

Hearing Napalm Death & Laughing

The Neos “This Is The Real Shit”

We Weren’t Good Enough To Play It

Going To See 7 Seconds & Tony Victory’s Only The Strong

Seeing Crudos For The First Time

Mk-Ultra

Making Enemies Because It Was Funny

Collecting Records As The Next Step From Cards & Comics

Ebro’s Agressive Record Collecting Style

Asshole Parade

The Tour The Couldn’t Happen

Playing Fiesta Grande… Badly

Worshipping Despise You

“We Were These Spoiled Brats.”

When Eric Wood Says To Make A 20 Song LP You Make A 20 Song LP

A Neighbour Is Going To Kick In Your Window

Breaking Up Is Easy To Do

Not Getting Something Going In NY

Always Trying To Be Void

United Mutations

City Hunter

Devoid Of Faith

Das Oath’s Unknowing Alice Cooper Tribute

Drawing The Faith Logo

& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!

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"You're Holding Onto Something We Can't Have, But Hands Still Circle You're Still Getting Old..." The week Chris & Damian breakdown the John Jughead Episode & the craziness that was TOAP LIVE w/ Craig & Fletcher. 

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THIS ONE'S A MONSTER!!! First, founding member of one of Damian’s all time favourite bands, Screeching Weasel. JOHN "JUGHEAD" PIERSON is on the show!!! Listen in as the two discuss how a band that never really fit in anywhere would go on to become one of punk's most influential bands. ALSO, AS A BONUS - TOAP LIVE AT HOUSE OF VANS w/ FLETCHER DRAGGE from Pennywise & CRAIG SETARI from Sick Of It All. Check out some of THE WILDEST stories you have ever heard on the show WITH a cameo from JOHN JOSEPH!!! WHAT AN EPISODE!?!?!?!?!?

Also Touched On:

Hearing Should I Stay Or Should I Go On The Radio While Crafting

Going To See Repo Man & The Shit Hitting The Fan

Angry Samones

AOD

Meeting Ben Weasel

The Ramones

The Decendents

Finding Melody

The Ozzfish Spilt That Never Happened

Signing To What Goes On Records

Touring With Spongetunnel

Getting Out Of Chicago Early

Naked Raygun

Driving To Berkeley For A Gig

Meeting Jesse Michaels & Crimpshrine

Sloppy Seconds & “I Want To Be A Homosexual”

When “My Brain Hurts” Comes Out & Everything Changed

The Mr. T Experience

The AMAZING Roadkill Records

Recording Punk House

Brian Vermin’s Importance To The Band

“We Got’Em”: Convincing Lookout To Sign You

Watching Green Day EXPLODE

Being Involved In Theatre

Leaving Screeching Weasel

& GOD, SO MUCH MORE!!!!

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THAT’S MY NERD FREE PRIDE! This week on the show Chris & Damian TALK, TALK & TALK about what they both agree was one of the best episodes yet, THURSTON MOORE!

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Episode 192 - 

This one is well worth the wait, cause this week Damian finally gets THURSTON MOORE on the show & it's a MONSTER!!! Kickback & listen in as the two talk about Thurston being at the ground zero of punk when his journey began. You may have heard other Thurston Moore interviews over the years, but NOTHING like this. All in celebration of the launch of Thurston’s Ecstatic Peace Library imprint with Omnibus Press. GET READY!!!!!

Also Touched On:

It's All For You Thurston

Always Being A Punk

Louie Louie

Rock Mags

Seeing Iggy Standing On Hands & Heads

Trying To Turn Your 10-Year-Old Friend's Onto The Stooges

Raunchy Rock

The Fast Rule!

“Patti Smith Is Playing, Let’s Go!”

Talking Heads

The Ramones With Johnny On Vocals & Joey On Drums

“You’re Too Good To Hang Out With Us At The Friendly’s Now?!”

Cutlers In New Haven To Buy X-Offender

Buying Slaughter & The Dogs

The Damned

The Buzzcocks “Spiral Scratch”

Seeing The Fast, The Planets & Suicide At Max’s

Joey Was The Guy: Everything Cool About Punk Always

CBGB’s Is Nirvana

Richard Hell Licking His Stamp To Transfer It To Your Hand

Blondie & The Mumps

CB’s Burgers

The Living Doll Bass Player

Milk & Cookies

When The Dead Boys Came To Town…

The Stimulators

The Blessed & The Younger Scene

Student Teachers

Connecting With Lee & Kim Through Art

Going To Rat Cage

The Early DC 7”s

Darby’s Death

Going To LA To See Kim’s Parents

Never Seeing The Misfits

NY’s Early More Rock Influenced Hardcore

DC Comes In Like Buzzsaws

Heart Attack

Wanting To Be More Of A Hardcore Band

Jesse Malin: “I Heard You Saw The Dead Boys?”

Meeting The Singer Of Kaaos

& Much, Much More!!!!

And Nerds looking for a Future, worlds their aim. This week on the show, Chris & Damian tackle not one, but two episodes talkin' Canadaland’s Jesse Brown & Power-Violence’s Chris Dodge!

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If Turned Out A Punk were a galaxy, then this week's guest may very well be the sun: CHRIS DODGE! Not only as a member of "the Beastie Boys of the Underground" (Damian’s clunky analogy), Spazz, but also as the founder of the hugely important Slap-A-Ham Records! Chris has had a massive, indelible influence on hardcore & punk. Though Chis Dodge’s legendary run in underground music, we can connect: No Use For A Name, Melvins, Spazz, Infest, Faction, Kool Keith, The Gilman Scene, Fu Manchu, Sunn, etc. Sit back & relax as Chris & Damian connect the dots. ONE FOR THE AGES!!!!!!! 

Also Touched On:

Chris Dodge Is The Sun At The Centre Of The Turned Out A Punk Universe

Fat Day As Repressed Memory

Loving Hard Rock At The Age Of 22

Steve Papusos’ Older Sister Marries A Punk & Gets the records

“No Way, No Band Is Better Than KISS!”

The Cramps’ “Songs the Lord Has Taught Us” As First Exposure

The Dickies Are The Fastest Band Ever!

Listening To The Weirdos Over & Over Again

Finding College Radio

Hearing About Maximum Rocknroll and getting a postcard from Tim

Dead Kennedys

Missing Hardcore By 84

Forming Legion Of Doom

Transitioning From The South Bay Scene To The Gilman Scene

Youth Of Today, MDC, The Lookouts At The Gilman

Scared Straight With A Performance Artist Opening

The Gilman Scene Provided The Full Spectrum Of Punk Styles

The Feederz Bum Everyone Out

AOD Have To Go On After The Feederz Cover The Stage In Dead Animals

Rabid Lassie

Moshing To Performance Art

Off The Disc Is Godly

Slap-A-Ham Is Godly

Getting Into Metal

Putting Out Records That No One Else Would

Neanderthal Was Supposed To Be A Picture Disc

Putting Out Burning Witch

9/11 Ended Slap-A-Ham

& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

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When your fearless host, Damian was young his counter cultural imagination was ignited by a small, short-lived, rebel, Toronto punk student newspaper called, Punch. Imagine Damian’s amazement when he found out the editor of said magazine was none other than, the venerable media powerhouse, Canadaland's founder, JESSE BROWN!!! Sit back as Damian hears all about the journey that brought Jesse from being a teenage journalist wunderkind, burnt out by success to fulfilling the promise of Punch all these years later. 

Also Touched On:

Damian’s Inspiration

Liking Old Music

Robert Johnston

Sonic Youth

Bad Brains

Making Your First Real Friends

Pearl Jam

“Where Can I Get A Mudhoney Shirt?”

Fishbone

Living Color Is Part Of It

Getting Into Hate & Eightball

Rollin’s As Inspiration By Being... Not Good

Getting Into Re//Search & Pranks

Reading About Howard Stern, but Not Being Able To Hear It

Creating A Column To Take The Piss Out Of The Whole High School

Starting The Legendary Punch (CA)

Not Wanting To Just: “Make Noise In The Basement.”

Winning The Toronto Star Young Journalism Award

The Fine Art Of Being A Disrupter… Or Just A Shit Disturber

Getting Celebrated In The Real Media

Burning Out On News

Running Away To Montreal To Become an Artist

Working At VICE...

& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!

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Listen Nerds! Never Again! This week on the show, Chris & Damian have two huge episodes to discuss, but that doesn’t stop them from having a 20 minutes conversation about veggie burgers at now defunct fast food chains.

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