Turned Out A Punk

Back again! Here Nerds come! Chris & Damian are back to talk more about the Matt Jackson episode! This time they've called in Matt’s good friend & the subject of his opening dis: Dave It Up!!!!!!

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They got him down. It’s three on one. Ten nerds show, guess who won? The week on the show it is a two part epic! In PART ONE, Chris & Damian reflect on the passing of Anthony Bourdain & his involvement in music, the discuss Matt Jackson & Iron Age. That merely just sets the stage for PART TWO with Dave It Up showing up to address Matt’s labelling of him as a nerd!

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Oh, what wonderful places you will go! This week on the show Damian catches up with his old friend, ex-IRON AGE bassist, Matt Jackson!!! The last time Matt & Damian hung out, they were both Straight Edge gigging together in their band's, but what a difference a few years makes?!?! Matt Jackson has gone on to become one of the most respected motorbike builders in America & a legit biker. Damian… Well, Damian smokes a lot of weed these days. 

Listen in as the two discuss going from throwing footballs on a roof, to playing in one of the wildest hardcore bands of the era & it being pretty tame compared to the rest of your life. 

Also Touched On:

Dave it Up’s knowledge

Growing up on a ranch in the middle of nowhere

Throwing a football on a roof

Finding Sabbath in the record collection

Austin keeps it weird

driving an hour a half to go to the cd store

buying Punk-O-Rama, the nitro comp and the Fat comps

being raised by a cowboy

Mom’s cool student buy you a Pantera shirt

Going to see Green Day and Samiam because mom wants to

Getting into Orange 9mm

A satellite dish and a gateway to punk

Cranberries are hard as fuck 

moving to the city to play football

going edge

Emo’s in all its glory

getting into Judge in a Earth Crisis world

Bitter End and Far From Breaking

Iron Age forms

“It’s Texas”

Going back to school

It all starts with one bike

& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

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Hey, 

It’s Damian. Anthony Bourdain was someone that championed & celebrated punk & it’s influence. He was also someone that, for some unknown reason, championed the work that I do as well. When I told him about this podcast, he was super excited to get the chance to just talk about punk rock, the music he loved. Here is the conversation we had that day as well as my eulogy for one of my personal heroes. 

RIP Tony. Thank you for everything

Nerds Of America, Is Living In The Jungle! It's Fighting For Survival With The Wrong Place To Go! This last week has been a tough one, but Chris & Damian are back for some much needed distraction. The boys attempt to breakdown the immense BUZZ & BRIAN PART #2 & even manage to get to some MAILBAG.

It Is Time We Rectify This Now! We've Got To Feel It Now….WHOA!

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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.