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 244 - Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Society Ills)
THIS IS A HUGE ONE! Bassgod Mike Watt joins Damian for a NOT TO BE MISSED conversation about all things punk & hardcore! Listen in as the two discuss Reactionaries, Minutemen, The Stooges & everyone in between. Plus, Damian nerds out about his road map into punk: "Ballhog Or Tugboat" on it's 25th anniversary with the cartographer himself!
Did we mention this is NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
Also Touched On:
We are all on the same team
No Watt No Damian
Readin’ in Creem
Lang Bang’s Cousin Lester
Meeting Nicky Beat
“We didn’t where bell bottoms”
Talking to Joey Shithead and Billy Bragg
The Vaudeville side of punk
“Ig said to Ronnie” being the little brother in the Stooges
Going to see the Stooges at the Whiskey
“I thought New Wave was a film movement in France”
“What’s the Alternative to music? Silence!?!”
“There was no guy on the back of the Circle Jerks record to try to dress up as!”
People LOVED Tull and hated the Stooges
“Ig had a weird gig where Ronny Beat his ass with a whip”
“At first D.Boon wouldn’t make a punk band with me”
“We jammed ‘I Wanna Be You Dog’ for 3 and a half hour”
The Reactionaries
Playing with The Suburban Lawns
“The Bass King Of Outer Space”
The Minutemen were radical in music and organization
Hey Taxi! Georgies other band
BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS
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