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Turned Out A Punk

Episode 380 - Mike Torres (Section H8, Furious Styles, Spitting Teeth)

Turned Out A Punk

Turned Out A Punk

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2021

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the dream! Today on the show Damian is joined by Section H8's MIKE "MEXI" TORRES to talk punk! Listen in as they discuss Mexi's incredible journey from being a houseless punk kid, to making records with his childhood heroes. Smuggling a Rancid tape into "Bad kid school", being stranded in Seattle, living with Cold Sweat, Havoc records as hardcore's Sub Pop & so much more: DON'T MISS THIS EPISODE!

Also, don't miss Section H8's fantastic, "Welcome To The Nightmare" out now on Flatspot Records!!

Also, head over to turnedoutapunk.com and pick up a shirt for the podcast!

Also Touched On:

Singles Going Steady, Hits and Misses and Pete Genest

Rancid’s “Salvation” video

Dad surprising you with GnR/ Metallica tickets

Seeing John Denver live

Body Count’s Cop Killer: It reeeeeally bothered people

Rancid's work ethic

No music allowed in the “bad kid school”

Smuggling in “Let’s Go” tape

Tim Armstrong

Duff loves Discharge

becoming “a piece shit bar guy” for a while

Getting trapped in Seattle

Spitting Teeth: “We were bad at being in a band”

War Scar

Havoc Records

Chicago Fest

Aus Rotten were a very important thing

Writing songs while guarding weeds shops

& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!!



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

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Damian Abraham once again I'm bringing you a conversation with someone who

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grew up listening to Punk may or may not still be involved with Punk but I have the

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life changed by the genre in a major way.

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And to on the show, so I've known for a very long time, but never had the chance to have this conversation

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