

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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Oct 28, 2018 • 1h 47min
Footnote 189 - Mike Haliechuk & Jerry A Part #2
Listen Nerds! Never Again! This week on the show, Chris & Damian have two huge episodes to discuss, but that doesn’t stop them from having a 20 minutes conversation about veggie burgers at now defunct fast food chains.
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Oct 22, 2018 • 1h 29min
Episode 189 - Jerry A Part #2
The greatest hardcore record of all time, Poison Idea’s Feel The Darkness, is getting reissued!!! To celebrate, the King of Punk himself, JERRY A returns to the show! In keeping with the tradition of Aliens & The GodFather Part II, this sequel may be better than the original?!?!? So listen in as Damian gets to sit down with one of his heroes AGAIN & punish him about everything he forgot to ask the first time!
Also Touched On:
Part #2 Hard To Make Happen
Ramones As Universal Language
Music: If It’s Good, It’s Great
MRR Reviews Everything
Inept Music Is PERFECT
Jerry Loves Finnish Tom Loves Dutch
Buying GISM & Not Getting It
United Mutation
The Beef With DC
“It’s Time To Turn Up The Heat On Ian Again.”
Tom Hates Henry
What Is A "Superbeer"?
A 1/5 Of Jim Bean & Touring With The Hard-Ons
Drinking Where Belushi Did
Making “Feel The Darkness”
Writing Taken By Surprise For The Sub Pop Single
Making Sub Pop Pay Up
Pig’s Last Stand As Payback
Alice In Chains Find Grunge
Wanting To Go Out On A Good Note
Metal Bands
Getting Goth & Performance Art As Openers
Punk Love Cow Brains
I’m In A Hard Rock Band
How Pantera Heard About Poison Idea…
Having A Song On The Crow Soundtrack
Being On Punk-O-Rama
Never Getting A Statement From Epitaph
The Unreleased Poison Idea
Loving YDI
Poison Idea Was Its Own World
Record Collecting
Touring Australia With The Hard-Ons
Iggy Pop
Sonic Youth
Beasts Of Bourbon
Helmet
Mudhoney
Mick Harvey Almost Becomes Shark Bait
& Much, Much MORE!!!
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Oct 17, 2018 • 2h 2min
Episode 188 - Mike Haliechuk (Fucked Up, Ruination, Smartboys, Walls Around Us, Where It Ends)
This week on the show, in celebration of the NEW FUCKED UP LP "DOSE YOUR DREAMS”, Damian is joined by one of the most requested guests ever on the show, MIKE HALIECHUK!!! Yes, it finally happened! AAAAAANNNNNDDDD Jonah Falco makes a cameo too!!!!! This is one they'll be talking about around the water cooler tomorrow!
Also Touched On:
Mike Finally Makes An Appearances
Buying A Melvins, Sex Pistols & Maybe An L7 Tape
TV Over Radio
A Tie Dye Sex Pistols Shirts
Green Day Or The Offspring: You Must Choose
Mike & Damian Meet For The First Time At The Circle Jerks Opera House Show
“Stay Out Of Riverdale” / “East End Kids Are Poseurs”
Freaking Out About Meeting Chris Colohan
Jay Hammer’s Shows
Hardcore Is About Freedom: Ordering Pizza’s To Shows
The Last Hockey Teeth Show… & Missing Hockey Teeth
Random Killing
The HMV Vinyl Section
The Confine Release Show
Daragh Hayes Is The NICEST!
The Peter Pan Scene Of Toronto
The AFI Riot
Ignite Cancels On Toronto A Million Times
How Where It Ends Formed…
Booking The Jewish Community Centre
Fastbreak Save The Day & 5 Knuckle Chuckle
Mike Forms Ruination & Damian Gets Jealous
Europe Breaks Mike
How Fucked Up Forms
Recording 7”s
Making Hidden World
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!
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Oct 11, 2018 • 1h 40min
Footnote 187 - Matt Murphy, TOAP 80's Toronto Hardcore Special, Aimee Interrupter & Kevin Bivona
Your Mindless Propaganda Be It Right Or Be It Wrong It's Just A Cheap Attempt To Prey On My Nerd Fears!!! This Week, Damian & Chris sit down & breakdown the last 3 episodes. It's what these guys do.
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Oct 8, 2018 • 1h 15min
Episode 187 - Aimee Interrupter & Kevin Bivona (The Interrupters, Transplants)
This week on the show, not one, but TWO amazing guests - THE INTERRUPTERS' Aimee & Kevin!!! Two people who couldn't have had more different paths that led them to the same band. THIS IS A GOOD ONE!!! Kickback & listen how Aimee had to go through the wringer from getting yelled at as a kid in smoke filled bars to then being thrown quickly into the majors before meeting Kevin, who was raised in punk. Together, they both realized their childhood dream's by forming THE INTERRUPTERS! IT PLAYS LIKE A MOVIE!!!
Also Touched On:
Kevin Getting Into The Late 90’s Ska Boom
Alvin & Punkamunk
Less Than Jake & The Aquabats
Amy Gets A Bleach
Hearing …And Out Come The Wolves & Feeling Less Alone.
Bad Religion & NoFX
AFI, Pennywise & The Warped Tour Era
Joan Jett Punk From Before The Germs, To Bikini Kill, To Present Day
Boys II Men
Kevin Hears “Here Comes The Hot Stepper” As The First Exposure
Snow - “Informer”
Amy Finds Music Through Mom
Kevin’s Grandfathers’ Music
Frank Sinatra’s “One for My Baby One For The Road”
Kevin For The Void
The Cheap Punk CD Comp
Green Day
Save Farris & The Specials Go To Montana
Government Cheese Opens For Strung Out
Kill Radio
Aimee Gets Into Jam Bands
Kevin & His Brother Form The Telecasters
Meeting On A Sugar Ray Tour
Getting The Dream Gig In Transplants
Meeting Tim Armstrong
Touring With The Dropkick Murphy’s
Touring With 7 Seconds
& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!
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Oct 2, 2018 • 1h 31min
TOAP 80's Toronto Hardcore Special (Fran Grasso, Derek Emerson, Shawn Chirrey, Simon Harvey)
This week on the show we bring you a very special episode in celebration of the release of the incredible 80’s TOHC chronicle, Tomorrow Is Too Late! Damian is joined by the nucleus of the book's creation: Derek, Fran, Shawn & the often referenced on Turned Out A Punk: Simon Harvey! Sit back & enjoy a deep delving conversation about the under documented, but all the same amazing - 80’s Toronto Hardcore Punk scene. GET THIS BOOK!!!
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Sep 27, 2018 • 1h 44min
Episode 186 - Matt Murphy (Super Friendz, Black Pool, TUNS etc.) + LTRANTAS + TOAP LIVE WITH DINOSAUR JR!!!!
BOY, THIS IS ONE JAMMED PACKED EPISODE! First off, it’s an interview Damian has been trying to make happen for years, MATT MURPHY of the godly Super Friendz & TUNS is on the show! Hear about Matt growing up in Halifax & watching it quickly become the Canadian “next Seattle”. THEN, enjoy the debut of LISTEN TO RECORDS AND NEVER THINK ABOUT STOPPING (LTRANTAS), a brand new podcast featuring Damian & The Kids! They listen to & discus Damian's record collection. FINALLY, check out the birthday spectacular that was TOAP LIVE WITH DINOSAUR JR!!!
WHAT A WEEK?!?!?!?!?
Also Touched On:
Long Time Friends
Working Together At VICE… Kinda
Dressing Up As “PUNKS” To Go To The Mall
The Let Down Of “The Great Rock & Roll Swindle”
Hanging With Jay From Sloan At Old Dan’s Record Store
“There Would Be No Scene Without Greg Clark”
Nobody’s Heroes: Halifax’s Top Punk
October Game: Sarah McLaughlin New Wave band
Trashcanz Inspiration For The “Z” In Super Friendz
Aggro: Hard New Wave
Matt Form’s The Ink Stains… With A Kazoo Player
Bo Diddley Plays Halifax
Sneaking Into Zappa
Not Liking Neil Young’s “Live Rust”
Black Pool: Pre-Sloan & Super Friendz
Dinosaur Jr.
Bubblegum Pop
Killed By Death
Fugazi
Deep Wound
Minor Threat
& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!
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Sep 24, 2018 • 1h 22min
Footnote 185 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Foss, Antemasque, Anywhere, De Facto etc.)
Support can be a selfish thing. For nerds, I think it’s this way. Today on the show Chris & Damian sit down to talk about the incomparable Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Also, the importance of drummers.
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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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