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The First Ever Podcast

54: Barry Johnson (Joyce Manor): I Thought "It's Gonna Be 15 Minutes Then It'll Be Over, So I'm Gonna Enjoy It"

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Music, Arts, Music Interviews

5.0532 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

This week Jeremy interviews Barry Johnson of Joyce Manor
 
During this episode the two discuss the S/T anniversary shows at the Hollywood Palladium, stage banter, George Michael's "faith", nu metal, the Weakerthans, inspiration from The Mountain Goats, seeing the Lawrence Arms at Chain Reaction, his first instrument and what ska taught him about songwriting, his first band Kid Gruesome, being a front person and having something to prove, hearing your voice recorded the first time, Barry asks about Jeremy's first time recording vocals, their collective relationship with producer Alex Estrada, writers block advice, discussing the sophomore album "Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired", when Joyce Manor became more collaborative on Never Hunger Again, writing "The Jerk", working with Rob Schnapf on Cody and what he brought to the process, Million Dollars to Kill Me and "Demoitis", album art, and so much more!

 

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Thank you so much for being here. If it's your first time, 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. I am thrilled to announce that my guest this week is Barry Johnson of the band Joyce Manor.

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They just played two sold-out shows here in L.A. to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their self-titled album. They also remixed, remastered, and reissued that record on Asian Man Records, if you have not checked that out. Barry was also kind enough to sing on a cover of Game of Pricks by guided by voices with my my band Touche Amore, which we put up for Band Camp Friday. So all this felt like a great excuse

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to talk to Barry. But before we get there, let me ask you this. Have you subscribed to the

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podcast yet? It would mean a lot to me. Do it on Spotify or Apple, wherever you're enjoying

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this podcast. If it happens to be Apple and you

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wouldn't mind rating and reviewing the show, that would mean a lot to me. But what would truly,

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truly mean the most is if you supported the show on Patreon. You can hit up patreon.com slash the first

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ever Patreon. You get a lot of bonus stuff, a lot of fun things happen over there,

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bonus radio episodes, and the ability to submit questions to upcoming guests for a bonus episode.

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So for example, today, subscribers get a bonus episode where they hear the questions answered by

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Barry that they submitted. So once again, hit at patreon.com slash the first ever Patreon.

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Now let's talk about my wonderful sponsors, Discovered Magazine. Discovered is a international print

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counterculture magazine encompassing the best of art, music, skateboarding, and anything with a punk ethos.

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Listeners get 10% off a yearly subscription by using the code first ever spelled out when

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