

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!
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Jun 21, 2022 • 1h 13min
Colleen Green
Episode 411:
Get ready for a real cool time! Today on the show, COLLEEN GREEN stops by to talk all things punk. Listen in as she & Damian discuss: poetic & not so poetic ways of hearing about punk, Sublime changing everything, being DIY until she dies & tons more! This is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Colleen's latest fantastic record: "Cool"! Out now on Hardly Art Records!
Also, don't miss Colleen on tour in the UK right NOW! More info and dates HERE
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Also Touched On:
Green Day as first exposure
Learning the lyrics to be cool
Waxing poetic
Loving Sublime
Veruca Salt holding up better than Bush
Rosie Rocks
Daddy’s Music Junkie
Knowing that you were going tp be a singer your whole life
If I knew then what I know now…
Having to do everything yourself
“I’M DIY TIL I DIE”
Explosion rules!
Jeff the Brotherhood rules!
AND SO MUCH OTHER GGODNESS!
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Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 10min
Scott Vogel from Terror, Despair and Buried Alive Part 2
Episode 410:
Grab your boots, charge your hair and get ready for a good time; SCOTT VOGEL is making his return to Turned Out A Punk! Listen in as the Buffalo Hardcore God sits down with Damian again to discuss music & why he thinks punk is junk. From making Tony Victory pay the cover to see Snapcase, to a debate about whether or not Group Sex is a hardcore record, to Hatebreed changing everything, to stagediving to protest Fugazi: this is not to be missed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, don't miss Terror's album "Pain To Power", OUT NOW on Pure Noise Records, & don't miss Terror on tour in Europe NOW!
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Jun 14, 2022 • 49min
Jason "Wee Man" Acuña from Jackass
Episode 409:
While there's no question that someone getting hit in their genitals with a paddle is great entertainment, is it also art? Today on the show Jackass' Jason "Wee Man" Acuña sits down with Damian to discuss: punk, skateboarding and art. From watching stabbings from the top of a skateboard ramp, to skateboarding becoming a sport, to the stunt he wouldn't do, to manifesting Keith Morris: don't miss this one!
Also, don't miss Jackass 4.5 on Netflix!
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Also touched on:
Jackass as performance art
The different types of punk
The South Bay
Circle Jerks
Stabbings at shows
The Big Brother Magazine Era
Skater culture around for more than just skaters
The advent of the skateboarding parks
Keith Morris
Wrestling Sami Zayne
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
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Jun 7, 2022 • 2h 13min
Al Barile from SSD and Gage
Episode 408:
How much podcast can you take!?! Well, you better be ready for a whole lot more because AL BARILE from Society System Decontrol is on the show! Join Damian as he sits down with one of the architects of American Hardcore to discuss: where it came from and where it went. “Hating punk”, accidentally causing problems for Ian, who bootlegged "Kids Will Have Their Say", still believing in straight edge, cannabis reluctance & tons more. THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
Also, stay tuned for a HUGE SSD announcement later on this week!
Also, pick up a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
John Taylor from Ontario, Canada: getting a fake ID
Seeing Mission Of Burma
Least likely to rock
Cliff Cunningham’s punk records
Bon Scott’s vocal delivery
Hating La Peste and the Real Kids
Magazine in Lynn, Mass
A riot at the Rat
Guitar is work
Work is fun
Being in a band is a team
Still believing is straight edge
Never talking straight edge with Ian
Get them to 30
Missing the Youth Crew thing
No wanting to be the next Pastiche
Cannabis
Getting rejected by Elektra… without ever submitting a demo
Gerard gets the SSD reissue going
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Jun 3, 2022 • 1h 6min
Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers)
Episode 407:
Let's drop some acid, burn some bridges & let our freak flag fly because Butthole Surfers' PAUL LEARY is here! Listen in as Damian talks to the Texas guitar god about being in one of punk's wildest bands & beyond. From a former friend smashing Sid Vicious' face, to the Butthole Surfers' obsession with Michael Stipe, to the dangers of shotguns on stage, to Billy Gibbons lunching with Culturcide: this is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Paul's fantastically strange new solo record on Shimmy Disc: "Born Stupid", OUT NOW!
Also, find out more information about the up coming Butthole Surfers' documentary at buttholesurfersmovie.com
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Also Touched On:
The first Sex Pistols show in Dallas
Losing a friend over him smashing Sid in the face with a beer
Marching Plague
Stalking REM
The original 9:30 Club
SPK
“We managed to piss some people off without even trying”
Stickmen With Rayguns: the real deal
Don't mess with Bobby Soxx
Loving the Vandals
Bands that don’t smoke pot: “Why are you even in music!?”
“We were hungry and they had soup kitchens”: Going to SF
Working with the Meat Puppets
Sublime
& SO MUCH MORE!
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Jun 2, 2022 • 16min
Washclothdave Ovalpants: A Spongebob Squarepants Review Show - Episode 2
Following the debut on the end of TOAP Ep 403, the stand alone 2nd episode of "Washclothdave Ovalpants: A Spongebob Squarepants Review Show" is here! Join hosts: Dorian, Camden and Damian, as they dive into the undersea paradise known as Bikini Bottom and discuss the second episode of Spongebob.
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May 31, 2022 • 56min
Tim Kasher from Cursive, The Good Life, Slowdown Virginia and Commander Venus
Episode 406:
Let's go outside & burn our shirts! Today on the show Cursive's TIM KASHER is here! Listen in as Damian & Tim discuss a lifelong journey in punk. From Grass Records getting Creed-y, to the Dogma '95-esq TRC 112, to the rise of midwest emo: this is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Tim's fantastic new album: Middling Age, out now on 15 Passenger Records & Thirty Something Records in Europe!!!
Also, grab a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Digital Sex and midwest weirdness
Grass Records
The internalized Ian
Wind Up Records and being label mates with Creed
Slowdown Virginia
Alan Meltzer: Indie rock label impresario turned professional poker player
Brian Wilson… of the Beach Boys
TRC-112
Rules
Small Brown Bike
Cranky Records
Are labels still important?
& SO MUCH MORE!!!!
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May 27, 2022 • 1h 55min
Kevin Hegge, the Director of TRAMPS! & She Said Boom
Episode 405:
KEVIN HEGGE is here! Join Damian as he sits down with his friend & the director of the incredible new documentary TRAMPS! to talk about: art, punk, style & growing up in Toronto. From the real history of New Romanticism, to the ups & downs of filming your heroes, to an evolved understanding of the Sex Pistols' cultural influence: this is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss the Inside Out's Centrepiece Gala screening of TRAMPS! on May 31! In-person at the Tiff Lightbox in Toronto or on-line! More info HERE!!!
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Also Touched On:
"K2"
Growing in NoFX country, Ontario
An evolving understanding of the Sex Pistols
A greater understanding of British Punk
The first Pet Shop Boys show
Meeting Bruce La Bruce
Getting to work at Rotate This
Fashion vs. Style
Never document your heroes!!!
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
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May 25, 2022 • 1h 35min
Brian McTernan from Ashes, Battery, Be Well and Miltown
Episode 404:
Does it make you feel big & strong to flex your muscles in between song? Well, for this Turned Out A Punk: don’t sing along because BRIAN MCTERNAN is here!!! Join Damian as he sits down with one of his vocal heroes to talk about punk. From the Ambassador of New Zealand’s skinhead son, to the DCHC/ Dischord Divide, to life on Lost & Found Records plus so much more: don’t miss this one!!!
Also, don’t miss Be Well’s band new “Hello Sun” EP, out now on Revelation Records & go check out Be Well on tour this summer!
Also, grab a shirt for this podcast at turnedoutapunk.com
Also Touched On:
Showing Suburbia at a birthday party
the DK’s “In God We Trust” sounds wrong at both speeds
The Ambassador of New Zealand’s skinhead son
Going to Uniform Choice, Soul Side, Immoral Discipline and the Flaming Lips for a first show
“If you get hurt, mom’s never going to let us back again!”
“Just sing”: joining Battery
Barrett Jones and Dave Grohl’s basement
Quitting… the first time
Ashes: tragedy and triumph
Matt Squire: from Worlds Collide to One Direction
The late 90’s DIY recording boom
Recording Texas Is The Reason
The Dischord Divide
Amanda MacKaye and Swiz as the bridge
The best show ever: Fugazi, Verbal Assault and Soul Side
Learning about your emotions from Rites Of Spring
Gut Instinct
Tim Owens bailing
Operation Ivy
Lost And Found Records
the Youth Crew Revival and mixed feelings
& SO MUCH MORE!
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May 21, 2022 • 54min
Peaches AND A Special Bonus Podcast!
Episode 403:
Today on the show, PEACHES is here to teaches!!! That’s right, listen in as Damian sits down with the Canadian music icon to discuss: punk & the city of Toronto. From seeing Teenage Head at UCC, to the greatness of the New Music, to acting on stage with Steven Page: this is not to be missed!
Also, don't miss Peaches on the Teaches Of Peaches 20th anniversary tour! Check teachesofpeaches.com for more information.
Also, stay tuned at the end of the episode for the debut of "The Washclothdave Ovalpants Podcast"
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