Episode 106 - Neil McLennan "Mackie" (BLITZ, Epic Problem)
Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2016
⏱️ 67 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This is a big one for Damian! A LEGIT legend joins Turned Out A Punk this week as Mackie from Blitz and now Epic Problem sits down for a conversation! Sit in and listen as the two discuss Mackie’s journey through punk's early days, helping birth Oi and then walking away from music only to return to it 20 years later.
Also covered:
A email from a fan of the podcast that made Damian’s day!
People in Binbags: Seeing a punk
seeing Slade live: “There was only really Slade”
Being a Bootboy
Hearing the Ramones record
Seeing the Clash live
Zines
Going to the original Factory Club and fearing for your life
Blitz: “Hicks from the Sticks:
one scene but not friendly
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyTranscript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone for the past few months Factor has been sponsoring turned out a punk which has been amazing because in addition to helping me bring this podcast to you each and every time it has also meant that I have had delicious ready to eat meals waiting in our refrigerator. |
| 0:15.0 | So for myself, when I'm hungry, I don't have to worry about what I'm going to cook myself. |
| 0:19.0 | There's a ready to eat vegan meal for me. |
| 0:21.0 | And for when my kids are hungry and they are eating anything but vegan, |
| 0:26.2 | there's a meal ready for them too because each week there are 35 ready to eat meals ranging |
| 0:31.9 | in all sorts of diets from vegan to non-vegan to keto to veggie to calorie smart |
| 0:38.0 | ready prepared and delivered right to your door and the chef-crafted dietician-approved meals |
| 0:44.2 | are ready in just two minutes. |
| 0:46.8 | And you're saving money compared to take out |
| 0:49.3 | and you can adjust how many meals you want |
| 0:51.8 | from six to 18 delivered to your door every week. |
| 0:54.8 | Plus there are an additional 55 add-ons from smoothies to snacks |
| 1:00.4 | so you can have breakfast, midday bites and all sorts of other things. |
| 1:05.0 | So why not give these heat and ready to eat? No fuss, Dietition Approve, chef-crafted factor meals a try head on over to factor meals |
| 1:16.5 | dot com slash tope 50 and use the code to AP 50 to get 50% off. That code is |
| 1:26.1 | T Oap 50 at Factor Meals. |
| 1:30.3 | dot com slash Toap 50 to get 50% off and thank you to factor for supporting this show |
| 1:39.3 | and feeding me and the kids. So, Hello and welcome to another edition of Turned Out of Punk. I'm your host |
| 2:16.7 | Damian Abraham and once again I am bringing you a conversation with someone who |
| 2:19.9 | grew up listening to Punk may or may not still be involved in, but had their life changed by the genre in a major way. |
| 2:26.0 | Today on the show, it's a big one everyone. |
| 2:29.0 | Neil Mick Lennon, aka Mackie from the band Epic Problem and of course Blitz is on the show and he will be |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Turned Out A Punk, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Turned Out A Punk and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.