Month: February 2024

Ep376: Steve Turner (Mudhoney, Green River, Monkeywrench, Author)Ep376: Steve Turner (Mudhoney, Green River, Monkeywrench, Author)

Mud Ride is the name of Steve’s book. A messy trip through the grunge explosion. Steve of course, was there for all of it as a first hand participant with Mudhoney and before that Green River. We talk about all of that, along with The Thrown-Ups, folk records, crate digging, Monkeywrech, day jobs and lots more. Lukin and Maddison, March to Fuzz, Protest songs. Punk rock. I’m Now! Chardonnay! Fearless Doctor Killers! You Got It (which version! And which song is the best introduction to what Mudhoney does and so very much more. Been trying to get this one done for literal years and HERE. WE. ARE. 

Ep375: Steven Hodson (USA Nails, BLKLSTRS, Kong)Ep375: Steven Hodson (USA Nails, BLKLSTRS, Kong)

Feel Worse is the new record by USA Nails, Steven also plays in the incredible BLKLSTRS as well, and was in Kong and Oceansize. So let’s get into that, as well as recording a record where 3/4 of the band are in the same city and one isn’t. BLKLSTRS eps, subbing in Future of the Left, Song by Song breakdown of Feel Worse and lots, lots more!

Ep374: Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma, Minibeast, Volcano Suns, Kustomized)Ep374: Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma, Minibeast, Volcano Suns, Kustomized)

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Peter Prescott is the impresario and driving force behind Minibeast. To this day though, he is known to most as the drummer for the mighty Mission of Burma. We talk about the iconic album, ep and single by that band, and how it was somehow out of time and ahead of their time, and the reunion, hearing protection measure (the cone of silence!), record score discoveries, rocking while aging, moving to Providence and more. The rise of Volcano Suns, Kustomized and moving from behind the drums to get rhythmically krautrock with Minibeast. 

Ep373: J. Robbins (Jawbox, J. Robbins Band, Burning Airlines, Magpie Cage)Ep373: J. Robbins (Jawbox, J. Robbins Band, Burning Airlines, Magpie Cage)

J. Robbins returns! He has a brand new record called Basilisk.  It has been awhile since last he was on. How long? Well his LAST album Un-becoming wasn’t even done yet then and that was 2019. So there you go. In-depth with a song by song on Basilisk as well as For Your Own Special Sweetheart turning 30 years old. Post-Bill Barbot Jawbox, the impartial overview tour and whether that will be the end of the reunited Jawbox or not. Brooks! Gordon! What the hey, it is J. Robbins folks. Let’s go!

Ep372: John Wright (NoMeansNo, Dead Bob) and Jason Lamb (NMN book)Ep372: John Wright (NoMeansNo, Dead Bob) and Jason Lamb (NMN book)

John Wright of NoMeansNo and Dead Bob returns! And this time he has the NMN biographer Jason Lamb, author of NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History, with him. which has just come out. We speak of the great history of the band and the challenge of getting it all down and doing it right. Casual fans and folks with NMN tattoos, getting across the humor of the band in an informative way, the thrill of the hunt for NMN esoteria, What was left out. The need to focus on the music without the visuals distracting you “The Eyes are Thieves” (and a side conversation about the nature of music and video), And of course much more DEAD BOB. 

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Ep371: Andrew “Falco” Falkous (mclusky, Future of the Left, christian fitness)Ep371: Andrew “Falco” Falkous (mclusky, Future of the Left, christian fitness)

It has been 1031 days since Falco’s last appearance on Protonic Reversal and mclusky’s US tour is imminent (for real this time). So much has happened since then, let’s start with the return as a “real” band (or as real as any band is) of the mighty mclusky. Hearing protectiong! The recent double A side single released on bandcamp. New record. Venue respect! that was my brain on elves, Christian fitness. and creating songs that will not be played live, Arbiter of Sneers, stagediving, Gallagher Coats, and autozone, music journalism, slagging off bands, etc. Falco is back!

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