

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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Sep 7, 2021 • 1h 8min
Episode 362 - Chris "Opie" Moore (Negative Approach, Youth Patrol, Crossed Wire)
It's Negative Approach Week on Turned Out A Punk! Kicking it off with former Negative Approach & Youth Patroler: CHRIS MOORE! Listen in as Damian sits down with his friend, live at Dinosaur Jr.'s Camp Fuzz II & talks about the birth of Detroit hardcore. From borrowing your aunt's vest for the Devo show, to the punk vs. hardcore divide, to the differences between the early scenes, to the violence that brought it to an end: this is NOT TO BE MISSED!
& don't forget to look for Chris' latest work at cmooremusic.bandcamp.com or crmooreart.com!
Also Touched On:
Hangin’ at the Skatepark in 1978
W4Play: Finding punk on the radio
The Clash
“It was like getting hit by a train”: seeing Devo
Meeting Jerry Casale
The Minor Threat show that kicked it off
Forming Youth Patrol
Necros sussing people out
“Are they even in the music?”: violence
Joining Negative Approach
The early Detroit scene
Recording the first 7”
Going to NY: “I’m going to live here when I get older!”
Meeting the Misfits
DC's vs Detroit's tastes
Finding The Freezer
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Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 8min
Episode 361 - Steve Caballero (The Faction, Odd Man Out, Bones Brigade, Urethane)
Get ready to Skate & Destroy! Today on the show, the original Skate Punk, STEVE CABALLERO sits down to talk about both of his legendary career’s. From starting one of the original skate zines, to being inspired by JFA, to the skateboarding/ punk balance: THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
& don't miss Steve's new band Urethane's awesome debut album "Chasing Horizons" out on September 24th via Cyber Tracks!
Also Touched On:
Not growing up with rock music
Skate Punk zine
Getting into Black Flag
The DIY nature of early 80s Skateboarding
Inspired by JFA
Skaterock
Black Flag
Kingpin: The Rockabilly Skate Punk Band
Green River
IM Records: a mother and son operation
A Pro-Skater brings the kids in the door
Odd Man Out
“The skinheads are looking for you”
The “Epi-Fat” era
Bodyjar
Signing to Mystic
Lars Frederikesen in the drum set... twice
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Sep 1, 2021 • 1h 21min
Episode 360 - Miles Copeland (IRS, Step-Forward, DFC, Illegal, Faulty Product)
Today on the show, Damian sits down with the "Svengali of punk": MILES COPELAND! Listen in as the two discuss Miles’ role in the early punk scene, the arrival of the New Wave boom & laying the ground work for the alternative explosion!
Don't miss it!!
Also, don't miss Miles’ fantastic new book "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back" out now on Jawbone Press.
Also Touched On:
The first touring festival
the Sniffin’ Glue atheistic
A&M’s reaction to punk
Sex Pistols: more of a press operation than band
Tour managing the Sex Pistols
Lux and Stiv: really scary
“It’s about what you have to say”
Passion over virtuosity
“Miles, how am I supposed to help this band!? They can’t play!!”
The Squeeze: “Not PUNK punk”
The Wasps
Going to the Roxy and finding Menace
The Go-Gos
Lux didn’t trust anyone
The Fall
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Aug 27, 2021 • 1h 21min
Episode 359 - Charlie Angus (Grievous Angel, L'Etranger, MP for Timmins/ James Bay)
It's election time in Canada! To celebrate the process of democracy we welcome, the only punk rocker currently in Canadian Parliament, CHARLIE ANGUS to the show! Join Damian as he sits down with Charlie to discuss the music side of his life. Listen in as they talk the journey from the bands L' Etranger & Grievous Angels to applying his "degree from the school of punk" in the world of federal Canadian politics. THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!
& don't miss the Grievous Angels' fantastic album "Summer Before The Storm" on Jimmy Boyle Records now!
Also Touched On:
Sitting in the back of accounting class hoping for something more
Getting rock mags from a neighbour
“Oh my god! You aren’t going to buy that are you?
The divides in Toronto punk
The music changes the landscape
“Losers like John Tory”
Why was the downtown art scene used to be so good
Tell the Parliamentary Library you graduated from the school of punk rock
Elvis Costello and the radical reinterpretation of what a rockstar was
Touring and building community
Going to the Last Pogo
Going on tour with Goddo
Don’t go upstairs at Larry’s Hidaway
The Cabana Room
“The Jam had a record by 18. We’re are almost 20! We’re failures!”
The Ugly
The ill-fated tour with the Dub Rifles
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Aug 22, 2021 • 1h 22min
Episode 358 - Monty Messex (DFL, The Atoms)
Swear word bands unite! Today on the show, Dead F*ckin' Last's MONTY MESSEX stops by to talk about punk! If being from one legendary band wasn't enough, Monty was also the lead singer of long time Turned Out A Punk obscure favourite: The Atoms! Listen in as they talk about the rocky journey getting from The Atoms to DFL. From the hardcore/ punk divide, to Flea having to come to the rescue at the first show, to The Beastie Boys/ Guns & Roses Connection: DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!
And don't miss DFL's awesome new EP YRUDFL out now on SBÄM Records!
Also Touched On:
Halloween 1979: burnt into your soul
going to the Hong Kong Cafe for
Keith Morris in a Spiderman costume singing for Black Flag
The LA HC/ Punk divide
The Germs=Greatness
Going to see the Chiefs and the Gears
Hangin’ at THE Church
Hollywood High
Dangerhouse Records
How Atoms came together
“We Got The Power” zine
Flea to the rescue
Who was Harvey Oscar?
Chris Trent
Finding a bootleg of the of your own band
“Nothing to do but do drugs and have sex with each other.”
Things fall apart
How DFL came together
now vs. then
Fletcher attacks on a Pennywise tour
& so much more!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Aug 17, 2021 • 1h 6min
Episode 357 - Nancy Barile (Author, Educator, Former Manager Of Sadistic Exploits)
Class is in session! This week on the show Damian is joined by the author of the amazing memoir "I'm Not Holding Your Coat" & celebrated teacher: NANCY BARILE! Listen in as the two discuss the formation of the American East Coast hardcore scene. From early Philly New Wave, to the economic realities behind what gets canonized in punk, to why Jackal is the coolest punk & so much more! NOT TO BE MISSED!
Don't miss Nancy's fantastic "I'm Not Holding Your Coat" on Bazillion Points! Available at your favourite bookstore now!
Also Touched On:
Kenn Kweder
The Ramones and Blondie
“Philly never gets its due”
The class differences in the early hardcore scenes
having to sell a school ring to pay for the Sadistic Exploits 7”
The 1981 explosion
Punkfest
SSD
The Stick Men
Headcheese
the art/punk divide
Pure Hell are gods
When Jackal hits the scene
Going to New York… somehow
The NY before the HC
Hating DC
The board daylight Boston scene
Bad Brains
“Kill anyone with a beer in their hand”
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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Aug 14, 2021 • 54min
Episode 356 - Brooke Smith (Grey's Anatomy, Silence Of The Lambs, Big Sky)
You'll never look at Dr. Erica Hahn on "Grey's Anatomy" the same way again! Today on the show, star of film & TV, BROOKE SMITH stops by to discuss her journey from the New York Hardcore episode of "Donahue" to putting the lotion in the basket in "Silence of The Lambs". Listen in as Brooke & Damian discuss: navigating the LES as a teenager, being the OG Cro-Mags roadie, Jeff Buckley's love of Bad Brains & so much more!!
DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!!
Also, don't miss Brooke in "Big Sky" on ABC!
Also, also, don't miss this week's guest booker and TOAP alumni (Episode 207) John Ross Bowie's awesome new podcast: "Household Faces"!
Also Touched On:
Exploring the LES as a kid in the 80s
Going to shows super young
dying your hair until it falls out
Bad Brains as the best live band ever
Cause For Alarm
Straight Ahead
The original Cro-Mags’ LP unused art
the unity of NY Punk
If you are looking for John and Harley: go to the park
memorizing the payphone number
Driving the Cro-Mags around in the family station wagon
The Agnostic Front, Nausea and Warzone Pool Party
Standing WAAAAAAAAY in the back for GG Allin
Jeff Buckley never getting to see Bad Brains
& SO MUCH OTHER GOODNESS!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Aug 11, 2021 • 1h 30min
Jason Narducy from Split Single, Bob Mould, Verboten is here
Episode 355 - How many 10 year olds have helped shape rock history?! Today on the show, Split Single's JASON NARDCUCY talks about his "influential" elementary school punk band & his incredible career since then. Join Damian as he sits down with his friend to discuss: being a 10 year old punk, Bob Mould being awesome on & off stage, Tim Meadows' love of music & SO MUCH MORE! Don't miss this one & don't miss the awesome new Split Single album "Amplificado" on Inside Outside Records OUT NOW! Also Touched On: Getting into punk at 8Rock n Roll High School with Cheap Trick?Gigging by age 11Tracy is the COOLESTbeing too young to understand the scenemeeting Vic Bondi as an adultWhy Bob Mould rules The influence of the Germ’s “Panther”The issue of kids in the punk sceneMeeting a CoachellaGoing to parties with grown-upsOff BroadwayDid DCHC like KISSLeaving the punk scene at 13Seeing Sonic Youth in Europe on the Sister tourput yourself in the sightlineTim Meadows is super coolTaking the Dead Kennedys to a country club & SO MUCH 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

Jul 29, 2021 • 1h 37min
Episode 354 - Bear Witness and Tim "2oolman" Hill (The Halluci Nation)
The Halluci Nation is here! Years in the making, Tim “2oolman” Hill and Bear Witness sit down to discuss the separate paths that have led them to working together. Formally know as A Tribe Called Red, The Halluci Nation is one of the most important groups in Canadian music. Join Damian as he sits down with two of his closest friends to discuss: punk, the rude awaking of sleepy Toronto, the differences growing up in Six Nations, the importance of collaboration, why are pool halls always so sketchy and so much more!
DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!
And don’t miss The Halluci Nation’s INCREDIBLE new album “One More Saturday Night”!!!
Also discussed:
Pat and Kelly: sword fighting, D’n'D, Warhammer 40k and Punk
Growing up against the norm
The differences growing up in Six Nations
The Basement of HMV
Geography’s relationships to culture
Growing up as sleepy Toronto wakes up
The Untouchables and The Skinhead War
Toronto neighbourhood gangs
Why were pool halls and arcades so sketchy?
The unique division of the labour in The Halluci Nation
collaboration
Breaking Rammer and Left For Dead’s Joel Fisher’s arm
AND SO MUCH MORE
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Jul 27, 2021 • 1h 11min
Episode 353 - Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros, Infectious Grooves, Ballhog or Tugboat)
Our "Give The Drummer Some Love" weekend wraps up with a doozy: Jane's Addiction's STEPHEN PERKINS is here! Listen in as he & Damian talk about going from an 80's glam metal kid to helping usher in the 90's alternative music takeover. The Bad Brain's influence on Jane's, touring with Tommy Lee & Mike Watt back to back, DC / LA similarities & so much more: do not miss this!!
Also Touched On:
The end of the Sunset Strip
the late 80’s LA punk scene
Perry wanting to get funky coming out of PsyCom
The influence of Fishbone and Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Scream Club
Venom
The connection between the Glam and Punk scenes
Opening for Iggy Pop
Love And Rockets
Trying to get bigger
Seeing punk before you hear it
Fear as one of the best bands ever
Jane’s Addiction’s HEAVY Bad Brains influence
Bullet Boys, Guns’N’Roses Fishbone and Jane’s shared practice space
Drummers HANG
Meeting X
Ballhog or Tugboat?
& LOTS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!!!
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