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Episode 227: Episode 227: Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, and Common Rider on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:51:59 +0000

Episode 227: Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, and Common Rider talks to us about Sonic Iguana Studio in Rome, On Singer Kevin and PT's Revenge, Teen Idols Talk, Praises for Zac Damon, Is It Worth Doing Art, The Back Story of Sunflowers and a Bit Of European History, Rising Up Against Injustice, plus more more ghostly, more!

Squirtgun Sunflowers Vinyl EP
Sunflowers For Mario

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Episode 226: Episode 226 with Brian (Vermin) Mcquaid of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and Ethyline with mini interview with his drummer son Max on Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Episode 226 with Brian Vermin Mcquaid of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and Ethyline and a visit from his drummer son Max Mcquaid Feral Tact, they talk to us about: "That's where you cut your teeth" - On becoming a drummer, Fatherhood and producing a better person, Dan Vapid talk, Brian's days touring with Screeching Weasel, Working at Kinkos on Clark near Belmont, Sludgeworth to Ethyline back to Sludgeworth, "Without them I don't want to play," Breclaimed, the effect of Japanese art on Brian’s sculpture and carpentry, and the emotional depth involved with custom made work, plus much much mcquaid and mcquaid more more.

Sludgeworth Label: Red Scare
Max' band Feral Tact on Bandcamp
Brian's Art on Etsy

Jughead's Patreon

Episode 225: Episode 225: Adam Bones of The Two Tens and The Manic Standstill on Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 225: Adam bones of The Manic Standstill and The Two Tens talks to us about: The Two Tens and the dynamics of being in a two person band, Chicago suburbs to California and becoming who you are, Networking and finding a community, Jughead talks about how B Face taught him how to rock, When Adam was a drummer and played fast and faster, On being a hired gun for Go Betty Go Josie Cotton and Save Ferris, Writing for Ritchie Ramone, Manic Standstill talk, plus much much 1,2,3,4 more!

Adam Bones Personal Website
Manic Standstill Merch
Get the record MOVING
The Two Tens Bandcamp

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Episode 224: Episode 224: Greg Norton of Ultrabomb and Hüsker Dü on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Episode 224: Greg Norton of Ultrabomb and Hüsker Dü talks to us about us being night people, Greg's friendship with Grant Hart and the formation of Hüsker Dü, board game talk, Hüsker Moms, Introduction to SST, Minute Men and Hüsker Dü's double album race, feeling isolated after the breakup, restaurant work is similar to being in a band, formation of Ultrabomb: its genesis and recording style, fuck cancer, and One Moment One Time, plus more more more!

Ultrabomb Merch Site
Husker Du 4LP Miracle Year
Mike Watt's podcast
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Episode 223: Episode 223: Slackrr with Scotty & Cait on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Episode 223: Slackrr with Scotty and Cait. They talks to us about such things as Band History and Southampton is a Port Town, Music is for Sharing, Lineup Changes and Studio Time, Writing on the Road, Make It Sound Like Fucking Jumanji, Endless Touring and Exhaustion, Punk Haiku, Does the Soul Sellout, plus much much skackety skackety skackrr more!

Slackrr on Facebook
Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 222: Episode 222: Steven McDonald of Redd Kross, The Melvins, and OFF! on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:36:35 +0000

Episode 222: Steven McDonald of Redd Kross, Melvins, and OFF! on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests talks with us about Identity Crisis, Colonoscopy & Anesthesia, Kiss Talk, Guitars Tick Boxes, Redd Kross & Circle Jerks Beef Under The Bridge, My Band Is My Last Name, Repetition Is Knowledge, On Brian Wilson And His Recent Death, Documentary Talk, plus much more tour on tour town on downtown more more more!

Redd Kross Official Site
Born Innocent link to watching the documentary

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Episode 221: Episode 221: Kurt Bloch of The Fastbacks on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Episode 221: Kurt Bloch of The Fastbacks talks to us about: Touring Canada and its ease and difficulty, On Blue Oyster Cult, Skill of the downstroke, Jughead's guitar sounded like crinkling paper, Kurt built a guitar with his dad like Brian May, No Threes Records, The Accident, The Vains, and Fastbacks, Learn to play it right and wrong, plus the newest record by Fastbacks For WHAT Reason! plus much much back back forward and fast back back!

Fastbacks' Bandcamp
Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 220: Episode 220: Aaron Cometbus of Cometbus Fanzine and Pinhead Gunpowder

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Episode 220 with Aaron Cometbus of Cometbus Fanzine, Pinhead Gunpowder, Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, Colbom, Crimpshrine, and many more talks to us about: His PM Press releases Downtown Local and In China with Green Day. We also touch on such subjects as: What We Did in the Past Brings Us Together in the Present, What is Home and on Living in New York, An Exploration of the Word Potential, When Your Gone Your Gone, On Writers and Reading, On Aging and Writing the Perfect Book, Pinhead Gunpowders' New Record UNT, and Aaron Asks Me Questions. Plus much much more!
LINKS:
AARON'S BOOKS AT PM PRESS
AARON'S FANZINES AND MORE AT MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
PINHEAD GUNPOWDER RECORDS AT 1234 GO!
TURNED OUT A PUNK: PINHEAD GUNPOWDER ON APPLE PODCAST
AARON'S ARCHIVES AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY
CRIMPSHRINE ON JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT - YOUTUBE

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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 Facebook
Fastbacks on Bandcamp

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website
The Fatal Flaw Bandcamp

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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.com
Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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!

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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 projects
Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Story
Extended interview with Andrew Reich and Ronnie Barnett
Redd Kross Website

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Patreon

Gob Website
Sum 41 Website
McRackins Information

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website
Taxi Girls Bandcamp
Pale lips Bandcamp

Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Site

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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.

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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)
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Places to hear The Power Chord Hour

https://powerchordhour.simplecast.com/

https://www.facebook.com/powerchordhour/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg?app=desktop

https://www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/?hl=en

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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/@mariasurfinbird

https://linktr.ee/sex.dream

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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!

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website
Blag's book Highland Falls at Rarebirdlit
Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Podcast
Shawna's Web Site
War On Women at Bridge Nine Records

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:30:33 +0000

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.
- Jughead

Big 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.

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Full Interview of Albini:
Link

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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

The Kobanes
Noodle Brain
The Mitochondriacs

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000

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.com
https://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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:00:00 +0000

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 Bandcamp
Marc Ruvolo on X (Twitter)
Marc's first book Sloe
Marc'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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000

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 Bands 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 Website
Sully's Brand Website
Bridge Nine Bandcamp

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

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 Press
Dead Bob Bandcamp

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:57:06 +0000

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 Bandcamp
Discomfort Creature Bandcamp

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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 moreI

The 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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:33:04 +0000

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!

Editor Correction: When Damon was talking about Angela Davis I mistakenly played a clip from his song Solar Power of Amina Baraka, partner of poet/artist Amiri Baraka.

Damon on Turned Out A Punk

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:24:46 +0000

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 Marti
Midrake record on Bandcamp

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website
DeeCracks Official Website

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website
Jughead's Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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 Page
Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:03:00 +0000

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 Bandcamp
Murderland Facebook
Mike Kinshella Instagram
The 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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:47:38 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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.

*Shawn's sister's name is Vanessa Harris and the recording studio was The Green Room.

Here are some links you should explore:
Shawn Harris' Web Page
Emily Flake's Web Page
Rarebirdlit for Billy's vinyl recording

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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 Website

Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:33:08 +0000

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 Official
Tik Tok 2.6 Million View Post
Aaron Leatherbarrow's hub to all his links
Cassette Crisis Music at Apple Music

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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 Bandcamp
Jughead'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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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!

Digital Album - Godspeed
Info for The Naked Raygun Tribute: Godspeed:
Pre-order the vinyl: LINK // Pre-order digital album: LINK // Order Merch: LINK

Jughead's Basements Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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 Website
Dog Party on The Horror of the Polycephaly Aporia
Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website
For information on Link's newest band: Bagful Of Beez
Jughead's Basement Patreon

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 22 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000

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 Website
www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Hello Fresh Link

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

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 13 May 2023 04:38:02 +0000

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

Episode 168: Episode 168: Jay Whalley of Frenzal Rhomb on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000

168: Jay Whalley of Frenzal Rhomb talks to us about the Australian TV Show RAGE, Building An Audience And The Intricacies Of A Band Message, Living By Example Compared To Blatant Activism, On The Road To Fat Wreck Chords And The Sarcastically Awesome Decision To Sign To Sony Records, Playing At The Edge Of Your Ability, Recording At The Blasting Room, The Complexity of Community plus much rhombally rumbling with frenzally rambling more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 167: Episode 167: Dimitri Coats of OFF! and Burning Brides on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 167: Dimitri Coats of OFF! and Burning Brides talks to us about a past Kpop/Hardcore Tour of Japan, How He Thought He was Setting Out To Produce A Circle Jerks Records But Ended Up In A Band with Keith Morris, Downstrokes And Dimitri's Introduction To Punk, Keith's Milk Crates Full of Lyrical Scraps, The Effect Of Early Industrial Noise Bands on The Current Record, The Sci Fi Movie Project Featuring Off, Working With Jack Black, plus off more off of off on more!

www.jugheaheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 166: Episode 166: Daryl Wilson of The Bollweevils on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:18:50 +0000

Episode 166 with Daryl Wilson from Bollweevils talks to us about Daryl's Cliffs Notes on The History of Bollweevils, A Deep Dive Into The Lyrics and Recording of Their New Album ESSENTIAL, Examining The Word Content, Legacy Or Just Kinda' Old, Ken & Daryl's Long Time Friendship, Art Evokes Emotion, The Stoic Marcus Aurelius, The Importance Of Community, and much much bollimuch weevilmore!

Order The Bollweevils' Essential

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 165: Episode 165: Joey (Shithead) Keithley of D.O.A. on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:40:03 +0000

Episode 165: Joey (Shithead) Keithley of D.O.A talks with us about Being Elected Councillor After 6 Tries, From Civil Law To Punk Rock, Protest Songs Inspiring Him To Change The World, The Something Better Change D.O.A Documentary, The Charitable Streak In Punk, This Month’s 45th Anniversary, Change Starts In Your Neighborhood plus much much hardcore lore more more!

Joe's New Solo Record: STAND

Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 164: Episode 164: Warren Fischer of The Ozzfish Experience and Screeching Weasel on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:48:00 +0000

Episode 164: Warren Fischer of The Ozzfish Experience and Screeching Weasel talks to us about Record Collections & Memorabilia, The Ill-Fated Weasel/Ozzfish 7Inch, South Holland Illinois & Hail Satan, A Bass To The Forehead And Entrance Into Screeching Weasel, In The Studio For Boogada Boogada Boogada, On Being A Teacher And How To Remain Rebellious, plus much much experiential fishymore!

DuPage County Hardcore
Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 163: Episode 163: Kat Moss of Scowl on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000

163: Kat Moss of Scowl talks to us about From Suburb to City: An Old Punk Story, Hardcore Bands Should Be In A Symbiotic Relationship With Their Audience, Scowl's New EP: Psychic Dance Routine, No Matter Where You Go There You Are, Hardcore Is Always Evolving, Plus An Equestrian Competitor Must Dig Their Heals in, so let's do so, and go go go!

1. Scowl at Flatspot Records
2. Self Contradiction Clarification
3. Scowl Website

Episode 162: Episode 162: Sam McPheeters of Born Against, Journalist, Author on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:43:41 +0000

Episode 162: Sam McPheeters of Born Against, Wrangler Brutes, and Men's Recovery Project, Journalist and Author of Fiction and Nonfiction talks to us about Facial Hair, Sam's Book Mutations and It's Reception, On Being a Hardcore Singer, The Contingency Thing, Ben Hamper and Rivethead, Performance Horror Stories, Shock Value & Fuck The Audience, plus much much mcpheeters more more hardcore more!

February Birthday Pledge for Jughead's Basement

Episode 161: Episode 161: Flav Giorgini of Squirtgun and The Phase Problem on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 161: Flav Giorgini of Squirtgun, The Phase Problem, Simians, and Solo works talks to us about Teaching Science & The Virtual Academic Life, The Phase Problem, The Whole Better Than The Parts, It Takes Three Of Something To Be Something, The Bond Between The Giorgini Brothers, The Importance Of Exercising Different Parts Of One's Brain & The Influence of Aldo Giorgini, Day Job As A Geneticist, GPC Signature Guitars, Process And Product, plus much much flavorful flaviano more more more.

Aldo Giorgini (Father of Flav and Mass): “to be technical and scientific does not preclude a concern for the beauty and art of image and form. Architecture and engineering both occupy the same continuum: mathematics can be beautiful, and shapes can be useful.”

Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 160: Episode 160: Sascha Altman DuBrul of Choking Victim, Punk Journalist, and Mental Health Advocate on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 160: Sascha Altman DuBrul bassist for Choking Victim, Activist, Punk Journalist, and Mental Health Advocate talks to us about Twins!, Zoom & the World Past And Present In Face of the Industrial and Digital Revolutions, Carl Jung and The Shadow, Being Born Sensitive, Feeling Like An Outcast And What Does That Mean Set Beside Privilege, Imagined Communities And The Transition Into The Icarus Project, The Metaphor Of The Scared Society, Mental Illness And Death, Playing In Choking Victim plus much much deeper and deeper more!

Mad In America ("Not a real person")
Article on The Icarus Project
Growing Up In The NYC Punk Scene
Sascha's Current Private Practice
Article on Jung's The Shadow

Episode 150: Episode 159: Jon Ginoli of The Outnumbered and Pansy Division on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 159 with Jon Ginoli of The Outnumbered and Pansy Division on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests. In this episode Jon talks with us about The Outnumbered Releases, Steve Dahl and the Chicago Disco Demolition, Coming Out In 1981, Ginoli's Incomplete History of Important Bands, Being a DJ in College, How Most People Usually Just See The Tip Of The Iceberg, Transition From The Outnumbered to Pansy Division, Deliberation and Spontaneity, Meeting Chris Freeman, Music Still In The Body, plus much much Ginoli knowing more!

The Outnumbered Bandcamp
Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 149: Episode 158: Bruce Stuckey of Toxic Reasons on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 158: Bruce Stuckey of Toxic Reasons talks to us about Aldo Giorgini and his Intelligent Offspring, Working with Paul Mahern of Zero Boys, Punk in the Ronald Reagan Age, Cynicism Idealism and Political Bands, Discussion of Rebellion and Bruce's Challenging Upbringing, Repercussion of Asking Your Audience To Burn It All Down, Tufty and JJ And Their Daily Live's Together, Bruce and Jughead Share Independent Album Design Woes and Accomplishments, plus plus we don't need any other reason than Toxic Reason more more more!

Jughead's Basement Patreon Link

Episode 148: Episode 157: Darren Chewka of Teenage Bottlerocket and Old Wives on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 157: Darren Chewka of Teenage Bottlerocket and Old Wives talks to us about being recruited by Teenage Bottlerocket, Chewka's Ancestry and his drive towards and with drums, When is a chair not a drum, Inspired by punk drummers such as Lumley, Panic, and Stevenson, Joining Teenage Bottlerocket in times of tragedy. Chewka tells us the ins and outs of why his bands are and are not like RUSH, Working simultaneously with his previous band Old Wives, What does future and old punk Chewka look like, Rad Girlfriend Records, Danny Panic Talk, plus much much chewka more chewka more dadaden.

Teenage Bottlerocket Official Site
Old Wives Bandcamp
Buy Old Wive's New Record at Rad Girlfriend Records

Episode 147: Episode 156: B Face (Chris Barnard) of The Queers, Groovie Ghoulies, The Mopes, and more on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Episode 156: B Face (Chris Barnard) of The Queers, Groovie Ghoulies, The Real Kids, The Mopes, Kepi & Friends, talks to us about Kepi And Pirate Press, Why Never In The Foreground, Improvising And Precision And The Fuck It Attitude, Spouting Cliches And Overcoming What Has Already Been Done, Everyone Draws Skulls, B Face's Band History with The Queers, Ghoulies, Real Kids & The Mopes, plus plus bass guitar and outsider art more more drawing more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 146: Episode 155: Joe King Queer of The Queers on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 155: Joe King Queer of The Queers talks to us about being a vocalist without his guitar, changing band members, Joe's Place, The call of the Sea and being on fishing boats, Music as an inevitable career choice, Punks should always be underdogs, stories of GG that perhaps humanize him, The influence and friendship with Joey Ramone, How Punk has saved lives, plus much much punk till you die more so much more to go more!

Link to episode about The Queers' Don't Back Down
Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 145: Episode 145: Jack "Wimpy" Rutherford of The Mercy Fucks, The Queers, The Jabbers, and Tulu & Wimpy on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 145: Jack Wimpy Rutherford Hayes of The Mercy Fucks, The Queers, Wimpy & The Cryptics, Tulu & Wimpy, and The Jabbers, talks to us about Heritage & Are All Jacks Johns, Television's Effect on Punk Rock, Origin Of The Queers & Working With Joe And Tulu, The Monsignors, Punk Getting Violent, Agronomy & Soil Science, Playing With The Jabbers & It's History From the 70s with GG Allin, His Current Release of Tulu & Wimpy Fly Like A Cucumber, plus so much hazy hazy John Jack Hayes Ruthermore.

Mentioned in the podcast but clarified here:
1. Wimpy's major is in Soil Science. He is presently self employed as a licensed Soil Scientist, and Wetland Scientist.
2. Brandon Carlisle was the Geologist, Ray was a Business Major.

The Mercy Fucks at Little Lost Girl Media
How to Buy Tulu And Wimpy "Fly Like A Cucumber"

Episode 144: Episode 144: Dave Scott Schwartzman of Adrenalin O.D. on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 144: Dave Scott Schwartzman of Adrenalin O.D. talks to us about his new book If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D. Plus Punks In Good Studios But During Stupid Hours, Danzig In The Hood And Looking Through Flyers in Biafra's Bedroom, Self Awareness - Nietzsche - And The Humor In Punk, The Color Pink, Hanging Out With Exene In Dipshit America, Friendship With Rhythm Pigs & White Flag, Are We Trapped In Our Youth, End With Ishtar, plus much much walla walla more.

Metallipromo
DiWulf Publishing for Dave's Book

Episode 143: Episode 143: Keith Morris of OFF!, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Midget Handjob on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:02:05 +0000

Episode 143: Keith Morris of OFF!, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, and Midget Handjob talks to us about repeating oneself onstage and off, What if you had a million dollars, Making amends for aggression towards society and the self, Keith's half-time firing squad if he were president, Learning a work ethic from his father, Green Day and mega popular "punk," Epitaph and the relationship between Bad Religion and Circle Jerks, The rocky road to OFF and it's guitarist Dimitri, The new album Free LSD, What is precious and the meaning behind Keith's hat, plus much much Morris more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 142: Episode 142: Smoking Popes' Born To Quit on Jughead's Basement Album Dissections

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 142: Smoking Popes' Born To Quit on Jughead's Basement subcategory Album Dissections. This week the long awaited 5th part of the Smoking Popes series that started to take root back in October 2018 when Jughead spent the evening at Josh Caterer's house. This episode explores the 1995 Record Born To Quit in its entirety, with all four band members talking about all 10 songs. For a complete 5 part dissection start with:
Episode 122 - Josh Caterer
Episode 124 - Eli Caterer
Episode 126 - Matt Caterer
Episode 129 - Mike Felumlee

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Episode 141: Episode 141: Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Episode 141: Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals, Oingo Boingo, and studio work with Tenacious D, Danny Elfman, Jughead's Revenge and many more, talks to us about Being On The Spectrum, Opposites Naturally Manifest, How Do You Sleep, The Art Book Punk Rock & Paint Brushes, Does Humor Protect From Intimacy, Working With Danny Elfman, Vandals' Humor & Bad Reviews, Warren As Meta-Forrest Ranger plus much much enantiodromia more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 140: Episode 140: Larry Damore of Pegboy and Bhopal Stiffs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:41:01 +0000

Episode 140: Larry Damore of Pegboy and Bhopal Stiffs talks to us about Larry's Father And His Days As A Football Player For The Bears, Stopped At The Canadian Border, Transition From Bhopal Stiffs To Pegboy, Producers Albini And Burgess, A Eulogy For Pierre Kedzie, Damore Admits He Is A Meathead, Chicago Blue Collar Music And The Punk Bar Culture plus much much Larry Damore more.

with special Co-Host: Mike Byrne

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 139: Episode 139: Jessica Colombo of Mable Syndrome Women's Collective on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 139: Jessica Colombo of Mable Syndrome (Podcast) talks to us about Music And It's Emotional Response, Finding Punk On Vancouver Island Canada, The Origin And Reach Of Mable Syndrome, Jawbreakers Schwarzenbach Interview, Women In The Masculine Driven Hardcore Scene, EIB & Liz Eldredge, Balancing Politics In A Podcast, Women Behind The Scenes plus much much mable mable more.

Mable Syndrome Website

Episode 138: Episode 138: Kevin Aper of Sweatpants Party, Insanity Alert, and The Apers on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Episode 138: Kevin Aper of Sweatpants Party, Insanity Alert, and The Apers talks to us about Family Life, Being a Punk Rock Free Mason, Monster Zero Records, Love And Respect For And From Diverse Music Scenes, Insanity Alert, Self Titled Sweat Pants Party, Everything Is Connected and much much monster insanity sweatpants more.

Monster Zero Records
Insanity Alert Web Site

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 137: Episode 137: Kevin Seconds of 7 Seconds on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Episode 137: Kevins Seconds of 7 Seconds talks to us about Podcasts, His Clear Speaking And Singing Voice, Aggressive Punk Rock And Making Cute Shit, Circle Jerks' Keith Morris' Vocal Lesson, Alienation/Community/Aggression & Love, Applause And Finding Common Ground With The Audience, Kepi Ghoulie Talk, What is Success, plus much much mosh pit more.

Episode 136: Episode 136: Talli (Nubs) Osborne Singer and Inspirational Speaker on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Episode 136: Talli Osborne, nicknamed Nubs by Fat Mike, is a Punk Rock Singer and Inspirational Speaker talks to us about Her Bands Future And Past, Musical Theater Background, Self Pity-Positive Energy-And Telling Your Own Story To Improve The Live's Of Others, Meeting Richard Branson, Fat Mike's Fat Mic And How Talli And Mike Met, Early Surgeries, Creativity In Every Day Life, plus much much nothing can stop her more more more!

Talli's Web Site
Talli's Instagram

Ad:
Little Lost Girl Media

Episode 135: Episode 135: Kody Templeman of Sack, Teenage Bottlerocket, and The Lillingtons on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 21:29:22 +0000

Episode 135: Kody Templeman of Sack, Teenage Bottlerocket, and The Lillingtons talks to us about How To Maintain a Perfect Body, Sack's Origin Story, Larping & Jughead's Days with D&D, The Patino Brothers and Sack Recording The New Record Ripper, Lillingtons & Weasels In A Box, The Demise of Panic Button Records, Pop & Soda & Soda Pop, plus much much metal minded man more more more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Sack's New Record at Red Scare

Episode 134: Episode 134: Kepi Ghoulie on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:44:50 +0000

Episode 134: Kepi Ghoulie talks to us about Life as a Rock N Roll Shark, Nick Names, Being A Member of the Punk Rock Rat Pack, Jonathan Richman & Vapor Records, The Universe/Choice/Kepiland, Major Labels & Surviving Lookout Records, The Law Of Attraction and much much more than just monsters more.

Stardumb Records
Kepi Ghoulie Webstore at Machine Shop Rocks
Thich Nhat Hanh
Jim & Tom Interviews

Ad:
Little Lost Girl Media
Jughead's Basement Website

Episode 133: Episode 133: Johnny (Stockfisch) Personality of Vindictives & Screeching Weasel on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Episode 133: Johnny Personality (Stockfisch) of Vindictives and Screeching Weasel talks to us about Steve Albini Engineering Weasel, Not Touring - Choice - Fear-Other - or All, Home Studios - Television City Dream & Hypno Punko, Being The Leader Or Second Hand Man Of A Band, Johnny's Origin Stories with Vindictives & Screeching Weasel, Recent Projects, plus much much mini studio more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 132: Episode 132: Fred Armisen of Trenchmouth, Portlandia, Saturday Night Live on LoFi Interviews of HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:38:59 +0000

EPISODE 132: Fred Armisen of Trenchmouth, Portlandia, Saturday Night Live, Drummer & Comedian Talks To Us About John Ross Bowie, Cafe's In Chicago, His Mohawk Being Hassled, Trophy for Mike Watt, Punk Uniforms & Just Being Punk, Kinko's Appreciation, His Netflix Special: Stand Up For Drummers and much much fucking Fred Armisen More!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 131: Episode 131: Parry Gripp of Nerf Herder on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 19:53:01 +0000

Episode 131: Parry Gripp of Nerf Herder Talks To Us About the Re-Release Of American Cheese, Honest Don Records-Panic Button-& Fat Wreck Chords, Major Labels-Band Pressure-Money-& Band Rebirth, Non Professional Chicago Foodie Talk, Everyone Wants To Be Loved, Parody & Angry Children Saying Mean Things, Weezer Talk And Much Much Nerdcore More!

Nerf Herder Official Site

Episode 130: Episode 130: Mark Linsenmayer of Partially Examined Life Podcast on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 130: Mark Linsenmayer of The Partially Examined Life (One of the top Philosophy Podcasts) and Nakedly Examined Music (Interviewing musicians from many genres) talks to us about Cross Pollinating Woes and Successes, Music and Business, Philosophy & Music Side by Side, Songwriting as Intentionally Dumber than Philosophy, His Book - Philosophy For Teens, Philosophy Shouldn't Be Scary - It's Like a Song, plus much much rhetoric-a licious-more.

The song Tolerated is from Mark's 3rd and final album by his band New People from their 2013 release.

Mark's Music Bandcamp
Partially Examined Life YouTube
The Partially Examined Life Podcast
Nakedly Examined Music Podcast
Jughead on Partially Examined Life
Jughead on Nakedly Examined Music
Stoicism on Partially Examined Life
Prett Much Pop Podcast

Episode 129: Episode 129: Mike Felumlee (Part 4 of 5 on Smoking Popes' Born To Quit) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 23:20:37 +0000

Episode 129: Mike Felumlee (Part IV of V of The Smoking Popes) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests. This week we talk to Mike about being a Midwestern Boy with transient roots, Discovering punk through Thrasher and Skateboarding, The Truth Comes Out About The Trombone, Working with Brothers, Fears of Being Replaced on a Major Label, Returning To The Smoking Popes, Into The Agony, and The Rock Room, plus more more drummy drum more!

Link to Mike's The Rock Room

Episode 128: Episode 128: Larry Livermore, John Jughead, Mass Giorgini, and Dan Vapid on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 128: Larry Livermore, John Jughead, Mass Giorgini, & Dan Vapid, four friends talk about their lives apart and together including such topics as First Meetings, Don Quixote TED Talks, Counter Culture/Sub Culture/Punks/Hippies, Heavy Metal & Punk Ethos Talk, Betrayals, Forgiveness, & Never Forgetting, What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Old, Plus Much Much Gabby Gabby More More.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 127: Episode 127: Victor DeLorenzo of Violent Femmes, Nineteen Thirteen, & Night Crickets on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 20:03:41 +0000

Episode 127: Victor DeLorenzo of Violent Femmes, Nineteen Thirteen, and Night Crickets talks to us about Orson Welles, Reinvigorated sparks of creativity in aging musicians, Theater and how it affected The Violent Femmes, Busking and Intimacy, Opening for The Ramones, The Night Crickets with David J and Darwin Meiners, Dinner with Willem Dafoe, Nineteen Thirteen and loop pedals, plus much much De much Lorenzo more!

Nineteen Thirteen (Victors current band)

Episode 126: Episode 126: Matt Caterer (Part III of V of The Smoking Popes) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 19:04:21 +0000

Episode 126 this week with Matt Caterer. In this episode we discuss such things as the clear distinct Caterer voices, creativity stemming from the 1920s big band era, Speed Stick and zero to band in a week, Are you a bass player? Somebody has to play this thing, 90s Punk Rock politics, Phil Bonnet, the difference between I don’t care and active letting things happen, spirituality in music plus much much oldest brother Matt more!

www.jugheadheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 125: 125: John Ross Bowie of band Egghead plus Actor and Writer on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:46:58 +0000

Episode 125: John Ross Bowie of band, Egghead, plus actor in Speechless/Big Bang Theory/Children's Hospital and many more credits talks to us about My pen, Theme Park Life, Knock Knock Records and Punk Tattoos, Theater Talk, Improvisation - Upright Citizens Brigade - Second City - and Working with Chicago Comics and Writers, Insubordination Fest, Egghead - Irony - Music - Politics, His book - Fathers - The Silent Generation, and Mel Brooks into the Zucker Brothers, plus more more Bowie more.

Links talked about:
Egghead Music
Household Faces with John Ross Bowie (Podcast)
Book: No Job For A Man
Airplane Oral History
Jughead's Andy Dick Story

Episode 124: Episode 124: Eli Dixon Caterer (2 of 5 interviews of The Smoking Popes) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 31 May 2022 21:42:57 +0000

Episode 124: Eli Caterer of Smoking Popes (2 of 5 interviews exploring the whole band and record Born To Quite originally released in 1994) talks to us about being the youngest brother, the parents music collection, Speedstick into Smoking Popes, dynamics of brothers in a band, association with Solid Sound Studios and Phill Bonnet, the artwork behind Born To Quit, plus much much Eli More.

ON GEAR BUDS PODCAST

Josh says good bye to Solid Sounds Studio

Jughead's Basement Podcast link with videos

Episode 123: Episode 123: Trevor Shelley de Brauw of Pelican, RLYR, & Tusk on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 24 May 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 123: Trevor Shelley de Brauw from Pelican, RLYR, Tusk and others talks to us about The Fireside Bowl and Brian Peterson, Cultivating an audience and what becomes of the band/audience relationship in an instrumental band, An intuitive approach and translating emotions through music, The Weasel connection and other influences, How do you remember all those parts!, Improvisation in music, Being genuine and the inspiration that punk can achieve at its best, plus more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodast.com
https://gileadmedia.bandcamp.com/album/rlyr

Episode 122: Episode 122: Josh Caterer (Smoking Popes 1 of 5 Episodes) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 17 May 2022 19:52:06 +0000

Episode 122: Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes (1 of 5 interviews exploring the whole band and record Born To Quite originally released in 1994) talks to us about Born To Quit and then things spiral off into multiple directions at once including Producer Phil Bonnet and onward into Jerry Finn, Crooner or Poet or both or none, The structures of Old Standards, Irony and National Guilt, The Self and Others, The arduous journey to the songwriting of Pretty Pathetic, the yearning and the path to God, plus much much lofty, friendly, kindly, and laughable more much more.

Episode 121: Episode 121: Danny Dunlap of Gentlemen Rogues, Jill, and The Fall Collection on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 09 May 2022 18:33:14 +0000

Episode 121: Danny Dunlap of Gentlemen Rogues, The Fall Collection, and JILL talks to us about Houston and The Axiom, Is Danny a Failure, his first band JILL, songwriting compared to novel writing, The Fall Collection and his debilitating days of arthritis, the brilliance of Erasure's Vince Clarke, opening for Bob Mould, and much much Dunlap more.

Danny On Little Steven's Underground Garage
Gentlemen Rogues Website
The Fall Collection Bandcamp
Gentlemen Rogues Bandcamp

Episode 120: Episode 120: Russ Forster - Underdog Records, Fudgetunnel, Dashing Marbles, Gore Gore Girls on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 03 May 2022 19:48:37 +0000

Episode 120: Russ Forster of Underdog Records, Fudgetunnel, Gore Gore Girls, Spongetunnel and Dashing Marbles talks to us about Chicago Venue Batteries Not Included and getting banned, Finding Unusual Bands in Bargain Bins, Influence from The Fleshtones, Decline Of The Western Civilization, Albini's Basement, The Fireside Bowl and the 8-Track Mind and much much russ more!

Russ Forster Bandcamp

Episode 119: Episode 119 - Billy Brown of Ashers, Crash & Burn... on STORIES

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 21:45:29 +0000

Welcome to Jughead’s Basement Episode 119 sub category Stories

This week we hear stories told between Jughead and Billy Brown of Ashers, Crash & Burn, Deadly Sins, Solo and so on, in this episode the stories touch on such things as Expensive Guitars & Bikers, One Eyed Dogs and Vomit in Belgium, A Golden Shower of Hits, Punks with Acoustics and a bit more. Let’s hear the stories.

https://billybrown.bandcamp.com/

https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/

Episode 118: Episode 118 - Billy Brown of Ashers, Crash & Burn and more on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 21:45:52 +0000

Episode 118: Billy Brown of Ashers, Crash & Burn, Shoot The Hostages, and Deadly Sins talks to us about Reagan Era Punk, his band Ashers with Mark from The Unseen, Boston Not LA or Boston To LA, The Sense of Community, Rehab in North Hollywood, and Literature and Book Talk, plus much much much much more and then later even some more! (Part I: History)

Crash and Burn Bandcamp
Demands Bandcamp
Billy Brown Bandcamp

Episode 117: Episode 117 - Christoph Jesus of Crazy & The Brains on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:16:50 +0000

Episode 117: Christoph Jesus of Crazy & The Brains talks to us about Comedy & Music, Open Mic as a Preparation for Ingenuity and Change, Restrictive vs. the Openness of the Punk Style, Building an Ensemble and how it relates to the growth of a band, Jersey City, Gilman St. for Christoph and Jughead, Formatting Music and Timing in the modern age, plus much much more.

Crazy and the Brains Bandcamp

Episode 116: Episode 116 - ME! John Jughead of Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts, Mitochondriacs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 19:28:32 +0000

Episode 116: John Jughead of Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts, The Mopes, and The Mitochondriacs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests (Power Chord Hour Podcast) Anthony Merchant of Power Chord Hour interviews Jughead about The Origins of Jughead's Basement, Improvisation, What is an ensemble, Is the Urge to Create Turnoffable, Mind and Brain Talk, My Style of So Called Guitar Playing, and talk about Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts, and The Mitochondriacs, plus much much much. (Used by permission from The Power Chord Hour Podcast)

Power Chord Hour Link
Even In Blackouts Bandcamp
The Mitochondriacs Bandcamp

Episode 115: Episode 115: Mike Byrne of Methadones, Urban Idols, Dan Vapid & The Cheats, The Vindictives on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 22:53:56 +0000

Episode 115: Mike Byrne of The Methadones, Urban Idols, Dan Vapid & The Cheats and Vindictives, talks to us about discovering punk as a 6th grader, Record store and local show talk, Suburbs vs. The City, The path to the Fireside Bowl, Out of Focus Videos, an extensive talk about The Vindictives, The Methadones, The Urban Idols, and our mutual love for anything Dan Vapid related, Mike's years of hardly being able to walk, living at Jughead's House, and much much more.

Urban Idols Bandcamp

Episode 114: Episode 114: Paul Mahern - Producer and Musician of Zero Boys, Datura Seeds, & *ask on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 23:28:07 +0000

Episode 114: Paul Mahern of Zero Boys, Datura Seeds, and *ask also producer and engineer of Toxic Reasons, Blake Babies, John Cougar Mellencamp and more, talks to us about Minimalism and it's relation to punk, His Childhood from Indiana to Chicago to back to Indiana, Kill Your Idols, Is the Need To Teach a Fundamental Characteristic, DIY in the American Hardcore, His Job at The Archives of Traditional Music, his amazing work with John Cougar Mellencamp, a short discussion about Ritchie Blackmore and Much Much Much!

Episode 113: Episode 113 Mike Holt of The Huntingtons on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Episode 113: Mike Holt of The Huntingtons talks to us about catching up on the history of The Huntingtons, recording live in the studio as a departure approach, losing touch with new music and being a parent, rotating members and its repercussions, our shared indifference to Bad Religion, talk about the christian connections with the band and it's labels, along with discussions about free will and making big changes in life, and our big topic, A Ramonescore discussion where Mike and I get to be honest and respectful, plus much much more.

¡Muerto, Carcel, O Rocanrol! at Bandcamp

Episode 112: Episode 112 - Mikey Erg of The Ergs, The Worriers, The Unlovables, Solo Projects on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:14:43 +0000

Episode 112 - Mikey Erg from The Ergs, The Unlovables, The Worriers, Solo projects and more talks to us about what do you listen to in a punk van, keeping track of music as if it's a job, are you still improving as a musician, solo work and the Ergs Machine, cassette recording to reel to reel to inventing in the studio, from in front of drums to behind in the early band days, can you whistle a Frank Zappa melody, and much much more.

Mikey Erg Bandcamp

Episode 111: Episode 111: Sammy King of Get Dead on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 23:43:03 +0000

Episode 111: Sammy King of Get Dead talks to Jughead about Real Recognize Real, Genre Hopping in the Modern Age, Punks Becoming Industries, Latch Key Kids, Living in the Gray and Being a Member of Society, Use of Drugs and the Ego, plus much much more.

Get Dead at Fat Wreck Chords

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 110: Episode 110 - Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:26:19 +0000

Episode 110: Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta talks to Jughead about Vinnie Fiorello, Fueled By Ramen, Lookout Records, and Paper & Plastik, wise advice from Bill Stevenson, also the 2020 Clusterfuck leading to 60 days of songs and inspiration, the making of Ann Beretta's new record RISE, their musical friends like Thomas Barrett from Strike Anywhere and Mass Giorgini lending their talents, plus much much more.

Link to new record RISE
Link to Bandcamp with all music

Episode 109: Episode 109: Alice Bag of The Bags, Cholita, and author of Violence Girl on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:04:01 +0000

Episode 109: Alice Bag of The Bags, Cholita, Solo Projects and More. On this episode Alice talks to Jughead about Aggression in one's life and music, Punk introspection and Agency, The Harry Potter Sorting Hat, What do you take with and what do you leave behind, Band Dynamics and Solo Projects, Singing, Screaming & Writhing, Female Police Officers in Mexico City, plus much much more.

Alice Bag Bandcamp
In The Red Bandcamp
Alice & Greg YouTube Site
Harry Potter Sorting Hat

Episode 108: Episode 108 - Maria Surfinbird of Sex Dream on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 21:48:26 +0000

Episode 108: Maria Surfinfird of Sex Dream, Surfinbird, Kobanes, Gigillas, & Mitochondriacs talks to Jughead about such things as being a judge for sports events in Russia, learning and singing in English, Music as a lover, Punk Rock Raduno and traveling longs distances for punk rock, Trouble at the border, and much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Sex Dream Bandcamp
Mitochondriacs Bandcamp
Kobanes Bandcamp
This is just a phase podcast interview

Episode 107: Episode 107: Rikki Styxx drummer of The Two Tens, Death Valley Girls, The Darts, LA Machina on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:58:08 +0000

Episode: 107: Rikki Styxx drummer for The Two Tens, Death Valley Girls, The Darts and more talks to Jughead about drumming ancestry and rock family trees, how the hell do creative types learn to manage time, fake it till you make it, The Two Tens and the pros and cons of being in a two person band, Death Valley Girls, a Coloradoans in Los Angeles, Punk scene as family, the complexity of playing drums simply and much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
https://rikkistyxxdrums.com/

Episode 106: Episode 106: Kristen Ferrell - Incredible artist and punk on LoFi Interview with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Episode 106: Kristen Ferrell - Artist talks to Jughead about What is creativity and does it branch out beyond being an artist, The printing press to the internet, Shut the fuck up and produce, Duchamp and the importance of Anti-Art, Taylor Swift, Symbolism and Archetypes, Punk Rock, AI and the concept of the soul, and so much more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Kristen Ferrel Website
Kristen Ferrel Feature

Episode 105: Episode 105 - Hallie Bulleit of Unlovables, The LLC Band & Hiccup on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 21:16:21 +0000

Episode 105: Hallie Bulleit of The Unlovables, The LLC Band, and Hiccup talks to Jughead about Jughead's Literal Basement and the show she played there, Selling out, Hallie in the Broadway production of RENT, Like Mother Like Daughter, Experimental Theater and the New York City Living Experience, Family and Parenting, Mikey Erg and much much more.

https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/
https://theunlovables.bandcamp.com/
https://hiccup.bandcamp.com/

Episode 104: Episode 104 - PUNK POETS Matt Hart (Squirtgun & Nevernew) and Tim Stafford (Chicago Poet) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Episode 104: The Punk Poet Episode - Matt Hart (formerly of Squirtgun) and The Nevernew and Timothy Stafford Chicago Poet and Performance Artist. In this episode we talk about such things as the differences and similarities between poetry readings and stand-up, the word poetry and its relation to music, social change and self deprecation, on being a teacher plus much much more.

https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/
Tim's Book:
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1890-the-patron-saint-of-making-curfew
Matt Hart:
https://www.ledgemulepress.org/releases/the-obliterations-matt-hart

Episode 103: Episode 103: Ali Tabatabaee of Zebrahead on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:46:21 +0000

Episode 103: Ali Tabatabaee talks to Jughead about moving from Tehran to California, choosing music over a medical profession, path to a major label, the influences of rap and hiphop, and his battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Plus much more.

https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/
https://www.zebrahead.com/

Episode 102: Episode 102 - Grant Lawrence - The Smugglers - Novelist - CBC Radio & Television Personality on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 23:07:08 +0000

Episode 102 - Grant Lawrence - The Smugglers - Novelist - CBC Radio & TV Personality on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests. This week we talk to Grant Lawrence about The Smugglers and the struggle to keep the chemistry, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Giorgini Family and their miraculous lives and stories, Dan Vapid and Screeching Weasel talk, Lookout Records and the Gilman Scene, stories about touring with The Donnas, becoming a novelist and his experiences with scriptwriting, his book Adventures in Solitude and much much more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Grant Lawrence Website
The Smugglers at Bandcamp

Episode 101: Episode 101 - Ryan Malott from 500 Miles To Memphis on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:26:37 +0000

Episode 101: Ryan Malott of 500 Miles to Memphis talks to Jughead about such things as his legendary slide guitarist David Rhodes, Vinnie Fiorello's label Paper & Plastick, his blood gory music video, Addiction and Redemption, the Ego of a Young Man, From external producers to home studio, plus much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

500 Miles To Memphis Official Site
500 Miles To Memphis Bandcamp

Episode 100: Episode 100: Mass Giorgini Part II on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:57:35 +0000

Episode 100: Mass Giorgini - Punk Producer and all around Renaissance Man is the 100th episode and also the marker of the 10 year anniversary. In this episode Jughead and Giorgini talk about so many things including but not limited to: The Queers, Naked Raygun, Green Day, Common Rider, Smoking Popes, The Vindictives, Lemonheads, Toxic Reason, Steve Albini, Paul Mahern, Screeching Weasel’s How To Make Enemies and Irritate people with Green Day’s Mike Dirt on Bass, Suzi Moon, Jesse Michaels, building his studio Sonic Iguana, artistic nature and major labels’ effect on sound quality, the Loudness Wars in mastering, and believe it or not… much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 99: Episode 99 - Justin Sane from Anti-Flag on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:18:42 +0000

Episode 99 - Justin Sane from the band Anti Flag. In this episode we talk about such things as Unity, our mutual friends Mass Giorgini and Jesse Michaels, the seemingly unlikely event of sports bringing punk bandmates together, the 1979 Disco Demolition, Progressive parents and Jughead and Justin's similarly shared chaotic family lives, the naming of Anti Flag, political music influences and American policies addressed by the band plus much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 98: Episode 98 - Alice Hour from In Evil Hour on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:58:14 +0000

Episode 98: Alice Hour from In Evil Hour talks to Jughead about Touring in Europe, Hometown Darlington, Brexit and Touring Across Borders, Tattoos, the origin of In Evil Hour, Alice's "day job", writing for a band with political overtones, Future Plans, and much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.inevilhour.bandcamp.com

Episode 97: Episode 97 - Colin Brooks of The Big Cats, Samiam, and Red 40 on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 15:46:35 +0000

Episode 97: Colin Brooks of The Big Cats, Samiam, Little Rock’s band Substance, Red 40, and about 200 more bands. In this episode we talk about such things as his ongoing friendship and working relationship with Jason White, his bands The Numbskulls and Substance, his metal influences, the then thriving punk scene of Little Rock Arkansas and the documentary Towncraft, his foray into off Broadway musicals, Patreon and Jughead’s history of crowd sourcing, plus his path into the drummer position in the long lasting Berkeley band Samiam

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.colinbrooks.bandcamp.com

Episode 96: Episode 96 - Vincent Fiorello of Less Than Jake and The Inevitables on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:56:57 +0000

Episode 96: Vincent Fiorello formerly of Less Than Jake and now The Inevitables talks with Jughead, who goes off the rails, throws away all his pre-determined questions and editing and engages Vinnie in a discussion about Life and Immortality. (Or was it Mortality?)

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.theinevitables.world

Episode 95: Episode 95 - Alex (Daddy Wonk) of Wonk Unit on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:19:41 +0000

Episode 95 - Daddy Wonk Alex Brindle Johnson of Wonk Unit. In this episode we talk about such things as raising a baby girl, his first band the Flying Medallions and all the glory and tragedies which led him to alcohol abuse and recovery, his ongoing relationship with Duncan Redmonds from the band Snuff, Ego and the selling of the self in music, his new record Uncle Daddy, Dinosaurs are Wankers and much much wonkily more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com
www.wonkunit.com

Episode 94: Episode 94 - Poli van Dam formerly of The Bombpops on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Episode 94- Poli van Dam formerly of The Bombpops and recent contributor to the popularity of Liquid Death. In this episode Poli talks about such things as her departure from the Bombpops, her history as a diabetic, piano as a strong musical background, meeting her long lasting bandmate Jen, ongoing use of her creativity, birthing a child, plus much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com

Episode 93: Episode 93 - Brenna Red from The Last Gang on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Episode 93 with Brenna Red from The Last Gang. In this episode Brenna and Jughead talk about such things as Being a Gear Nerd, From Drummer to Guitarist to Singer, What Lunch Table Did You Sit at in School, From Showcase to Main Stage at Punk Rock Bowl, Writing Like Painting, and The Last Gang's Path onto Fat Wreck Chords.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
https://fatwreck.com/

Episode 92: Episode 92 - Christopher Appelgren of Lookout Records and The Pattern on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Episode 92: Christopher Appelgren of Lookout Records and bands The PeeChees, The Pattern, and The Potatomen talks to Jughead about Ancestry False and Real, Creating Yourself, Meeting Larry Livermore, The Pattern Business and Pleasure, Music as a Community, How To Ruin a Record Label and Christopher's honest take on his responsibilities, and of course we discuss that Goddamn Lookout Blue Bear.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 91: Episode 91 - David Faulkner - Hoodoo Gurus & The Victims on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Episode 91: Dave Faulkner from Hoodoo Gurus and The Victims talks to Jughead about The Pandemic in Australia, The Effect of The Ramones first record and the birthing of punk in Perth, His punk band The Victims, moving to Sydney and the forming of the Hoodoo Gurus plus a discussion about black and white television and being a child brought up on sitcoms.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
https://www.hoodoogurus.net/

Episode 90: Episode 90: Gregg Turner of VOM, Angry Samoans, and The Gregg Turner Group on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 01:46:23 +0000

Episode 90: Gregg Turner, Singer & guitarist of VOM, Angry Samoans and The Gregg Turner Group, Author of Confessions of an Angry Samoan, and Mathematician talks to Jughead about Voyeurism & Storytelling, Creem Magazine, Roky Erickson, B Movies, Becoming a Parent, What is PUNK and is that a valid question, plus a pretty hilarious imitation of Ozzy Osbourne.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
https://rarebirdlit.com/hallucinations-from-hell-confessions-of-an-angry-samoan-signed-by-gregg-turner/

Episode 89: Episode 89 - Dan Vapid of The Cheats, Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Methadones, Mopes on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 18:48:42 +0000

Episode 89: Dan Vapid of The Cheats, Screeching Weasel, The Methadones, The Riverdales, The Mopes, The Queers, Sludgeworth, Noise By Numbers and… I could go on and on. In this episode we talk about such things as Audiobooks, Vapid’s new Cheats record, Screeching Weasel’s transition into The Riverdales and back, What is success, a discussion about Hope and Regret, our favorite Heavy Metal records, and much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Dan Vapid & The Cheats Bandcamp

Episode 88: Episode 88: Chris Barrows of Pink Lincolns and author (Photographer) of Cheap Shots on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:58:04 +0000

Episode 8: Chris Barrows of Pink Lincolns, The Spears, The Chris Barrows Band, has recently published a book of punk rock photos called Cheap Shots. In this episode we talk about such things as his book Cheap Shots, Drinking and Stage Antics, GG Allin, Landscaping, the balance between being a fan and a performer, The Circle Jerks, plus we describe and get a few backstories behind some of the photos in his book. So let’s enter the pink room with Chris Barrows.

Buy Cheap Shots
www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 87: Episode 87 - Dr. Frank Portman of MTX on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:45:47 +0000

Episode 87: featuring Dr. Frank Portman of The Mr. T Experience on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests. In this episode we talk to Frank about such things as Sounds Rad Music and a plethora of re-issues, Vinyl Records and theorizing about what is next in the digital world, Frank’s early band relationship with Jon Von, That Hippie show with Green Day, Screeching Weasel and The Mr. T Experience, and way to much philosophy talk for those who don’t dig philosophy, and of course we deconstruct the idea of much much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 86: Episode 86 - Josie Cotton on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 01:23:02 +0000

Episode 86: Josie Cotton Singer/Songwriter, record producer and of the Johnny Are You Queer and He Could Be the One 80's fame comes out of hiding once again to talk to Jughead about escaping and returning to your roots, major labels, Are Musicians Actors, What is the true character of Lee Ving from Fear, The Disco Demolition and the New Wave Progressive Movement, Bomp Records, and much much more.

www.jugheadheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.kittenrobot.com

Episode 85: Episode 85: Larry Livermore Part II on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 85: Larry Livermore part two. In this episode we talk about such things as China the Tao and the forming of lookout records, contracts and Gentlemen's agreements, the Turn It Around documentary, the classic Screeching Weasel lineup, growing older & nostalgia, Green Day and if or not they sold out, and much more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Lookout Magazine:
https://eastbaypunkda.com/s/east-bay-punk-digital-archive/item-set/1152

Episode 84: Episode 84 - Miski Dee Rodriguez of City Mouse on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 84: Miski Dee Rodriguez from the band City Mouse. In this episode we talk about such things as Medical School Acting, Father Daughter late night musical performances, Living on the road and touring with the Dollyrots, Bicycling, Collecting “Good Mornings”, The Meaning of Home, Future and Current Recording Plans, and much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
City Mouse at It's Alive Records Bandcamp
Miski Dee Patreon

Episode 83: Episode 83: Jeff Pezzati (Naked Raygun, The Bomb, Big Black) LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Episode 83 - Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun, The Bomb, and Big Black. In this episode we talk about such things as buying a house in Amboy, and the success of Jeff's children, the recording process for the new Naked Raygun record, touring and not touring, the now present difficulties in performing live, the introduction of Bill Stephens into the band, the Gator Documentary soundtrack and current relations with John Haggerty, plus much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
Over The Overlords at Wax Trax
The Tarts - Tankboy
Michael J Fox's Parkinson's Foundation to donate

Episode 82: Episode 82 - Justin Perkins (Mystery Room Mastering, Yesterday's Kids, Screeching Weasel...) LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:17:14 +0000

Episode 82: Justin Perkins of Mystery Room Mastering and also Bassist and sometimes lead singer for such bands as Yesterday’s Kids, The Obsoletes, Screeching Weasel and Bash & Bop, in this episode we talk to him about such things as Panic Button Records, Lookout Records, the important differences between mastering and mixing, being the quiet one, his work with Dan Vapid, The Riverdales and Tommy Stinson, plus much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com
www.mysteryroommastering.com

Episode 81: Episode 81 - Jason White (Pinhead Gunpowder, Green Day, The Influents) LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 81: Jason White of Pinhead Gunpowder, Green Day, The Influents, Monsula and many other bands. Today we are in discussion about File 13 Records and Little Rock Arkansas, Punkhouses, Knights in Satan’s Service, 8 Bark & Chicago’s Underdog Records, his battle with tonsil cancer, Recording with Kevin Army and he candidly discusses his working relationship with Green Day, and much more!

Pinhead Gunpowder at 1,2,3,4, Go Records
Jughead's Basement Official Site

Episode 80: Episode 80 - Brad Logan (Leftover Crack, F-Minus) on LoFi Interviews With HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Episode 80: Brad Logan of Leftover Crack, F-Minus, Rats In The Walls, The Adolescents, plus the co writer of a new book called Architects of Destruction. In this episode we talk about such things as What’s an Oral History, Touring and Staph Infections, Working at Hellcat Records and Brad’s Days as a Guitar Tech, Inevitable Band Business for Punks that are in it for the long haul, The Love of fellow musicians and the important bond we must strive to maintain, plus much much more to the point more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com
https://rarebirdlit.com/architects-of-self-destruction-signed-book-t-shirt-and-zine-bundle-by-john-gentile-and-brad-logan/

Episode 79: Episode 79 - Jay Prozac on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 79: Jay Prozac of The Prozacs, Stiletto Bomb, and Grand Prixx talks to jughead about highschool friends and lifelong buddies, his father passing and his effect on Jay and his community, the origins of Grand Prixx and The Prozaks, the inspirations of Screeching Weasel, his heartfelt run-in with Dan Vapid, and the touching story behind his song Live Like It's New. Plus much more!

Episode 78: Episode 78: Ryan Rockwell - Mixtapes/Billboards - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 22:40:07 +0000

Episode 78: Ryan Rockwell of Mixtapes and more recently Billboards. In this episode we talk about such things as Religion and Spirituality, pros and cons of home recording, the origins of Mixtapes and Billboards, Self Sabotage and Recovery, plus much mulch much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com

Ryan's new project: Billboards
https://billboardsband.bandcamp.com/

Episode 77: Episode 77: Mass Giorgini on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:37:24 +0000

Episode 77: Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun - Common Rider - Screeching Weasel - Rattail Grenadier - Bassist and Producer - We talk about such things as Don Quixote, Mass’ extraordinary parents and brother, Flav, Are punks allowed to like The Beatles, Emo talk, the darkness & light in punk, and much more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com

Episode 76: Episode 76 - Lawrence Livermore on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 76 of Jughead’s Basement sub-category LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests this week we meet Lookout Records co-founder and writer of Spy Rock Memories Lawrence Livermore. In this discussion we talk about such things as The Greaser and Hippie Movements, Being an Outcast in your own scene, Discovering one’s ancestry, American Democracy, China, retaining a childlike attitude and curiosity, the strained last days of Screeching Weasel’s last days on Lookout records and much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com
www.larylivermore.com

Episode 75: Episode 75 - Max Collins of Eve 6 - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Episode 75 with guest Max Connor lead singer and bassist of Eve 6. In this episode we discuss such things as skateboarding to Dead Kennedys, Max’ admiration of Screeching Weasel, my own sister’s experiences working with and getting the job for Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains, Max’ alcohol edition road to recovery and coping with OCD, Fountains Of Wayne, and his Heart In a Blender Tweets.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com

Episode 74: Episode 74: Sebby of Zatopeks and Werecats on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 23:06:28 +0000

In Episode 74 Sebby of Zatopeks talks to Jughead about Malta, small towns, meeting at Uni, The Werecats, Pete's Clown Alter Ego, Zatopeks' constantly visiting female vocalist Jo Mangled, their former band 3 1/2 Inch Floppy, and of course much much more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com

Episode 73: Episode 73 - Will DeNiro of Zatopeks on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000

In Episode 73 Will DeNiro of Zatopeks talks to Jughead about literary references in punk songs and the learning curve of making them singalongable, Pop punks journey in and out of the mainstream, creating records from long distances, the affect of newspapers like the Daily Mail on culture, and much more!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 72: Episode 72 - Scott Murphy - Allister - Monoeyes - Solo

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 01:50:10 +0000

Episode 72: Scott Murphy solo musician and member of Allister, Scott and Rivers, and Monoeyes. In this episode we talk about Drive Thru Records, Book Your Own Fucking Life, Scott’s relationship with superband Elle Garden, a discussion about Guilty Pleasures and Irony, his moving to Tokyo and the many musicians he has worked with since Allister.

For links related to the episode:
https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/hi-fi-guests/72-scott-murphy

Episode 71: Episode 71 - Lone Wolf with Merel & Ox on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 29 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 71: Lone Wolf's Merel and Ox from The Netherlands talk to Jughead about songwriting, touring, togetherness, Fest in Florida, and the punk community in the current climate.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 70: Episode 70 - Suzi Moon - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 23 May 2021 22:49:20 +0000

Episode 70 of Jughead’s Basement subcategory LoFi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests, this week featuring Suzi moon and Jughead discussing such things as Band Personae, Tour Catastrophes, Her days in her and her sister’s band Civet, the forming of Turbulent Hearts and LA Machina, California Tacos and Burritos, plus the effectiveness of her cover art and much much more

For cool links mentioned in the podcast go to the official site:
https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/hi-fi-guests/70-suzi-moon

Episode 69: Episode 69: Part V: The Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia with Dr. Daryl Wilson

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 17 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 69: Part V: The Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia with Dr. Daryl Wilson from The Bollweevils. Co-Starring Steve Ball, Claire Hall, John Jughead, and Jason Strange.

https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/polycephaly-aporia

Episode 68: Episode 68: Craig & Liz (Punk Couple talk music) with Jughead on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 15 May 2021 20:12:47 +0000

On Episode 68 Craig & Liz Dunkle are in conversation with Jughead about their friendship over the last 18 years, the conversation touches on many different bands including Craig's own pop punk bands The Suck and The Lebowskis. We also touch on Weasel Shows, EIB, and touring with Lillingtons and Manges.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 67: Episode 67 Derek Zanetti of The Homeless Gospel Choir on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 09 May 2021 21:58:09 +0000

Episode 67: Derek Zanetti of The Homeless Gospel Choir in conversation with Jughead about growing up Christian Fundamentalist, Writing Political and Protest songs, Respect, Kindness & Accountability, Sugar, and about his current record This Land Is Your Landfill.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 66: Episode 66: Jeff Swampy Marsh (Phineas & Ferb CoCreator) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 03 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 66 with Phineas & Ferb Animator and Co-Creator Jeff Swampy Marsh. In this discussion Jughead and Swampy touch on such things as The Ego, Architecture and creating backgrounds for animation, Rocko's Modern Life, Milo Murphy's Law, Working without a "script" for Disney, creating comedy not based on snotty people and assholes, and much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 65: Episode 65 - Brendan Kelly - Lawrence Arms - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Episode 65: Brendan Kelly of Lawrence Arms, The Falcon, Slapstick, and Brendan Kelly And The Wandering Birds is in conversation with Jughead about Concept Records, Metal Influences, The Dark Roots of Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio, Naked Raygun, Is a Musician an Artist, Are we too old to Punk Rock, Existential issues and Much Much More!

For more fun links talked about in the podcast go here:
https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/hi-fi-guests/65-brendan-kelly

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 64: Episode 64: Mike Park (Asian Man Records) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 22:19:10 +0000

Episode 64: Mike Park owner of Asian Man Records and performer in such bands as Skankin Pickle, The Chinkees, Bruce Lee Band, and Ogikubo Station with Jughead touch on such subjects as Ian MacKaye and the DIY aesthetic, the recent and historical violence against Asians and people of color in America, His days with Skankin Pickle, Fun Fun Punk Records for Children, and much much more.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 63: Episode 63 Maura Weaver (Mixtapes & Ogikubo Station) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000

In Episode 63 Maura Weaver (Mixtapes - Ogikubo Station - Direct Hit) is in conversation with Jughead about Her Okinawan Roots, The Power Chord Academy, Mixtapes, Voice Therapy, Ogikubo Station, and Comedy.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 62: Episode 62: Jaret Reddick - Bowling For Soup on LoFi Interview with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 19:22:47 +0000

Episode 62: Jaret Reddick from Bowling For Soup talks to Jughead about The history of Bowling for Soup, Phinneas & Ferb, Writing about nostalgia and pop culture, Jaret's Screeching Weasel questions, what is the ego unprotected from, and much much more.

For all the cool links:
https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/hi-fi-guests/62-jaret-reddick

Episode 61: Episode 61 Liz Eldredge from Even In Blackouts LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:01:50 +0000

Episode 61 featuring singer Liz Eldredge from the band Even In Blackouts. This is Liz’s first solo interview in her 19 year career with EIB, so it is something special. In this interview we talk about The Southside of Chicago and it’s Children’s Choir, visiting the Vatican, life on the road, the nurturing of a strange punk acoustic style, the benefits of earplugs on singing stoned, Spanish Television, a ten year hiatus and her writing relationship with the members of her band. I will admit this particular podcast is even more personal than usual. Liz is my long time friend and frontwoman for my band, and that private relationship of course mingles with my interview style in this podcast. I hope you enjoy it.

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 60: Episode 60: The Dollyrots with Kelly & Luis on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 03:00:32 +0000

Episode 60: Kelly & Luis from The Dollyrots talk to Jughead about their band, their trip from Florida to California, Vocal Coaching, Balancing Mainstream and Independent music, Panic Button Records, Producer John Fields and More... plus MORE!

www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 59: Jesse Michaels in Conversation with Jughead - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:15:00 +0000

In Episode 59 Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy, Common Rider, Classics Of Love, Musician, Artist, Novelist) engages in a mostly nonmusical conversation with Jughead about their lives and the world in general. Touching on Night Terrors, The War Of Art, Japan, the nature of creativity, the relationship between Jughead and Ben Weasel, Astrology, Monty Python and Friendship.

Episode 58: Chris Filzer (Mug) - The Mugwumps - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:12:42 +0000

Chris of the Austria based band The Mugwumps talks to Jughead about German 80s hardcore, Radio Theory of the mid 20th century, the definition of Mugwumps, Integrity in punk rock and its global reach, plus we end with a discussion about the stellar 2018 release Clown War Four on Monster Zero Records.
www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com
www.monsterzerorecords.com

Episode 57: Andrea Manges (with Sara Ramone) LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:29:49 +0000

Today Jughead (and Sara) speak to Manges' frontman, singer/songwriter/guitarist Andrea. The Manges formed in 1993 and are still playing 27 years later. In this episode I split interview credits with Sara Ramone (Ramona Confidential) pop punk superfan and journalist for her one woman effort called 1,2,3,4. Today we talk to Andrea about topics such as home town La Spezia, their hometown venue Skaletta Rock Club, Striped Music, the Manges creative and business dynamics, publishing rights and the Italian system for such things, touring, and their latest record Punk Rock Addio.

Episode 56: DeeCracks (Matt & Mike) - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:43:34 +0000

Matt and Mike of The DeeCracks talk to Jughead about their new record, Serious Issues. Plus other conversations such as the road atlas vs GPS, Touring China, singing in English, long time friendships/business relationships, and getting kicked out of America.
www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 55: Reverend Norb/Boris The Sprinkler - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:16:48 +0000

Reverend Norb from Boris the Sprinkler is visiting Jughead in his basement. They talk about Spiderman, Guilty Pleasures, Origins, Science, and much much more!
visit www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com to learn more and to join the Patreon

Episode 54: Paddy Costello - Dillinger Four - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:51:39 +0000

Jughead's Basement Episode 54 - Paddy Costello of Dillinger Four and The Arrivals. Jughead and Patrick Costello talk about Art, Touring, Lyrical Content, Dillinger Four And More!

Episode 53: Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia Part IV - Dog Party

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:12:16 +0000

Dog Party visits the mansion of the Polycephaly Aporia and plays an acoustic version of one of their songs, plus play a part, literally, as one of The Scientists' creations. Plus we get a visit from Miguel Chen from Teenage Bottlerocket.

Episode 52: Episode 52 - Luke McNeill - Hospital Job - The Copyrights - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 21:52:41 +0000

Luke McNeill talks to Jughead about The Copyrights, Hospital Job, his actual job as a lawyer, Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts, Songwriting and much much more!
www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 51: Episode 51 - Adam Fletcher - Copyrights - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:53:55 +0000

Adam Fletcher of The Copyrights on Episode 51, talks to Jughead about: Jukebox, Punk Houses, Touring, History of the band, Weasel stories, Vapid, and many many more things.
www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com

Episode 50: Episode 50 - Ray Carlisle - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:22:49 +0000

Ray Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket talks about the history of the band with Jughead, friends for about 20 years.

Episode 49: Episode 49: Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia Part III with Grim Deeds

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:04:36 +0000

Episode 49: Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia Part III with Grim Deeds

With reoccurring characters: John Jughead Pierson, Jason Strange, Steve Ball, Claire Hall, and Brian Rooney.

Episode 48: Jughead's Basement Episode 48: Part II of The Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:36:32 +0000

Jughead's Basement: Episode 48 Part II of The Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia is John Jughead's and Jason Strange’s Horror Podcast with Punk and Underground interviews. This episode stars stand-up punk comedian Kyle Kinane.

Cast: John Jughead, Jason Strange, Steve Ball, & Brian Rooney

Artwork by B Face. (Chris Barnard)

Jughead's Basement Episode 47: Part I of Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:22:39 +0000

Jughead's Basement: Episode I Part I of Horror Of The Polycephaly Aporia

John Jughead's Horror Podcast with Punk and Underground interviews. This episode with guest Miguel Chen from Teenage Bottlerocket.
www.miguelchen.com

Cast: John Jughead, Jason Strange, Steve Ball, & Claire Hall

Artwork by B Face. (Chris Barnard)

Episode 46 - Gub Conway & Todd Pot - Live Quarantine Hour

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 08:07:15 +0000

Episode 46 with Gub Scott Conway and Todd Pot. Gub of Even In Blackouts, Ivy League, Ghost Forest, and the highly influential band Gauge, which helped to inspire a generation of EMO bands around the world and Todd in his home, in his lava lit tub, eating cherries, Tod was the vocalist and lyricist for Apocalypse Hoboken and also The House That Gloria Vanderbilt, among many others. Our conversation is far reaching. This particular episode took off amongst my facebook friends, and is still the most watched episode of the Live Quarantine Hour. The dialogue is funny, historical and philosophical, talking about such things as the meaning of Rebellion, EMO music, talks of conflict between Apocalypse Hoboken and Screeching Weasel and we discuss in length the Chicago Punk Scene in the 80s and 90s.

Episode 45 - Dan Panic & Dan Vapid (Live Quarantine Hour)

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:58:40 +0000

Dan Vapid and Dan Panic join the Live Quarantine Hour recorded on May 12, 2020.

Dan Vapid, of Dan Vapid & the Cheats, Methadones, Sludgeworth, Riverdales, Screeching Weasel, The Mopes, and Noise By Numbers, plus many more, in conversation with Dan Panic of The Groove Ghoulies, Riverdales, Squirtgun, Avengers, Pansy Division, Beulah, Screeching Weasel and much more, and in conversation with Me, Jughead, Bill & William talking about the actual postal service, screeching weasel, wine, and beyond.

Episode 44 - Lucky Yates - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:31:18 +0000

Episode 44 - Lucky Yates - Dr. Krieger of Archer.
I am happy to bring to you my interview with long time friend from the theater company in Atlanta Dad’s Garage. Lucky is most well known for his voice work on Archer but he is also a multi talented man in improvisation and puppetry. We talk here about his theater work, Archer, puppetry, my wizardry, Turner Classics, Frisky Dingo and much more.

Links to interesting things:

Dad’s Garage
https://dadsgarage.com/

The Center of Puppetry Arts in Atlanta
http://www.puppet.org/

Episode 43 - Johnny Puke - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:01:18 +0000

Episode 43 with Johnny Puke professional renaissance, singer, poet, and unique story teller. We are old friends and we talk about Screeching Weasel, Cletus, Performance Art, Blues Brothers, Movie Onset Tragedies, Punk Rock, Chris Barrows, GG Allin, Johann's Face records and my 50th Birthday Party.

Episode 42 - Stefan Tijs (Stardumb Records) LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:13:20 +0000

This week Stefan Tijs from Stardumb records. We talk Screeching Weasel, Even In Blackouts, Apers, Children Books, Integrity, Rebellion, Art, Philosophy, and much much more.

Episode - 41 KJ Jansen/Chixdiggit - LoFi Interviews with HiFI Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:51:53 +0000

This time KJ Jansen from Chixdiggit, a Calgary Canada Pop Punk Band chats with Jughead. They met in Japan on the band's last tour. And now just a few weeks later the two have decided to talk about music, Wikipedia, and Toilets.

Episode 40 B Face Lo-fi Interviews with Hi-fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 30 May 2019 17:24:48 +0000

B Face and I were in The Mopes together. A band that was and is not a band. We also talk about guitars, amps, Screeching Weasel, The Queers, and also about our personas in the punk scene. This is very stripped down, no music, no edits.

Episode 39 - Danny Panic - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:48:21 +0000

Episode 39 - Danny Panic Here is an October 2012 Interview Jughead conducted with Panic for episode 2 on My Brain Hurts. Panic and Jughead talk about Screeching Weasel and some of their experiences in the band.

Opening song for Jughead's Basement used to be called Johnny's Got A Problem, NOT Johnny's Out Of Control. In this podcast I call it by the wrong name. It's a great song by the band DI.

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Episode 38 - Kody Templeman - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:43:34 +0000

Kody Templeman of The Lillingtons and Teenage Bottlerocket. This is a full interview with Kody from April 2013, talking about Death By Television and much much more.

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Episode 37 - Tim McIlrath (Rise Against) Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:49:42 +0000

Episode 37: Tim McIlrath, An unedited interview with Rise Against's lead singer and songwriter, Tim McIlrath, about their record Sufferer & The Witness. Recorded in July of 2016.

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Episode 36 - Ryan Singer - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 23:22:57 +0000

Navajo Artist and Punk Rocker: Ryan Singer. Welcome to Jughead’s Basement Episode 36, subgenera, Lo Interviews with Hi Fi guests, today featuring an interview with Navajo artist and punk rocker, Ryan Singer. Ryan Singer currently resides and works out of his studio in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ryan allows many of his influences to affect his artwork including comic books Native art, pop art, and of course often created in his studio while listening to such bands as J Church, Black Flag, The Misfits, and even my band The Mopes. The first time I saw Ryan’s work online, I was impressed, and when The Mopes needed a new shirt design, Ryan was the first I asked.

Ryan Singer video

Ryan Singer Art Facebook

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Episode 35 - Hayley Cain and Jughead - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:04:12 +0000

This is episode 35. Hayley Cain, from Hayley and The Crushers, and Jughead talk Punk music, life, theater, writing, and even a bit of psychology. Hayley and her husband Doctor Caine were also together previously in their punk band Magazine Dirty. Hayley and Jughead have been corresponding for over a year now, and they began to work together to help each other out with social media. During this period their correspondences turned into a pretty cool friendship. This subgenera episode is a bit closer to a dueling interview format because Hayley had many questions for Jughead, but you will learn quite a bit about Hayley Cain too.

Hayley & The Crushers

Hayley's Blog

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Episode 34 - Paul Russel - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:35:26 +0000

Paul Russel is an artist known for his work on HALO and creating the Screeching Weasel Logo: Paul and I met when we were in high school, and together we made films and worked together on many artistic pursuits. Paul is the artist who created the original Screeching Weasel logo plastered on bodies across the world, he was also the guy who came up with the name Halo for Xbox and created the walls and textures of that very same game. For the past 5 years he has been creating birthday portraits of his many friends. He has done 700 to date.

Philosopher Zone on video games

Paul Russel's Patreon

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Episode 33 Steve Albini - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:31:06 +0000

An interview with famed musician and engineer Steve Albini. This is an unedited interview Jughead conducted with Steve Albini back in 2014, co-interviewed with the help of Russ Forester. In this interview we discuss Steve's childhood and coming to Chicago, his beginnings with Big Black, concerts, and thoughts on their album Atomizer.

This interview is unedited and in no particular order.

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Episode 32 - Moral Crux - Something More Dangerous

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:42:22 +0000

Jughead’s Basement featuring Moral Crux’s 1998 release Something More Dangerous released on Panic Button Records. Moral Crux formed in 1983 with frontman then and now James Farris and the then guitar player Jeff Jenkins. Soon down the line they would add the incredible bass player Justin Warren and they would go on to release various recordings with a diverse amount of smaller labels such as Velveteen Records, Polemic records, Vandal Children Records, Monitor Records before Ben Weasel approached them and convinced them they needed a proper release on the Lookout/Panic Button record label he and I were running at the time. The album was recorded with Mass Giorgini at Sonic Iguana in Lafayette Indiana, and now on this episode we bring you singer songwriter James Farris, Bass payer Justin Warren, and producer Mass Giorgini to give us a lesson in good strong pop punk songwriting from Moral Crux

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Episode 31 - Death Talk with Children - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:23:47 +0000

Jughead's Basement takes an odd existential turn on its sub genre: Lofi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests. We believe this is needed in this world of today, a bit of honesty and compassion. In this episode we focus on punk influenced parents talking to their children about... what happens next.

Denis Buckley

Dino Stamatopoulos

Erica & Jeff Spreitzer

Ray Carlisle

Kate (Punky) Schultz

Daryl Wilson

Adam Rip

Jonas Cannon

Portia Sykes

Christopher Appelgren

Dan Vapid

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Episode - 30 - Mike Lamphere - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 21:39:30 +0000

Welcome again to Lo-Fi Interviews with Hi-Fi guests, Teacher, Mike Lamphere. This is the second in a series of four interviews I have conducted and will release consecutively with Punks working in the fields of service to the common good. I have interviewed, a punk doctor, teacher, police officer, and firefighter. Listen to Mike and John talk about The Fairness of Authority, Moral Models, Chicago Punk Rock, and how to guide the younger generations even though we are older and don't quite understand them. (as it should be). Dr. Mike Lamphere was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent his formative years in the pit at the Fireside Bowl, Metro, and various clubs in the Chicagoland area. While attending undergrad college he was an active member of the scene in Carbondale, IL where he played in the Riff Randells as a member of the Lost Cross Music Co-op. In 2000 he moved to Denver and then Colorado Springs where he is still an active member in the local music scene. He finished his PhD in 2012 and after 16 years of teaching English and film classes has moved in to a role as Dean of Students at an Early College Program. He currently is writing music for an upcoming project as well as a piece on music and youth culture/identity.

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Episode - 29 - Daryl Wilson - Lo Fi Interviews

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:34:39 +0000

This is Daryl Wilson, his interview is the beginning of our 4 episode series exploring punk positions of authority and care: a doctor, a police officer, a teacher, and a firefighter. Listen to Jughead and Daryl talk about evil, selfish/selfless intentions, pharmaceuticals, the social influence of punk rock, family, and much more! JUGHEAD: This is the first in a series of four interviews I have conducted and will release consecutively with Punks working in the fields of service to the common good. I have interviewed, a punk doctor, teacher, police officer, and firefighter, to learn and explore how they move about the world, what punk means to them, and what motivates them to help others. This episode focuses on Daryl Wilson lead singer for the band the Bollweevils. Daryl Wilson is also an MD, EMS medical director for the Edward system, working for Edward Hospital in Naperville Illinois. So with no further ado listen to me in my living room with Daryl Wilson. Paypal donations to: jugheadsbasement@gmail.com or Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4145447

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Episode 28 - Pansy Division's Absurd Pop Song Romance

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 03:12:51 +0000

Welcome to Jughead’s Basement Episode 28 Featuring Pansy Division's record Absurd Pop Song Romance, released on September 8, 1998, 20 years to the date of the release of this podcast. It was their last record on the label Lookout Records. This podcast features interviews with all the band members performing on Absurd Pop Song Romance, including Jon Ginoli, Chris Freeman, Luis Illades, and Patrick Goodwin plus later member Joel Reader, and lastly engineer Steve Albini.

Editing: John Jughead, Paul Joseph, Jason Brow, and David Dufault. Please support Jughead's Basement.

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Episode 27 - Kyle Kinane - Low Fi Interviews

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 07:03:56 +0000

This is Kyle Kinane. Kyle Kinane is a comedian from Chicago who now lives in Los Angeles. He has done many other things but you can look that up, if you want more detail. I like him, and I think he is very funny. Also here is a link to our Patreon page. We need your donations to keep this shit coming.

Partially Examined Life - Free Speech

The Panpsycast - John Stuart Mills

Tranny by Laura Jane Grace

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Episode 26 - David Lyons - Lo Fi Interviews

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 03:49:27 +0000

In this second episode I talk to David Lyons. David is an LA Location Manager. He spends his day finding and managing locations for television and Feature Films. David has been at this job for 15 years and has worked with directors such as Wim Wenders, Noah Baumbach, Sean Penn, Terrence Malick, David Lynch, Mike Nichols, Oliver Stone and JJ Abrahms, to name a few. He also produced pilots for Fox and Adult Swim. David, may be known to many of you as the character Koko in one of the internet video pioneering serial comedy Yacht Rock.

I met David when he sang a Weasel song with me at a show hosted by Jonah Ray, in Chicago. I liked him immediately and presented him with a rare gift. It was an empty bottle of Weaselbrau, a brewed beer consisting of only one case of beer Screeching Weasel made in, oh shit, maybe like 1989. This gift blew his mind, and so he invited me to stay anytime with him in LA. And so he made these LA interviews possible.

David also has a podcast called "Beyond Yacht Rock", where he and other creators talk about Yacht Rock while defining new, made up genres such as "Disco Dips" where your favorite rock artists attempt to cash in by doing a disco song, or " Africa-dabra", a genre that showcases artists that get inspired by the plights of poor natives after viewing them from the back seat of an air conditioned Range Rover. It's on Starburns Audio, or iTunes, or wherever people listen to that kind of thing now.

All things involving authentic yacht rock can be found at www.yachtrock.com

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Episode 25 - Jonah Ray - Lo Fi Interviews

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 01:57:27 +0000

This second episode is with Jonah Ray, actor, comedian and writer. Jonah hails from Hawaii and ventured out alone to Los Angeles to make a name for himself. He considers himself a fan boy. He definitely knows more about punk rock than I do. He co-hosted the Nerdist Podcast, plus Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. He has a hilarious parody show on Seeso called Hidden America with Jonah Ray. He has a podcast of his own called Jonah Raydio, and most important to my girlfriend, he is the current host on the well received reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix.

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Episode 24 - Dino Stamatopoulos - Lo Fi Interviews

John "Jughead" Pierson — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 04:53:57 +0000

A more spontaneous version of Jughead's interviewing style, with friends in the entertainment field. This week featuring:

Dino Stamatopoulos:
Dino is a writer, producer and reluctant actor. You may have seen him as Starburns on the hit show Community. As a writer he is known for his work with Ben Stiller, Dana Carvey, Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, and the Mr. Show with David Cross and Bob Odenkirk… amongst others. He has also reached out into production with his company Starburns Industries with his writing friends and collaborators Dan Harmon, Joe Russo II, James Fino and Duke Jonhson Starburns Industries birthed Dino’s very own Morel Orel and Frankenhole, along with Dan’s Rick and Morty, and Charlie Kaufman’s oscar nominated animated film Anomalisa.

Dino is also the author of a graphic novel called Trent: A Light Tragedy with Music, which was originally performed in an earlier incarnation at The Annoyance Theater of Chicago in 1990.

https://www.starburnsindustries.com/

Dino's band: Sorry About Everything:
https://www.sorryabouteverything.com/

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Episode 23 - Sludgeworth’s Losers Of The Year

John "Jughead" Pierson — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:00:00 +0000

This episode finally sees the light of day! I have been working on it for two years. I had dropped it at one point because we could not get the full band involved. But after an email thread with all the participating members it was decided to forge ahead. Sludgeworth was one my favorite bands to watch on stage during the early days of our Chicago scene (1989 - 92). So I am proud to release into the world this long awaited episode, 1995 Lookout Records compilation release of Losers of the Year including interviews with band members:

Dan (Vapid) Schafer (vocals)
Adam White (guitar)
Mike (Strat) Hootenstart (bass)
Brian (Vermin) McQuaid (drums)

Thanks to my podcast team: Jeromy Corp, Paul Joseph, and Jason Brow.
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Episode 22 - Grim Deeds & John Jughead - Dueling Interviews

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 22:24:36 +0000

For Episode 22 We will be introducing a sub format for some episodes from The Basement. To help fill the long periods of time between full band episodes we will now engage in a second endeavor called Jughead’s Basement Presents: Dueling Interviews. In these episodes the interviewer and interviewee will become one, and within a previously dictated amount of time these two will pose questions for each other to answer, hopefully resulting in a somewhat meaningful conversation. Each episode will contain two randomizing elements to lead the questioning in different directions. And each interviewer/interviewee will have two minutes at the end to some up. This podcast will NOT be highly edited, and will be more of a spontaneous exploration of art and music.

Episode 22 - Dueling Interviews With John Jughead & Grim Deeds

For more info and music by Grim Deeds:
https://grimdeeds.bandcamp.com/album/grim-deeds

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Episode 21 - Rise Against’s The Sufferer And The Witness

John "Jughead" Pierson — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:00:00 +0000

Episode 21 of Jughead’s Basement featuring Rise Against’s The Sufferer & The Witness

With interviews with all four band members including: Joe Principe, Tim Mcllrath, Brandon Barnes, and Chris Chasse. With additional interviews of founding member Dan Wieklinski and current guitarist Zach Blaire.

Podcast Editing credits to John Jughead, Jason Brow, and Paul Joseph.

Correction: The last track is called Boys No Good, and is a cover of a band called Lifetime.

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Episode 20 - The Apers' Self Titled Debut

John "Jughead" Pierson — Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:14:21 +0000

This is the beginning of the podcasts venturing to honor the few European bands that took me in when I wandered the world, searching for myself and trying to complete my first novel, Weasels In A Box.

The Apers, from Rotterdam, opened up their lives to me and let me stay with them and play a few shows with their band, around the time of the release of this very record.

This podcast is co-hosted by
Ramona Confidential founder: Sara Ramone

Interviews on this podcast include all four band members from the Self Titled Record:
Kevin Aper - Bass & Vocals
Ivo Backbreaker - Drums
Jerry Hormone - Guitars
Marien Nicotine - Guitars and Backing Vocals

Plus:
Stardumb Records founder:
Stefan Tijs

Thanks also to my assistant editor: Jason Brow

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Episode 19 - The Pink Lincoln's Back From The Pink Room

John "Jughead" Pierson — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 23:00:14 +0000

Episode 19: The Pink Lincolns' Back From The Pink Room

Released in 1988

Interviews with core band members: Chris Barrows and Dorsey Martin
Plus a special interview from Engineer/Producer and Drummer for Descendents, All, and Black Flag: Bill Stevenson

Editing by John Jughead and Jason Brow.

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