Turned Out A Punk

IT'S FINALLY HERE! KEVIN DREW IS ON TURNED OUT A PUNK! Several years in the making and now just in time for the holidays!!! It is a post Hanukkah Miracle!!! Listen in as Damian sits down with one of his best friend's in music, Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene to talk about how he isn’t a punk but ultimately he really is and it is awesome!

Also Discussed:

Damian’s Barbwire Bat

Kevin’s Dad’s Records

Hearing The Sex Pistols Based On Colour Scheme

The Dads & The Who Connection

Wasting A Life Chasing A Dream

Getting Jaded

Quoting Farris Buller

Being Scared Of Dark Side Of The Moon

New Order Kids VS Depeche Mode Kids

The Clash

Walkmen Child

Sex Makes You Lose Your Memory

Kevin Writing & Staring In A Play

Meeting Amy From Stars

Project 9

13 Engines

Nancy Despot

Orange Alert

The 8th Rib: The Pre-Deadly Snakes and Taking Speed To See One Step Beyond: The Pre-New Deal Band

“It’s Called Ritalin. Have One.”

The Cult At The Skydome

Rage Against The Machine

Seeing The Tragically Hip For The First Time

Getting Into Sonic Youth & 7Seconds

Going To See Dinosaur Jr.

Getting Into Pavement

Damian & Kevin’s Craziest Hang's All Over The Place

Kevin’s First Band: Quicksand…. No, Not That One

Crowd Surfing Parties In Kevin’s Room

Explosion In The Sky: Best People

Frightened Bread: Kevin Just Runs Around On Stage… On Drugs

Kevin Spits In Bradford Cox’s Mouth

& MUCH, MUCH MORE...

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The week on the show we blow the whole hardcore/graffiti connection wide open with guest and author of the new book Urban Styles: Graffiti in New York Hardcore, Freddy Alva! Sit back as the two discuss Freddy’s journey coming to & growing up in NYC with early rap, graffiti, hardcore and how it led him to documenting the connection between these worlds. This is a monster episode for all the fans of PUNK history and cultural studies!

Also Touched On…

Killing Joke On The Radio

Freestyle vs. Breakdancing

Meeting Writers

Mackie & The Style Wars Connection

Frontline: The Graffiti Hardcore Connection

Bad Brains Come To New York & Changes Everything

Graffiti & NYHC Logo

Meeting An Armed Citizen In Jr. High

Anthony Comunale

Going To See Dayglo Abortion & Raw Power At CBGBs With A New Wave Friend

Violence In HC

Cro-Mags At The Ritz

ABC No Rio & The "New" New York Scene

Sane’s Of Sane Smith’s Punk Connection

The Pyramid Club

Some Records

FTW & Zine Culture In New York

Making The New Breed Comp

Wanting To Document Absolution

Divergent Politics Co-existing In NYHC

Noise Rock: A Scene Unto Itself

Noiseville Records

Inside Out NY: More Obscure Then Than They Are now

Time for Living: Beastie Boys Covering Frontline

Tony Reitman Rules!

Stimulated Dummies: The First Two Singers Of Frontline

Filthy Sex: The MOST Obscure Graffiti/Punk Band

Cooch Knows

Punk In Peru

& Much, Much More!!!!

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The Wrestle Punk Revolution Is Real!!!! This week on Turned Out Of Punk Damian is joined by the proud punk and independent wrestling pioneer M-Dogg 20 aka Son Of Havoc aka Matthew Capiccioni! Join Damian and Matt (and Jake the Ref and Mr. Pickles the Cat) as they sit down at Damian’s Kitchen table to discuss the journey from stumbling into a Face to Face show to singing with Integrity in Japan and the entire Wrestling/Punk Connection!

Also Touched On:

Matt (and Jake) come to Damian’s house

What if Wrestlers sang in bands?

Wanting to put together a straight edge supergroup

Not a lot of edge breakers in wrestling

Music not being your thing

Beach Boys and Roy Orbison LIVE

Going to Industrial shows

Going Buzzardfest ’95 for Moby but coming face to face with Face To Face

“You don’t like it. It’s punk.”

The Ramones and the Sex Pistols in 1996

Hearing Op Ivy and everything else dying

the Swinging Utters being criminally underrated

White Noise: poor choice for a band name

Earth Crisis, Path Of Resistance and the allure of gang culture to young straight edge kids

Missing your prom to see Path

Finding out about the One Life Crew… in Cleveland

Earth Crisis almost killing your friend

getting a ride home from Josh Prohibition

Meeting Integrity in Japan

Misfits cover band

ECW was the Punk of wrestling… and WWE is U2

Bringing the aggressive audience interaction to pro wrestling

Pro-Wrestling: the punkest sport

Wrestling has it’s punk moment

The Wrestling/Punk convention

AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!

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"DANNY VAPID OF THE METHADONES, 1, 2, 3, 4!!!" This week we're joined by non other than POP PUNK / HARDCORE HERO, DAN VAPID! Dan jumped on a call with Damian to take a quick trip down memory lane and man, his metal/punk roots go deep. Get ready for a fun one!!!

Also Touched On:

Getting Into Metal & Punk In Des Plaines, IL

Fast & Loud On Saturday Nights. Hearing The Offenders - I Hate Myself

Articles Of Faith, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, The Misfits Made The Biggest Impact

Going With His Brother To The Death Strike Audition

Dan's Brother Playing In Abomination

The Mission To Get Records At Wax Tracks

First Show: The Descendents & Seven Seconds

Los Crudos & Martin

Going To See Out Of Order, Life Sentence

Starting A Band At 15 - STP

Joining Generation Waste & Playing With The Exploited, Adolescents, Corrosion of Conformity

Bhopal Stiffs, ID Under, No Empathy, GEAR

Seeing Shows In Palatine, IL

Embracing The Ramones & Early Punk In Your Late Teens

Hearing Screeching Weasel For The First Tim & Thinking The Lyrics Were Too Stupid until "American Suicide"

Recording Punk House & Unlimited Potential

Joining Weasel & Being Forced On Bass

Borrowing All The Equipment On The First SW Tour

The Impact Of The Bay Area, Maximum RNR & 924 Gilman St

Playing A Show With Green Day At Larry Livermore's Place

Meeting Joe Queer

& Much, Much More...

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IT'S A TONY RETTMAN PART #2!!! That's right, this week we are joined by punk rock author force of nature, Tony Rettman! Tony originally came out for the New York Live Show (Episode 115 - TURNED OUT A PUNK IN NYC), but talk about a guest more deserving of a stand alone episode. Tony can nerd out with the best of em and that's just what these two get up to. Get ready for a TOAP / FOOTNOTE HYBRID!!!

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WE'RE BACK WITH VIC BONDI!! The Chicago punk/hardcore legend sat down with Damian to talk about everything from The Accüsed to Steely Dan. There's so much to go over here that they barely scratch the surface, but in TOAP fashion, a Part #2 has already been planned. Bet Your Bottom Dollar You'll Loose The Blues!

Also Touched On:

Growing Up In Pensacola, Florida

Getting A Radio & Discovering Soul Music & Classic Rock

Reading About Punk In Rolling Stone

Elvis Costello On SNL

Hearing Never Mind The Bollocks Give Em Enough Rope

Safe European Home Changed Everything

Seeing The Clash At The Aragon Ballroom

Identifying With Punk Rock "In The Shadow Of The 60's"

Forming Direct Drive

The Effigies, Strike Under, Naked Raygun, Trail By Fire, DVA & 1st Wave Chicago Punk

DeKalb, IL & The Subverts

Moving To Chicago

Getting Your Body Bag Single Signed & Getting Back "Biafra Punks Fuck Off"

Going To Shows In DC & Catching The Bad Brains In 81'

The Birth Of Articles Of Faith & Building A Scene

Booking Shows At The Central American Social Club

Big Boys, Personality Crisis, Young Lions & MDC

The Accüsed

Orthodoxy In Punk

Bruce Springsteen & Neil Young Punks Always Considered "Beyond The Pale"

Never Stop Seeking Out New Music

The Internet Killed The Independent Punk Star

Recording What We Want Is Free From 2:00AM Until 8:00AM For $500.00

Dead Ending & Jones Very

The Mixed Blessing Of Modern Music & Technology

Working On Weatherman With Tom Morello

The Clash vs. The Pistols (Again)

Seeing Elvis Costello & Steely Dan

Give Yourself Completely To The Live Show Or Don't Bother. Don't Half Step!

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THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S A PART #3! Damian once again gets the chance to sit down with the bonafide Hardcore Legend, WALTER SCHREIFELS! More of a shooting-of-shit than a formal interview, Walter carved out an hour prior to the Dead Heavens set in Toronto to catch up & go over... Pretty much everything. We owe Walter a commemorative jacket or something after this one. You're In For A Serious TOAP Treat!

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JORD SAMOLESKY IS FINALLY ON THE SHOW! A very long time in the making, but it finally happened. Kick back and listen as Damian & Jord discuss how 2 kids from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba were able to change the landscape of Canadian Punk & influence a whole generation.

Also Touched On:

Getting into Metal, Mullets & Maiden

Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind Tour At 13

Meeting Chris & The Introduction To Celtic Frost & Venom

Records On Wheels & It's Importance

D.O.A. Gig On A Whim In Port Douglas & How It Changed Everything

Beach Mutants

MRR Record Reviews & Mail Order

Seeing The Doughboys & Government Issue

Moving To Winnipeg In 88'

Going To The Royal Albert Constantly

Summer Of 85' Seeing Corrosion Of Conformity (COC)

Independent Grassroots Culture vs. Everything Else

Stretch Marks Show At The Wellington Underage

BFGs Kicking Nazi Ass Across The Nation In The Early 90's

"I Remember" - MDC Politicizing Through Music

Home Health Care & The Introduction To Noam Chomsky

Book Tables At Shows In 95'

The Shift In Crowds Throughout the 90's

Chris' Has Always Been An INSANE Guitarist

The Dayglo's & The Northern Pikes - Canadian Institutions

Chris' Zine - Jord Gave S&M Airlines a 3/10

UK vs. Canadian Subhumans

Fat Wreck Chords & How It Happened

Recording How To Clean Everything

Opening For Jawbreaker In South Dakota

Bus Touring With NOFX In Europe

Homogenization Of Punk

Early Punk - Authentic In It's Urgency

& Much Much More....

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Continued From Side A...

THE NERDS OF SUMMER ARE BACK!!! Chris & Damian join forces again to bring you The Longest Footnote Episode Ever! Recorded in 3 different counties and spanning over 4 months, these guys cover the bases & catch up on all things TOAP related. Get Ready For All The Footnotes You've Been Missing!!!

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