

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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Nov 10, 2016 • 1h 53min
Footnote 104 - Jonah Falco (Smartboys, Career Suicide, Fucked Up)
Somewhere out there could be better, and nerds aren’t just talking about weather. This week on the show, escape with Chris and Damian as they deconstruct mutual friend Jonah Falco's episode and get into Career Suicide's history. Also, a TOAPLive recaps and mailbag returns!!!
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Nov 5, 2016 • 2h 10min
Episode 104 - 2 Year Anniversary Special With Jonah Falco (Smartboys, Career Suicide, Fucked Up)
The good times and sad times, they’ll be on your side for ever more! That’s what Jonah is for! This week on the show, Damian welcomes his tour roommate and best bud: Jonah Falco from Career Suicide and tons of other stuff!!!! Sit back and listen as we find out what it's like to be a stuck in a room with Damian for 10 years and how Jonah and Martin stole Career Suicide from the OG members!
Also covered:
Jonah loses control of Damian
The Fucked Up plan
Damian and Jonah talk Mike
Damian’s brother Tristan exposes punk to Jonah
Loving Soundgarden and grunge
going to Ottawa and coming back with orange hair, a chain necklace and Sex Pistols tape
Jonah’s family: not really into the whole punk vibe.
Jonah’s Uncle ”knows a guy” that can find Black Flag CDs
No Doubt with the Vandals and Civ
The Feederz and animals
Punks tipping point
“I’m getting into Hip-Hop”
getting a free bag of CDs
Ska-Ska-Oi: a right of passage
Jonah Da SHARP skin
Jonah takes down his boots
Local bands
Going to Who’s Emma?
loving Madball
Toronto falls in love with The Swarm
the huge influence of Chris Colohan
“Johnny New York and The Stinkbombs”
Louanne and Full Blast is the BEST
Chris Harper: the nice one
Jonah’s first show weird ass show
Martin from Career Suicide: a very different kid
Jonah and Martin’s punk Jackets
Trial: the band
Bored Of Eduction demo: The worst thing to ever come out of Toronto?
As One becomes Scare Tactic
Jonah falls in love with AOD
The rise of early ’00s TOHC
Scare Tactic VS Haymaker
Catharsis
And more!!!!!!
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Nov 3, 2016 • 49min
Footnote 103 - Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) & Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (Misfits)
Fighting technical problems, jet lag and exhaustion, Chris and Damian say fuck the mailbag and talk about one of music’s coolest couples and all sorts of other fun stuff.
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Oct 28, 2016 • 1h 17min
Episode 103 - Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy) & Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (Misfits)
What an awesome episode!! This week Damian is joined by one of punk and metals coolest of couplings: Alissa and Doyle! Listen in as Damian gets to talk how going to local Montreal punk shows led to fronting one of Sweden’s leading death metal bands and being groomed from a young age to be a Misfit.
Also touched on:
the Fucked Up - No Joy - Arch Enemy - Misfits connection
Alissa and Jasmine have the coolest mom!
Hole cover bands
Ripcordz
No Doubt
"I walked out into my yard and saw Glenn and Doyle practising the Misfits"
“Static Age is the best Misfits records”
“I like that Misfit” but not a fan of the band
Getting in the Misfits
Being groomed to be in the band
The iconic Misfit: DOYLE
The classical Danzig record over the first three
“You are smaller than I thought you would be”
“What did it feel like to play with those guys again?”
Being blown away by your own band
Life of Agony Rues!
Micheal Allago
“Why the fuck would I come up here for?”
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Oct 26, 2016 • 1h 58min
Footnote 102 - Geoff Rickly (Thursday, United Nations, No Devotion)
I’m only 10 years old, dressed up like a red, cause my daddy told me so dressed up like a nerd. This week Chris and Damian fight desperately to get to all the juicy info in the Geoff Rickly episode before time runs out! They must also fight a mailbag and a LONG convo on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame first.
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Oct 24, 2016 • 49min
Clobbering' Time EP. 05 (Jason Robinson)
Live and together for the first time in the podcast’s history, Tom and Damian meet up in Richmond Va. to talk Goldberg and some other Pro-Wrestling… and of course they also wind up talking music, politics and other fun stuff. They are also joined by filmmaker, professor and Wrestling fan Jason Robinson!
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Oct 21, 2016 • 1h 8min
Episode 102 - Geoff Rickly (Thursday, United Nations, No Devotion)
Get ready for a good one! This week on the show Damian is joined by Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly. Listen in as Geoff tells Damian about pre-teen punk shows and the violence and awesomeness of early 90’s New York.
Also discussed:
Being a kindergarten Goth
Seeing the Replacements at 6
Going to Slayer and Bad Brains with your mom and dad
Robert Smith, Goeff’s mom and paparazzi
A friend stealing a Monster Magnet tape and ruining the record store relationship
Going to smart kid school
getting in Fugazi
Heckle’s Garage
Not being into silly punk
Getting stabbed for $3 in NY
The miracle TV
Going to Coney Island High and seeing VOD. Madball and Crown Of Thronz
Roger from Agnostic Front gives Thursday their first show
Playing in a band opening for X for two shows
Going on a family vacation and winding up in Green Apple Quickstep
Deadguy changes there sound
booking the “most hated band in New Jersey”: Ink & Dagger
Getting a house to book shows
forming Thursday
making sure you keep your early set
Eyeball Record: The NJ launching pad
Reversal Of Man breaks up in your basements
Benny from Gaslight Anthem
Almost breaking up
“Hey! We signed to Victory!” “You are fucked”
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Oct 20, 2016 • 2h 20min
Footnote 101 - Zach Bair (Rise Against, Hagfish) & MVP (Wrestler - WWE, NJPW): THE LOST CHAPTER
Why can’t you say you talked to nerds? You’re already thinking of someone else. This week on the show Chris and Damian talk about the journey of friendship that Zach Blair and MVP took us on. They also review their respective weekend of shows and tackle the mailbag with a vengeance!
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Oct 14, 2016 • 1h 15min
Episode 101 - Zach Bair (Rise Against, Hagfish) & MVP (Wrestler - WWE, NJPW): THE LOST CHAPTER
THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE YET! Zach Blair is the internationally famous guitarist of Rise Against who grew up in a small town in Texas. MVP is an international wrestling superstar that has been at the top of the card for almost every major wrestling company in the world. When they were teenagers the two would have a chance meeting one night in a local park and in spite of their differences, connect over a mutual love of punk while MVP was in Texas trying to escape the violence that surrounded him back home. The two would have a major impact on each others lives, but over time lost touch. Now for the first time in 20 years the two reconnect to talk about meeting, the shared love of punk, why MVP disappeared one night and having to calm down the Macho Man. Also touched on:
Thesis of the whole show summed up in a episode
Damian Abraham: punk matchmaker
Zach growing up metal in Sherman Texas
Zach and three outcast metalheads hanging out in the park
“Cosmic, on multiple levels.”
MVP getting out of Miami to get away from the violence
MVP tagging up the park
bonded together by a love of metal and punk
A gangbanger becomes the muscle for the outcast metalheads: “NOW WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES”
Getting in fights with the normals
The Burnouts VS. The Skatekids
MVP’s long term memory is INSANE
Teenage MVP vs The Rodeo Rider: Champion VS Champion
Zach and Donny learning to stand up for themselves
MVP sings the Toadies
Metalheads in the garage
“Don’t you say a word against Priest, Jack!”
MVP has to leave town quick!: One HELL of a night!
There is life outside of this town!
Zach plays MVP Voivod
The Jam at the Dam
The skinny bald white guy in a “Badass” shirt walks into a bar.
Macho Man shows up at a Gwar/Misfits shows
The Punk/Wrestling Connection!
Dave Brockie Stories
Fishbone
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!
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Oct 13, 2016 • 1h 56min
Footnote 100 - Cheryl Hastings and Graham Abraham (Damian's Mom & Dad)
God Save the Nerds, we mean it man. This week on the show Chris and Damian turn it into an Episode 100 party! In celebration they are joined by two regular mailbag contributors and friends of the show: Dave Ackerman (Former guest on Episode 72 and Tear It Up singer) and Dave Martin (Future guest). Listen in as they all get nerdy and talk the first 100 TOAPs!
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