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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Steven Page from The Transcanada Highwaymen and Barenaked Ladies
Episode 397:
The Toronto DIY god STEVEN PAGE, is here! Today on Turned Out A Punk Damian sits down with one of Canada's most iconic songwriters to talk punk! Listen in as they discuss: Throbbing Gristle, The Jam & punk's impotence to outsider kids. From buying the "Business As Usual" compilation, to going platinum with a DIY tape, to prowess being worthless, to lead singers having to "wear it differently": THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!
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Also Touched On:
Aware of punk from the press
The “Business As Usual” Compilation
Loving the Jam because they also seemed to have missed out on stuff
Social/Sonic Barrier
Prowess is worthless
Suspicions about the Clash
Billy Bragg as inspiration
Violent Femmes
Lyrics are important
The Townie, uptight, nature of early 80’s Toronto
Scarborough sucked
Hearing Johnny Cash and hearing him for the first time
Postcard Records
The “Big Gold Dream” documentary
“The Canadian version of…”
The Yellow Tape: The birth of a true alternative music industry
The Canadian Music Mafia and SXSW
“13 Engines can’t make it! Can you guys do it?”
The “Buck Naked” tape
The “Pink Tape”
Dressing like clowns and clowning the industry
Chris Murphy planting a seed of doubt
“The sellout threshold”
Signing to Sire to be a part of it
“Seymour Sign”
Inglenook: Toronto’s Rock and Roll High School
Outsider Angst and band dynamics
The viciousness of the NME
Lead singers have to wear it differently
The Skydiggers
Corky And The Juice Pigs
AND SO MUCH MORE!!!
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