Episode 162: Sam McPheeters of Born Against, Wrangler Brutes, and Men's Recovery Project, Journalist and Author of Fiction and Nonfiction talks to us about Facial Hair, Sam's Book Mutations and It's Reception, On Being a Hardcore Singer, The Contingency Thing, Ben Hamper and Rivethead, Performance Horror Stories, Shock Value & Fuck The Audience, plus much much mcpheeters more more hardcore more! February Birthday Pledge for Jughead's Basement...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 162
Episode 161: Flav Giorgini of Squirtgun, The Phase Problem, Simians, and Solo works talks to us about Teaching Science & The Virtual Academic Life, The Phase Problem, The Whole Better Than The Parts, It Takes Three Of Something To Be Something, The Bond Between The Giorgini Brothers, The Importance Of Exercising Different Parts Of One's Brain & The Influence of Aldo Giorgini, Day Job As A Geneticist, GPC Signature Guitars, Process And Product, plus much much flavorful flaviano more more ...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 161
Episode 160: Sascha Altman DuBrul bassist for Choking Victim, Activist, Punk Journalist, and Mental Health Advocate talks to us about Twins!, Zoom & the World Past And Present In Face of the Industrial and Digital Revolutions, Carl Jung and The Shadow, Being Born Sensitive, Feeling Like An Outcast And What Does That Mean Set Beside Privilege, Imagined Communities And The Transition Into The Icarus Project, The Metaphor Of The Scared Society, Mental Illness And Death, Playing In Choking Victi...
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 160
Episode 159 with Jon Ginoli of The Outnumbered and Pansy Division on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests. In this episode Jon talks with us about The Outnumbered Releases, Steve Dahl and the Chicago Disco Demolition, Coming Out In 1981, Ginoli's Incomplete History of Important Bands, Being a DJ in College, How Most People Usually Just See The Tip Of The Iceberg, Transition From The Outnumbered to Pansy Division, Deliberation and Spontaneity, Meeting Chris Freeman, Music Still In The Body, plus much...
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 150
Episode 158: Bruce Stuckey of Toxic Reasons talks to us about Aldo Giorgini and his Intelligent Offspring, Working with Paul Mahern of Zero Boys, Punk in the Ronald Reagan Age, Cynicism Idealism and Political Bands, Discussion of Rebellion and Bruce's Challenging Upbringing, Repercussion of Asking Your Audience To Burn It All Down, Tufty and JJ And Their Daily Live's Together, Bruce and Jughead Share Independent Album Design Woes and Accomplishments, plus plus we don't need any other reason than...
Jan 02, 2023•4 min•Ep. 149
Episode 157: Darren Chewka of Teenage Bottlerocket and Old Wives talks to us about being recruited by Teenage Bottlerocket, Chewka's Ancestry and his drive towards and with drums, When is a chair not a drum, Inspired by punk drummers such as Lumley, Panic, and Stevenson, Joining Teenage Bottlerocket in times of tragedy. Chewka tells us the ins and outs of why his bands are and are not like RUSH, Working simultaneously with his previous band Old Wives, What does future and old punk Chewka look li...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 148
Episode 156: B Face (Chris Barnard) of The Queers, Groovie Ghoulies, The Real Kids, The Mopes, Kepi & Friends, talks to us about Kepi And Pirate Press, Why Never In The Foreground, Improvising And Precision And The Fuck It Attitude, Spouting Cliches And Overcoming What Has Already Been Done, Everyone Draws Skulls, B Face's Band History with The Queers, Ghoulies, Real Kids & The Mopes, plus plus bass guitar and outsider art more more drawing more! www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 147
Episode 155: Joe King Queer of The Queers talks to us about being a vocalist without his guitar, changing band members, Joe's Place, The call of the Sea and being on fishing boats, Music as an inevitable career choice, Punks should always be underdogs, stories of GG that perhaps humanize him, The influence and friendship with Joey Ramone, How Punk has saved lives, plus much much punk till you die more so much more to go more! Link to episode about The Queers' Don't Back Down Jughead's Basement P...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 146
Episode 145: Jack Wimpy Rutherford Hayes of The Mercy Fucks, The Queers, Wimpy & The Cryptics, Tulu & Wimpy, and The Jabbers, talks to us about Heritage & Are All Jacks Johns, Television's Effect on Punk Rock, Origin Of The Queers & Working With Joe And Tulu, The Monsignors, Punk Getting Violent, Agronomy & Soil Science, Playing With The Jabbers & It's History From the 70s with GG Allin, His Current Release of Tulu & Wimpy Fly Like A Cucumber, plus so much hazy hazy J...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 145
Episode 144: Dave Scott Schwartzman of Adrenalin O.D. talks to us about his new book If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D. Plus Punks In Good Studios But During Stupid Hours, Danzig In The Hood And Looking Through Flyers in Biafra's Bedroom, Self Awareness - Nietzsche - And The Humor In Punk, The Color Pink, Hanging Out With Exene In Dipshit America, Friendship With Rhythm Pigs & White Flag, Are We Trapped In Our Youth, End With Ishtar, plus much much ...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 144
Episode 143: Keith Morris of OFF!, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Midget Handjob talks to us about repeating oneself onstage and off, What if you had a million dollars, Making amends for aggression towards society and the self, Keith's half-time firing squad if he were president, Learning a work ethic from his father, Green Day and mega popular "punk," Epitaph and the relationship between Bad Religion and Circle Jerks, The rocky road to OFF and it's guitarist Dimitri, The new album Free LSD, What...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 143
Episode 142: Smoking Popes' Born To Quit on Jughead's Basement subcategory Album Dissections. This week the long awaited 5th part of the Smoking Popes series that started to take root back in October 2018 when Jughead spent the evening at Josh Caterer's house. This episode explores the 1995 Record Born To Quit in its entirety, with all four band members talking about all 10 songs. For a complete 5 part dissection start with: Episode 122 - Josh Caterer Episode 124 - Eli Caterer Episode 126 - Matt...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 142
Episode 141: Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals, Oingo Boingo, and studio work with Tenacious D, Danny Elfman, Jughead's Revenge and many more, talks to us about Being On The Spectrum, Opposites Naturally Manifest, How Do You Sleep, The Art Book Punk Rock & Paint Brushes, Does Humor Protect From Intimacy, Working With Danny Elfman, Vandals' Humor & Bad Reviews, Warren As Meta-Forrest Ranger plus much much enantiodromia more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 141
Episode 140: Larry Damore of Pegboy and Bhopal Stiffs talks to us about Larry's Father And His Days As A Football Player For The Bears, Stopped At The Canadian Border, Transition From Bhopal Stiffs To Pegboy, Producers Albini And Burgess, A Eulogy For Pierre Kedzie, Damore Admits He Is A Meathead, Chicago Blue Collar Music And The Punk Bar Culture plus much much Larry Damore more. with special Co-Host: Mike Byrne www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 140
Episode 139: Jessica Colombo of Mable Syndrome (Podcast) talks to us about Music And It's Emotional Response, Finding Punk On Vancouver Island Canada, The Origin And Reach Of Mable Syndrome, Jawbreakers Schwarzenbach Interview, Women In The Masculine Driven Hardcore Scene, EIB & Liz Eldredge, Balancing Politics In A Podcast, Women Behind The Scenes plus much much mable mable more. Mable Syndrome Website
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 139
Episode 138: Kevin Aper of Sweatpants Party, Insanity Alert, and The Apers talks to us about Family Life, Being a Punk Rock Free Mason, Monster Zero Records, Love And Respect For And From Diverse Music Scenes, Insanity Alert, Self Titled Sweat Pants Party, Everything Is Connected and much much monster insanity sweatpants more. Monster Zero Records Insanity Alert Web Site www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com...
Sep 06, 2022•14 min•Ep. 138
Episode 137: Kevins Seconds of 7 Seconds talks to us about Podcasts, His Clear Speaking And Singing Voice, Aggressive Punk Rock And Making Cute Shit, Circle Jerks' Keith Morris' Vocal Lesson, Alienation/Community/Aggression & Love, Applause And Finding Common Ground With The Audience, Kepi Ghoulie Talk, What is Success, plus much much mosh pit more.
Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 137
Episode 136: Talli Osborne, nicknamed Nubs by Fat Mike, is a Punk Rock Singer and Inspirational Speaker talks to us about Her Bands Future And Past, Musical Theater Background, Self Pity-Positive Energy-And Telling Your Own Story To Improve The Live's Of Others, Meeting Richard Branson, Fat Mike's Fat Mic And How Talli And Mike Met, Early Surgeries, Creativity In Every Day Life, plus much much nothing can stop her more more more! Talli's Web Site Talli's Instagram Ad: Little Lost Girl Medi...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 136
Episode 135: Kody Templeman of Sack, Teenage Bottlerocket, and The Lillingtons talks to us about How To Maintain a Perfect Body, Sack's Origin Story, Larping & Jughead's Days with D&D, The Patino Brothers and Sack Recording The New Record Ripper, Lillingtons & Weasels In A Box, The Demise of Panic Button Records, Pop & Soda & Soda Pop, plus much much metal minded man more more more! www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com Sack's New Record at Red Scare...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 135
Episode 134: Kepi Ghoulie talks to us about Life as a Rock N Roll Shark, Nick Names, Being A Member of the Punk Rock Rat Pack, Jonathan Richman & Vapor Records, The Universe/Choice/Kepiland, Major Labels & Surviving Lookout Records, The Law Of Attraction and much much more than just monsters more. Stardumb Records Kepi Ghoulie Webstore at Machine Shop Rocks Thich Nhat Hanh Jim & Tom Interviews Ad: Little Lost Girl Media Jughead's Basement Website...
Aug 07, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 134
Episode 133: Johnny Personality (Stockfisch) of Vindictives and Screeching Weasel talks to us about Steve Albini Engineering Weasel, Not Touring - Choice - Fear-Other - or All, Home Studios - Television City Dream & Hypno Punko, Being The Leader Or Second Hand Man Of A Band, Johnny's Origin Stories with Vindictives & Screeching Weasel, Recent Projects, plus much much mini studio more! www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 133
EPISODE 132: Fred Armisen of Trenchmouth, Portlandia, Saturday Night Live, Drummer & Comedian Talks To Us About John Ross Bowie, Cafe's In Chicago, His Mohawk Being Hassled, Trophy for Mike Watt, Punk Uniforms & Just Being Punk, Kinko's Appreciation, His Netflix Special: Stand Up For Drummers and much much fucking Fred Armisen More! www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 132
Episode 131: Parry Gripp of Nerf Herder Talks To Us About the Re-Release Of American Cheese, Honest Don Records-Panic Button-& Fat Wreck Chords, Major Labels-Band Pressure-Money-& Band Rebirth, Non Professional Chicago Foodie Talk, Everyone Wants To Be Loved, Parody & Angry Children Saying Mean Things, Weezer Talk And Much Much Nerdcore More! Nerf Herder Official Site
Jul 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 131
Episode 130: Mark Linsenmayer of The Partially Examined Life (One of the top Philosophy Podcasts) and Nakedly Examined Music (Interviewing musicians from many genres) talks to us about Cross Pollinating Woes and Successes, Music and Business, Philosophy & Music Side by Side, Songwriting as Intentionally Dumber than Philosophy, His Book - Philosophy For Teens, Philosophy Shouldn't Be Scary - It's Like a Song, plus much much rhetoric-a licious-more. The song Tolerated is from Mark's 3rd and fi...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 130
Episode 129: Mike Felumlee (Part IV of V of The Smoking Popes) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests. This week we talk to Mike about being a Midwestern Boy with transient roots, Discovering punk through Thrasher and Skateboarding, The Truth Comes Out About The Trombone, Working with Brothers, Fears of Being Replaced on a Major Label, Returning To The Smoking Popes, Into The Agony, and The Rock Room, plus more more drummy drum more! Link to Mike's The Rock Room...
Jul 02, 2022•52 min•Ep. 129
Episode 128: Larry Livermore, John Jughead, Mass Giorgini, & Dan Vapid, four friends talk about their lives apart and together including such topics as First Meetings, Don Quixote TED Talks, Counter Culture/Sub Culture/Punks/Hippies, Heavy Metal & Punk Ethos Talk, Betrayals, Forgiveness, & Never Forgetting, What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Old, Plus Much Much Gabby Gabby More More. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 128
Episode 127: Victor DeLorenzo of Violent Femmes, Nineteen Thirteen, and Night Crickets talks to us about Orson Welles, Reinvigorated sparks of creativity in aging musicians, Theater and how it affected The Violent Femmes, Busking and Intimacy, Opening for The Ramones, The Night Crickets with David J and Darwin Meiners, Dinner with Willem Dafoe, Nineteen Thirteen and loop pedals, plus much much De much Lorenzo more! Nineteen Thirteen (Victors current band)...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 127
Episode 126 this week with Matt Caterer. In this episode we discuss such things as the clear distinct Caterer voices, creativity stemming from the 1920s big band era, Speed Stick and zero to band in a week, Are you a bass player? Somebody has to play this thing, 90s Punk Rock politics, Phil Bonnet, the difference between I don’t care and active letting things happen, spirituality in music plus much much oldest brother Matt more! www.jugheadheadsbasementpodcast.com
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 126
Episode 125: John Ross Bowie of band, Egghead, plus actor in Speechless/Big Bang Theory/Children's Hospital and many more credits talks to us about My pen, Theme Park Life, Knock Knock Records and Punk Tattoos, Theater Talk, Improvisation - Upright Citizens Brigade - Second City - and Working with Chicago Comics and Writers, Insubordination Fest, Egghead - Irony - Music - Politics, His book - Fathers - The Silent Generation, and Mel Brooks into the Zucker Brothers, plus more more Bowie more. Lin...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 125
Episode 124: Eli Caterer of Smoking Popes (2 of 5 interviews exploring the whole band and record Born To Quite originally released in 1994) talks to us about being the youngest brother, the parents music collection, Speedstick into Smoking Popes, dynamics of brothers in a band, association with Solid Sound Studios and Phill Bonnet, the artwork behind Born To Quit, plus much much Eli More. ON GEAR BUDS PODCAST Josh says good bye to Solid Sounds Studio Jughead's Basement Podcast link with videos...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 124
