

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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Jan 11, 2022 • 1h 40min
Episode 386 - Daniel Makabe (Wrestler, Hanging Hearts, GRIEFWALKER)
The Punk/ Wrestling Connection is real! Today on the show, punk rocker & “Small Room Wrestling” specialist, Daniel Makabe comes to the show! Join Damian as he sits down with Daniel to discuss having a DIY punk approach to the world of professional wrestling. From a Cuba tour with a band, to the rise of Vancouver’s No Fun & 2000’s hardcore scenes, to the various eras of d.b.s. to the powerful connection between punk & wrestling: this is not to be missed!
Also, find Daniel on twitter & instagram: @danielmakabe
Also, grab a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
A DIY Hardcore career in wrestling
Much Music being more musically progressive than radio in Canada
The Killjoys
Montreal’s Tricky Woo
Deep talk on d.b.s.
Touring Cuba and leaving the backline
Cuban Punks love Agnostic Front
A & B Sound: the spot for CDs
A friend’s dad loving Savage Garden
The Hole/ Marilyn Manson/ Monster Magnet Tour
Seeing the Clean and the Bats
The Seattle/Vancouver Hardcore boom
Being a “Small Room Wrestler”
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!
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Jan 4, 2022 • 1h 25min
TOAP Footnotes: 2021 Look Back
With 95 episodes featuring some of the most legendary guests yet, 2021 was by far the biggest year to date for Turned Out A Punk. Join TOAP Footnotes co-host Chris O'Toole and Damian as they talk about the year that was on the show. From hidden gems, to post-scripts, to behind the scene stories, to over-arching themes and narratives: this is your ultimate guide to the last wild year of TOAP!
Also, head over to Turnedoutapunk.com and grab yourself a TOAP shirt!
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Dec 31, 2021 • 1h 26min
Splits Vol. 4 - Jonah Falco/ Mike Haliechuk
Welcome to another edition of Splits! This time Damian sits down with two of his bandmates in Fucked Up: Jonah Falco (Ep. 104) and Mike Haliechuk (Ep. 180). Listen in as these three try and talk about their new record "Year Of The Horse"... & failing.
Pick up your copy of 'Year Of The Horse", out now on Tankcrimes Records!
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Dec 27, 2021 • 1h 14min
Episode 385 - Josh Zucker (F**ked Up, Youngblood, On The Banks Of The Tumid River)
The self-professed "Rarest member" of Fucked Up, JOSH ZUCKER is here! Join Damian as he sits down with his friend & bandmate to discuss Josh's journey in punk. From how punk is the ultimate societal escape hatch, to having to prove yourself in Toronto record stores, to Damian stealing Josh's job in the band: this is, as always, not to be missed!
Also, don't miss a bunch of records Fucked Up has coming out. More info at fuckedup.cc
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BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Dec 22, 2021 • 1h 23min
The Clean with David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour and Robert Scott
Episode 384:
FACTS:
Fact #1: The Clean are one of the best punk bands of all time
Fact #2: All three members - David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour & Robert Scott, from the classic “Boodle, Boodle, Boodle” EP are on the show today!
Fact #3: These are three of the greatest songwriters ever & the host of the show (Damian) is very excited
Fact #4: The topics discussed range from: What was New Zealand’s Proto-punk to why Chris Knox is a great guide for an acid trip
Fact #5: This is not to be missed!!!!!!
Fact #6: Merge Records has just reissued The Clean’s ESSENTIAL “Boodle, Boodle, Boodle” EP! Get it in stores now!!!!
Fact #7: You can pick up a Turned Out A Punk shirt at turnedoutapunk.com
Other facts talked about on the show:
Seeing punk on TV
The Kiwi that filmed the Sex Pistols at Buckingham Palace
The La De Das
The Space Volts
Never mind Lydon, Here’s The Split Endz
People used to come to NZ in the 60’s
The Mumps Clean name connection
Chris Knox as a guide/ proto-punk DJ on an acid trip
The Enemy: first in Dunedin
Proud Scum
The Suburban Reptiles
The post-pub-rock scene
The Idle Idols
Punks were just hippies with short hair
learning to play bagpipes “for the drone, man!”
“Never been a christian”
Seeing the Buzzcocks
The Toy Love mistake
the hard rocking Aussie scene
The Four Stars ep and Wellington
The Cure were the coolest band
The Bootboys and Bootgirls
Chris Knox
The class division in punk
Seeing Lou Reed live
Mom delivering records
The Jello Biafra VS The Clean: Beef
Patti Smith knocking down Hamish’s art
Jane County rules
& so much more!!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Dec 15, 2021 • 1h 27min
John Kastner from Asexuals, Doughboys and All Systems Go
Episode 383:
It’s like we're shining this week because The Doughboys & Asexuals’ JOHN KASTNER is here! Join Damian as he sits down with the Canadian music legend to discuss his incredible journey growing up in punk. From touring America at 15, to getting letters from Bob Mould’s mom at the CBC, to GG Allin showing up for a sleepover with a box of Laxatives: this is one for the ages! Do not miss it!
Also, don’t miss the reissue of the essential “Be What You Want” by the Asexuals, coming early 2022!
Also, head over to turnedoutapunk.com and grab a shirt from this podcast!
Also Touched On:
Fair Warning
No Policy
SCUM
Two clubs in town so lets his the road
Playing CBGB’s matinees
Making connections thru Maximum Rock N Roll
Self-released on “OG Records”
Deja Voodoo opens for the Gun Club and Cramps
the UK Punk influence
being at the Montreal “Another State Of Mind” Youth Brigade show
Psyche Industries
Touring with DOA and Minutemen
D. Boon was the sweetest
Meeting SNFU over a million dollars cash
Toronto: BFGs and art
Adrenaline OD
Reagan Youth
Giving Harley Flanagan a healthcare card
Direct Acton
Genetic Control
Zyklon B
Jerry’s Kids
Meeting Vinny Stigma
Kid bands
the insanity of Florida hardcore
Making friends with the Iron Coffins MC
Boom and The Legion of Doom
A Mac truck driven through the front of the club
Meeting John Peel
Making the NME drive to Stonehenge
90’s Quebec Punk
Bouncers having to start pits in San Diego to stop the gang from coming with chains
GG Allin showing up for a sleepover with a brown paper bag with a box of Ex-Lax
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Dec 11, 2021 • 1h 1min
Gina Schock from The Go-Go's, House Of Schock and Edith And The Eggs
Episode 382:
Today on the show we are joined by another legit Hall Of Famer: The Go-Go’s GINA SCHOCK is here! The drummer, author, photographer, hit pop songwriter & 2021 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee joins Damian to talk about her incredible journey through punk. From jamming with Edith Massey the Egg Lady, to taking The Go-Gos to bootcamp, to the Weirdos being LAs best band, to dealing with spitting skinheads in England: AGAIN, this is not to be missed!!!
Also, pick up Gina’s AMAZING new book: MADE IN HOLLYWOOD: ALL ACCESS WITH THE GO-GO’S, out now on Black Dog & Leventhal!!
Also, don’t miss Gina’s fellow Go-Go’s, Jane Wiedlin (episode 314) and Kathy Valentine (episode 322), appearances on the show!
Also, head over to turnedoutapunk.com and grab a shirt for this podcast!
Also Touched On:
The Go-Go's: "We are a punk band"
The melody of punk
the great lost Go-Go’s punk record
The Weirdos and timing
Edith’s Shopping Bag
John Waters: The King Of Baltimore
Violence in LA punk
Vance and the Cold
Friends for life
Send the band the band to boot camp
Meeting Madness
The Screamers
The first tour with the Specials
dealing with Skinheads
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Dec 8, 2021 • 1h 5min
Jayne County
Episode 381:
They don't get too much more important to the history of punk than this guest! Today on the show Damian is joined by the LEGEND & one of the true innovators of punk: JAYNE COUNTY! Listen in as the two discuss why Jayne was a legend long before punk hit. From "wrecking" straight people with the Screaming Queens, to Patti Smith's method acting, to Bowie's jealousy, to being the first to play CBGB's & so much more!!! NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, don't miss Jaynes' essential "Wayne County & The Electric Chairs - The Safari Years" 4CD boxset, out now on Cherry Red Records!
Also, check out Jayne County & Am Taylors' "I Don't Fit In Anywhere" out now on streaming services everywhere!
Also, head over to TurnedOutAPunk.com & pick up a shirt from this podcast!
Also Touched On:
Bow down to the Original Punk Rocker
Being the first to play CBGBs
Getting diarrhea from Healey’s chilli
Getting shot at on stage on Long Island
“Don’t listen to her! Don’t listen to her! She’s the Devil”
The Screaming Queens and “wrecking straight people”
The REAL Queen Elizabeth
Meeting John Lennon
Getting possessed on stage
The New York Street Scene
Iron Butterfly
Never liking the Grateful Dead
Jackie Curtis’ genius
Theatre of The Ridiculous
Traveling to London with Andy Warhol’s “Pork”
Doing theatre with Patti Smith
Suicide: Room Emptiers
“I’m not a punk, I’m a rock and roller” - Dee Dee
Getting paid by Malcom Mclaren TWICE
Debuting two weeks after the New York Dolls
New Wave killed punk off
No Wave is too arty
& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Dec 5, 2021 • 1h 48min
Episode 380 - Mike Torres (Section H8, Furious Styles, Spitting Teeth)
Welcome to the dream! Today on the show Damian is joined by Section H8's MIKE "MEXI" TORRES to talk punk! Listen in as they discuss Mexi's incredible journey from being a houseless punk kid, to making records with his childhood heroes. Smuggling a Rancid tape into "Bad kid school", being stranded in Seattle, living with Cold Sweat, Havoc records as hardcore's Sub Pop & so much more: DON'T MISS THIS EPISODE!
Also, don't miss Section H8's fantastic, "Welcome To The Nightmare" out now on Flatspot Records!!
Also, head over to turnedoutapunk.com and pick up a shirt for the podcast!
Also Touched On:
Singles Going Steady, Hits and Misses and Pete Genest
Rancid’s “Salvation” video
Dad surprising you with GnR/ Metallica tickets
Seeing John Denver live
Body Count’s Cop Killer: It reeeeeally bothered people
Rancid's work ethic
No music allowed in the “bad kid school”
Smuggling in “Let’s Go” tape
Tim Armstrong
Duff loves Discharge
becoming “a piece shit bar guy” for a while
Getting trapped in Seattle
Spitting Teeth: “We were bad at being in a band”
War Scar
Havoc Records
Chicago Fest
Aus Rotten were a very important thing
Writing songs while guarding weeds shops
& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 20min
Tim Heidecker from Tim & Eric, On Cinema At The Cinema and Office Hours
Episode 379:
Never Mind Tom Goes To The Mayor, Here’s Tim Comes To Turned Out A Punk! Today on the show: On Cinema, Office Hours & Tim and Eric’s TIM HEIDECKER is here to talk hating punk, but it still being his scene. Listen in as Tim & Damian discuss: Minor Threat loving drug dealers, losing band members to Digger, Weston as Allentown’s Pavement, being sketched out by Ink & Dagger, troll culture, and so much more!
THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, don’t miss Tim and Gregg Turkington’s hilarious “On Cinema At The Cinema” available at www.heinetwork.com
Also, don’t miss Tim’s equally hilarious "Office Hours" available at www.youtube.com/timheidecker
Also, grab one of the Turned Out A Punk Shirts at: www.turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
The Ramones on rock radio
Billy Idol & Generation X
Loving the scene but hating the music
A hardcore loving drug dealer
Minor Threat in the car on the way to get beer
Liking early Green Day
Weston: Kings Of Scene
Dave Weston is PA’s Stephen Malkmus
Having your band stolen to become Digger
The era when consumer level gear is able to produce at a pro-level
Eric: the one stop cultural shop
Opening (with videos) for the Shins
Getting discovered by Bob Odenkirk
“Keep them out of the writers room!”
The 709 South 6th Street Punk House
The Tim Heidecker Masterpiece
Puss WhIp Bang Gang
The Doors on Beat Club
Cotton Candy: the tape hook up
Rockbitch: wildest band in music
“Wait til you see this!”: discovering Chris Morris' comedy
Faces Of Death
Tom Green
Derrick Beckles and TV Carnage
Smashing the Moog in 12 Tone System
Sola: the best Philly band
Built To Spill: a mutual love affair
Comedy wasn’t cool
Mr Show as a Matador Band
Making “Art”
The Influence of Dr. Demento on culture
Howeird Stern’s Weird Al cash in record
Neil Hamburger and breaking Kayfabe
Cultural curation
& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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