

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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Aug 19, 2020 • 1h 19min
Episode 281 - Jehnny Beth (Musician, Actor)
Jehnny Beth is one of the best front people in music as well as an accomplished actor. As such, Damian is beyond stoked to get to chat with Jehnny again for the first time in 7 years! Listen in as the two catch up & discuss: cars as instruments, the beauty & horror of mainstream alternative music in France, getting turned away from the post office, living for art & tons of other stuff!
NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!
Also, don't miss Jehnny's brand new amazing album: To Live Is To Love!!!
Also Touched On:
Reconnecting after 7 years
Is “I Put A Spell On You” the first punk song?
Fugazi, Cassavettes and Art and Lifestyle being one
Film with stakes
Learning about Jazz from a piano teacher
Seeing Kim Gordon with a DJ
Blonde Redhead Rule
The glam band on the side of the road
Microfilm
Forming the Motels
meeting Johnny
playing the car in a grindcore band
The Stinky Toys rule
the controversy around Noir Desire
Meeting Johnny
The Luminaire: a venue and a home
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
SPONSORED BY VANS
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Aug 10, 2020 • 1h 4min
Episode 280 - Butch Vig (Producer, Garbage, Spooner, Firetown, Smart Studios)
Get ready to hear some melody drawn out of the noise because today on the show, Damian sits down with producer extraordinaire BUTCH VIG!!! Listen in as the two discuss: the greatness of Mecht Mensch's Zombie, Kurt trying to Sabbath-up the Nevermind mix nearly making Spooner miss a show, trying to capture the Laughing Hyenas & how meeting Garbage impacted a young Damian! That's just the tip of the iceberg!
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Garbage being super cool to Damian and his friend in the 90’s
WORT
the inspiration of punk
mom being a music teacher that loving Led Zeppelin and the Beatles
Merlin's
The Eclipse rehearsal tapes
The University of Madison
Spooner
the Nerves
Mentored by Gary from The Shoes
Self-taught by punk
Raspberries and Tom Petty covers
“Here’s a song by the Beatles”
Playing with Spooner during the mixing of “Nevermind”
pulling hooks out of noise
The godly Appliances
Playing in a Polka band
Starting Boat Records
Touring with Steve Earl
Flying home to work on Killdozer
Feedtime
Cosmic Psychos
Swamp Thing
The Fluid should have been stars!
Genetic by Sonic Youth RULES!
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Aug 4, 2020 • 41min
Episode 279 - Omar Doom (Straight Razor, Inglourious Basterds, Deathproof, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood)
How could Damian have known that when, actor, DJ & Inglourious Basterd, Omar Doom came on show that they were going to wind up talking GG Allin & Breakdown? Listen in as the two discuss: opening for Biohazard & Killing Time, rolling with the Murder Junkies, being rechristened by Tarantino & lots of other goodness! This is why we do this thing!
Also Touched On:
Having a lot of half pipes in your backyard
Seeing the Ramones in a bar in PA
Driving in cars listing to the Dead Kennedys
Repo Man
Seeing G’N’R open for Aerosmith
Metallica
The other Ordeal
playing drums
No one in school length Misfits cover band
The Wear-A-Ramones-Shirt Gang
Following the Ramones around like the Dead
The Cro-Mags
Violence at shows
Biohazard
Moving to NY
Down with the Murder Junkies' Gang
The Bosstone of GG shit
Joe Coleman at a party
& So Much More!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Aug 2, 2020 • 1h 37min
Episode 278 - Kevin Gill (GCW, Striving For Togetherness Records, JCW)
The Juggalo/ Punk Connection is real! As we continue our journey into early 90's New York punk, today on the show Damian sits down with his friend, the connector of the hardcore, wrestling & Juggalo worlds: KEVIN GILL!!! Listen in as the two discuss: learning that NY hardcore was about respect & courtesy early on, doing wrestling commentary with Lars from Rancid, getting into Insane Clown Posse's insular world & holy moly, so much more!!!
Also Touched On:
A long time in the works
The punk wrestling connection
Jackson Heights
Trying to get Jimmy Gestapo to watch ECW
Discipline
Beer in the air conditioner
Going to see Sick Of It All
hearing Gorilla Biscuits and a world opening up
Public Enemy and Murphy’s Law
No Redeeming Social Values talking in quotes
Sheer Terror with Paul Barer in a thong
Being scared of Agnostic Front at first
Famous riot videos
Striving for Togetherness
Madball
Bond Street
The Insane Clown Posse Connection
A wrestling promotion with Lars Frederiksen
JCW
& Tons Of Other Stuff!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Jul 29, 2020 • 2h 12min
Episode 277 - Simon Doom & Dave It Up Reunite!
It's 90's New York Week on the show with, not one but, THREE episodes! Starting it all off with the reunion of Turned Out A Punk contributor & NJ punk legend Dave "It Up" Ackerman & returning guest, Simon "Doom" O'Connor! Join Damian as these two friends reunite & relive the heady days of early 90's New York street punk. This is one of the the funniest episodes ever!
DO NOT MISS IT!!!!
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Jul 24, 2020 • 1h 34min
Episode 276 - Sacha Jenkins (The 1865, Ego Trip, The Wu Tang Clan's "Of Mics To Men")
As we continue with the celebration of the band The 1865, Damian gets to sit down with one of his heroes! Writer, director, producer, editor, musician & all around cultural force, Sacha Jenkins is on the show! Listen in as they talk everything from watching Bugout Society waste White Castle burgers, to dealing with Nazis while roadieing for Burn, to having to explain to Eminem that the joke wasn't on him & everything in between! THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
The importance of Ego Trip to this podcast
The influence of the New Breed Comp booklet
Meeting Chaka
Going to school with one of NY Hoods
playing Leeway in tackle football
Meeting Johnny Waste in class
Quincy punk
Lismore Lounge with Absolution, Pressure Release and Bugout Society
the drug of the pit
The class distinction in NYHC
Meeting Lord Ezec in gym class
on the road with Burn
Dealing with Nazis
The shift in the NY scene
Cane River
Sons and daughters of artists
Identity and punk
starting a zine
PHASE 2 and IGT
Soho Zat
Henry Chalfant’s apartment as a graffiti hub
Meeting Daryl Jennifer
White Mandingos
Ego Trip as Black Flag ’81 to ’83
casting the White Rapper Show
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Jul 21, 2020 • 1h 26min
Episode 275 - Honeychild Coleman (The 1865, Sistagrrl Riott Collective, Heavensbee, Badawi)
The 1865 are one of the best bands going & this week on the show we celebrate their awesomeness with, not one, but two guests from the band! First, the incomparable lead singer, HONEYCHILD COLEMAN joins Damian to talk punk. Listen in as the two discuss going from seeing anti-Sex Pistols ads in the Bible Belt, to helping start the Sistagrrl Riott Collective, to forming The 1865 & writing the amazing "Don't Tread On We!".
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
Reading the paper and discovering punk
loving Surf and Classic rock
Getting Blondie records from the bookmobile
growing up around showbands
Prince
Green On Red at the Peppermint Lounge
Seeing RuPaul’s punk band
Basquiat: the DJ
The difference between NY and every other scene
Pre-celebrity culture
Sonic Youth, Dadaism and inspiration
Moving to the Bay
Performing in the subway as a job
Sista Grrrl Riots
Roir Records and Tapes
Re-meeting Sacha in the Subway
forming The 1865
Chuck Treece
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Jul 18, 2020 • 43min
Episode 274 - Bubba Dupree (VOID, Hater, Earth 18)
VOID WEEK CONTINUES! On this episode Damian is joined by guitar god: BUBBA DUPREE! Listen in as the two discuss Bubba's journey into punk & hardcore. From developing the sound that changed hardcore to his criminally underrated 90's band Earth 18, this one is nuts!
Also Touched On:
The Sex Pistols in Esquire Magazine
Buying “Never Mind the Bollocks” on 8-Track at K-Mart
Being young in San Francisco
Seeing the Jackson 5 at the Cow Palace
Brian James is the greatest punk guitarist
Looking for something trippier than Discharge
Joining Void
Where does Bubba’s guitar sound come from?
Ian McKaye in the studio
the story behind the unreleased “Potion For Bad Dreams”
liking Rites Of Spring
forming a band Johnny Reese from the Obsessed
Earth 18 with Graham from Negative Approach
the Void logo transcends the band
Kim and Ben from Soundgarden are Void fans
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Jul 16, 2020 • 1h 14min
Episode 273 - Chris Stover (VOID)
This week on the the show, we're going to live by our rules! IT’S VOID WEEK ON TURNED OUT A PUNK & we're celebrating one of DCHC's greatest bands with two awesome episodes! First join Damian as he sits down with Void bassist Chris Stover as they talk: Ian & Henry regulating the Clash pit, how VOID came to be, DCHC vs. a bunch of Rednecks, getting grounded from going to see Fear on SNL & tons of other goodness!
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also Touched On:
DCHC starting the pit at the Clash show
Skateboarder Magazine and Action Now
The Bollocks
Seeing the Teen Idles and everything changing
getting tapes from Bert from the Untouchables
Going to see Devo
Law And Order
The Unheard Music Festival
Wino and the Obsessed
how Void came together
“KILL THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!” Void’s second show
Almost missing Fear on SNL because of a grounding
Getting caught eating catering by Eddie Murphy and Garrett Morris
Belushi hangin out with Ian McKaye: what the hell did they talk about?
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Jul 10, 2020 • 1h 4min
Episode 272 - Moby (Vatican Commandos, AWOL)
Here we are now going to the punk side! This week on the show Damian sits down with the legend & one time live collaborator, MOBY to talk punk! Listen in as the two discuss: the legitimate fear at a FEAR show, Rick Rubin borrowing his amp, punk & stardom not mixing along loads more! Not to be missed & don’t miss Moby’s brand new, All Visible Objects record out on Mute Records now!
Also Touched On:
Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video
Sid Vicious’ My Way
being conceived to Coltrane… maybe
liking Led Zeppelin out of a need to fit in only
Watching SNL at Brian Holstein’s house
buying records at Johnny’s
seeing Yes at MSG
Seeing Fear at the Mud Club
The birth of the Connecticut hardcore scene
Moby on a moped
Rick Rubin needs to borrow and amp
The Rob Zombie Connection
Cro-Mags and Murphy’s Law as the last show
AWOL
The little Ian MacKaye on your shoulder
regrets
& SO MUCH MORE!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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