meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Turned Out A Punk

Episode 97 - Geoff Rowley (Skateboard Legend)

Turned Out A Punk

Turned Out A Punk

Music Commentary, Music History, Music, Music Interviews

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2016

⏱️ 70 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Whether it’s IRL or in video game form, many people grew up wanting to be this guest. This week on Turned Out A Punk, Damian is joined by Skateboarding legend Geoff Rowley. Join the two as they discuss, not only how punk affected Geoff’s career but how skateboarding as a whole was influenced by the genre. Also covered:

Loving football

Seeing the punks with the Skateboards

Probe Records: a subcultural outpost

the smell of punk

skate a deck with no griptape with mismatched backwards trucks

the little kid with with older punks

The “art” of skateboard art

music in skate videos

The reverberations of punk in youth culture

seeing punk on tv and the streets

Too young to get in “The Planet”

going to Fugazi

Skating over shows

Robbie Reed from Jailcell Recipes

getting crapped on by the older Straight Edge Skaters

The origins of skating in Liverpool

“Why would they make a park out of that?!?”

Liverpool: a city of diverse skating and music influences

Liverpool: a city of punk skateboarders

Liverpool: a city of the old skaters

Liverpool: a city of immense civic pride

Seeing the skate video Savannah Slamma for the first time

seeing tricks for the first time

Mofo from Thasher

Falling in love with Motorhead Meeting Lemmy and talking Beatles

Being The Beatles in 60’s Liverpool

Getting into Lungfish

The influence of Ed Templeton

Searching for a new genre

the effects of music listening on skatevideos

Black Mountain and the Skate

Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/turned-out-a-punk/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcript

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

2:15.6

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

2:18.8

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

2:25.0

Today on the show, skateboarding legend Jeff Rowley.

2:30.0

More on that in a second.

...

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.