Tonight, nerds want to lay it all at your feet! This week on the show Chris and Damian talk about one hell of a deep musichead: Bobb Bruno of Best Coast. Also the two talk mailbag and good times!

MAIL CALL!!! The last few weeks at TOAP HQ have been a little hectic and so the mailbag was neglected. Chris and Damian have called on the #TwoDaves (Martin and It Up) to come round and help them sort the whole mess out! Join in the fun!!!

Welcome dear listener to another amazing episode! Why is it amazing? Because you get to hear the GREAT Bobb Bruno of Best Coast talk about his journey in music! Sit back and enjoy as the two discuss Bobb’s taste that had him seeing The Dickies during the LA Riots, Steve Aoki with Farside and Beck jamming with the dude from the Bats (CT).

Also touched on:

The Black Flag tape in grade 4

Punk Violence and The B-52’s?

Buying Target videos from Tower

The Mentors Mystic Value Pack

Punk taste informed by Metallica’s shirts

Loving DRI’s 22 tracks!

Going to see Kiss just to see Anthrax

Seeing Slayer with opener Danzig

Convincing you

Seeing the Dickies on the night of the LA Riots…. with Yesterday’ s Tear

Electric Love Hogs: The Pre-Goldfinger metal band

Seeing Mansona: Japanese Noise comes to LA

Forming the Uphill Gardeners

The LA indie scene

Revelation Records goes West

Steve Aoki sings with Farside

The For Carnation

Not even being that into Slint

Jamming with Mario Rubalcaba

Being into everything

Heart’s Get Crushed

I don’t gig on Fridays!:Going to see John Bryan play every Friday

Making ONE exception to play with Unwound

Elliot Smith, Fiona Apple and Beck’s Jam sessions blow up the spot

Getting to jam with John

The Bats (US) and Gustav Records

PLUS MUCH MORE!!!

All Nerds Breakin' Loose! This week on the show Chris and Damian dive into the fantastic Wes episode and talk about his importance in punk & hardcore. They also tackle the mailbag and Damian get distracted: CLASSIC STUFF!

It took a minute to happen, but it was worth it! This week on the show, Damian sits down and grabs a drink with Wes Eisold. Listen in as the two discuss Wes’s journey to get to American Nightmare as well as depression, gossip, projection and punk.

Also discussed:

Dead Kennedys Tape as first exposure

Dead Milkmen, Swirllies and the Liliys as a first show

a band covering a cover version

Grindle: stagedives and a mohawk

United by being weird

Ordering shit from Session thanks to the US military

Callin' 1-900 numbers to hear records

Moving Targets and Lemonheads

Moving to Maine

Not being into a Youth Of Today because they looked like jocks

Bruisers

Sam Black Church

Seeing 10 Yard Fight and finding the show you wanted

Wes in Germany starts Hybrid Moments.

Being happy enough just going to shows.

The end to TYF

Right Brigade is THE band.

“AN never has the intention of being a local band.”

Loosing $400 on a sold out show: “Everyone gets in for free”

…except this guy

The “woah” part that could have killed AN

the importance of Lifetime

the jump from album 1-2

Unbroken

Breaking edge and not being an edge band

Blazing a trail without knowing it

Coke Gossip-Hysteria

AND MORE!!!!!!

And Nerds are buying the Stairway to Heaven. This week on the show Chris and Damian return to duo form and talk Kool AD’s awesomeness! Also the Mailbag returns and Chris cuts a PROMO on Led Zeppelin!

And now, back to the format with a big one! Rapper Kool A.D. sits down to talk with Damian! Listen in as the two discuss how Kool A.D. went from a rap and power violence lovin' drummer to being on the cover of Spin as well as art, politics and tons more!

Also touched on:

Rap name or real name

Warren brings Misfit’s Static Age over and the gates open

Joe Franky and Axis Reocrds

Gilman: The Misfits of Bay Area

The last Spazz Show

Dorkastra becomes Vlad and The Impalers

Seeing the spike punk Monster Squad

Dr. Bombay’s music store

getting the drums

A musical household

“I don’t kick it at the merchtable no more”

Todays world is a punk conversation from the 90’s

Sammy from All Bets Off (RIP)

Orlando and Special Forces

The history of skinheads

When the musicians you love are the worst…

Reclaiming art and symbols

Why you make art

Being drawn to art with no rules

Bay Area Rap and Punk

Art

making money off art

The various takes of Chuck D

AND MORE!!!

I’m not calling Nerds! This week on the show Chris and Damian are joined by the returning Daves for the final TOAP LIVE Footnote party! This is take two of trying to record this episode and, like the second DYS lp, it's better than the first!

New York’s ALRIGHT, if you like podcasts! This week on the show Damian and Chris bring the TOAP touring machine into the heart of the big city,(well Brooklyn), for the final TOAP Live show, but what a way to finish!?!?! Join Damian as he welcomes: punk history author extraordinaire Tony Rettman, his best bud/bully Vice's Andy Capper, Walter from GB and Quicksand, singer/ MTV host Meredith Graves and the Best Show’s Tom Scharpling!!!!! As well as Footnotes contributor Dave Martin!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH