

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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Apr 15, 2022 • 1h 23min
John Dwyer from Osees, Thee Oh Sees, Coachwhips and Landed
Episode 398:
Don’t lie awake until you fall asleep because JOHN DWYER is here! On today’s show, Damian sits down with the Castle Face Records impresario to talk about all things punk! From rocking out to Dropdead in Providence, to rocking asses with the Coachwhips in Tokyo, to rocking faces in Toronto with The Hospitals: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, don’t miss John & the Osees on their upcoming tour! More information found at: theeohsees.com
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Also Touched On:
The Misfits
Metal as a gateway
Angel Rot
United Mutation
“SHUT UP! THAT IS NOT HOW YOU PLAY MUSIC! THAT IS WRONG!”
Dropdead: still the best
“Complete discharge”
loving live
getting stuck in a Slayer riot
Anachrusus
Hiding beers on stage
Krang: Lightening Bolt, V For Vendetta and Jon
Spaceboy: post-B’last stoner rock
The man in the bush
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Apr 3, 2022 • 1h 14min
Steven Page from The Transcanada Highwaymen and Barenaked Ladies
Episode 397:
The Toronto DIY god STEVEN PAGE, is here! Today on Turned Out A Punk Damian sits down with one of Canada's most iconic songwriters to talk punk! Listen in as they discuss: Throbbing Gristle, The Jam & punk's impotence to outsider kids. From buying the "Business As Usual" compilation, to going platinum with a DIY tape, to prowess being worthless, to lead singers having to "wear it differently": THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Don't miss Steven Page on tour or "Live From Home"! More info here: https://www.stevenpage.com
Also, grab a shirt form this podcast here: turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Aware of punk from the press
The “Business As Usual” Compilation
Loving the Jam because they also seemed to have missed out on stuff
Social/Sonic Barrier
Prowess is worthless
Suspicions about the Clash
Billy Bragg as inspiration
Violent Femmes
Lyrics are important
The Townie, uptight, nature of early 80’s Toronto
Scarborough sucked
Hearing Johnny Cash and hearing him for the first time
Postcard Records
The “Big Gold Dream” documentary
“The Canadian version of…”
The Yellow Tape: The birth of a true alternative music industry
The Canadian Music Mafia and SXSW
“13 Engines can’t make it! Can you guys do it?”
The “Buck Naked” tape
The “Pink Tape”
Dressing like clowns and clowning the industry
Chris Murphy planting a seed of doubt
“The sellout threshold”
Signing to Sire to be a part of it
“Seymour Sign”
Inglenook: Toronto’s Rock and Roll High School
Outsider Angst and band dynamics
The viciousness of the NME
Lead singers have to wear it differently
The Skydiggers
Corky And The Juice Pigs
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Mar 29, 2022 • 1h 20min
Sulynn Hago from Propagandhi, Career and Ink & Sweat
Episode 396:
SULYNN HAGO IS On The Show This Week! Join Damian as he sits down with the Propagandhi guitar god to learn the art of shredding metal free! Listen in as they discuss: the power of Adele, punk giving you permission for foolishness, the wild world of Florida punk & tons of other goodness! DON'T MISS IT!!!!!!
Also, check out Propagandhi on tour this May: https://propagandhi.com/shows
Also, pick up a shirt from this podcast: www.turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Being away anytime a band comes to town
The punk booms as on-ramps
The changing ways we listen to music
The power of the Adele flex
One Man Army
The No Idea Era
The uniqueness of Florida punk
Touring to Chicago just to go to Chicago
Lights Out (FLA)
The religion of punk
Shredding metal-free
Ink & Sweat
Classical guitars can change your life
Finding Propagandhi
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Mar 23, 2022 • 1h 38min
Kembra Pfahler, Performance Art legend and from the band: The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black
Episode 395:
Awesome Siblings Week on Turned Out A Punk continues! Today on the show, arguably one of the most important & extreme artists to emerge from punk, the great KEMBRA PFAHLER! Listen in as Damian sits down with one of his artistic heroes to talk about her incredible journey from Southern California surfer kid to New York City art icon. The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black, No Wave, Joe Coleman, the influence of Adam & Jawbreaker, The Screamers, her mom’s reaction to “Sewing Circle”, the importance of surfing & tons more: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
PHOTO BY: Jean Toir
Check out Kembra on instagram: @Kembrapfahler_ !
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Also Touched On:
sharing process
no hierarchy of influence
Jawbreaker is the world’s greatest band
Blake’s gift of a book
Rodney’s: the good, the bad, the ugly
The impact of growing up on the beach
The Mad
Fred Pfahler: one of the godfathers of California surfing
Surfing as the roots of youth culture
Meditation
Yesterbating: revisiting old work
NY Loft Parties
The Pyramid Club
Samoa
parental support
No Wave
Lydia Lunch
Available-ism
Uncle Joe Coleman
The Steel Tips
& SO MUCH MORE!
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Mar 19, 2022 • 1h 24min
Adam Pfahler (Jawbreaker, J Church, Whysall Lane)
Episode 394:
Let’s hear it for cool siblings!!! Today on the show, it’s the first of two episodes celebrating two of the coolest kinfolk in punk history: The Pfahler Sibs! First up, it’s Jawbreaker’s ADAM PFAHLER! Listen in as he & Damian discuss the journey from SoCal surfer kid to soundtracking performance art pieces in New York to JAWBREAKER! THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, don’t miss the gods Jawbreaker ON TOUR! More info at jawbreakerband.com
Also, grab a shirt for this podcast over at turnedoutapunk.com
Also touched on:
an older sister as a gateway
Visting Kembra in New York
The LES “Drug Buckets”
The first Jawbreaker show soundtracking a performance art piece
listening to the shit out of EVOL
Everyone listened to the Bad Brains
Blake bringing New Day Rising to school, “just in case”
Going to see DEVO
Caffay DeGrand
DOA, Black Flag, Minutemen, Descendents at The Olympic Auditorium
Jawbreaker: the art punk years
not fitting in with anyone
“Do they have your IDs?”: advice from Rollins
Video store culture
J Church forever
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Mar 15, 2022 • 1h 33min
Splits Vol.6 - Chris O'Toole/ George Pettit
Where's Kehoe!?! 3/4s of B4 reconvene to celebrate: friendship, punk, Keep It Up & the impeding new Alexisonfire record! Listen in as, Alexisonfire's George Pettit & Turned Out A Punk Footnote's co-hosts Chris O'Toole & Damian sit down to have a conversation that's "almost an interview."
Don't miss Alexisonfire's awesome new record "Otherness", out June 24 on Dine Alone!
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Mar 11, 2022 • 51min
Roll The Dice With D and D - Episode #4
Here is the audio version of the latest episode of Damian & Danko's new Youtube show (watch it here)! New episodes twice monthly!
What happens when two lead singers get stuck at home with nothing to do but sort their (extensive) record collections? START A YOUTUBE SHOW ABOUT IT OF COURSE! Join Danko Jones & Damian Abraham as they inform each other about some of the more wild, weird and wacky albums lurking in the recesses of their vinyl shelves!
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Mar 8, 2022 • 1h 27min
Charlie "Chubby" Manning Walker from Chubby & The Gang, The Chisel, Boss, etc
How do you find your punk when it was your parent’s music? Today on the show, Damian sits down with Chubby & The Gang’s Charlie Manning Walker to answer this very question! Join them as they discuss: Charlie being born into punk & helping to give it a new chapter as part of the NWOBHC. From: the importance of Knuckledust, to being converted by a Cold World show, to Cashin’ Em In, to who was & who wasn’t there: DON’T MISS THIS EPISODE!
Also, check out the band’s new Chubby & the Gangs’ EP “Labour Of Love”!
Also, check out The Chisel’s latest lp: “Retaliation”
Also, if you want a shirt of this podcast, head to Turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
The Jonah Falco Fan Club
First Wave Punk Parents
Stumbling into a Justice/ Cold World show
Do people like Oasis in North America?
The importance of Kunckledust and the 12 Bar
the Arrival of NWOBHC
“You weren’t there, mate.”
Touring Europe
Boss
Cash’em In: “who says British people have no culture”
Indebted to Tom Ellis
A punk legend Dad
Skinheads
Teddyboys
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Mar 2, 2022 • 1h 56min
David Bazan from Pedro The Lion, Headphones and Coolidge
Winners never quit! Today on the show, David Bazan & Damian continue a 20 year old backstage conversation about punk! Listen in as they discuss the journey that brought David to forming Pedro The Lion. From sneaking listens to Beatles’ records, to the life changing impact of Fugazi, to the seedy sides of the secular & non-secular music businesses: DON’T MISS THIS ONE!
Also, don’t miss Pedro The Lion’s fantastic new album: “Havasu.” Available on streaming services now & CD/LP/CS on Polyvinyl Records.
Also, grab a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com.
Also Touched On:
Crucified
“Are you Dave?” “Are you Damien”: meeting Jurado
Hearing Fugazi for the first time and it changing everything
Drive Like Jehu
True prophetic music
Straight Edge and religion
“Why are you dulling the blade?”
Gods and Gurus: The complex personal relationship with Ian MacKaye
Mike Knott
One Blind Pig
The crossover to the secular scene
The rough first tour
The rise of Tooth And Nail Records
Modest Mouse and Seasick Steve
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Feb 26, 2022 • 1h 23min
Roll The Dice With D and D - Episode #3
This episode of DnD is dedicated to our friend and record collector's record collector: Dallas Good. He was a peer and a hero, that will never be forgotten. RIP Dallas. Love Forever.
Please, head over to thesadies.net and grab some of the amazing music Dallas made... or a shirt or a "herb" grinder or something else.
Here is the audio version of the latest episode of Damian & Danko's new Youtube show (watch it here)! New episodes twice monthly.
What happens when two lead singers get stuck at home with nothing to do but sort their (extensive) record collections? START A YOUTUBE SHOW ABOUT IT OF COURSE! Join Danko Jones & Damian Abraham as they inform each other about some of the more wild, weird and wacky albums lurking in the recesses of their vinyl shelves!
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy


