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Turned Out A Punk

Episode 265 - Brian Baker (Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Junkyard, Fake Names etc.)

Turned Out A Punk

Turned Out A Punk

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

“I Can’t Keep Up! I Can’t Keep Up! I Can’t Keep Up!” This week, we bring you one of the most requested guests in TOAP history. BRIAN BAKER is on the show! Listen in as Damian has his mind blown with stories from the genesis of DC hardcore from a guy who lived it! After all these years, THIS ONE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.

Here’s to a little escape

Also Touched On:

Mutual respect

Going to elementary school with Guy Picciotto & Micheal Hampton

Moving to Detroit

Moving home & everyone is punk!

Everyone was into the Damned, Clash & the Viletones

The importance of Skip - Yesterday & Today

Discharge & Crass

Empire, Lime Spiders, Hoodoo Gurus & the Church inform a sonic change

Either Teen Idles & The Cramps or The Extorts on top of a record store

Pussy Galore elementary school connection

“I could have been seeing Doc Watson play a deli two times a month but I was too busy putting bandanas on my boots, hangin’ outside of 7-11 drinking cokes”

Going to see Stiff Little Fingers with fake IDs & pencil shavings rubbed on your face

The BAD BRAINS

The early Minor Threat shows

not really understanding the name

The Violence

No more fights

The difference between DCHC & NYHC

Getting a Canadian SIN Card

Choosing SNL over playing at the GI

DOA at Woodlawn High School

Forming a Meatmen

Forming Doggy Rock: “just a shit show”

Dag Nasty: The California years

“The Great Minor Threat Escape”

Forming Samhain

“We don’t need this MacKaye character, let’s get Glen!”

Missing out on Bad Religion until “Recipe For Hate”

& MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!!!

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and feeding me and the kids. So, Hello and welcome to another edition of Turned Out of Punk. I'm your host

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Damian Abraham and once again I am bringing you a conversation with someone who

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grew up listening to Punk may or may not still be involved in punk but had the life changed by the genre in a major way.

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And today on the show, oh man, this is a doozy. This is like a, this is a top 10 episode for sure. Brian Baker of the band Minor Threat of

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of Dagnasty of Doggy Rock of Sam Hay Hain, of Meat Men, and of course of bad religion.

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