

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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Mar 8, 2019 • 1h 4min
Episode 201 - Greg Attonito (Bouncing Souls)
WHAT AN INSANE WEEK!?!?!? This time on the show punk legend & Bouncing Souls frontperson, Greg Attonito stops by for a chat! Join Damian as he sits down with one of his heroe’s to talk about how punk would change his life, the importance of an anthemic chorus & why you never stop when you are opening for Green Day in Europe.
Also Touched On:
Getting Into Punk Though Your Sister
Meeting Brian & Going To Shows
The Real Cool Guys
Sis goes to the Smiths
Seeing Bruce Springsteen in a stadium
trying to be the ultimate sing along band
“Man, we haven’t written anything close to Hungry Heart
Playing together for 30 years
Seeing the Kinks play on the pier
Seeing The Red Hot Chilli Peppers in NY on Halloween vs. an off night in NJ
Ramones
Fishbone
Seeing Ween’s first show
They Might Be Giants
AOD
Sticks and Stones
Getting on stage for the first time
learning to be a vocalist
Braindead: the very first Bouncing Souls song
slinging your 7”s on the street
“We’d just hang out and stuff would happen”
Always being the weird band
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS!!!!!!!!!
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Feb 28, 2019 • 2h 42min
Episode 200 - Damian Abraham (Fucked Up) + Special Guests!!!!
OH CRAP, WE MADE IT!!! Episode 200 is here & what better way to celebrate than by turning the tables on Damian & putting him into the hot seat. Who better to serve as the interviewer, but the rhythm to Damian's heart, former guest, Jonah Falco (Career Suicide/ Fucked Up/ Game)! Listen in as Jonah forces Damian to answer the question: "How did you get into punk?"
BUT, because this is a party, we have some other guests that have acted as influencers to do this podcast, including: Legendary "The Best Show" caller and music historian Charles R. Martin, "Post Wrestling"'s John Pollock & Wai Ting and "Heat Vision & Jack"'s & maybe Bad-Religion-show-goer Jack Black!!!!!!
This is the a MONSTER of a 200th episode!!!
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING THE SHOW FOR THE PREVIOUS 199 EPISODES!!!
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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Feb 23, 2019 • 1h 54min
Footnotes Supershow #1
This is the start of the new era for Turned Out A Punk! Footnotes Supershow is Chris & Damian hanging out & talking all things punk, wherever the conversation goes. What a better way to kick off the show than having not one, but TWO of Daves we know (we know, these are the Daves we know): Dave It Up & Dave Martin!
Sit back & listen as they ask important questions like:
-Have you ever actually heard Chinese Democracy?
-Tragedy's "Vengeance" setting a bar.
-The international record condition exchange rate.
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Jan 27, 2019 • 1h 10min
Episode 199 - Conor Oberst & Phoebe Bridgers (Better Oblivion Community Center)
This week on Turned Out A Punk, it is a celebration as PHOEBE BRIDGERS & CONOR OBERST come on to celebrate the release of Better Oblivion Community Center! So sit back as Damian gets two different perspectives on a punk journey that ultimately led to the recording of this record. Can You Believe it? ONE FOR THE AGES!!!
Also Touched On:
Pick A Number Between 1 & 10
Clash Loving Big Brother As First Exposure
Uncle Tupelo
Woody Guthrie
From Avril To X
“It’s Not Punk To Call Yourself PUNK”
Conor: PA For hire
Doing Sound For Brainiac
The Reason That The Omaha Sound Has No Sound
Growing Up & Smelling The Smell
Sloppy Jane: From Punk To Cave Core
Girl Pusher: The Most Appropriate Named Band Ever
Commander Venus
Grass Records
The Crap Shoot Of All Ages Bills
Hating Piano
Neil Young Is So Punk
Nirvana Fan: Me But Greasy
Feeling Like You Have To Sign To Other Labels
Digital Sex Rules!!!
Cursive Signs To Crank!
Mousetrap
311 Leaves Town To Get Back
You Have To Get The Music Out Of Omaha
The Pressure Of Being A Super Young Musician In LA
Phoebe & The He-Men
Einstein’s Dirty Secret
The Topanga Canyon
The Fixie Era
A Band Stays At Your Parents
“Is This Chicken vegan?”
Hearing About Emo For The First Time
The Sunny Day Sound
Pax Am
“It’s Like Sheryl Crow!”
Corporate Piggy
“You Know What Would Be Good For Your Image…”
Playing For The Violent Femme’s Fans: Not Fun
“We Should Form A Band That Sounds Like The Replacements!”
& MUCH MUCH MORE!!!
Brought to you by VANS
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Jan 19, 2019 • 1h 28min
Footnote 197 - Julien Baker
Nerds run the streets tonight! This week on the show Chris and Damian talk MRR cancelling print, Lorna Doom's legacy AND the awesome Julien Baker episode!
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Jan 15, 2019 • 1h 24min
Julien Baker from boygenius is here
Episode 197: The good times never stop here at TOAP… Wait, did we say “good”? Well, we should have said AMAZING because this week on the show, Damian is joined by, one of his favourite song writers & one third of the supergroup boygenius, JULIEN BAKER!!! Listen in as the two discuss using christian punk as a way to escape, the similarities between punk vs. religion & Pezz (TN) ruling! DO NOT MISS THIS!!!! Also Touched On:Punk still runs deepThe burden of punkTaking a stand against hotelsBetraying your genreRomanticizing punkMemphis is a uniqueSeeing Green Day on TVSomeones playing guitar on tv and he looks vaguely effeminate and he disagrees with the president!When you get dissed by the Casualties fans and saved by a violent SantaGoing to a show at the Skate parkPoison the WellSilverstienJob For A CowboyBands stop going to MemphisResource scarcity breed cooperation out of necessityThe frat dude’s Led Zep band can play too even!Fifteen ruleWicker from Memphis, an anti-bandGrowing up with religion and findUsing Christian hardcore as an escape to secular punkThe double edge sword of faith based musicPunk as religionJawbreakergoing to your first house showHot Topic bandsTruest of true punksTurnstile live is next levelPEZ RULES!!!!& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 14, 2019 • 1h 21min
Footnote 196 - Danger Ehren (Jackass, Photographer)
Yes, yes Nerds are here again, but they didn't come to see your band! This week on the show, Chris & Damian talk more Danger Erhen! Also, grapple with the argument: What is art?
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Jan 7, 2019 • 2h 2min
Danger Ehren McGhehey from Jackass is here
THIS IS LEGIT, ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES OF TURNED OUT A PUNK YET! Damian is joined by Jackass star Danger Ehren for one of the funniest, most honest & dare we say it, touching episodes. Not to be missed!!! THEN, TOAP Footnotes co-host, Chris O’Toole joins him to talk favourites of 2018! Also Touched On:Ehren who?Just a real dudeSleep opening for Neurosisgetting into punk through Skateboarding and Snowboarding VideosPunk becoming the meaning of everythingGoing on snowmobile vacationsPicking up bodies on the ways home from vacationthe origins of snowboardingJocks VS PunksToo much informationJackass as forebarer to theDoing something to be rememberedJackass Changing cultureContent over qualityJackass for YoutubeWhat porn was to the internet…Jackass as artHow the band got togetherdoing stupid shit in isolationthe stuff that was too extremedoing Jackass shit before the world had seen JackassJoined by being weirdPerformance artKnowing the Melvins for 20 yearsAND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 1, 2019 • 1h 50min
TOAP 2018 Year End Wrap Up: "The Punk/Wrestling Connection Is Real!"
2018 wasn’t so hot for a ton of reasons, but there were some shining moments in a year of otherwise dark times. One such beacon, The Punk/Wrestling Connection!!! This year, the bonds of Wrestling & Punk continued to grow stronger. Nowhere was this connection better illustrated than at Turned Out A Punk’s first ever, “The Punk/Wrestling Connection Gathering”. Join Damian as he gathers UK wrestling God Robbie Brookside, Turnstile’s Pat McCrory, Punk God Lars Frederiksen, Power Trip’s Riley Gale, Ceremony’s Anthony Anzaldo, WWE/TNA/NJPW Champion MVP, Best Coast’s Bob Bruno & DJ/Vocalist/Wrestler Tuna Tardugno! The Punk/Wrestling Connection Is More Real Than Ever Going Into 2019!
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Dec 25, 2018 • 1h 53min
Turned Out A Punk FOOTNOTE Holiday Party
Chris & Damian throw the annual TOAP HOLIDAY STAFF PARTY w/ Dave Martin & Dave It Up. Listen in as the four hang out, open mail & TALK PUNK! Nevermind Talking To The Family, It's The Holidays!
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