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The First Ever Podcast

166: Mark McCoy (Charles Bronson / Youth Attack / Artist): A Defined Identity

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Music, Arts, Music Interviews

5.0532 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

This week Jeremy interviews artist and musician Mark McCoy of Charles Bronson, Das Oath, Youth Attack Records and more.

On this episode Jeremy and Mark talk classical music, grunge VS hair metal, Star Wars graphic novels, the role album art has, seeing 7 Seconds, learning guitar, skateboarding, Mukilteo Fairies, anxiety on stage, starting the band Charles Bronson, running Youth Attack Records, unique merch items, collaborating with bands, top 10 horror movies, and so much more!!!

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0:00.0

First ever

0:21.0

The first ever podcast.

0:42.1

My name is Jeremy Bollum. I am your host,

0:46.0

and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. This is

0:51.6

episode 166 and my guest this week is none other than Mark McCoy. He's a musician

1:01.3

known for bands like Charles Bronson, Dossoth, Holy Moller, failures, absolute power. He's been in so many,

1:07.9

so many awesome bands. He's the label owner of the very storied and

1:11.8

legendary Youth Attack Records. And he's an artist whose work you've seen for album covers by

1:17.7

bands like Full of Hell, nothing. He did the hesitation wounds cover. All of the incredible work for

1:23.9

the youth attack stuff. You always know his work as soon as you see it.

1:27.8

And let me tell you, having this conversation was a lot of fun.

1:30.8

He was the perfect guest for a Halloween episode because this man has such a deep knowledge

1:37.8

of horror.

1:38.6

It's absolutely impressive.

1:40.5

It's quite intimidating, to be honest.

1:42.2

And I asked Mark to put together a top 10 list

1:45.6

of rare and obscure horror movies that people should seek out. So listen for that at the end of the

1:51.6

episode after he answers the last question. He gives us that top 10 list. Also, if you head on over to

1:57.6

patreon.com slash the first ever Patreon, there is a bonus episode available

2:02.9

right now where Mark answered questions that were submitted by subscribers. And let me tell you,

2:08.1

it's an interesting one. It goes in a direction that I don't think either of us were expecting.

2:13.8

So if you subscribe for as little as $3 a month, you get access to that, plus tons of other bonus material. And if you subscribe for as little as $3 a month, you get access to that plus tons of other bonus material.

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