Hey, this is Steve McDonald of Red Cross, Off, the Melvins, producer, extraordinary, multi-instrumentalist, et cetera, et cetera. And you are currently freaking out to the vinyl guide with Nate Goyer.

Well, hot damn, everyone.

Welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, the weekly podcast where we talk to the artists behind the records we love and collect.

This week on the show, Stephen Shane MacDonald, bass player of multiple kick-ass bands, including Red Cross, off, and of course Melvins, who are coming out

with a new LP this week, April 20th, Pinkus Abortion Technician.

In time for record store day, pick up a copy at your local record shop, or you go to Ipecac.com

or themelvins.net.

Now, today, Stephen is going to take us through his history,

the early days of L.A. punk rock, befriending, then opening for a young black flag, the rare

records of his career, and he even spends time talking about his project with the white stripes,

red blood cells, which is an amazing story I'm sure you're going to enjoy.

And you know what else you'll enjoy? Clean records. And how do you get clean records? By

getting a record cleaner, stupid. I'm sorry, didn't mean to have that outburst there. I've been

working on my anger issues lately and just learning how to deal with those situations. Anywho, what I'm trying to say is get a groove washer at groove washer.com.

You need to keep your records free of debris and sounding their absolute best,

but you don't need to spend a fortune to do so.

The groove washer gives a brilliant, deep clean to your records

for a fraction of a fraction of the cost of a record

cleaning machine. Plus, you can keep your stylus clean with a groove washer stylus

cleaning brush for mere pocket change. Help your music sound its best with a groove washer

record cleaning system available at groove washer.com. And with that, let's get into our conversation with Stephen Shane McDonald,

punk rock bassist extraordinaire.

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