Melissa Auf der Maur from Hole, Smashing Pumpkins and Tinker is here
Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Oh, make me over because Melissa Auf der Maur's come to TOAP! Listen in as Damian sits down with rocker turned author and tries to convince her that punk doesn't suck. From why Melissa doesn't like punk, to Courtney being on the level of GG live, to the Gruesomes ruling, to how growing up with Montreal media royalty for parents prepared her for the madness, to her father's influence on Vice, to Melissa''s connection to Canada's most infamous punk band and so much more: don't miss it!
Also, don't miss Melissa amazing new memoir: "Even Good Girls Will Cry", available everywhere March 17th!
Also, don't miss Melissa on her book tour!
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| 0:00.0 | Call my wife. |
| 0:01.6 | Calling UK Wildlife. |
| 0:03.6 | Voice assistance not working for you. |
| 0:05.7 | BlackRock Investment Trust has a lot working for you. |
| 0:08.2 | Get to know them at blackrock.com. |
| 0:10.0 | Capital at risk marketing material. |
| 0:11.4 | BlackRock Investment Management UK Limited. |
| 0:13.0 | Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The |
| 0:23.6 | The Hello friends and welcome to Turned at a Punk. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm your host Damian Abraham and today on the show, the amazing Melissa |
| 0:50.8 | Offdemar is here. |
| 0:52.1 | You may know Melissa from Hole. |
| 0:54.0 | You may know her from her work with the Smashing Pumpkins. You may know Melissa from Whole. You may know her from |
| 0:55.1 | her work with the Smashing Pumpkins. You may know her from playing in Tinker before that, |
| 1:00.1 | but you will definitely know her after this episode from her amazing new book. Even the Good |
| 1:05.6 | Girls Will Cry, which is coming out next week, if you're listening to this one, this comes out on March 17th. |
| 1:12.5 | As I said, this thing is a fantastic book. |
| 1:15.9 | This will definitely be on my year-end list. |
| 1:18.2 | If you are at all interested in any of the bands Melissa has played in, tongue twist are there, |
| 1:23.5 | any of the bands Melissa has played in, or 90s music or just 90s culture in general, this thing is indispensable. |
| 1:32.1 | But if you're like me and you've got like an interest in, I don't know, Montreal history, like, I make it sound very boring when I described it that way. |
| 1:41.9 | And I promise you, when you listen to the episode, it gets way more exciting. |
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