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 40 - Chris Cresswell (The Flatliners)
This week on the show Damian sits down with someone living out his teenage fantasy. Damian is joined by Chris Cresswell of the Flatliners, a punk band signed to Fat Wreck Chords. Listen in as the two discuss how Chris went from being a kid getting into punk through Fat Wreck to a veteran artist on the label. Also covered: -Sneaky Dee’s: Toronto institution -Pizza GiGi’s special mushroom pizza -Trying to get into punk through an older sibling -Ramones’ Merry Christmas I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight -Finding in Fat Wreck Chords -Whiskey the snowboard video and the power of extreme sports soundtracks -Mall music stores employment -The problem with collections -Trash TV -Discovering NoFX in class at school -Five Across The Eye -Heatscores -Outspan -Jersey -Ew, You Are A Girl And Girls Suck (famously wack band). -Rancid on the radio -Taking guitar lessons with Scott to form a band -Short Notice the pre-Flatliners band -The punk band in the ska-scene -Falling Sickness: clowning youth crew kids -Having your 19th birthday at the Triple Rock on tour with Against All Authority -Cold calling labels, booking agents and clubs at age 15 -Ewan Exall -George Stroumboulopoulos’ championing of young punk bands -Simon Cowell going to a Toronto pop-punk show -The privilege of being a band in a major media market -Damian being jealous of Chris -Suicide Machines -Planet Smashers -Big D And The Kids Table -Getting signed to Stomp -Beefing with the Winnipeg Mafia -Meeting Melanie Kaye and getting signed to Fat Wreck -Talking to Fat Mike -Honest Don’s, Pink And Black Records -Touring with NoFX for two years: growing up fast -The Decline -Blazing the green in the emerald isle with Fat Mike