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When the basement of my house flooded, I lost many records and much memorabilia from all my bands. The objects I salvaged I put in a big box. I stared at them for awhile then decided to send them out into the world to a better place, where they wouldn't be ruined. This is when I began my transiti…

John "Jughead" Pierson


    • May 7, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 211 EPISODES

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    The Jughead's Basement podcast is a must-listen for fans of punk and punk-adjacent music. Hosted by Jughead, the podcast brings a unique interviewing style with great insight and editing techniques that keep listeners engaged. With an unmatched guest list, the show features interviews with musicians from various genres, making it appealing to a wide audience.

    One of the best aspects of The Jughead's Basement podcast is the depth that Jughead goes into when interviewing his guests. He does an amazing job of digging into their backgrounds and getting to know them on a personal level. This not only makes for interesting conversations but also helps to engage listeners in a more meaningful way. Additionally, I appreciate that Jughead doesn't limit himself to guests within his own genre, allowing for a diverse range of topics and perspectives.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is how well-prepared and thoughtful Jughead is in his interviews. He asks great questions that lead the conversation into fascinating and sometimes dark places, creating a captivating listening experience. His quirky style may take some getting used to, but it generates both laughs and tears, making it perfect for any commute or downtime activity.

    While there are many positive aspects to The Jughead's Basement podcast, one potential downside is that it may not appeal to those who are not familiar with or interested in punk music or art in general. However, even non-fans may enjoy the interesting conversations and learn something new from each episode.

    In conclusion, The Jughead's Basement podcast is a hidden gem in the world of podcasts. It offers informative and entertaining interviews with guests from various music scenes, providing insight into their lives and creative processes. Jughead's conversational style and unique editing techniques make each episode engaging and enjoyable. Whether you're a fan of punk or simply interested in hearing compelling conversations with interesting people, this podcast is worth checking out.



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    Latest episodes from Jughead's Basement

    Episode 219: Episode 219: Kim Warnick of Fastbacks and Visqueen on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 99:49


    Episode 219: Kim Warnick of The Fastbacks and Visqueen talks to us about: Nightmare drives through Texas, Learning geography through touring, Our love of Queen and Classic Rock, Lifelong friends, 70s influence and the movie Over The Edge, Forming of The Fastbacks and unison singing with Lulu, 45 Fucking years of The Fastbacks, Kim's profound experience in Maine, The band Visqueen, Addiction and sugar cravings, Touring in Japan plus much much fast fast fastest fastbacks more more more!Fastbacks label No Threes Records on FacebookFastbacks on BandcampJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 218: Episode 218: Joel Reader of The Fatal Flaw, MTX, The Plus Ones on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 107:54


    Episode 218: Joel Reader of The Fatal Flaw, MTX, The Plus Ones, Pansy Division, The Bomb Bassets, and Avengers talks to us about how California is vast, Hardwired to have a melody and pop sensibility, Mother's chamber trio dreams, Joining MTX as a big fan was like a mentor project, Cello to drums to bass, Dissecting regret, Moving from California to Boston and the origin story of The Fatal Flaw, Power pop talk, plus much much emotionally motivated intellectually charged more more more!The Fatal Flaw WebsiteThe Fatal Flaw Bandcamp

    Episode 217: Episode 217: Tyson Cornel founder of Rarebirdlit and musician of Semi-Famous on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 76:33


    Episode 217 with Tyson Cornell founder of Rarebirdlit and drummer for Semi-Famous and Scooby Don't talks to us about Minneapolis of the 90s with its culture and music, the Scooby Don't Punkhouse, I think like a drummer, Touring with Scooby Don't and splitting dates with Aaron Cometbus, Hair Core Rock and Tyson's stint in Supercool and working relationship with Japanese band Sex Machine Gun, Semi-Famous and it's dynamic, on being older and more internal, Tyson's appearance on the inner sleeve of Screeching Weasel's Kill The Musicians, plus the genesis of Rarebirdlit, and scores and scores and lores and novels more more more!Rarebirdlit.comJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 216: Episode 216: Ronnie Barnett of The Muffs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 90:02


    Episode 216: with Ronnie Barnett of The Muffs.  He talks to us about Jughead and Ronnie First Meeting on the Buck, Muffs, and Lillingtons tour in 1999, Lisa Marr and Cub, Ronnies Record Store Career and Venturing into Rock Criticism, On Moving to LA for Love and the Beginning of The Muffs, The Influence of Older Brothers, Major Label Talk, Working with Sub Pop and Fat Wreck Chords, Our Mutual Distain for Warped Tour, Kim was a Perfectionist, Kim Shattuck Plays with The Pixies and her Battle with ALS, Small Talk about White Flag, plus much muff muff much more!Jughead's Patreon

    Episode 215: Episode 215: John Szymanski of Even In Blackouts, Jon Langford and the Four Lost Souls on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 73:55


    Episode 215: John Szymanski of Even In Blackouts and Jon Langford and the Four Lost Souls talks to us about how EIB Broke John, Music Archeology,  Working at the Famous Chicago Recording Company (CRC), Musicianship, Creativity, and A Choose Your Own Adventure Mentality, Recording with My My My and Even In Blackouts, Recording in Muscle Shoals, Four Lost Souls and the National Number System, plus much much more.Jon Langford's site with many John Szymanski projectsJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 214: Episode 214: Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 93:19


    Episode 214: Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer talks to us about Suburban Chicago, Toby And Red Scare Industries, Jughead Uses Deanna's Time to Reminisce about High School Theater, Experimentation and Giving Your Audience What They Didn't Know They Wanted, Moving Producers from Matt Jordon to Mike Sapone, Simplicity, Humility, & Being Genuine, Self Deprecation, Revenge Songs, The Effect of EMO plus much much solo, band, sincere, yes my dear, to the end genuine more more more!Sincere Engineer Website​Jughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 213: Episode 213: Andrew Reich - Redd Kross Documentarian (Screenwriter and Emmy Award winner for tv show FRIENDS) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 85:59


    Andrew Reich is a producer and screenwriter and now documentarian of Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story. On this episode we talk about New Jersey Influence: WFMU and Adrenalin O.D., Contrarianism in Music/Crossing Genres, Becoming a Comedy Writer for the tv show Friends and its path to becoming a documentarian for Redd Kross, Fair Use and Collecting Footage, The McDonald Brother Interviews, Ruthlessly Cutting, The Year of Redd Kross, plus much red, redd, cross, kross, rake, reich more!Information on Born Innocent: The Redd Kross StoryExtended interview with Andrew Reich and Ronnie BarnettRedd Kross Website

    Episode 212: Episode 212: Thomas Thacker of GOB and Sum 41 on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 98:13


    Episode 212: Thomas Thacker of Sum 41 and GOB on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests talks to Jughead about: Screeching Weasel, the Mystery & Reality of the Band, GOB Eclectic in a Good ay, Piano in Sum 41, Drumming for McRackins  , Relationships with Theo & Friends as Ice Breakers, Balancing GOB & Sum 41, Masculinity - Femininity - and Self Destruction in Punk Rock, Horror & Fear Talk, Seriousness & Darkness Introduced into GOB, Deryck from Sum 41 Writes as a Producer, Creative Process & Personal Conflict plus much much gobbity gobbity gob!Jughead's Basement PatreonGob WebsiteSum 41 WebsiteMcRackins Information

    Episode 211: Episode 211: Lynda Kicks of Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah, and Taxi Girls (Montreal) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 75:37


    Episode 211: Lynda Kicks of Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah, and Taxi Girls (Montreal) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests talks to us about: Marriage Talk, Kicks Pseudonym and her Briefs Brother Stevie Kicks, Always Having Wanted To Start A Girl Band, Jugheads Gets a Lesson in Roller Derby from Lynda, From Roller Derby Back to Punk Rock, Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah and Taxi Girls on Improving as a Drummer, Lynda and Jughead share Body Wound Stories plus much much drummer drumming montreal mania wrestling and more!Dirty Cheetah WebsiteTaxi Girls BandcampPale lips BandcampJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 210: Episode 210: Tobias Jeg of Red Scare Industries on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 73:46


    Episode 210: Tobias Jeg of Red Scare Industries talks to us about: Is Red Scare Solvent, Punk Rock Postal Workers, On Being a Booking Agent and Negotiating Fees, "My Job is Dealing with Liars," This is not a Soccer Podcast, Fat Wreck Chords and Red Scare Crossover, Is Signing Bands Truly Dumb Luck, Lillingtons Talk, being Part of the Creative Process and the Value of Life, Election & Apathy, Lastly the 20th Anniversary Comp, and not much more more more because that's a lot lot lot!Red Scare Web SiteJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 209: Episode 209: Dan Panic of Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Beulah and more on Catching Up with Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 89:15


    What a treat to talk to my old friend Dan Sullivan (DAN PANIC). We talk Screeching Weasel, Beulah, Cartoons and its affect on us as people and musicians, our diverse musical influences, plus just a whole hell of a lot of fun. I walked away from this one feeling good. It was very heartwarming to chat with him after so long.LINK TO PATREON FOR JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT

    Episode 208: Episode 208: John Jughead on The Power Chord Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 97:12


    Episode 208: John Jughead. Anthony Merchant from the Power Chord Hour is one of my favorite interviewers. He has had me on a few times. Here is his podcast of our interview presented to you in full. We talk about such things as the new band Semi-Famous, How to run a podcast, interview styles and how to get better, Screeching Weasel, plus much more.Jughead's Basement Patreon  (Donate to the show)https://www.patreon.com/jugheadsbasementPlaces to hear The Power Chord Hourhttps://powerchordhour.simplecast.com/https://www.facebook.com/powerchordhour/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg?app=desktophttps://www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/?hl=en

    Episode 207: Episode 207: Kyle Kinane on Catching Up with Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 54:59


    Kyle Kinane has been on the show a few times, and it is always enjoyable. He is a very smart funny man who also partakes in and enjoys the music of punk. His style is influenced by the Chicago Punk Movement. We talk about Japan, Our aversion to Pranks, Travel, Aging as a Comedian, and coming off Hiatus, plus more of course!Kyle Kinane's WebsiteJoin the Jughead's Basement Patreon Promotion

    Episode 206: Episode 206: Maria Surfinbird from bands Sex Dream and Gigillas on Catching Up With Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 56:39


    Episode 206: Maria Surfinbird on Catching Up with Friends. Maria and I are in a band together called Mitochondriacs. She is always fun to talk to. I am sure you will enjoy this conversation. And afterwards go search out her music at these locations:https://sexxdream.bandcamp.com/https://gigillas.bandcamp.com/https://www.youtube.com/@mariasurfinbirdhttps://linktr.ee/sex.dream

    Episode 205: Episode 205: Effigies with Steve and Paul on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 70:07


    Episode 205: Steve Economou and Paul Zamost of The Effigies talks to us about Chicago & Steve Albini, Formation of The Effigies & The Brooding John Kezdy, Chicago Clubs: Exit, Neo, and Oz, Side Projects Between Effigies and Effigies, Studio and Influence Talk, Time Runs Out, The New Record Burned and Its Recording, Unfinished Business, and The Loss Of John and the Future of The Effigies.The Effigies Website for InfoJoin Jughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 204: Episode 204: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth and The Cheats on Catching Up With Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 74:10


    204: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth and The Cheats has been my friend since the late 80s.  We have been through a lot together and apart.  And it was nice to chat with him about Sludgeworth, The Cheats, What's up next, The Postal Service and the status of mail, and the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago.Sludgeworth at Red ScareJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 203: Episode 203: B.A. of Sloppy Seconds on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 73:51


    Episode 203: B.A. of Sloppy Seconds talks to us about wearing band shirts, early rock influences including KISS and Queen, road to punk, Sloppy Seconds' strange song writing process, the affect of tv on our punk scene, using sound clips, pros and cons of maturing musically, I wanna and Don't wanna be a homosexual, working with Paul Mahern, band as family, and the transition from Danny to Ace, plus plus much much sloppy sloppy drunk and floppy second  more more more!Join the Jughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 202: Episode 202: Glen Herman of Impulse Manslaughter on Catching Up With Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 75:14


    Glen Herman was an important part of Screeching Weasels introduction into the world of Chicago punk friendships.  And on this podcast we talk about such things as Chicago Music Venues and the band Articles of Faith, Being the Band Nazi, MRR and its reach, Russ Forster and Underdog Records.  Wakthrufyre Records, Durty Nellies - Punk in the Suburbs, plus other things.Brought up during the episode was Russ Forster's 8 Track obsession.  Here is the link to his documentary:So Wrong They're Right

    Episode 201: Episode 201: Blag Dahlia Part II of Dwarves, Introducing Ralph Champagne, and Author on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 64:49


    Episode 201: Featuring Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves, Author and Singer of Introducing Ralph Champagne talks to us about Sleep & Gluttony, Introducing Ralph Champagne, Self And External Criticism And Editing, Working with Mad Mark Rude & Blag's First Novel, Holding Music Copyrights, Nina & Highland Falls, Blag's New Upcoming Podcast, Patron Questions about Sponge Bob, Meeting Your Heroes, and Stage Personae, plus much much blaggety blaggety blagmore more!Dwarves WebsiteBlag's book Highland Falls at RarebirdlitJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 200: Episode 200: Mass Giorgini - Producer, Musician, Academic on Catching Up With Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 83:30


    Mass Giorgini is a Producer, Mixing & Mastering Engineer, Musician from bands such as Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, and Common Rider.  Jughead and Mass have been friends since the late 80s.  That's a long time.  And their catchups are always sprawling, referential, and we believe fun and interesting.  Give it a listen.

    Episode 199: Episode 199: Shawna Potter of War On Women on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 74:24


    Episode 199: Shawna Potter of War on Women talks to Jughead's Basement about Current Activity and Quietly Working, Valuing Art, Anti Harassment Activism and Working on Movies and Theater, Classic Punks Dig Shawna's Band, Fair Verona to Meeting Brooks, Line Up Talk, Relationship with Bridge Nine, Anger is an Emotion, On Being Outspoken and its Implications, Looking Outwards to Look Inwards, Lyrics as a Time Stamp, plus much much more more war on women more!Shawna's PodcastShawna's Web SiteWar On Women at Bridge Nine Records

    Episode 198: Episode 198: Larry Livermore on Catching Up With Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 70:13


    Larry Livermore is a Novelist, Essayist, Record Producer, Musician and founder of Lookout! Records.  He is my friend and we talk about a lot of stuff in this free form episode.  If you enjoy thoughtful conversation this will be up your alley. https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/https://larrylivermore.com/https://www.patreon.com/jugheadsbasement

    Episode 197: Episode 197: Steve Albini's Life Celebration Reissue of Big Black's Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 107:49


    Steve Albini's Life Celebration Reissue of The Big Black Episode from October 2014.Interviews with Steve Albini, Santiago Durango, Jeff Pezzati, Camilo Gonzalez, Jim DeRogatis, and Russ Forster.July 22nd is the date of Steve Albini's Birthday.  I never do rebroadcasts of past episodes but I was informed of the idea for a life celebration of Steve on his birthday, so I was encouraged to participate.  The episode is worth it.  One of my best.  Much of the credit goes to my partner in this Russ Forster and of course to Steve and Santiago.- JugheadBig Black's aggressive and abrasive music was characterized by distinctively clanky guitars and the use of a drum machine (who they lovingly called Roland) elements which pre­-cursored industrial rock. The band acknowledged no taboos and Albini's lyrics openly dealt with loaded topics including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, and racism. They also held staunch principles, shunning the mainstream music industry and insisting on complete control over all aspects of their career. This podcast attempts to tell a portion of the history of the band from the perspective of their ep Bulldozer through their first full length record Atomizer. (Marking a transition from a project purely conceived by Steve Albini into a cohesive band with the added influences from collaborators Santiago Durango and Dave Riley.) This episode is co-hosted by Russ Forster and includes interviews with band members Santiago Durango, Steve Albini, and Jeff Pezzati, including extra interview material with friend and fellow songwriter/musician Camilo Gonzalez. Lastly an audio piece written by journalist/novelist/radio personality Jim DeRogatis. Russ Forster is a perennial dabbler in the underground and eccentric. Past exercises in cognitive dissonance include Underdog Records, 8-Track Mind magazine, documentaries So Wrong They're Right and Tributary, and various and sundry bands and acts like his current extreme-solo project Rakehell. Assistant Editor: Jason Brow of the 6ftplus Podcast.https://www.patreon.com/jugheadsbasementFull Interview of Albini:Link

    Episode 196: Episode 196: Eddie Pignataro of The Kobanes, Noodle Brain, and The Mitochondriacs on Catching Up With Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 63:47


    Episode 196: Eddie Pignataro of The Kobanes, Noodle Brain, and The Mitochondriacs on Catching Up With FriendsThe KobanesNoodle BrainThe Mitochondriacs

    Episode 195: Episode 195: Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 70:26


    Hello and Welcome to Jughead's Basement Episode 195 Sub Category LoFi Interviews with HiFi guests.  This week with Blag Dahlia from The Dwarves.  In this episode we talk about such things as Dwarves and Screeching Weasel overlap or lack of overlap in the Chicago Suburbs, Discovering the Cramps and the Ramones and all the music before and after, Self aware punk rock, Sexual content, taboos, and shock value, Leaving Sub Pop, Venn Digram of the Dwarves, Sub Pop to Epitaph, Are You Difficult? Plus much much psycho billy, punk-o-rama dirgey dirty rock-n-roll more more more!www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.comhttps://thedwarves.com/

    Episode 194: Episode 194: Marc Ruvolo of No Empathy, Fur Coats, Chia Pet, Author and founder of Johann's Face Records on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 92:02


    Episode 194: Marc Ruvolo of No Empathy, Chia Pet, Fur Coats, and Johann's Face Records talks to us about his new novel Pieties, Childhood From City To Suburbs To City, First Shows With No Empathy And Ongoing Trouble with CASH (Chicago Area Skinheads), Rise And Fall Of Walkthrufyre Records, Working with Roadkill Records, The Formation of Mark's Record Label Johann's Face, Ben Weasel Don't Like It, They Weren't Just Bands On A Label They Were Our Friends, The Affect of Coming Out Of The Closet on No Empathy, His Work With Chicago Homocore, plus much much marc more!Johann's Face BandcampMarc Ruvolo on X (Twitter)Marc's first book SloeMarc's new book Pieties (releases April 20th 2024) Pre order

    Episode 193: Episode 193: Chris Wrenn of Bridge Nine Records and Sully's Brand on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 84:24


    Episode 193: Chris Wrenn of Bridge 9 Records and Sully's Brand talks to us about Hardcore Passion to Business Hat, On The Road Representing His Band as An Ambassador For Bridge Nine, Is There Talent In Creating A Roster, Sully's Brand And The Boston Red Sox, DYS And A Bands' Journey Through Years And Style plus much much hardcore more!Bridge Nine WebsiteSully's Brand WebsiteBridge Nine Bandcamp

    Episode 192: Episode 192: Jonathan Anastas of DYS on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 104:02


    Episode 192 with Jonathan Anastas of DYS and Slapshot talks to us about: On being a left handed bassist, Metal to Punk to Metal to Crossover to a hodgepodge of influences, Every punk band is a small business, Decadence - Newbury Comics - Slam Dance and MTV, Long time relationship with Dave Smalley, Entrance and exit of Slapshot, Dickie Barret and play-to-win, plus much much straight edge more marketing and hardcore melody more more more!(In the intro I say Brotherhood was released in 1982... it was 1983)Where to purchase Brotherhood 40th Anniversary Vinyl:Bridge Nine

    Episode 191: Episode 191: John Wright of nomeansno, Hanson Brothers, and Dead Bob, along with author Jason Lamb on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 97:25


    Episode 191: John Wright of No Means No, and Author Jason Lamb talk to us about the book NOMEANSNO FROM OBSCURITY TO OBLIVION (an oral history), Jughead and John have a pre-interview discussion about topography and road atlases, how the book came to be, there is an underlying sadness alleviated by moments of joy, how does an oral history work and journalism, John Wright's job is not to intellectualize his music but to express it, the community that punk rock allows plus much much, dead, no, bob, means, hanson, no, more!Where to get the book at PM PressDead Bob Bandcamp

    Episode 190: Episode 190: Chris Fogal of The Gamits, Discomfort Creature, Dwayen, and Midrake on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 87:07


    Episode 190: Chris Fogal of The Gamits, Dwayne, Midrake, Discomfort Creature talks to us about his late start to punk, drums a more natural but more often the guitarist on stage, metal band TAUNTAUN, the effect of pop punk in the mainstream, Black in Bluhm Recording Studio, the pitfalls of announcing your band's break up, working with Joey Cape, Gamits reformation and the effort to emotionally and musically support each other, Midrake, on being a worthless trailing spouse, plus much much creature dwayne midgamit comfort more more more!  Gamits BandcampDiscomfort Creature Bandcamp

    Episode 189: Episode 189: Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Portastic and Co Founder of Merge Records on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 69:41


    Episode 189: Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Portastic, Brick and the co-founder of Merge Records talks to us about school in New York forming Bricks and studying lit and history, preserving a scene compared to growing a scene, melody with a nod to dissonance, Merge, Matador, and Touch & Go, creating a label and its job as a filter, the dire situation within independent music, plus much chunky chunk chunk chunkity more more more!Link to Merge Records

    Episode 188: Episode 188: Paul (Coyote) Fleischmann of The DeeCRACKS and The Ratcliffs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 87:29


    Episode 188: Paul (Coyote) Fleischmann of The Ratcliffs and DeeCRACKS talks to us about the universe expanding and owning a telescope, growing up in Innsbruck Austria, at university in Russia and speaking multiple languages to varying degrees, influences and similarities, Ratcliffs' history and the struggle to keep a line-up and the joining of the DeeCRACKS, translating is a little like acting, plus much bubblegum, mental, sonic, supermarket warfare more more moreIThe Ratcliffs at Monster Zero

    Episode 187: Episode 187: Damon Locks of Trenchmouth, The Eternals, and The Black Monument Ensemble on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 104:20


    Episode 187: Damon Locks of Trenchmouth, The Eternals, Black Monument Ensemble and more talks to us about Chicago Is a Collage, Trenchmouth Becomes One Entity, "Jello Biafra Prepared Me For This World, Intention in Music and Art, The Eternals Out of Time Out of Place Yet Appreciated in Brazil, Frontman to Constructor to The Black Monument Ensemble, Music As a Conversation in the Real World plus much much exploding ensemble mouth trenched eternal monument more more more!Damon on Turned Out A Punk

    Episode 186: Episode 186: Michael (Yeahman) Marti of DeeCRACKS and Midrake on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 94:10


    ​Episode 186: Michael (Yeahman) Marti of DeeCRACKS, Midrake, Dwayne, Gamits, and owner of Yeahman;s Vintage and Used Guitars talks to us about flute or guitar, Jughead's story about his DJ amp becoming his guitar amp on Boogada Boogada Boogada, running a label in Switzerland, we discuss us both being lefties, putting your soul into it and technicality is not needed, band relation to the Gamits and the formation of Midrake, joining the DeeCRACKS, recording a prerecorded catalog allows no time for bullshit, plus much much marti more midrake more more more!DeeCracks Record with Michael MartiMidrake record on Bandcamp

    Episode 185: Episode 185: Matt and Mike of DeeCracks on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 80:09


    Episode 185: Matt and Mike of the DeeCracks talk to us about their new record 20 Years A Frantic Effort, Its Rerecording And Its Benefits, Spontaneity And Intention, Michael Marti The New Bass Player, An In Depth Discussion About the Working And Friend Relationship Between Mike And Matt, Never Chose To Make It A Life Time But Here We Are, Our Small Town Was Our Universe, Touring Russia And Japan, Which Punk Rockers Do Not Sweat plus much much cretin deecrack midrake and more!Pirate Press WebsiteDeeCracks Official Website

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    Episode 184: Episode 184: Mike Cessario the CEO and Founder of Liquid Death on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 91:00


    Episode 184: Mike Cessario founder and CEO of Liquid Death talks to us about what is home and why a lot of good entrepreneurs are unemployable, rallying people to believe in you, irony, compassion, and our mutual love of the movie Real Genius, Exploring the complexity of the "Fuck You" attitude, advertising as entertainment, greatness is not supposed to be easily scaleable, what is a big idea in marketing, nailing a concept and making it reality, plus much much liquidy, can can, death metal, punk more And MORE!Jughead's Basement WebsiteJughead's Patreon

    Episode 183: Episode 183: Jason Narducy of Verbow, Split Single, The Bob Mould Band, and Superchunk on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 106:14


    In this episode we talk to Jason Narducy about such things as Cheap Trick And Budokan, Being A Team Player Sounds Corny But True, How Our Father's Introduced Us To Things We Probably Shouldn't Have Seen, Verboten to Verbow, The Gift Of Band Camaraderie, Touring REM's Murmur With Michael Shannon, Time For Family, On Albini And Electric Audio, Gushing Over John Ross Bowie and Bob Mould, plus much much evanston chicago morton more grove more more more!Split Single Band Web PageJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 182: Episode 182: Mike Kinshella of Murderland on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 123:02


    Episode 182: Mike Kinshella of Murderland talks to us about Mike's move to Los Angeles,  Jughead and Mike share their experiences with archaic film editing techniques, a wonderfully complex conversation about nostalgia, the origin story of Murderland, EC Comics and how horror films, lyrics, and comics has always spoken to writers like him, on writing the patron saint of burned out losers and Mike's experiences with the film industry, Mike's wonderfully odd and beautiful proposal of marriage to Poli van Dam, plus much much murder, mayhem, marriage, monsters and more more gory more!Murderland BandcampMurderland FacebookMike Kinshella InstagramThe Basement Podcast Patreon Link

    Episode 181: Episode 181: The return of Poli Van Dam plus a visit from Billy Brown on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 86:44


    Episode 181: Poli Van Dam is BACK with a guest appearance from Billy Brown.  On this episode we talk to Poli about Jughead's Covid, Journal Writing & Diaries, Liquid Death Update, The Poli Van Dam Band Has Arrived, Touring With Aquadolls, The Origin Story of Semi Famous, Diabetes Talk And The Forces Used To Fight Back, plus much much whopping holy shit more more more!Debut of a new song called Obvious from Semi Famous, featuring Ryan Rockwell and Poli van Dam is at the end of this episode!Go to Rare Bird Lit for Billy Brown's record and also look for a future link for the release of Weasels In A Box, by Semi Famous with Poli Van Dam joining in on vocals.

    Episode 180: Episode 180: Billy Brown's Best Of Tragedies on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 84:31


    Episode 180: Billy Brown talks about the decade it took to release his first solo record on vinyl, Best Of Tragedies. We are joined by his friends, producer Shawn Harris, and artist Emily Flake. We discuss the record and how the themes have become relevant once again in ways unforeseen with the first public announcement of Billy's current battle with cancer.Here are some links you should explore:Shawn Harris' Web PageEmily Flake's Web PageRarebirdlit for Billy's vinyl recording

    Episode 179: Episode 179: John Haggerty of Pegboy and Naked Raygun on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 77:15


    Episode 179: John Haggerty of Pegboy and Naked Raygun talks to us about the musicians and producers he has worked with in his long career, we talk about such people as Joe Haggerty and growing up, Santiago Durango and John's beginnings in Naked Raygun, Ian Burgess and recording in France with Pegboy, Steve Albini and "The Scene", Pierre Kezdy and the influence of Strike Under on John's confidence to become a working guitarist, Eric Spicer and DV8, Jeff Pezzati and a Band is a Band and a Group of Individuals is a Group of Individuals, Befriending Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers plus much much metally schenker, page and blackmore more more more more!

    Episode 178: Episode 178: Donnie Walsh of Grumpster and Doki Doki on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 67:20


    Episode 178: Donnie Walsh of Grumpster and Doki Doki talks to us about the move from Massachusetts to California, the Origin Story of Grumpster, Getting to Maximum Potential and the Gilman St. Era, the Move from Asian Man to Pure Noise Records, on Bringing in a Producer, the Influence of Against Me's Transgender Dysphoria Blues and Donnie's own Transition plus much much grumpster more!Grumpster WebsiteJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 177: Episode 177: Aaron Leatherbarrow the Punk Rock Teacher Official on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 104:53


    Episode 177: Aaron Leatherbarrow Punk Rock Teacher Official and member of the band Cassette Crisis talks to us about The Long Wait Before Playing A Venue, The Effects of MXPX and The Lillingtons on the Young Leatherbarrow, Dad Was My God And Still Is My Idol, Building The Ultimate Facade, Cincinnati And Becoming Friends With Ryan Rockwell, The Origin Of Aaron's Viral Tick Tock Videos, Rebellion Is The Beginning of Education And The Punk Rock Pantry plus much tick much tock more teacher students teach each other more more more! Punk Rock Teacher OfficialTik Tok 2.6 Million View PostAaron Leatherbarrow's hub to all his linksCassette Crisis Music at Apple Music

    Episode 176: Episode 176: Simon Lamb of Dan Vapid & The Cheats on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 86:47


    176: Simon Lamb of Dan Vapid & The Cheats talks to us about: Circus Maximus, Japan Talk, Simon & Jughead's History Of Nearly 25 Years Friendship,  Scotland And Punk Rock, Simon Is An Actual Working Illustrator And Designer, A Potentially Difficult Question About How Simon Replaced Jughead In Screeching Weasel, The Genesis And Continuing Relationship Of Dan Vapid And Simon Lamb, plus much much haggis and pizza and guitar oh my!Dan Vapid And The Cheats BandcampJughead's Basement Patreon​sponsor: Factor Meals

    Episode 175: Episode 175: Chris Wollard of Hot Water Music and The Ship Of Thieves on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 96:31


    Episode 175: Chris Wollard of Hot Water Music, The Ship Thieves, and The Draft talks to us about Looking At The Self, Guitar Talk & Chris' First Guitar Is Still His Main Guitar, Art Process And A Discussion About Discovery and Creativity, The Influence And Affect Of Naked Raygun On Hot Water Music, Playing Your Heart Out When No One Is There Or Nobody Wants You There, Chris' Real World Relationship with Naked Raygun and His Band's Participation On Godspeed - A Tribute To Pierre Kezdy, plus much much hot hot moon setting darkness now more more more!Info for The Naked Raygun Tribute: Godspeed:Pre-order the vinyl: LINK // Pre-order digital album: LINK // Order Merch: LINK

    Episode 174: Episode 174: Lucy Giles of Dog Party and Doki Doki on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 67:37


    Episode 174: Lucy Giles of Doki Doki and Dog Party talks to us about The Link Between Punk Rock And Country Music, Dog Party Is Working On A New Record, Lucy's First Public Show in 4th Grade Opening For Agent Orange, Transition Into Intentional Writing, Gwen Loves Spreadsheets, Recording With Doki Doki And Mike Park's Involvement, Lucy's Current Career As A DJ, Jughead And Lucy Bond Over Free Form Dancing, plus much much doki doki dog party country hoedown more more more!Dog Party WebsiteDog Party on The Horror of the Polycephaly AporiaJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 173: Episode 173: Brett Jansch of Dune Rats on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 94:01


    Episode 173: Brett Jansch of Dune Rats talks to us about Minute Men into Beefheart into Zappa , When the Dune Rats First Became a Unit and the Party to Raise Money for Brett's Ticket to America, Music Is a Never Ending Bucket, Records Seem To Have Survived the Test of Time, Creativity and Lightening in a Bottle, The Beach Has a Sound, Brett Loves Anthem For A New Tomorrow plus much much muddy muddy ratty Dune Rata tat tat more!Check out the Jughead's Basement Website where you can see videos and links from Dune Rats:www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

    Episode 172: Episode 172: Jesse Michaels of Doom Regulator, Common Rider, Last Wave Rockers, Novelist and Artist on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 85:10


    Episode 172: Jesse Michaels of Doom Regulator and Operation Ivy returns to LoFi Interviews to talk about Reconnecting Friendships and the Return to Working with Tim Armstrong, Mystery & Film Noir, Discovering Ska, The similarities and Differences in his Creative Pursuits, Religion and Zen plus much much more and more and also more!Jughead's Basement Patreon Site

    Episode 171: Episode 171: Link Meanie of The Meanies and Bagful Of Beez on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 78:46


    Episode 171: Link from The Meanies talks to us about:  The Open Letter About AI and Link and My Abilities To Turn On A Computer, Rick Springfield and Other Bands From Australia, Link Admits He Used To Be A Miserable Bastard, Wounds Acquired On Stage, Emotional Music and Our Bands' Influences, plus much much eeny meanies miny mo more!The Meanies WebsiteFor information on Link's newest band: Bagful Of BeezJughead's Basement Patreon

    Episode 170: Episode 170: Tane Graves of Tightwire on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 75:35


    Episode 170: Tane Graves of Tightwire talks to us about Rocky Horror And Surrounding Oneself with Trinkets and Posters, Dillinger Four And their Minneapolis Legacy, Sad Music, Fun Music, and Catharsis, Color Blindness Leading To Creative Choices, ​Complications With Touring And The Intricacies Of The Relationship With Founder Paul Kettler,Noelle from Rational Anthem joining the band, Tour With The Queers, plus much much graves and graves and wire and tights and time warps more more more!Tightwire Websitewww.jugheadsbasementpodcast.comHello Fresh Link

    Episode 169: Episode 169: Eamon Sandwith of The Chats on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 55:45


    169: Eamon Sandwith of The Chats talks to us about The Future of Signing Autographs, Mates and Early Gigs with The Unknowns, Cheap Equipment & Jerry Rigging Your Gear, Dave Grohl Becomes a Fan, Interviews and On What People Expect You To Become,  The Affect of Smoko and Maintaining Integrity By Not Thinking Too Much About It, plus much much smoko furphy bloke bludger bogan drongos.www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

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