Ep454: The Return of Redd Kross with Jeff & Steven McDonald

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Jeff & Steven McDonald formed Redd Kross at a pivotal time in the LA music scene, playing their 1st gigs in their early teens and were mentored by Black Flag. Their influences are vast and their appreciation for musical artistry runs deep.

Redd Kross is back with a new double album - "The Redd Album" - and we talk to the brothers about some of the music and memories that brought them to this moment.

Topic Include:

The Redd Album – lots of "red" components
Memories with meeting Beatles
Jeff wants to meet Bob Dylan
Steven's story with George Harrison
Impressions and moments within the Zappa Universe
Memories of collecting records in their youth
Jeff enjoyed finding strange/new music
Finding music and sharing with others
Perspectives on Jazz
Runaways & Ramones were their entry point to punk
Other young teenagers in the early punk scene
Police brutality at early punk shows
Memories of the Polliwog Park show with Black Flag
Getting Raymond Pettibone artwork for the "Born Innocent" album
Was Redd Kross ever approached to be on SST or New Alliance?
Experiencing their music for the 1^st time on vinyl
The early Posh Boy "Red Cross" EP pressings
The role that flyering played in early career
Responses to "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II"
Rare Redd Kross/White Flag single – 100 made
"Teen Babes from Monsanto" – The Version Especial
Gasatanka Records label and logo
Redd Kross master tapes
Wanting to remix Neurotica
Modern remixes of classic records
Creating the "forever" mixes, continuously improving Beatles
The "Peter Jackson" version of "Raw Power"
Creating the Redd Album
Debating and arguing about song sequencing
Interview wrap up

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0:16.2	And now on with the show.
0:19.2	Welcome to the vinyl guide.
0:23.8	The podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:27.3	Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer.
0:29.2	Well, hello there.
0:30.8	Welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:35.2	Episode 454 of the Vinyl Guide podcast.
0:36.0	That doesn't sound right.
0:37.6	It's 4.5, gosh, Man, we are cranking these out.
0:40.0	The podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:42.9	I hope you all had a nice weekend.
0:45.7	I spent much of Sunday spinning and cleaning and re-sleeving some records.
0:52.0	Some singles this time.
0:53.4	I don't buy too many singles these days,
0:56.2	but I've wound up with some pretty serious collectibles.
0:58.8	I put on Instagram.
0:59.8	You could see them there at Vinyl Guide.
1:03.3	I've recently rehomed them in one of these archival barrier box for singles.
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