Episode 123: Trevor Shelley de Brauw from Pelican, RLYR, Tusk and others talks to us about The Fireside Bowl and Brian Peterson, Cultivating an audience and what becomes of the band/audience relationship in an instrumental band, An intuitive approach and translating emotions through music, The Weasel connection and other influences, How do you remember all those parts!, Improvisation in music, Being genuine and the inspiration that punk can achieve at its best, plus much much more and metal more.

RYLR's new album
​Pelican at Bandcamp

Episode 122: Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes (1 of 5 interviews exploring the whole band and record Born To Quite originally released in 1994) talks to us about Born To Quit and then things spiral off into multiple directions at once including Producer Phil Bonnet and onward into Jerry Finn, Crooner or Poet or both or none, The structures of Old Standards, Irony and National Guilt, The Self and Others, The arduous journey to the songwriting of Pretty Pathetic, the yearning and the path to God, plus much much lofty, friendly, kindly, and laughable more much more.

Episode 121: Danny Dunlap of Gentlemen Rogues, The Fall Collection, and JILL talks to us about Houston and The Axiom, Is Danny a Failure, his first band JILL, songwriting compared to novel writing, The Fall Collection and his debilitating days of arthritis, the brilliance of Erasure's Vince Clarke, opening for Bob Mould, and much much Dunlap more.

​Danny On Little Steven's Underground Garage
Gentlemen Rogues Website
The Fall Collection Bandcamp
Gentlemen Rogues Bandcamp

Episode 120: Russ Forster of Underdog Records, Fudgetunnel, Gore Gore Girls, Spongetunnel and Dashing Marbles talks to us about Chicago Venue Batteries Not Included and getting banned, Finding Unusual Bands in Bargain Bins, Influence from The Fleshtones, Decline Of The Western Civilization, Albini's Basement, The Fireside Bowl and the 8-Track Mind and much much russ more!

Russ Forster Bandcamp

Episode 118: Billy Brown of Ashers, Crash & Burn, Shoot The Hostages, and Deadly Sins talks to us about Reagan Era Punk, his band Ashers with Mark from The Unseen, Boston Not LA or Boston To LA, The Sense of Community, Rehab in North Hollywood, and Literature and Book Talk, plus much much much much more and then later even some more!

Crash and Burn Bandcamp
Demands Bandcamp
Billy Brown Bandcamp

Episode 117: Christoph Jesus of Crazy & The Brains talks to us about Comedy & Music, Open Mic as a Preparation for Ingenuity and Change, Restrictive vs. the Openness of the Punk Style, Building an Ensemble and how it relates to the growth of a band, Jersey City, Gilman St. for Christoph and Jughead, Formatting Music and Timing in the modern age, plus much much more.

Crazy and the Brains Bandcamp

Episode 116: John Jughead of Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts, The Mopes, and The Mitochondriacs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests (Power Chord Hour Podcast) Anthony Merchant of Power Chord Hour interviews Jughead about The Origins of Jughead's Basement, Improvisation, What is an ensemble, Is the Urge to Create Turnoffable, Mind and Brain Talk, My Style of So Called Guitar Playing, and talk about Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts, and The Mitochondriacs, plus much much much. (Used by permission from The Power Chord Hour Podcast)

Power Chord Hour Link
Even In Blackouts Bandcamp
The Mitochondriacs Bandcamp

Episode 115: Mike Byrne of The Methadones, Urban Idols, Dan Vapid & The Cheats and Vindictives, talks to us about discovering punk as a 6th grader, Record store and local show talk, Suburbs vs. The City, The path to the Fireside Bowl, Out of Focus Videos, an extensive talk about The Vindictives, The Methadones, The Urban Idols, and our mutual love for anything Dan Vapid related, Mike's years of hardly being able to walk, living at Jughead's House, and much much more.

Urban Idols Bandcamp

Episode 114: Paul Mahern of Zero Boys, Datura Seeds, and *ask also producer and engineer of Toxic Reasons, Blake Babies, John Cougar Mellencamp and more, talks to us about Minimalism and it's relation to punk, His Childhood from Indiana to Chicago to back to Indiana, Kill Your Idols, Is the Need To Teach a Fundamental Characteristic, DIY in the American Hardcore, His Job at The Archives of Traditional Music, his amazing work with John Cougar Mellencamp, a short discussion about Ritchie Blackmore and Much Much Much!

*ask (the band's bandcamp site)
Paul Mahern's Website

Episode 113: Mike of The Huntingtons talks to us about catching up on the history of The Huntingtons, recording live in the studio as a departure approach, losing touch with new music and being a parent, rotating members and its repercussions, our shared indifference to Bad Religion, talk about the christian connections with the band and it's labels, along with discussions about free will and making big changes in life, and our big topic, A Ramonescore discussion where Mike and I get to be honest and respectful, plus much much more.


¡Muerto, Carcel, O Rocanrol! at Bandcamp