

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 19, 2018 • 1h 26min
Episode 185 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Foss, Antemasque, Anywhere, De Facto etc.)
On anyone's list of all-time greatest front people in music, they would have to include this week's guest. CEDRIC BIXLER-ZAVALA HAS FINALLY COME ON THE SHOW!!! Join Damian as he gets to sit down with one of his favourite's to ever wield the microphone & talk about going from a gang affiliated drummer, to trashing the Jools Holland show!
Also Touched On:
One Of The Best To Ever Do It
The Power Of Night Flight
Watching Another State of Mind With Your Family
The Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist Is The Key Record
Uglord One Of The Wildest Bands Ever
Ed Ivy From The Rhythm Pigs Starts Throwing Shows
Omar & Sonny Meet Lux & Ivy
Seeing Punk On TV & Putting Punk On TV
The Misfits: A Lot To Love & Love Again
The Jools Holland Show & What Went Wrong
Reenactment Scene In Punk
Distorted Silence: The First Band
Joining Phantasma Gloria: The Bad Kid Band
The Respect & The Hate That Comes From Being Feared
Playing With Christ On A Crutch
When Your Two Favourite Local Bands Have Beef
Being A Cheerleader
A One-Man-Pit In Your Parents House
Bad Mothergoose & Sprawl & The Texas Funk Scene
Everyone Wanted To Be Red Hot Chilli Peppers & Jane’s Addiction
Joining the Three Blind Bats, The House Band For The North East Death Squad Gang
The Spermbirds’ Influence On El Paso
Scratch Acid, Butthole Surfers, Big Boys: Texas Punk
Cherbs, Ed Hall & Trance Syndicate Records
When Your New Band Beats Up Your Old Band
The Acid Years
The Dregtones: Trying To Do Something Really Uncool
Meeting Foss & Beto
Pretending To Be Rain Sanction
Booking No Empathy
The Grunge Hangover
Touring With FEIST
Trench Mouth Looks Like A CULT!
“No One Was Interested At All.”
Dreaming Of Ebullition Records
Getting On Flipside
Face To Face Was Pissed!
Dodging Full Cans Of Coke Whipped At Your Head
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Sep 18, 2018 • 1h 2min
Footnote 184 - Shawna Potter (War On Women, Avec, Fair Verona)
Nerds’ my thing, I keep on a hook. This week on the show Chris & Damian talk about the greatness of the Shawna Potter episode! Also, they gear up for the TOAP TORONTO LIVE SHOW WITH DINO JR!
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Sep 12, 2018 • 1h 24min
Episode 184 - Shawna Potter (War On Women, Avec, Fair Verona)
Get ready everyone! This week on the show, one of the best doing it today, War On Women’s, Shawna Potter! Join Damian as he gets to sit done & chat with another one of his favourite front-people! Shawna discusses going from being signed to a crooked indie label at age 16 to touring with Black Flag!
Also Touched On:
Was It The Sex Pistols Or Bikini Kill As First Exposure?
Sonic Youth Is PUNK
The Two People In North America That Never Got Into Fugazi
The Washington DC/ Washington State Connection
Growing Up With MTV
The Judds Rocked
NOT ALL WOMEN PLAYING PUNK ARE IN RIOT GRRL BANDS (Those Bands Rule Too Though)
Forming Avec
Helium Is AMAZING!!!!
Playing In Fair Verona For 6 Years Is A Lifetime When You're In High School
Getting Put Through The Record Industry Wringer As A Teenager
Moving To Baltimore
Playing To Black Flag Fans
Touring, But No One Caring
Jim Ward Is The NICEST Person In Music
Brooks, Beto & The Fate Of The Free World
RIP John Stabb
Wizard Of Oz Connection
Theatre Kids Make The Best Vocalists
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Sep 10, 2018 • 1h 13min
Footnote 183 - Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano (HBO's ANIMALS)
NERDS! Here's another episode of Footnotes featuring Chris & Damian talkin' non-stop music & TV...& the Animals Episode
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Sep 4, 2018 • 1h 5min
Episode 183 - Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano (HBO's ANIMALS)
This week on the show Damian is joined by not one, but two great guests, the creators of HBO’s Animals, Phil Matarese & Mike Luciano! Check it out as they discuss how Animals was the pair’s ultimate statement about the DIY ethics & how music ultimately guides the show.
Also Touched On:
Animals As A Punk Project
Phil Finds Green Day, But Is Too Young To Read The Name Of The Album
Blink 182
Saves The Day
Club Chrome
Mike Finds His Way In Through Compilation CDs
Kung Fu Records
An Older Brother In Save the Day
Emulating
Tony Hawk
Why Did The Show "Vinyl" Suck So Much
New Found Glory
American Football
Cap'n Jazz
Mighty Mighty Bosstones As Vocal Icon
Finding Out The Composer From Your Show Was In Shudder To Think
Moby, Punk Style
Vatican Commandos
Flipper
Titus Andronicus
The So So Glos
The Men Doing The Theme Song
Working With Bill Callaghan
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!
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Sep 2, 2018 • 1h 43min
Footnote 182 - Sami Zayn (WWE Superstar) With Special Guest - Wei Ting (Post Wrestling, Live Audio Wrestling)
Nerds! Killing it all, get the fuck out of our bingo halls! This week on the show, Chris & Damian realized that they needed some backup to take on the monumental Sami Zayn episode, so they invited Post Wrestling’s own, Wai Ting to help out! Join the trio as they discuss wrestling, punk & how Wai was nearly the co-host of Turned Out A Punk. CRAZY! Right?
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Aug 28, 2018 • 1h 43min
Episode 182 - Sami Zayn (WWE Superstar, DDT, ROH, PWG, WXW, www.samiforsyria.com)
REJOICE!!!!!!!!!! This week on the show Damian is joined by one of his most dreamt about guests, WWE Superstar Sami Zayn! Listen in as they have a far reaching conversation about everything from punk, wrestling & the very real bond that connects their identities & subculture. THIS ONE IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, please visit www.samiforsyria.com & donate, if you can.
Also Touched On:
Third Attempt & Third Times A Charm
The Reason For The Mystery
Thank You Sami For Jesse Micheals Coming On The Show
M Dogg & Brookside Are The Most Down Punk Rockers
“Operation Ivy Is Perfect”
Having To Live Up To Other People’s Ideal Version Of You
The Idea Of Being A Different Person Outside The Ring
The Different Approaches To Public Attention
Green Day Happens
Angelo Was Ahead Of The Game!
Returning CD’s To HMV
Trading Tom Jones For Punk In Drublic
Out Comes the Wolves Is A Perfect Record
The Clash
Did You Pick Punk OR Did Punk Pick You?
Lagwagon
Hi-Standard
Hearing Propagandhi & Not Being Ready For It Until Recently
Falling In Love With The Beatles
Getting Booked By Kevin Gill & Lars Frederiksen
The Punk/Wrestling Connection!!!!
Bon Jovi Is OVER In Montreal
Dennis From Styx Is Also OVER In Montreal
Going To Your First Indie Wrestling Show & Getting Hooked
The Energy Of Indie Wrestling Is Like Going To A Punk Show
Seeing Grimskunk At A Street Festival
Against Me!
Not Understanding Why People Get Concerned About Bands Selling Out
Not Knowing BLITZ… Until Now
"90% Of Punk & Wrestling Is Terrible"
Going For Bon Jovi & Getting Less Than Jake
Bob Dylan Is A Truly Unhinged Performer
Kicking Ultra Mantis Black In Face As Hard As You Can
Teaming With Brad From Pissed Jeans
Sick Of It All
Leatherface
Chris Gethard, Aiden English & The Best Show Connection
& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!
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Aug 27, 2018 • 1h 18min
Footnote 181 - Eric Davidson (The New Bomb Turks, Livids)
That’s just what nerds got to be! Can’t you see this is an emergency? This week Damian & Chris tackle the episode featuring their mutual rock/literary hero: Eric Davidson! They also try to get to the bottom of the Raise Your Voice Joyce Comp. GOOD TIMES!!!!
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Aug 20, 2018 • 1h 28min
Episode 181 - Eric Davidson (The New Bomb Turks, Livids)
EVERYBODY JUMP UP, cause this week we've got ERIC DAVIDSON of THE NEW BOMB TURKS on the show! Listen in as Damian gets to sit down with, not just one of his favourite frontmen, but one of his favourite authors' as well! From seeing a news story about punk to writing a book identifying a hereto unknown subgenera of punk, the two cover Eric’s storey in-depth! Not to be missed!
Also Touched On:
New Bomb Turks Is One Of The Best HC Bands From The 90's
The Spaceshits’ Unique Style
Danko Jones' First Show
The Deadly Snakes
The Dark & Starvation Army: Clevo Hardcore
Death Of Samantha: Eric’s Fave Write Band
Seeing Punk On The TV For The First Time
Brother Goes To See The Clash & Brings Back The Word Of God
Getting A Tutorial Through Requests To The College Radio Station
The Mainstream College Station Plays REM
Kurtis Blow
Seeing Clash On The Cut The Crap Album
The Remnants Of Old Cleveland
Seeing The Mirrors
Watching Stiv Bators Pee
Prisonshake
Cleveland Doesn’t Suck
Seeing Pagans
A Scene Develops Free From The Curse Of Success
Shows In A Junk Yard
Seeing The Romantics With The Boys Brigade For Your First Show
Peeing Beside The Bassist Of The Hoodoo Guru’s
Shadow Of Fear & The Goth Vibe
The Choir & Raspberries
The Lizard: The Cop That Looked Like LUX Interior With A Cramps Patch On His Jacket
Cleveland Is A Goth Town
The New Bombs Turks & Integrity Played Together.. Maybe
The Mice RULE!
Gibson Brothers, TJSA & Skrawl
Datapanik Records
Mike Rep Rules
New York Dolls
The Electric Eels Moved To Columbus?
True Aim Reluctant Hardcore Friends
Gaunt Brothers In Arms
The Release Of Killed By Death
Really Red
Pagans
Crypt Records
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Aug 19, 2018 • 1h 20min
Footnote 180 - TURNED OUT A PUNK LIVE AT 77' FEST
This week on Footnotes Chris & Damian talk about the Montreal live episode. Also, eulogizing a Canadian legend: Randy Rampage (Randy Desmond Archibald) RIP
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