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 more. www.jugheadsbasementpod...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 123
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, plu...
May 17, 2022•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 122
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...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 121
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
May 03, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 120
Welcome to Jughead’s Basement Episode 119 sub category Stories This week we hear stories told between Jughead and Billy Brown of Ashers, Crash & Burn, Deadly Sins, Solo and so on, in this episode the stories touch on such things as Expensive Guitars & Bikers, One Eyed Dogs and Vomit in Belgium, A Golden Shower of Hits, Punks with Acoustics and a bit more. Let’s hear the stories. https://billybrown.bandcamp.com/ https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/...
Apr 22, 2022•44 min•Ep. 119
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! (Part I: History) Crash and Burn Bandcamp Demands Bandcamp Billy Brown Bandcamp...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 118
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
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 117
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 pe...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 116
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...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 115
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...
Mar 25, 2022•2 min•Ep. 114
Episode 113: Mike Holt 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 ...
Mar 21, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 113
Episode 112 - Mikey Erg from The Ergs, The Unlovables, The Worriers, Solo projects and more talks to us about what do you listen to in a punk van, keeping track of music as if it's a job, are you still improving as a musician, solo work and the Ergs Machine, cassette recording to reel to reel to inventing in the studio, from in front of drums to behind in the early band days, can you whistle a Frank Zappa melody, and much much more. Mikey Erg Bandcamp...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 112
Episode 111: Sammy King of Get Dead talks to Jughead about Real Recognize Real, Genre Hopping in the Modern Age, Punks Becoming Industries, Latch Key Kids, Living in the Gray and Being a Member of Society, Use of Drugs and the Ego, plus much much more. Get Dead at Fat Wreck Chords www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 111
Episode 110: Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta talks to Jughead about Vinnie Fiorello, Fueled By Ramen, Lookout Records, and Paper & Plastik, wise advice from Bill Stevenson, also the 2020 Clusterfuck leading to 60 days of songs and inspiration, the making of Ann Beretta's new record RISE, their musical friends like Thomas Barrett from Strike Anywhere and Mass Giorgini lending their talents, plus much much more. Link to new record RISE Link to Bandcamp with all music...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 110
Episode 109: Alice Bag of The Bags, Cholita, Solo Projects and More. On this episode Alice talks to Jughead about Aggression in one's life and music, Punk introspection and Agency, The Harry Potter Sorting Hat, What do you take with and what do you leave behind, Band Dynamics and Solo Projects, Singing, Screaming & Writhing, Female Police Officers in Mexico City, plus much much more. Alice Bag Bandcamp In The Red Bandcamp Alice & Greg YouTube Site Harry Potter Sorting Hat...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 109
Episode 108: Maria Surfinfird of Sex Dream, Surfinbird, Kobanes, Gigillas, & Mitochondriacs talks to Jughead about such things as being a judge for sports events in Russia, learning and singing in English, Music as a lover, Punk Rock Raduno and traveling longs distances for punk rock, Trouble at the border, and much more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com Sex Dream Bandcamp Mitochondriacs Bandcamp Kobanes Bandcamp This is just a phase podcast interview...
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 108
Episode: 107: Rikki Styxx drummer for The Two Tens, Death Valley Girls, The Darts and more talks to Jughead about drumming ancestry and rock family trees, how the hell do creative types learn to manage time, fake it till you make it, The Two Tens and the pros and cons of being in a two person band, Death Valley Girls, a Coloradoans in Los Angeles, Punk scene as family, the complexity of playing drums simply and much much more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com https://rikkistyxxdrums.com/...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 107
Episode 106: Kristen Ferrell - Artist talks to Jughead about What is creativity and does it branch out beyond being an artist, The printing press to the internet, Shut the fuck up and produce, Duchamp and the importance of Anti-Art, Taylor Swift, Symbolism and Archetypes, Punk Rock, AI and the concept of the soul, and so much more! www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com Kristen Ferrel Website Kristen Ferrel Feature...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 106
Episode 105: Hallie Bulleit of The Unlovables, The LLC Band, and Hiccup talks to Jughead about Jughead's Literal Basement and the show she played there, Selling out, Hallie in the Broadway production of RENT, Like Mother Like Daughter, Experimental Theater and the New York City Living Experience, Family and Parenting, Mikey Erg and much much more. https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/ https://theunlovables.bandcamp.com/ https://hiccup.bandcamp.com/
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 105
Episode 104: The Punk Poet Episode - Matt Hart (formerly of Squirtgun) and The Nevernew and Timothy Stafford Chicago Poet and Performance Artist. In this episode we talk about such things as the differences and similarities between poetry readings and stand-up, the word poetry and its relation to music, social change and self deprecation, on being a teacher plus much much more. https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/ Tim's Book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1890-the-patron-saint-of-maki...
Feb 01, 2022•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 104
Episode 103: Ali Tabatabaee talks to Jughead about moving from Tehran to California, choosing music over a medical profession, path to a major label, the influences of rap and hiphop, and his battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Plus much more. https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/ https://www.zebrahead.com/
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 103
Episode 102 - Grant Lawrence - The Smugglers - Novelist - CBC Radio & TV Personality on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests. This week we talk to Grant Lawrence about The Smugglers and the struggle to keep the chemistry, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Giorgini Family and their miraculous lives and stories, Dan Vapid and Screeching Weasel talk, Lookout Records and the Gilman Scene, stories about touring with The Donnas, becoming a novelist and his experiences with scriptwriting, his ...
Jan 16, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 102
Episode 101: Ryan Malott of 500 Miles to Memphis talks to Jughead about such things as his legendary slide guitarist David Rhodes, Vinnie Fiorello's label Paper & Plastick, his blood gory music video, Addiction and Redemption, the Ego of a Young Man, From external producers to home studio, plus much much more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com 500 Miles To Memphis Official Site 500 Miles To Memphis Bandcamp...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 101
Episode 100: Mass Giorgini - Punk Producer and all around Renaissance Man is the 100th episode and also the marker of the 10 year anniversary. In this episode Jughead and Giorgini talk about so many things including but not limited to: The Queers, Naked Raygun, Green Day, Common Rider, Smoking Popes, The Vindictives, Lemonheads, Toxic Reason, Steve Albini, Paul Mahern, Screeching Weasel’s How To Make Enemies and Irritate people with Green Day’s Mike Dirt on Bass, Suzi Moon, Jesse Michaels, build...
Jan 10, 2022•4 min•Ep. 100
Episode 99 - Justin Sane from the band Anti Flag. In this episode we talk about such things as Unity, our mutual friends Mass Giorgini and Jesse Michaels, the seemingly unlikely event of sports bringing punk bandmates together, the 1979 Disco Demolition, Progressive parents and Jughead and Justin's similarly shared chaotic family lives, the naming of Anti Flag, political music influences and American policies addressed by the band plus much much more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 99
Episode 98: Alice Hour from In Evil Hour talks to Jughead about Touring in Europe, Hometown Darlington, Brexit and Touring Across Borders, Tattoos, the origin of In Evil Hour, Alice's "day job", writing for a band with political overtones, Future Plans, and much more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com www.inevilhour.bandcamp.com
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 98
Episode 97: Colin Brooks of The Big Cats, Samiam, Little Rock’s band Substance, Red 40, and about 200 more bands. In this episode we talk about such things as his ongoing friendship and working relationship with Jason White, his bands The Numbskulls and Substance, his metal influences, the then thriving punk scene of Little Rock Arkansas and the documentary Towncraft, his foray into off Broadway musicals, Patreon and Jughead’s history of crowd sourcing, plus his path into the drummer position in...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 97
Episode 96: Vincent Fiorello formerly of Less Than Jake and now The Inevitables talks with Jughead, who goes off the rails, throws away all his pre-determined questions and editing and engages Vinnie in a discussion about Life and Immortality. (Or was it Mortality?) www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com www.theinevitables.world
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 96
Episode 95 - Daddy Wonk Alex Brindle Johnson of Wonk Unit. In this episode we talk about such things as raising a baby girl, his first band the Flying Medallions and all the glory and tragedies which led him to alcohol abuse and recovery, his ongoing relationship with Duncan Redmonds from the band Snuff, Ego and the selling of the self in music, his new record Uncle Daddy, Dinosaurs are Wankers and much much wonkily more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com www.wonkunit.c...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 95
Episode 94- Poli van Dam formerly of The Bombpops and recent contributor to the popularity of Liquid Death. In this episode Poli talks about such things as her departure from the Bombpops, her history as a diabetic, piano as a strong musical background, meeting her long lasting bandmate Jen, ongoing use of her creativity, birthing a child, plus much more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 94
