Turned Out A Punk

Get ready for not one, but two of the key voices in the current wave of punk in Toronto: Sarde and Greg! Between putting on Toronto’s coolest fest, putting out records, helping drive bands and playing in them, they each put more effort into helping the Toronto punk scene than most people do at an actual job. Get ready as Damian sits down with two people that are making sure that Punk and Hardcore isn’t just a nostalgia trip. Also covered: Mouse doesn’t like Damian Sarde out ranks Greg Just a couple Juno nominees hanging out punk comps at the mall: CHEAP AND PLENTIFUL! Sastchwan punk DFA Junto Decontrol: a dollar bin prairie gem Liberty spikes in a small town Unknowingly being at Christian Hardcore shows Wishing you could drive Greg goes to see 10 Speed Hero Moneen: The Band of Brampton Dylan Dog: Brampton and the Prairies: similar vibes Book distro Guess who doesn’t like Propagandhi!?!?!? Weakerthans: The band of Winnipeg The Royal Albert Greg’s gushing defence

Nerds aren’t in it to lose, OH YEAH! This week Chris and Damian get bested by the mailbag and Damian”s need to gab and give the world a 2 plus hours talking Brix episode. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week Tom and Damian deliver slightly late analysis of the weekends pay-per-views and then in the MAIN EVENT: the two are joined by Domenic “Nicky” Palermo from the band Nothing for an AMAZING conversation about growing up an ECW kid and other hilarity! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

There are the good ones and there are the better ones and this is even better than that! This week Damian is joined by legend Brix Smith-Start to talk about life before the Fall as well as Adult Net and her fantastic new book! Also covered: Having Punk Parties after school Not being allowed to go se the Runaways and Ramones Susan Hoff and Brix go to Rodney’s… little intense Queen: The best live band EVER Not ascribing to a tribe a passion for fashion the Clash and The Stray Cats The UK Post Punk Selling your fancy clothes to get music The Carpenters RULES The Vocals Change: Aerosmith to Discharge Seeing U2 on their first tour Hard Edge New Wave Knowing you would wind up in England A step-father goes looking for a Vivian Westwood Pirate outfit. Nice guys do make Rock N Roll: Meeting the Ramones in highschool Being bad a kid in the big bad city of New York. Murdered classmates Puking on Heroin on Joey Ramone Going to A7… ONCE Bad Brains Black Flag Touring with Gun

Nerds Is A Bunch of Motherfuckers! This week on the show THE MAILBAG threatens to consume the whole episode but fear not as Chris and Damian valiantly fight through it so they can discuss the hardcore roots of Nikola and Fredrik, the awesomeness of Millencolin and Swedish Punk’s ability to have an impact in North America. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week the Clobbering’ Time really starts as Tom and Damian sit down and discuss a few of their wrestling highlights of the week before being joined by Matador Record co-founder Gerard Cosloy! While many are probably familiar with Gerard from music few know that he is a wrestling SUPERFAN. Sit back and enjoy one for the age a Gerard talks going to Wrestlemania i, discovering ECW on late night tv, business deals with Paul Heyman and a recent Progress Wrestling show!!! Get ready for the indie rock wrestling connection. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Formats are for weak, cause this week on the show we have not one, but two members of Millencolin! Join Damian as he sits down with Fredrik and Nikola (and Mike) to discuss Swedish hardcore and how the rise of “US Hardcore” helped inform the Swedish Melodic Punk Scene! ! Also covered: Millencolin comes over for a hang The problems with this podcast and multiple subjects Fredrik finds metal and hardrock Hearing Asta Kask in a cafeteria Seeing Afghan Whigs Crust: a scene unto itself Nikola doesn’t dig the crust Rosvette: Sweden’s Sweden love metal, Nikola loves rap Skateboarding The Accidents “I can’t play like that!” Europe (the band): everyone was there The amazingness of Sweden’s art’s funding Building a scene the punk and skate connection Kung Pung Sideman Nikola goes to his first show Going to see Seigmenn Songs about people you hate hating jocks and the KKK “US Hardcore”: Going California Punk The OTHER Seigmenn crashing with Fredrik “drummer aud

I hate nerds; I hate their gut's and the people down here don't like them too. This week on the show Chris and Damian try and fight the mailbag and the mailbag wins. Also, the two discuss the UNREAL Stephen McBean episode and how this guy is the penultimate Footnote subject. Also Chris contends with Damian trying to organize his own life. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome to Clobbering’ Time! Each week Tom Breihan and Damian Abraham will talk wrestling and invite guests from the world of music at large to come and talk wrestling too. This week they mainly talk about themselves and wrestling. This is the origin issue. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

“The type of guest a podcast like this was invented for,” few other people earn that distinction more than Steve McBean. Before he scaled the Black Mountain to get to those Pink Mountaintops he was hangin'’ in the Jerk Ward. Hear about how Steve went from prototypical Hardcore kid to punk rock adult! Also touched on: Punk in Mclean’s Going to Victoria Punk Records at the PNE Move Out West Young Pre-Teen Hearing the Neo’s for the first time and it changing your world forming Jerk Ward Discovering Tim Crow’s Youth Plague Zine Stalking the Neo’s Going to the “Sweatbox” Ordering the Deep Wound 7” International Hardcore The proto-hardcore kids Doing Verbals Assault zine America’s Hardcore One man’s trash is Damian’s Holy Grail Dino Jr.: “Hey, these guys are ex-Deep Wound?” Meeting a member of Anti-Cimex at show in the present day. Hearing Negative Approach for the first time Missing Black Flag for the first time due age Seeing Nig Heist Seeing the Accused BEFORE Blain