Episode 192 with Jonathan Anastas of DYS and Slapshot talks to us about: On being a left handed bassist, Metal to Punk to Metal to Crossover to a hodgepodge of influences, Every punk band is a small business, Decadence - Newbury Comics - Slam Dance and MTV, Long time relationship with Dave Smalley, Entrance and exit of Slapshot, Dickie Barret and play-to-win, plus much much straight edge more marketing and hardcore melody more more more! (In the intro I say Brotherhood was released in 1982... it...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 192
Episode 191: John Wright of No Means No, and Author Jason Lamb talk to us about the book NOMEANSNO FROM OBSCURITY TO OBLIVION (an oral history), Jughead and John have a pre-interview discussion about topography and road atlases, how the book came to be, there is an underlying sadness alleviated by moments of joy, how does an oral history work and journalism, John Wright's job is not to intellectualize his music but to express it, the community that punk rock allows plus much much, dead, no, bob,...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 191
Episode 190: Chris Fogal of The Gamits, Dwayne, Midrake, Discomfort Creature talks to us about his late start to punk, drums a more natural but more often the guitarist on stage, metal band TAUNTAUN, the effect of pop punk in the mainstream, Black in Bluhm Recording Studio, the pitfalls of announcing your band's break up, working with Joey Cape, Gamits reformation and the effort to emotionally and musically support each other, Midrake, on being a worthless trailing spouse, plus much much creatur...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 190
Episode 189: Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Portastic, Brick and the co-founder of Merge Records talks to us about school in New York forming Bricks and studying lit and history, preserving a scene compared to growing a scene, melody with a nod to dissonance, Merge, Matador, and Touch & Go, creating a label and its job as a filter, the dire situation within independent music, plus much chunky chunk chunk chunkity more more more! Link to Merge Records...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 189
Episode 188: Paul (Coyote) Fleischmann of The Ratcliffs and DeeCRACKS talks to us about the universe expanding and owning a telescope, growing up in Innsbruck Austria, at university in Russia and speaking multiple languages to varying degrees, influences and similarities, Ratcliffs' history and the struggle to keep a line-up and the joining of the DeeCRACKS, translating is a little like acting, plus much bubblegum, mental, sonic, supermarket warfare more more moreI The Ratcliffs at Monster Zero...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 188
Episode 187: Damon Locks of Trenchmouth, The Eternals, Black Monument Ensemble and more talks to us about Chicago Is a Collage, Trenchmouth Becomes One Entity, "Jello Biafra Prepared Me For This World, Intention in Music and Art, The Eternals Out of Time Out of Place Yet Appreciated in Brazil, Frontman to Constructor to The Black Monument Ensemble, Music As a Conversation in the Real World plus much much exploding ensemble mouth trenched eternal monument more more more! Editor Correction: When D...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 187
Episode 186: Michael (Yeahman) Marti of DeeCRACKS, Midrake, Dwayne, Gamits, and owner of Yeahman;s Vintage and Used Guitars talks to us about flute or guitar, Jughead's story about his DJ amp becoming his guitar amp on Boogada Boogada Boogada, running a label in Switzerland, we discuss us both being lefties, putting your soul into it and technicality is not needed, band relation to the Gamits and the formation of Midrake, joining the DeeCRACKS, recording a prerecorded catalog allows no time for...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 186
Episode 185: Matt and Mike of the DeeCracks talk to us about their new record 20 Years A Frantic Effort, Its Rerecording And Its Benefits, Spontaneity And Intention, Michael Marti The New Bass Player, An In Depth Discussion About the Working And Friend Relationship Between Mike And Matt, Never Chose To Make It A Life Time But Here We Are, Our Small Town Was Our Universe, Touring Russia And Japan, Which Punk Rockers Do Not Sweat plus much much cretin deecrack midrake and more! Pirate Press Websit...
Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 185
Episode 184: Mike Cessario founder and CEO of Liquid Death talks to us about what is home and why a lot of good entrepreneurs are unemployable, rallying people to believe in you, irony, compassion, and our mutual love of the movie Real Genius, Exploring the complexity of the "Fuck You" attitude, advertising as entertainment, greatness is not supposed to be easily scaleable, what is a big idea in marketing, nailing a concept and making it reality, plus much much liquidy, can can, death metal, pun...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 184
In this episode we talk to Jason Narducy about such things as Cheap Trick And Budokan, Being A Team Player Sounds Corny But True, How Our Father's Introduced Us To Things We Probably Shouldn't Have Seen, Verboten to Verbow, The Gift Of Band Camaraderie, Touring REM's Murmur With Michael Shannon, Time For Family, On Albini And Electric Audio, Gushing Over John Ross Bowie and Bob Mould, plus much much evanston chicago morton more grove more more more! Split Single Band Web Page Jughead's Basement ...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 183
Episode 182: Mike Kinshella of Murderland talks to us about Mike’s move to Los Angeles, Jughead and Mike share their experiences with archaic film editing techniques, a wonderfully complex conversation about nostalgia, the origin story of Murderland, EC Comics and how horror films, lyrics, and comics has always spoken to writers like him, on writing the patron saint of burned out losers and Mike’s experiences with the film industry, Mike's wonderfully odd and beautiful proposal of marriage to Po...
Sep 19, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 182
Episode 181: Poli Van Dam is BACK with a guest appearance from Billy Brown. On this episode we talk to Poli about Jughead's Covid, Journal Writing & Diaries, Liquid Death Update, The Poli Van Dam Band Has Arrived, Touring With Aquadolls, The Origin Story of Semi Famous, Diabetes Talk And The Forces Used To Fight Back, plus much much whopping holy shit more more more! Debut of a new song called Obvious from Semi Famous, featuring Ryan Rockwell and Poli van Dam is at the end of this episode! G...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 181
Episode 180: Billy Brown talks about the decade it took to release his first solo record on vinyl, Best Of Tragedies. We are joined by his friends, producer Shawn Harris, and artist Emily Flake. We discuss the record and how the themes have become relevant once again in ways unforeseen with the first public announcement of Billy's current battle with cancer. *Shawn's sister's name is Vanessa Harris and the recording studio was The Green Room. Here are some links you should explore: Shawn Harris'...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 180
Episode 179: John Haggerty of Pegboy and Naked Raygun talks to us about the musicians and producers he has worked with in his long career, we talk about such people as Joe Haggerty and growing up, Santiago Durango and John's beginnings in Naked Raygun, Ian Burgess and recording in France with Pegboy, Steve Albini and "The Scene", Pierre Kezdy and the influence of Strike Under on John's confidence to become a working guitarist, Eric Spicer and DV8, Jeff Pezzati and a Band is a Band and a Group of...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 179
Episode 178: Donnie Walsh of Grumpster and Doki Doki talks to us about the move from Massachusetts to California, the Origin Story of Grumpster, Getting to Maximum Potential and the Gilman St. Era, the Move from Asian Man to Pure Noise Records, on Bringing in a Producer, the Influence of Against Me's Transgender Dysphoria Blues and Donnie's own Transition plus much much grumpster more! Grumpster Website Jughead's Basement Patreon...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 178
Episode 177: Aaron Leatherbarrow Punk Rock Teacher Official and member of the band Cassette Crisis talks to us about The Long Wait Before Playing A Venue, The Effects of MXPX and The Lillingtons on the Young Leatherbarrow, Dad Was My God And Still Is My Idol, Building The Ultimate Facade, Cincinnati And Becoming Friends With Ryan Rockwell, The Origin Of Aaron's Viral Tick Tock Videos, Rebellion Is The Beginning of Education And The Punk Rock Pantry plus much tick much tock more teacher students ...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 177
176: Simon Lamb of Dan Vapid & The Cheats talks to us about: Circus Maximus, Japan Talk, Simon & Jughead's History Of Nearly 25 Years Friendship, Scotland And Punk Rock, Simon Is An Actual Working Illustrator And Designer, A Potentially Difficult Question About How Simon Replaced Jughead In Screeching Weasel, The Genesis And Continuing Relationship Of Dan Vapid And Simon Lamb, plus much much haggis and pizza and guitar oh my! Dan Vapid And The Cheats Bandcamp Jughead's Basement Patreon ...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 176
Episode 175: Chris Wollard of Hot Water Music, The Ship Thieves, and The Draft talks to us about Looking At The Self, Guitar Talk & Chris' First Guitar Is Still His Main Guitar, Art Process And A Discussion About Discovery and Creativity, The Influence And Affect Of Naked Raygun On Hot Water Music, Playing Your Heart Out When No One Is There Or Nobody Wants You There, Chris' Real World Relationship with Naked Raygun and His Band's Participation On Godspeed - A Tribute To Pierre Kezdy, plus m...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 175
Episode 174: Lucy Giles of Doki Doki and Dog Party talks to us about The Link Between Punk Rock And Country Music, Dog Party Is Working On A New Record, Lucy's First Public Show in 4th Grade Opening For Agent Orange, Transition Into Intentional Writing, Gwen Loves Spreadsheets, Recording With Doki Doki And Mike Park's Involvement, Lucy's Current Career As A DJ, Jughead And Lucy Bond Over Free Form Dancing, plus much much doki doki dog party country hoedown more more more! Dog Party Website Dog P...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 174
Episode 173: Brett Jansch of Dune Rats talks to us about Minute Men into Beefheart into Zappa , When the Dune Rats First Became a Unit and the Party to Raise Money for Brett's Ticket to America, Music Is a Never Ending Bucket, Records Seem To Have Survived the Test of Time, Creativity and Lightening in a Bottle, The Beach Has a Sound, Brett Loves Anthem For A New Tomorrow plus much much muddy muddy ratty Dune Rata tat tat more! Check out the Jughead's Basement Website where you can see videos an...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 173
Episode 172: Jesse Michaels of Doom Regulator and Operation Ivy returns to LoFi Interviews to talk about Reconnecting Friendships and the Return to Working with Tim Armstrong, Mystery & Film Noir, Discovering Ska, The similarities and Differences in his Creative Pursuits, Religion and Zen plus much much more and more and also more! Jughead's Basement Patreon Site
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 172
Episode 171: Link from The Meanies talks to us about: The Open Letter About AI and Link and My Abilities To Turn On A Computer, Rick Springfield and Other Bands From Australia, Link Admits He Used To Be A Miserable Bastard, Wounds Acquired On Stage, Emotional Music and Our Bands' Influences, plus much much eeny meanies miny mo more! The Meanies Website For information on Link's newest band: Bagful Of Beez Jughead's Basement Patreon...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 171
Episode 170: Tane Graves of Tightwire talks to us about Rocky Horror And Surrounding Oneself with Trinkets and Posters, Dillinger Four And their Minneapolis Legacy, Sad Music, Fun Music, and Catharsis, Color Blindness Leading To Creative Choices, Complications With Touring And The Intricacies Of The Relationship With Founder Paul Kettler, Noelle from Rational Anthem joining the band, Tour With The Queers, plus much much graves and graves and wire and tights and time warps more more more! Tightw...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 170
169: Eamon Sandwith of The Chats talks to us about The Future of Signing Autographs, Mates and Early Gigs with The Unknowns, Cheap Equipment & Jerry Rigging Your Gear, Dave Grohl Becomes a Fan, Interviews and On What People Expect You To Become, The Affect of Smoko and Maintaining Integrity By Not Thinking Too Much About It, plus much much smoko furphy bloke bludger bogan drongos. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
May 13, 2023•56 min•Ep. 169
168: Jay Whalley of Frenzal Rhomb talks to us about the Australian TV Show RAGE, Building An Audience And The Intricacies Of A Band Message, Living By Example Compared To Blatant Activism, On The Road To Fat Wreck Chords And The Sarcastically Awesome Decision To Sign To Sony Records, Playing At The Edge Of Your Ability, Recording At The Blasting Room, The Complexity of Community plus much rhombally rumbling with frenzally rambling more. www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 168
Episode 167: Dimitri Coats of OFF! and Burning Brides talks to us about a past Kpop/Hardcore Tour of Japan, How He Thought He was Setting Out To Produce A Circle Jerks Records But Ended Up In A Band with Keith Morris, Downstrokes And Dimitri's Introduction To Punk, Keith's Milk Crates Full of Lyrical Scraps, The Effect Of Early Industrial Noise Bands on The Current Record, The Sci Fi Movie Project Featuring Off, Working With Jack Black, plus off more off of off on more! www.jugheaheadsbasementpo...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 167
Episode 166 with Daryl Wilson from Bollweevils talks to us about Daryl's Cliffs Notes on The History of Bollweevils, A Deep Dive Into The Lyrics and Recording of Their New Album ESSENTIAL, Examining The Word Content, Legacy Or Just Kinda' Old, Ken & Daryl's Long Time Friendship, Art Evokes Emotion, The Stoic Marcus Aurelius, The Importance Of Community, and much much bollimuch weevilmore! Order The Bollweevils' Essential www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com...
Apr 08, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 166
Episode 165: Joey (Shithead) Keithley of D.O.A talks with us about Being Elected Councillor After 6 Tries, From Civil Law To Punk Rock, Protest Songs Inspiring Him To Change The World, The Something Better Change D.O.A Documentary, The Charitable Streak In Punk, This Month’s 45th Anniversary, Change Starts In Your Neighborhood plus much much hardcore lore more more! Joe's New Solo Record: STAND Jughead's Basement Patreon...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 165
Episode 164: Warren Fischer of The Ozzfish Experience and Screeching Weasel talks to us about Record Collections & Memorabilia, The Ill-Fated Weasel/Ozzfish 7Inch, South Holland Illinois & Hail Satan, A Bass To The Forehead And Entrance Into Screeching Weasel, In The Studio For Boogada Boogada Boogada, On Being A Teacher And How To Remain Rebellious, plus much much experiential fishymore! DuPage County Hardcore Jughead's Basement Patreon...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 164
163: Kat Moss of Scowl talks to us about From Suburb to City: An Old Punk Story, Hardcore Bands Should Be In A Symbiotic Relationship With Their Audience, Scowl's New EP: Psychic Dance Routine, No Matter Where You Go There You Are, Hardcore Is Always Evolving, Plus An Equestrian Competitor Must Dig Their Heals in, so let's do so, and go go go! 1. Scowl at Flatspot Records 2. Self Contradiction Clarification 3. Scowl Website...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 163
