Turned Out A Punk

Turned Out A Punk brings ALL their equipment on the bus! Today on the show, the Violent Femmes’ BRIAN RITCHIE stops in to talk punk! Listen in as Damian sits down, with the founding member of one of his favourite bands to talk about going from being one of the most hated bands in Milwaukee, to touring the world. From the heavy influence of the Modern Lovers, to jamming with the Velvet Underground, to being harassed on the street by Sacred Order: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!! Also, don’t miss the brand new 30th anniversary reissue of the Violent Femmes’ “Why Do Birds Sing?” (and the reissue of “Add It Up” on vinyl!) on Craft Recordings, in stores now! Also Touched On: Love for the Violent Femmes Being into proto-punk The Blue Magoos Lunch with The Modern Lovers Lou Reed Creem barricading the editor of Rock Scene in a studio Zines X-Press Zine: Pre Drivin’ N Cryin’ Going to Yes and loving prog Finding the Velvet Underground Recording with The Velvet Underground Busking out of necessity  “Slash is only label that wanted us.” Jonathan Richman: “You kinda sound like I sounded when I was your age!” hardcore  being broke but still being a “sell-out” & SO MUCH MORE!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Explosive on-stage burrito pukes & crushing backstage anxiety: this is the sound of lead singer friendships being born! Join Damian as he sits down with, front person’s front person, Surfbort’s DANI MILLER! Listen in as they discuss: being literally birthed into punk, screaming... again, onstage versus offstage personalities & so much more!!! As always, THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED & don't miss Surfbort's awesome new record, "Keep On Truckin'" OUT NOW on Inner Freak Records! Also Touched On: Mom’s love of X The Blasters Going to shows at Che Cafe The Austin 90’s Garage Punk Shows RULE! What does Debbie Harry do to handle onstage nerves? Vocal lessons during the apocalypse  Linda Perry The Angels giggin’ at recess the catharsis of screaming & TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome to Splits Vol.3! Today Damian invites two of his favourite people in music for the laugh out loud, burn it all down, hang to end all hangs!  In addition to being one of the inspirations for the inception of this podcast, DANKO JONES is a world renowned rock music icon. As one quarter of one of Canada’s most respected bands, Sloan’s CHRIS MURPHY has been shaping popular music in this country for 30 years. Listen in as Damian & these two punk rooted frenemies chat it up for one of the most hilarious episodes of this podcast yet!  If you listen to one podcast this year: MAKE IT THIS ONE! & if you buy one new record this year, make it: Danko Jones’ “Power Trio”! Out now on Sonic Unyon!! & if you attend one virtual concert this year, make it: “Chris Gets High Park” on October 24th!  Tickets available at Sidedooraccess.com!! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rejoice, MIKE HERRERA from MxPx is here! Anyone that has listened to this show long enough knows that they don't get too much more influential than MxPx. Join Damian as he sits down with Mike to talk: the lights on moment of hearing Op Ivy, the 90s Seattle Music that wasn't grunge, evolving perspectives on religion, the secret history of christian punk & so much more!  THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!! Also, don't miss Mike's fantastic podcast "The Mike Herrera Show" wherever you get your podcasts! & check out MxPx.com to hear the brand new song "Say Yes"!  Also Touched On: A two theatre New Wave Attack Violent Femmes A friend that’s into punk with a guitar Bad Juju: Bad Religion meets Minutemen  losing your drummer to another band  Pre/ post hearing Operation Ivy life Fight For Change The Gits The Ernie Ball Stingray in tribute to All. but really Big Drill Car… or My Name is “Who’s the?” “It’s MxPx.” The Stray Cats The heavy influence of Rollins Band Micheal Knot: The bad boy of Christian punk Punk and religion & SO MUCH MORE!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Get ready to smile! Today on the show it's Big Boys' et all's TIM KERR!!! Join Damian as he sits down with his friend & an Austin Music Hall Of Famer to discuss punk & Tim's reluctance to fully embrace the term. From laughing at a Jonathan Richman record, to the Austin Hardcore/ Punk/ New Wave divide, to Poison 13 being the city's most hated band: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!! Also, don't miss Tim's AWESOME new book "Self Taught" on Don Giovanni Records.  OUT NOW!!! Also Touched On: To Vivian Westwood, marriage isn’t punk! Skating and Soul music Chuck Biscuit’s ever shortening hair the hilarity of Rockin’ Leprechaun  Going to Raul’s for the Battle of the Bands Boy Problem and the first wave flipping a coin with Chris for bass or guitar The Butthole Surfers’ like of community mindfulness  Bobby Soxx  GG Allin: true performance art but not into it Darby Allin Fy Fan Billy Gibbons, Roky Erickson and the Explosions Lil’ San Francisco  We didn’t make the division: New Wave VS. Hardcore Going to LA and seeing the future Austin Stains meet the LA Stains and change their name to MDC Fear the week before SNL John Belushi skanking on stage with Steve Martin The massive importance of DOA and Black Flag The art world hates sharing “Minor Threat is the world's greatest band” “Texas bands stick out like sore thumbs once they leave the state” BMX vs Skateboarding “You’ve completely ruined Austin!”: the hippies hate the punks Cab meets Ian The Huns: kiss a cop and put Austin on the map Poison 13: Hated And Proud & SO MUCH MORE!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome to another edition of Splits! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of DOA's HARDCORE '81, JOEY KEITHLEY (ep. 254 & 317) & John Ross Bowie (ep. 207) sit down with  Damian to talk practical, pragmatic punk politics & more! DON’T MISS John's FANTASTIC "Household Faces" podcast wherever you get your podcasts!  The 40th Anniversary edition of DOA's foundational "HARDCORE '81" album is UP FOR PRE-ORDER NOW from Sudden Death Records! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

For those about to rock: we podcast for you! Today on the show, Damian sits down with three members of AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS! Listen in as Amy Taylor, Declan Mehrtens & Gus Romer as they talk about their journey’s  through punk that brought them together. From the influence of Pissed Jeans, to “Tall Poppy Syndrome”, to Sharpies, to carrying on the legacy of Melbourne Rock & Roll: DON’T MISS IT! & don’t miss Amyl and the Sniffers’ awesome new album “Comfort To Me” out now on Rough Trade Also Touched On:   Tony Hawk Pro-Skater UV-Rays Cosmic Psychos Tall Poppy Syndrome  Star Wars is actually a pretty good movie Drunk Moms Dumb Punks The influence of Peter Biddy Straightjacket Nation The Separation of Hardcore and Garage  Discovering Sharpie Culture Why does Australia love Rock & Roll AC/DC = “Honest representation of the Australian working class” The influence of Ceremony and Pissed Jeans Speedfunk sounds stressful “A house that plays house parties” & SO MUCH MORE! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Turned Out A Punk goes metal as we celebrate the release of the AWESOME NEW BOOK, "EVE OF DARKNESS"! Join Damian as he sits down with returning guest, DEREK EMERSON (see the "TOAP 80's Toronto Hardcore Special" episode) & CHRIS TURNER to discuss the fascinating worlds that made up Toronto Metal in the 80s. The love that went into  putting together such an spectacularly authoritative tome, THIS THING IS SO CRAZY, SO GET IT BEFORE IT’S GONE!!!! "EVE OF DARKNESS", out September 25 on UXB Press! Preorder it here: https://uxbpresscanada.bigcartel.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Have you got a minute? Can you fit TOAP into it? Because, Superchunk & Merge Records' MAC MCCAUGHAN is on the show today! Listen in as Damian talks to his label boss & hero about his punk journey. From going to see the Ugly Americans, to making a flyer that pissed off Ian MacKaye, to being A Bat: this is NOT TO BE MISSED!!! & don't miss Mac's AWESOME new solo record "The Sound Of Yourself" out September 24th on Merge Records! Also Touched On: AC/DC: punk in Australia Molly Hatchet Point Blank and Loverboy Todd Barry and The Chant “No bands are going to come here!”: moving to NC Finding college radio Getting used by cool stuff The Pressure Boys: king of the scene REM Ugly Americans Stillborn Christians COC The multitudes of DCHC Honour Role and the Minutemen  Mac being a Bat Flying Nun Records & SO MUCH MORE!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

CHECK IT OUT: JOHN BRANNON IS HERE!!! Today on the show, one of the most important vocalists of all time stops by to discuss punk! Listen in as Damian sits down with his biggest musical influence to talk: Static vs. Detroit Punk, the Minor Threat shows that bookend Detroit Hardcore, turning Nirvana on to Lead Belly, scaring the shit out of Ryan Gosling & so much more!  THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!! & don't miss the first ever release of one of the most storied lost recordings in punk history: Static's "Toothpaste And Pills"! OUT NOW on Thirdman Records! Also Touched On: A dream episode  punk before punk Alice Cooper Static: Class Of ’78 A faster Mott The Hoople: Sex Pistols at midnight on the radio Reading about it in Creem Being at the Kiss “Alive” gig The first smell of weed: Rocking out to Judy Collins in ’69 Hearing the Stooges  “Kick Out The Jams” on CKLW Destroy All Monsters at the Red Carpet  “It was horrible”: Detroit first wave punk Fallout: John’s first band Terrorizing Grosse Point Thurston and the tape “Everything I’m doing is wrong”: Discovering Hardcore Ben Blackwell is the reason Toothpaste and Pills: the stage show “They all sucked” The Coronation Tavern in Windsor “Minor Threat is going to kill Negative Approach”  The Allied OP and Graham join The death of a scene Violence overtakes the scene metalheads becoming Oi Boys The Birthday Party changes everything “We aren’t ready”: opening for Black Flag for the first Hyenas show “Fake NA”: The third line-up Laura Lee “I wanted more violence” where the NA sound would have gone Hating Evacuate… still Hangin’ with Belushi going to Fear on SNL “New York SUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKS” Detroit: the Sweden of punk “We don’t come from the Beach Boys and the Beatles. We like the Stooges” & SO MUCH MORE!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy