You're listening to In Our Headphones, and I'm Eby Stokes here today with Dr. West, one of the three hosts of K-EXP's punk show Sonic Reducer.

It airs on Saturday nights.

And, West, I want to know how you became such an appreciator of punk music.

Like a lot of people, I had someone who kind of entered me into it.

My older brother was really into music.

He was really into like The Misfits and like Megadeth and Metallica and a bunch of like metallic bands started with M, I guess. And I started listening to that. When I talk to people like a lot of

people I meet are like there's two entry points. someone they knew that like brought them in and then

like metal music.

They like they exist side by side so much and still to this day like there's a lot of

things that I that I listen to that like cross over into that arena.

Yeah, I just I worked in a record store when I lived in Minneapolis, worked in an extreme

noise which is like an all-volunteer record store.

That's one of the ways I met.

Some of the musicians from Minneapolis and started a radio show out there.

And then I came here and I was like, well, KXP is so cool.

They did not have like an extreme music show at that time.

So yeah, had to get that started.

Here you are.

Is there any other genres in music that you really gravitate towards? I actually really love, like, well, my, I love to tell people my daughter is in, she's almost 10, and she does not like any music sung by men. And I think that might be me. Because I'll, like, I'll play things for her. And I think you'll like, she's like, I don't know. Are there any guys in the band? Like, it's not even just like, so I do, I listen to a lot of pop, a lot of like female artists country as well. Esther Rose was one of my favorite records from last year. I love like a pop artist. Sabrina Carpenter.. Carpenter is great. Yeah.

Carly Ray Jepson has been one of my favorites.

Tried to see her with my daughter when they played at the, at a festival here.

It's too loud for my kids, though.

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