

Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
Damian Abraham has been many things... the singer of a critically acclaimed band, a failed VJ and food network host, one of the minds behind TV's "The Wrestlers", parent of 3... and undeniably, a punk music obsessive.
Each week, he sits down and chats with an interesting person from various walks of life to find out how their world was influenced and changed by the discovery of a novelty genre that supposedly died out in 1978... PUNK!
Each week, he sits down and chats with an interesting person from various walks of life to find out how their world was influenced and changed by the discovery of a novelty genre that supposedly died out in 1978... PUNK!
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Jul 4, 2022 • 1h 9min
From The Vaults #1 - Jeremy Gara & Richard Perry (Arcade Fire)
Welcome to: From The Vaults! Each episode features an early Turned Out A Punk interview. Starting off with the first two people invited on the show: the Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara and Richard Perry! Listen in to hear the story of how two Southern Ontario Hardcore kids wound up in one of music's most important groups.
Also, don't forget to check out Arcade Fire's "We", in store everywhere now!
Also, check out the new, Richard Perry produced, Sadies album "Colder Streams", in stores July 22!
Also touched on:
The pre-Arcade Fire bands - The metal band that was the Rosetta Stone of Toronto indie rock - Going to shows at ‘Who's Emma’ - The Importance of Godspeed You Black Emperor - The "What Would Ian (MacKaye) Do?" guilt. - Food Not Bombs - The lost genius of Okara - Chris Colohan is the greatest dude ever - Shotmaker - Sharing the pit at an Assuck show on the front lawn of a frat house with hardcore legend Tony Erba in the 90's - Brokencyde
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Jun 29, 2022 • 60min
Bartees Strange
Episode 413:
Don't worry about going to Toronto more often because right here is where you need to be! Today on the show, the amazing BARTEES STRANGE sits down with Damian to talk about punk! Listen in as the two discuss the search for a place to belong & be yourself. From basement shows as religious rites, to the dangers of joining a random skatepark band, to the uniqueness of DC as a musical centre & so much more!!!! This is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Bartees' fantastic new "Farm To Table" LP, OUT NOW on 4AD!
Also, catch Bartees on tour!
Also, grab a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Only want to hear Anarchy In The UK
The DISNEY Sex Pistols show
Norma Jean
Tooth And Nail: Christian kids’ way out
Brad from Home Depot’s band
Hating sports but being good at them
the Punk/Football divide
Toronto
New York band issues
Making a band for a goal versus as a passion
Different approaches
No guitar stores in DC
& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!!!!
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Jun 24, 2022 • 1h 42min
Jayson Green from Orchid, Violent Bullshit and Panthers
Episode 412:
This is why we do this thing! Today on the show Damian is joined by Orchid’s Jayson Green to talk about punk! Listening in as the two friends catch up & dig deep on the journey from CTHC to the dawn of “Meet Me In The Bathroom” New York. From Team Stagedive, to the rise of Hatebreed, to begrudgingly originating a subgenera, to Vice's New York takeover & so much more! This is not to be missed!
Also, check out jaysongreen.org for Jayson’s 24 Hour Video Podcast, music and more!!!
Also, grab a shirt for the podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Reluctance to claim your innovations
Glam metal from the cousin in the attic
Finding “YOU CANNOT LISTEN TO THIS!”
Geoff Garlock
Getting into Rev through Quicksand
Minor Threat: “This is too much”
Being really into Shakespeare
Jesus Christ Superska
The Pist
Brutally Familiar stuck in the Ska scene
CT Hammer Dancing: fact or fiction?
Stealing “Vulgar Display”
Metal vs. Hardcore
Jamey Hatebreed booking all the shows
Two By Four
The muscle men in Tyrant Troopers shirts
New Haven: Yale and a mudertown
Switchstance ruled
Cornerstone (the band)
Pat Break
Making yourself like the CroMags
The Youth Of Today Euro Tour
Path Of Resistance
Follow Through
Tenfold shift from Earth Crisis to Youth Crew
Jesse Standhard’s “Team Green” mixtape
Reenactmentcore
All I Ask: Deadguy and Coalesce
Meeting Will Killingsworth
Amendment Records
Clean Plate Records
Acme and Morser
Violent Bullshit
Mark McCoy’s influence
At The Gates and In Flames
Signing to Ebullition Records
“We should do every type of record and then break up”
Los Crudos
The REAL origins of the “Meet Me In The Bathroom” scene
The Strokes are The Stranglers
Giving Steve Aoki his first DJ gig
Touring with TV On The Radio
Having one of the lowest scores ever on Pitchfork
AND TONS OF OTHER FUN!!!
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Jun 21, 2022 • 1h 13min
Colleen Green
Episode 411:
Get ready for a real cool time! Today on the show, COLLEEN GREEN stops by to talk all things punk. Listen in as she & Damian discuss: poetic & not so poetic ways of hearing about punk, Sublime changing everything, being DIY until she dies & tons more! This is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Colleen's latest fantastic record: "Cool"! Out now on Hardly Art Records!
Also, don't miss Colleen on tour in the UK right NOW! More info and dates HERE
Also, grab a shirt for the podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Green Day as first exposure
Learning the lyrics to be cool
Waxing poetic
Loving Sublime
Veruca Salt holding up better than Bush
Rosie Rocks
Daddy’s Music Junkie
Knowing that you were going tp be a singer your whole life
If I knew then what I know now…
Having to do everything yourself
“I’M DIY TIL I DIE”
Explosion rules!
Jeff the Brotherhood rules!
AND SO MUCH OTHER GGODNESS!
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Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 10min
Scott Vogel from Terror, Despair and Buried Alive Part 2
Episode 410:
Grab your boots, charge your hair and get ready for a good time; SCOTT VOGEL is making his return to Turned Out A Punk! Listen in as the Buffalo Hardcore God sits down with Damian again to discuss music & why he thinks punk is junk. From making Tony Victory pay the cover to see Snapcase, to a debate about whether or not Group Sex is a hardcore record, to Hatebreed changing everything, to stagediving to protest Fugazi: this is not to be missed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, don't miss Terror's album "Pain To Power", OUT NOW on Pure Noise Records, & don't miss Terror on tour in Europe NOW!
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Jun 14, 2022 • 49min
Jason "Wee Man" Acuña from Jackass
Episode 409:
While there's no question that someone getting hit in their genitals with a paddle is great entertainment, is it also art? Today on the show Jackass' Jason "Wee Man" Acuña sits down with Damian to discuss: punk, skateboarding and art. From watching stabbings from the top of a skateboard ramp, to skateboarding becoming a sport, to the stunt he wouldn't do, to manifesting Keith Morris: don't miss this one!
Also, don't miss Jackass 4.5 on Netflix!
Also, pick up a t-shirt for the podcast here: turnedoutapunk.com
Also touched on:
Jackass as performance art
The different types of punk
The South Bay
Circle Jerks
Stabbings at shows
The Big Brother Magazine Era
Skater culture around for more than just skaters
The advent of the skateboarding parks
Keith Morris
Wrestling Sami Zayne
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Jun 7, 2022 • 2h 13min
Al Barile from SSD and Gage
Episode 408:
How much podcast can you take!?! Well, you better be ready for a whole lot more because AL BARILE from Society System Decontrol is on the show! Join Damian as he sits down with one of the architects of American Hardcore to discuss: where it came from and where it went. “Hating punk”, accidentally causing problems for Ian, who bootlegged "Kids Will Have Their Say", still believing in straight edge, cannabis reluctance & tons more. THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, stay tuned for a HUGE SSD announcement later on this week!
Also, pick up a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
John Taylor from Ontario, Canada: getting a fake ID
Seeing Mission Of Burma
Least likely to rock
Cliff Cunningham’s punk records
Bon Scott’s vocal delivery
Hating La Peste and the Real Kids
Magazine in Lynn, Mass
A riot at the Rat
Guitar is work
Work is fun
Being in a band is a team
Still believing is straight edge
Never talking straight edge with Ian
Get them to 30
Missing the Youth Crew thing
No wanting to be the next Pastiche
Cannabis
Getting rejected by Elektra… without ever submitting a demo
Gerard gets the SSD reissue going
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Jun 3, 2022 • 1h 6min
Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers)
Episode 407:
Let's drop some acid, burn some bridges & let our freak flag fly because Butthole Surfers' PAUL LEARY is here! Listen in as Damian talks to the Texas guitar god about being in one of punk's wildest bands & beyond. From a former friend smashing Sid Vicious' face, to the Butthole Surfers' obsession with Michael Stipe, to the dangers of shotguns on stage, to Billy Gibbons lunching with Culturcide: this is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Paul's fantastically strange new solo record on Shimmy Disc: "Born Stupid", OUT NOW!
Also, find out more information about the up coming Butthole Surfers' documentary at buttholesurfersmovie.com
Also, pick up a shirt for the podcast here: turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
The first Sex Pistols show in Dallas
Losing a friend over him smashing Sid in the face with a beer
Marching Plague
Stalking REM
The original 9:30 Club
SPK
“We managed to piss some people off without even trying”
Stickmen With Rayguns: the real deal
Don't mess with Bobby Soxx
Loving the Vandals
Bands that don’t smoke pot: “Why are you even in music!?”
“We were hungry and they had soup kitchens”: Going to SF
Working with the Meat Puppets
Sublime
& SO MUCH MORE!
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Jun 2, 2022 • 16min
Washclothdave Ovalpants: A Spongebob Squarepants Review Show - Episode 2
Following the debut on the end of TOAP Ep 403, the stand alone 2nd episode of "Washclothdave Ovalpants: A Spongebob Squarepants Review Show" is here! Join hosts: Dorian, Camden and Damian, as they dive into the undersea paradise known as Bikini Bottom and discuss the second episode of Spongebob.
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May 31, 2022 • 56min
Tim Kasher from Cursive, The Good Life, Slowdown Virginia and Commander Venus
Episode 406:
Let's go outside & burn our shirts! Today on the show Cursive's TIM KASHER is here! Listen in as Damian & Tim discuss a lifelong journey in punk. From Grass Records getting Creed-y, to the Dogma '95-esq TRC 112, to the rise of midwest emo: this is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Tim's fantastic new album: Middling Age, out now on 15 Passenger Records & Thirty Something Records in Europe!!!
Also, grab a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Digital Sex and midwest weirdness
Grass Records
The internalized Ian
Wind Up Records and being label mates with Creed
Slowdown Virginia
Alan Meltzer: Indie rock label impresario turned professional poker player
Brian Wilson… of the Beach Boys
TRC-112
Rules
Small Brown Bike
Cranky Records
Are labels still important?
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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