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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Episode 121 - Al Nolan (Trigger Happy, Hardcore Logo Live, Deep End)
What a week! Damian is currently on the road, but still manages to send in a great conversation with Toronto punk legend Al Nolan! Join in as Al talks about growing up in the east end of Toronto and the start of scene there that would produce some of Canada’s most important punk and metal bands.
Also touched on:
Knowing each other since Damian was a boy with hair
Seeing Sex Pistols on morning TV
Seeing Kiss before there was Star Wars
The importance of the New Music
Teenage Kicks Toronto’s Original teen punks
The Beatles are hard!
The Ska Revival
Shaun: the first punk in Pickering
Vans shoes comes to town
Metallica opening for WASP
Brian Taylor and AggRock
Meeting James Cavalluzzo of Malhavoc in art class
It’s not the band I hate it’s the man: Punk’s liking Ted Nudgent
Descendents: David Lynch-esq Weirdos
Shaving your head
The lead singer genes
Nigel cuts off his finger making an upside down cross
Venom: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THING I HAD EVER SEEN
Best band name: Charlie Brown’s Wang
Lee Brian moves to town
Missing Link
The closing of the DMZ
Smoking hash in the BFG’s gasmask
The depreciation of Time
Glen and Dave’s Metallic Assault
Forming Elephant and becoming 5 Foot Nothing
Replaced by Matt White
Missing Link booking with All
7 Seconds, MSI, 5 Foot Nothing: the biggest show of the era
Degenerate Youth
Collecting shoes
Having to fire the guy you are replacing
The story of Epidemic Records
pre-Monster Voodoo Machine
Brampton’s Beyond
Montreal’s Rise
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