REJOICE! REJOICE! This week on the show we have not one, but TWO Part #2's! Damian sits down with not only the person who's career tells the story of American Alternative music, Brian Walsby, but also, the king himself - the Melvins’ Buzz Osborne! Listen in as the three have a fun backstage chat about music, band life, longevity & one of the cruelest practical jokes ever pulled on one band member by another. 

Also Touched On:

The Way Brian’s Brain Works

Redd Kross Rich Pratt On The Life Is A Great Comp

Steve McDonald: An Awe Inspiring Life

Shout Out To Tony Reitman 

Straight Edge By Default

Uniform Choice As Minor Threat Impression

Not Seeing The Legendary LA Punk Gang Violence

Sensationalism To Sell History

“Let’s Follow Skanker!”: Looking Up To The Older Idiot

“I Was A Goody-Goody"

The Godly Wretched

Maximum Rock & Roll: A Punk Consistency

Scott Radinsky

Playing With The Grim

Mac & Brian Reunited 

Wwax is Buzz’s Fave Brian Band

The Davidians: A Good Band That Just Never Connected

Balancing A Band & Life Is Hard

A Buzz Walks In

How The Melvins Tour

The Melvins Are Weirded Out By Fucked Up

Buzz & Brian Are Optimistic 

Dale Gets Pranked By Buzz & It Is Terrifying! 

Why Do Dale & Buzz Remain Together?

Poison Idea Around The “Feel the Darkness” Era Is One Of The Most Underrated Bands Ever

Alchemy Records Is So Awesome!

“Bad Religion Is A 2nd Or 3rd LA Punk Band”

The SST Store: One Or Two Sales A Day

Saccharin Trust Rules!!!

“I Can’t Handle The Rejection”

Led Zeppelin The Stones, Aretha Franklin & The Melvins

Weird Thoughts On Records…

What Does Buzz Collect?

The Grateful Dead & The Melvins Cult 

Dale & Pinkus Make A Cameo

& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nerd! Come on & Nerd yourself. Nerds! Come on & Nerd yourself! This week on the show Chris & Damian follow in Kerrang’s (misstep) footsteps & map Canada’s most hardcore. Also, we celebrate the awesomeness of Chris Freeman, Pansy Division & Punk Rock! Some Mailbags were hurt in the making of this episode.

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How often do you get to thank someone for the kindness they showed you that helped shape your life? Well this week on the show, Damian gets to thank CHRIS FREEMAN FROM PANSY DIVISION for being so rad to his younger self & his friends. They also discuss Chris’ pre-Pansy Division career in Seattle’s Attachments & the bigotry of the music world that made him quit. Then joining Pansy Division & changing punk forever! Kick back, this is a good one! 

Also Discussed:

Pansy Division Sets The Tone In Damian’s Eyes For How A Band Should Treat Fans

Rockstars Becoming Assholes… Probably The Drugs

Moving Back To Seattle From Aberdeen

Devo & The B-52s

Seeing Cheap Trick Opening For Kiss

Aerosmith Starting To Suck… Drugs

Being Too Young To See U2 On Their First Tour

Mr. Bill’s

The Heats & The Cowboys: The Beatles & The Rolling Stones

Iggy Pop Gets Banned For Nearly Killing All Some People

The Pretenders  

Mondo Veda & Red Dress

Going To Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Blackouts Leave Town

Working With Bruce & Jon. Hearing The First SubPop 45s

H-Hour: Pre-Tad

Soundgarden

A Marketing Company Tells You, "You Can’t Be Openly Gay"

Getting A Band Together

Music Dies In 86'

Moving To San Francisco 

Joining Pansy Division Based On An Ad

Seeing Redd Cross, Faith No More, Green River etc.

Meeting Lynn From Tribe 8 In & Out Of Work

Pansy Division Started With A Drum Machine

Signing To LOOKOUT RECORDS

Hearin Kerplunk & Knowing It Will Be Huge

Touring With Green Day

GayC/DC

And Much, Much More!!!!

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Hardcore, We live it. We breath it. Nerds can’t stop what can’t be defeated! This week, Chris is called away on a last minute mission for the core, so Dave It Up steps up to take the mic & spit that hot fire in his absence. Listen as the two dissect Kerrang’s Hardcore Geography & of course the godly Sam Beam’s 90’s sludge/doom/Stonerrock/ connection.

WHO'D OF THUNK IT, Turned Out A Punk Meets Iron & Wine!?! That's right, this week Damian sits down with South Carolina's own, Sam Beam. Listen in as Sam tells of his journey from humble skateboarder to indie rock superhero. This one is full of surprises, SO GET READY!

Also Touched On:

Where Your Music Ends Up

Getting Into Punk Through Skateboarding

Trading Tapes

COC

Getting Into The Ramones

Fugazi Plays Richmond & The City Shuts Down

REM Claimed As Local Heroes

Hüsker Dü

Nirvana

Pixes

Sex Pistols Playing South Carolina

Singing About Reagan

The Infotainment Era

EYEHATEGOD Lays Waste!

Being Roommates With Erik From Avail

Opening For Unsane

Forming A Band With People From Cavity

Sam’s Great Sludge Record Waiting To Come Out

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!

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Yesterday I needed Punk, today I need some hate, but I know who was always there, now baby it's too late! Chris & Damian are back to breakdown this week's Thomas Anselmi Episode! News, Analysis & a little MAILBAG for good measure. IT'S ALL IN HERE!!!

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WHAT A WEEK!!! Damian gets to sit down with Canadian Alternative music legend, Slow’s Thomas Anselmi! Listen in as the two discuss Vancouver’s punk scene from all sides: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of it. Also, interesting discussion on the role of singers, the importance of the the barrier between the audience & the band. 

Also Touched On:

The Sex Pistols Vomit In The Airport & An Otherwise Progressive Stepdad Is Aghast

Going To Quintessence Records

The Greatness Of The Early Vancouver Scene

Slow Mixing The Music That Got You Beat Up With The Music Of Those Doing The Beating

The Idea That Community Ruined Punk

Subhumans Play Your High School

The Squamish 5

A Scene Divided

Starting A Band: Psychotic Dick Bites

East Van Halen: The Band That Invented Grunge 

The Effect Of Clifford Olson On The Young Punks

No Exit

Auditioning For Black Flag, In The Middle Of Their Show, Unbeknownst To Them

Nick Moves To LA, Forms Painted Willie & Tries To Break Into Show Biz With An Island On His Head

DOA Kinda Invented DIY Hardcore

Organizing A Field Trip At Boarding School To See 

The Subhumans & X

Forming Slow

The Making Of A Confrontational Front Person

Drugs In The Vancouver Punk Scene

Why Singing In A Band Sucks

Expo Hurts Everyone

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!!

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Indie sucks, Hardline sucks, Emo sucks, Nerds sucks! This week Chris & Damian have to call in some backup for an episode of this magnitude, so Pittsburgh's favourite son Dave Martin joins the show. Laugh & learn along as the power trio discuss the Jesse Michaels Episode, the mailbag & more!!!!

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THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS THING! This week on the show, we are joined by the legendary JESSE MICHAELS of Operation Ivy & Common Rider fame! Sit back & listen as Damian gets to talk to one of the most influential punk vocalist ever! From the Bay to the Burgh & back again, THIS EPISODE IS NOT TO BE MISSED!

Also Touched On:

June 1978 As First Contact In Via Mad Magazines

Looking In NYC Bookstores While On Vacation With Dad

Finding A Punk Textbook

From Comics & Horror Movies

Colombo Style Interrogating Your Dad’s Students About Punk

B-52’s Rule!!!!

Re-meeting Aaron Cometbus

Hearing The Sex Pistols For The First Time

The Older Brother Plug

Decline Of Western Civilization

Going On Punk Missions With Aaron

Meeting Dave From Neurosis & Noah From Christ On Parade On One Of Those Punk Missions

Going To The Infamous Eastern Front With DOA, FLIPPER, LEWD, SICK PLEASURE, 7 Seconds, HUSKER DU, THE FIX

Negative Approach

Never Seeing Black Flag

Seeing One Or Two Songs By A Band Before You Had To Go Home

Who Threw A Bottle At Wasted Youth?

Reading Flipside Cover To Cover

Gilman brings the bands together

Seeing Minor Threat With DRI & MDC

Moving to Pittsburg

Half-Life Would Play Every Show

Seeing Agnostic Front

Liking SSD How We Rock

The Notorious Fuck-Ups

The All-Girl DMR Gang

Aaron & Jesse Form A Flipper Worship Band

“If We Couldn’t Find A Punk Kid, We Would Make One”

Jeff Ott & A Different Journey Shirt For Everyday Of The Week

Meeting Spike In Pittsburg

Playing In Out Lash

Necropolis (Pittsburg)

Aggressor: Acid, Black Sabbath & Riff For Neurosis & Christ On Parade

Venom: They Are Like Punk, But Really Really Creepy

Slayer

Metallica

Loving Filth

Seeing Dance Craze & Hearing Ska For The First Time

Being The Crimpshrine Groupie

Trve Cvlt Pvnk

Soup: Pre-Samiam & Sweet Baby

New Method

Crucifix

Tripping On Acid & Writing On Walls

Mid-Tempo Melodic Punk ONLY

The Adverts

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

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Cramping styles is the plan, Nerds got up in the palm of their baby hands. This week on the show, it’s records & bullshit records & more bullshit. Chris & Damian go further on the topic of the PI’s Record Collectors & nerd out. They also dive in the RAD Jasmine episode & of course grapple with the MAILBAG!!!!!!

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