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It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.

Our guest is musician Frank Turner.

He was interviewed by Jordan Morris, co-host of Jordan Jesse Go with me here at MaximumFun.

The British singer Frank Turner got his start playing in punk bands in his teenage years.

In the early arts, he fronted the hardcore band, Million Dead.

The band lasted about five years, put out two albums.

And after they broke up, Frank decided he wanted to do something different.

Instead of black flag and the rights of spring, he started writing music that sounded more like

the clash or Bob Dylan, or maybe even Bruce Springsteen.

I guess you can call it folk or maybe folk rock.

Frank Turner's talent is crafting music that's personal, catchy, and playful.

But in the lyrics and delivery, you hear the same ethos and passion he's always had.

Frank has been performing solo since 2004.

He keeps track of every gig he's played on his website.

As of this recording, Frank Turner has played 2,502 live solo shows.

That's about one performance every two days since he started.

If you want to do the math.

Of course he hasn't been able to hit the road lately, like he used to, but he's got a new record

out. It's a split with the punk band NoFX.

On West Coast versus Wessex, Frank Turner covers 5 NoFX songs and NoFX cover 5 of Frank Turner's

songs. Before we get into the conversation between Jordan Morris and Frank Turner,

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