

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 5, 2018 • 51min
Episode 158 - Michael Ian Black (Comedian, Author, Director, The State, Stella, Wet Hot American Summer, Another Period)
"Time Heals, Time Goes On & Time Really Flies." THIS WEEK WE HAVE MICHAEL IAN BLACK ON THE SHOW!!! Listen in as Damain & Michael discuss everything from City Gardens to 10,000 Maniacs to who was his most feared New York Hardcore band. This one goes even deeper than we could have expected, so kickback & get ready!!!
Also Touched On:
Growing Up In The Wilds Of Hillsborough, New Jersey
Reading The Candy Apple Grey Review
“Oh, They Sold Me A Bum Cassette” Why Would There Be Static On A Tape?
Liking Pop & MTV
There Must Be More Than Wham! & Duran Duran Out There.
"Candy Apple Grey Was My Sgt. Peppers"
Going to Princeton Record Exchange To Find Things That Scared, Shocked & Were Funny.
10,000 Manics Is Way Too Nutty Of A Band Name For A Tame Band
Princeton Record Exchange Employees
Forming A Band With Tim Shaw (Ensign) "The Pleased"
Fear Of Sick Of It All
Mosh & Die
Violence In The Scene
Going To City Gardens
A Whirlwind Of Change
Hating Metal
An Intense Discussion On The Effect Of GNR & Jane’s Addiction
Sounding Like A Bunch Of Suburbanite 16 Year Old Hardcore Kids
Getting The Growl
Playing CBGBs
Joining The State
Kari Kenney’s Cake Like
The Music Scene In New York
Going To Shows By Yourself
& Much, Much More….
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Mar 2, 2018 • 1h 20min
Footnote 157 - Chaka Malik (Burn, Orange 9mm, Ghost Decibels)
Positive hardcore is what nerd claim. Open minded music is our game. This week Chris & Damian sit down to talk about the awesome Chaka Malik & nerd out about all things NYHC and punk.
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Feb 26, 2018 • 49min
Episode 157 - Chaka Malik (Burn, Orange 9mm, Ghost Decibels)
We aren’t here for a long time, but this week come join us for an amazing time cause NEW YORK HARDCORE LEGEND CHAKA MALIK IS ON THE SHOW!!! Join Damian as he sits down with Chaka to find out about the path that took him to becoming one of the genres all time greatest front people. Again, this isn’t a super long episode, BUT it more than makes up for it with awesomeness. Sit back & hear some stories - Punk, Hardcore, GRAFFITI, mosh pits, hugs and more!!!
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Feb 23, 2018 • 2h 14min
Footnote 156 - Patty Schemel (Author, Hole, Death Valley Girls, Kill Sybill, The Circuit Side, Upset)
THEY CALLED IT THE NERD PACK, WE CALLED IT UNITED NERDS!!! This week on the show Chris & Damian talk about how awesome Patty is, ask where Kiss was most popular & take a deep dive into the K discography! THIS IS LIVING!!!
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Feb 19, 2018 • 1h 11min
Episode 156 - Patty Schemel (Author, Hole, Death Valley Girls, Kill Sybill, The Circuit Side, Upset)
What An Episode!!! This week, Hits So Hard author (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/patty-schemel/hit-so-hard/9780306825088/) & Hole/Upset/ Death Valley Girls etc. drummer, Patty Schemel is on the show! Join us as Patty sits down with Damian to talk about growing up punk in small town Washington & how her hometown scene would up changing the world of music forever. Seriously, this one made the TOAP Hall Of Fame. DON'T MISS IT!!!
Also Touched On:
Mutual Love & Respect
Patti Smith On SNL As First Contact
Nowhere To Buy Punk Records
Canada Has SCTV & SCTV Has The Plasmatics & Rough Trade
Time Square’s Amazing Soundtrack
Going To The Comic Book Store To Buy Rock Scene
Buying Leave Home On 8 Track
The Pacific Northwest Obsession With KISS
Being Cursed For Life
Carol Pope Is A Pioneer
Brave New Waves Was THE BEST!!!
Asexuals Invented Pop Punk
Early 54-40 Is Super Underrated
The Secret Punk History Of Platinum Blonde
Pointed Sticks
Moral Lepers
Seeing The Ramones At The Hippadrome
Footloose In Reallife
Circle Jerks’ Terrible Fanbase
Duff Comes Back To Town… With His New Friends, But The Violent Femmes Were Playing In The Other Room
Soundgarden, Melvins & Husker Du All On One Show
The Fastbacks & DOA At Gorilla Gardens… But Getting Arrested Before DOA Played
Forming The Milkbones & Playing With The Accused
The Deep Six Comp
Bruce Pavitt’s Record Collection
Dropping Acid & Listening To Spaceman 3
The Archetype Of 90’s Indie Record Label Ownership
Kill Sybill
& Much, Much More...
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Feb 12, 2018 • 1h 46min
Episode 155 - Rocky Romero (New Japan Pro-Wrestling, ROH, Lucha Libre USA)
This week on Turned Out A Punk we are celebrating the announcement of "Turned Out A Punk Live in LA: The Punk/Wrestling Connection" (on February 25th) and what better way to celebrate than by having LA wrestling hero Rocky Romero? So sit down and enjoy as Damian gets to talk to one of his favourite wrestler's and a secret punk kid about the journey to training with Antonio Anoki and becoming a star in Japan.
Also touched on:
Listening to Sublime
“Check this band out, it’s a little harder than what you are you to”
Operation Ivy
The Misfits
Loving horror movies
Video Store Culture
Independent film in the 90s
the problem(s) with Tarantino
the state of wrestling
Anoki and music and wrestling
Union 13
The adventures of going to your first show
The early days of the internet
“What happens is they turn off the internet?” printing out binders of information
Wu-Tangs one off record as a model
Is the WWE the ultimate custom match company
Starting a band
& MUCH, MUCH MORE…
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Feb 5, 2018 • 55min
Episode 154 - RIP Cheryl Hastings
A few days ago my brother and I lost our mother. She was an amazing person that tried to help the people around her and brought joy to all that knew her. This episode is dedicated to her. I love you forever mom.
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Feb 4, 2018 • 2h 14min
Footnote 153 - Jim Cuddy (The HiFi's, Blue Rodeo)
Nerds not against you, nerds not against me, nerd only want reality! This week on the show Damian is out of commission so Chris springs into action and calls on the two Daves to step in and make sure your hearing people talk about punk quota is filled. And what a hell of a show they giving you!!! Warning: The Daves audio sounds a little weird and well… punk but we are working for it for next week.
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Jan 29, 2018 • 60min
Episode 153 - Jim Cuddy (The HiFi's, Blue Rodeo)
This week on Turned Out A Punk, one of the greatest Canadian songwriters of all-time (He’s in the Hall Of Fame for it): Jim Cuddy!! Jim has a fantastic new album called Constellation (In stores now!), but for the purposes of our show we take Jim back to his early days as a power popper in the HiFi’s to see how punk helped & hindered his journey to Blue Rodeo, ultimately changing Canadian music forever…. and of course the DOA, The BFG’s & Canadian bands in Alphabet City. THIS IS A MONSTER OF AN EPISODE!!!!
Also Touched On:
Diodes and Demics were THE bands
Forming the HiFi’s
Beatlesqe
Randy (not Rampage) and DOA
Power Pop
Elvis Costello
The appeal of punk
Punk grows up
Steve Koch
Hearing the Sex Pistols for the first time
Why was there no first wave punk from Kingston?
Chris Speeding
“You guys wanna rumble, you know, for like money?”
Cabana Room
BFGs
Meeting bitterness from the music scene upon success but not from the musicians
The passing of Handsome Ned and how it changed Toronto
The arrival go heroine
“The elegant junkie” myth
No interest in being “An Event Band”
Ready Records courting Blue Peter
Picking Colin Newman
Getting on the radio
Dave Booth a Rockabilly manager with a great ear
The Spoons and Ceramic Hello
No fitting in with Synth and getting out of town
Post HiFi recording
The 70’s were competitive in music
Going to New York
Anyone can get a gig in CBGBs
Cowboy Junkies living in Alphabet City
Getting “Charlie Brown’d” the the record biz
The * Wives: the most controversial band in the city
The difference between Vancouver and Toronto’s scene
Chris Huston: the link
& MUCH, MUCH MORE...
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Jan 22, 2018 • 1h 11min
Episode 152 - Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker, Jets To Brazil, Forgetters, Thorns Of Life)
THE WORLD IS AN OYSTER & WE'VE GOT BLAKE SCHWARZENBACH ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK!!! Right on the heels of Jawbreaker's recent show announcements, Blake took sometime out of the practice schedule to sit down & talk everything from The Wipers to Ratt to Econochrist. This one is so much fun, so kickback, relax & get ready…I GOT IT!!!
Also Touched On:
Blake Is stoked To Meet Damon From Blur
Playing With Radiohead, Oasis & NO DOUBT
Middle School In Portland
An AMAZING First Grip Of Singles: The Wipers, Sado Nation and Echo & The Bunnymen
Getting The Forgetters Sound
Loving Post-Punk Guitars
Growing Up A Music Kid
Dad’s New Wave Girlfriend
Pat Benatar & Loverboy
Van Halen
The Kinks
Loving Palm Muted Guitar
The Beat & Power Pop
Moving To LA
Going To The Palladium To See The Adolescents
Meeting The New Romantics
Getting Into The Paisley Underground: Where The Cool Kids Go
Dream Syndicate: The Days Of Wine & Roses
Seeing the Go-Go’s
Give The Drummer Some: Starting In Music On
Forming Red Harvest: The Surf Goth Power Trio
E Minor C Progression: The Best
Magnolia Thunderpussy
SST Records
Covering Bad Religion
Boinker Music: New Wave Crap
Renouncing Punk & Getting Into Metal
Loving Sludgey Stuff… & Ratt
Being Too Angry For Santa Cruz
Getting Kicked Out Of College For Arson
Going to NYU
Reaching Synthesis
Learning About East Coast Hardcore
Loving The DC Scene
Too Much Male Bravado In The CB’s Scene
Flower: The Pre-Cell Band
Live Skull
Embrace
Jawbreaker: The Result Of A Happy Failure
Dramarama: The Root Of So Much
Sending A Tape To MRR
The First Show With The Post Three O’Clock Band At Club 88
The Partitions Of LA
Government Issue At The AntiClub To LA
Meeting Econochrist & Having A Firework Battle
Bitchmagnet: An Amazing Band With A Terrible Name
Getting On Boner Records… They Were Pretty Dark
& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!
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