

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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Dec 12, 2016 • 1h 10min
Clobbering' Time EP. 07 (Bobb Bruno)
This week Tom and Damian are joined for a little wrestling discussion with the AMAZING Bobb Bruno from Best Coast. In addition to being part of an amazing band, Bobb is also a lifelong wrestling fan that knows his stuff. They set out trying to talk about new japan but get lost in a generally amazing wrestling conversation
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Dec 9, 2016 • 2h 2min
Lars Frederiksen from Rancid, UK Subs and The Bastards is back
Episode 109:How many sequels are truly better than the originals? Well like Alien and Godfather, this may somehow be better than Part #1. Lars returns to the show to talk about how he joined Rancid, almost robbing a 7-11 and poop stories.Also touched on:TOUR DATESTwo charter boxes back againRespecting Op IvySouth Bay versus North BayNothing to do as kidsBerkeley: FugazitownRecording with a John Bradburry from the Specials.. who was wasted.Opening for the three piece RancidBen Zanidito was on there waiting for Lars to check out RancidMeeting Brett Reed when the UK Subs didn’t show up.“If you don’t join this band, I’m going to beat the fucking shit out”hating EmoAn Econochrist debateSpecial ForcesLoving Grimple“He’s talking shit on you!”The Berkeley Naked Dude is in the pit: you’ve made itThe second time meeting Brett GurewitzThe first tourDavey Havok rulesMeeting Sick Of It All for the first timeNYHC: The Original American SkinheadsWest Coast Punk meets East Coast HardcoreSick Of It All has some amazing backstage entertainment!!!!!!!“Hey I’m goin’ throw you a Birthday Rope!” Fugazi CritiqueFrom GBH, to Bikini Kill to Bad Religion to Sick Of It All to The Frumpies: Rancid had some range of friends!John Henry West RULES!Tim Yo hating youWhen things started changingThe story of SalvationTourng with the OffspringDealing with MajorsWriting on the roadHow things would have been different if out come the wolves had been written on a major label“You didn’t really know”Meeting the Swingin’ Utters and almost robbing a 7-11Having to turn down heroesLars’ amazing run of records he producedAND MORE!!!!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 7, 2016 • 2h 15min
Footnote 108 - Tony Erba Part #2 (H100s, 9 Shocks Terror, GSMF, FYPM, etc.)
Do you wanna nerd under the moonlight? Pretty baby, all though the night! Today on Footnotes Chris and Damian discuss the return of Tony Erba to TOAP! Also, a complete rundown of the up coming Turned Out A Punk Live Tour . Also tackled, THE MAILBAG!
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Dec 3, 2016 • 1h 34min
Episode 108 - Tony Erba Part #2 (H100s, 9 Shocks Terror, GSMF, FYPM, etc)
The path to the Turned Out A Punk Live Tour continues! This week Damian welcomes Tony Erba back to the show! Join the Cleveland legend as he sits down with Damian to talk Gordon Solie Motherfuckers’ bladejobs, joy and regrets.
Also touched on:
The first part 2!
Tony will behave this time…
How Gordon Solie Motherfuckers came together
A connoisseur of trash culture
the secret cult of 90s wrestling
Watching Annihilation Time become something
the antics at GSMF shows
Bischof sucks
GSMF: loser leaves town
Ruination: the supergroup
Mike Woodford: “Purveyor Of Fine Filth”
The Step Sister experiment
AntiSeen: “Reckon, we’ll watch shot interviews all day”
A pcp-fueled nightmare
the Propagandhi/ Face Value tour hang comes up again
NoFX show up to stay with Dwid and Tony one night…
Cheap Tragedies come together
“We want the more Face Value Tony Erba”
“You can either love what I do or not”
Why did Upstab have to end?!?
The curse of being anchored to your stuff
The awesomeness of Scotty Tankcrimes
How Fuck You Pay Me Come Together
Nemesis Records rules!
Playing with Foghat
Boom and Legion Of Doom: Throwing meat and fighting Youth Of Today
“Dwid’s in jail, I’m his brother Jim”
AND MORE!!!
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Nov 26, 2016 • 1h 9min
Episode 107 - Sound On Sound Fest with Dave It Up (Tear It Up) / Dave Kelling (Culture Abuse) / Chris Slorach (Metz) / MVP
OH ME, OH MY, IT’S TURNED OUT A PUNK LIVE! That’s right, the first ever live TOAP recorded at Sound On Sound in Austin. Listen in as Damian is joined by former guest turned guest Footnote co-host Dave It Up (Tear It Up), as well as Dave Kelling (Culture Abuse) Chris Slorach (Metz) and TOAP’s favourite wrestler MVP! Talking everything from Root Beer bottles and cymbal stands in the face to Rancid at the arcade to prison punk! This is one not to be missed!!! Also head to DAMIANABRAHAM.COM and pick up tickets to the Turned Out A Punk Live Tour!!!!!!
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Nov 25, 2016 • 1h 21min
Clobbering' Time EP. 06 (Colt Cabana)
This is a huge week for not only this show but ALL of Turned Out A Punk! This week on the show Tom and Damian are joined by the inspiration for TOAP: COLT CABANA. Join the Three as they discuss the change Colt help bring about in the wrestling landscape. Also, Tom and Damian talk about: NXT Takeover, Lucha Underground, and Jericho
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Nov 24, 2016 • 1h 56min
Footnote 106 - Neil McLennan "Mackie" (BLITZ, Epic Problem)
Civilizations dying and nerds are realizing the potential of pain stuck inside a gun. This week Chris and Damian are apart again, but take comfort in the fact that they get to talk about the Mackie episode! Also, they lay waste to the mailbag and talk TOAP TOUR!!!!
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Nov 19, 2016 • 1h 5min
Episode 106 - Neil McLennan "Mackie" (BLITZ, Epic Problem)
This is a big one for Damian! A LEGIT legend joins Turned Out A Punk this week as Mackie from Blitz and now Epic Problem sits down for a conversation! Sit in and listen as the two discuss Mackie’s journey through punk's early days, helping birth Oi and then walking away from music only to return to it 20 years later.
Also covered:
A email from a fan of the podcast that made Damian’s day!
People in Binbags: Seeing a punk
seeing Slade live: “There was only really Slade”
Being a Bootboy
Hearing the Ramones record
Seeing the Clash live
Zines
Going to the original Factory Club and fearing for your life
Blitz: “Hicks from the Sticks:
one scene but not friendly
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Nov 18, 2016 • 1h 15min
Footnote 105 - Jeff Cannonball (CZW, Altered Boys, Black Kites)
The release of Vice’s Bloodlust celebrations keep coming around here! This week to talk and celebrate the amazingness of Jeff Cannonball and his episode, Chris and Damian meet up in person for the first time ever (for this podcast)!!!!! Listen in as the two talk about the show, read the mailbag and tackle the new all while sitting face to face… in a car, in the parking lot of a waterpark!
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Nov 12, 2016 • 2h 1min
Episode 105 - Jeff Cannonball (CZW, Altered Boys, Black Kites)
In celebration of the release of Bloodlust: Tournament of Death over at Vice.com (Release Date: Nov 15), Damian sits down with one of the movies most memorable characters: Jeff Cannonball. But as Damian learned while making the doc, Jeff is no mere wrestler, Jeff is a basement playing, on the floor sleeping, front seat of the van riding, kid of the hardcore. Listen in as the two discuss going from playing Ieper fest to wrestling New Jack.
Also touched on:
Brought together by a Plastic Bomb
“It is very weird being called an Athlete”
Just two Friends of Tom hanging out
Finding punk from your rock dad
A Thin Line Fading: pre-Tear It Up and Reign Supreme
First show at a skate park
Asking about the cover song and discovering the CroMags
Q: “Are you into Punk?” “I don’t know”
Being made fun of for liking Unbroken
Black Coffee becomes Scared To Death
Loving Tear It Up
Seeing Blind Society
Getting into Wrestling before you could talk
Dad and the 2am Wrestling TV show
DON’T WEAR BRET THE HITBEAR’S GLASSES!
Be it the Ultimate Warrior or music: Loud Fast Rules!
Punk or Wrestling?
The death of Eddie Guerrero
XFilesX is super underrated
The importance of Mental
Mind Eraser
What’s worse breaking straight edge or Vegan?
UltraMantis Black
Pissed Jeans and Chikara
Tournament of Death as Wrestlemania
A Tear It Up t-shirt flip
ieperfest “Moshing to Strife”
A Myspace post for destiny: Getting into wrestling
Punk or Wrestling: the choice is yours
forming Altered Boys
“A full circle of weird violence”
Kevin Gill: the hardcore/wrestling connection
punk and juggalos
Homies is killer!
Mike McCarthy from For The Worse goes so deep
Gordon Solie Motherfuckers: a perfect band
THE BEST SHOW
An inside account of the Kenzan
and more!!!!!!
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