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 7 - Tony Erba (Cleveland hardcore legend)
This week on Turned Out A Punk, Damian sits down with one of his musical heroes: Cleveland hardcore legend Tony Erba!!!! Listen as Damian nerds out on Tony’s bands: Face Value, h100s, 9 Shocks Terror, Gordon Solie, and Mother Fuckers… Check out Tony's new band, Fuck You Pay Me! WARNING: MAY OFFEND SOME LISTENERS.
Also touched on: - Being 11 years old and having his mind blown by AC/DC - The gateway of Ripper fanzine - The Dead Kennedys: the bringers of hardcore (again) - St. Valentines Records - The importance of the The Guns - LECK: The dumbest band that spawned a huge chunk of Cleveland - The PR genius of Dwid - Confront, and the dark side of straight edge - Integrity - "Never trust a hippie or a Juggalo" - The incomprehensible live insanity of the h100s - Getting run out of New Jersey - "The h100s with a different singer" - Damian geeking out about records - The greatness of Devour Records…. but not so much to be the label - The improvements made to the DIY infrastructure since the 90's. - PRO-WRESTLING TALK WITH THE KING OF WRESTLING HARDCORE!!!!!!! -Tons More!!!!!