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Send us Fan Mail We have a Number 1 charting artist (I don't make the rules) in MLPP Towers this week. Pet Needs' very own Johnny has taken time out from extremely significant life events in order to talk to us two idiots about his band's latest album: Elbows Out! This is Capitalism. We get tour stories, board gaming with philosopher stories, acoustic songs on the Caribbean sea stories and many more stories. Plus, Tom and Johnny discover a mutual connection! Danny Barrett has a gig report, the hosts clash over confectionary and there's another Top 5 punk songs to commemorate an important event. Music this week is from: Snuff, Slagfeldt, The Abs, Fear and The Raging Nathans.

Send us Fan Mail Some folks from Suf-folk join us this week. The Winonas are in to discuss (mainly) their newest release, the full length "Dead Romantic" (out now on Socks On Records, who also have a podcast, apparently). As well as that, though, we chat about preferred grammar, create a new slang term, garage rock and its loudness, the south east scene and much more. The hosts are stuck in a timewarp, the big book is bulging at the seams so jump on in and have a laugh! Music is from: The Bennies, Minimal Faff, 30 Foot Fall, The Lippies and Popeless

Send us Fan Mail Phew. Have you recovered yet? A handful of brave souls convened to discuss the MPF 2026 experience on Wednesday night to recount and piece together the previous weekend. We all discuss our personal highlights and lowlights, including self analysing all our own performances. But, to get your juices flowing like ours were: Which guest is a security risk?Who turned up in a sarong?Why did Danny Barrett get a bottle of water chucked at him?Does Tom know how many kids he has?Who is the best son out of the guests?Music is courtesy of: Pizzatramp, The Papashangos, F****d Up and Healer of Bastards

Send us Fan Mail In order to slake our thirst for justice, we knew exactly what to do when we were invited back for the (record breaking, history making) 3rd time to Manchester Punk Festival: a courtroom style, debate, thing. Tom is judging, Danny Barrett is clerking. The legal team of Dickkie Watson (Shackleford), Eddie French (off Punk Rock Elite Podcast) and Archie Moss (Clayface & Incisions) are doing legal battle with Alex Lowe (Healer Of Bastards), Mark L Williamson (The trainline) and Benny Rabble (Serial Bowl Records). Precedents will be set, matters will be resolved and we get an insight into the minds of our top barristers. Music is from: The Clash, Descendents, Sublime and Guttermouth.

Send us Fan Mail It's back, it's still unofficial (but aren't most fun things?) and it's BIGGER THAN EVER! It's the MLPP MPF 2026 Preview show! Tom and Danny Barrett sought out the quickest wits and greatest minds in the DIY punk scene for contributions, but sadly they were all busy. So, instead, we put together a team of punters and performing artistes to hype up this year's MPF, discuss what we're all looking forward to and what our plans are.  The Team in question are: Riaz off Grail Guard Dickkie off Shackleford Archie off Incisions and Clayface Al Lowe off Healer of Bastards Duco Van Der Veen off Interpol's most wanted list Benny Rabble off Serial Bowl Records Richard White off Crimewatch We cover all the exciting acts playing the fest this year, as well as the dangers of industrial equipment, celebrity manslaughter, Al's harsh punishments for his cats, Duco's sporting career, Benny Rabble's emigration, Richard White's hangover and completely unpromted, a number of guests share their first bands' first cover versions. I'm not going to tell you who the music's by, or which bands get mentioned. You'll have to listen, won't you?

Send us Fan Mail A warm trans-atlantic welcome to Oh The Humanity this week who are in for a chat ahead of their upcoming uk tour! Kevin, their esteemed vocalist takes us through all the stops on their jaunt, as Tom and Jake (off Los Fatso Libres) offer up pearls of wisdom and judgement on each town and city (sorry, Leeds). We also talk about previous UK tours, dental hygiene, fests around the world and song writing problems. Jake provides us with a gig report, a top 5 AND a stag do report. Tom outlines his pathetic existence of late, but then cheers himself up with an impromptu announcement. Music this week is courtesy of: TSOL, Last Ditch Effort, Bad Year, Zero Cost and Avem.

Send us Fan Mail It's Dinner (lady) Time! We're joined by one third of Merseyside's lunch-themed sextet Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies this week, and what a visit it was! We deep dive into the trend of wearing the merch of left wing bands whilst being a right wing piece of garbage, we dissect the Rebellion Festivals booking of The Wurzels, hear about how the Dinnerettes craft their choreography and we disclose a village in Warwickshire's top shagger. Tom asks all the big questions about cosplaying, Danny Barrett shares his nerdy day out and we discuss what happens when you head to the wrong town for a gig. Music this time is provided by: WIZO, The Winonas, Healer of Bastards, The Hawaiians and The Aquabats.

Send us Fan Mail We're on a highway to Hull this week as we're joined by the kings of The Humber, Zero Cost! They have their debut full length out later this year on Engineer Records and they tease us with some details about their record release show. We also discuss rural crime, a homage using a "huh", the worst time to have a bath, water storage within one's self and a lot more. Danny Barrett furnishes us with another top 5 punk songs, Tom hears a heart breaking story about a man whose illness prevents him from listening to the pod and we finally get around to discussing our views on "ska for BBQs", Sublime. Music this week comes from: The Dirtbombs, Headaches, Dead Kennedys, Rivalry and The Overbites.

Send us Fan Mail Boss La! and all that.  It's time for another Tom On One this week where I take my years of psychology experience, which I got from watching Frasier, and grill a lone punk rocker about their journey through the genre and beyond. This week it's the turn of Garreth Hirons, bass maestro from Merseyside's angry speed daemons, Code Break! Mr H has some very eclectic song choices to keep you on your toes. We also discuss his honeymoon, covid employment practices, an English brewery in Tokyo and much more. Sweary Jon's regular question finally comes back to bite him on the arse, so enjoy that. Music comes from: Chixdiggit, The Bucky Bombs, Rocket From The Crypt, Dirtbombs, Guitar Wolf and The Chats.

Send us Fan Mail How Do? Goo, West Yorkshire's finest indie-pop-punk rockers are in today. Well, one of them is as they've just got back from tour and they're all full of germs.  Kurt, the drummer, has stepped up to the plate though and explains to us: the joy of 7"s, the motivational power of dividing your work day into quarters when hungover, a curry conundrum and delayed christmas clear-ups. Bazz has created a new segment which is about haircuts this time, Tom's been out and about in Peterborough and we reveal our list of weird names for the remote control as compiled by you, the listeners. Music is from: Sublime, Mutiny, Los Fatso Libres, AFI, The Clash and Joyce Manor

Send us Fan Mail The Remote Controls are in this week ahead of them being buried alive by snow as we spoke! It's straight up punk rock from these three, no messin'. We talk drinking culture, smoking culture, dream opening slots and, of course, their two full length records, the newest of which (Too Tough) came out late last year. And, you can get it from Brassneck Records, apparently. Danny Barrett takes his new place in the co-host chair for his maiden voyage, so go easy on him, because I didn't. Songs this week come from: The Vandals, unpolished*, Buzzcocks, Billy Bragg and Grail Guard.

Send us Fan Mail Yam Oroight? Another Tom On One for you all this week, and the "one" is none other than Healer of Bastard's very own bass player, Al Lowe! Al is a full on west midlander, with the voice and everything so Tom is very happy to be amongst his people. We discuss key musical moments from Al's life: From when he turned greeb as a teen, all the way through to when he turned 30. SERIOUS WARNING: There's some quite graphic injury detail, so if you're squeamish or listening with kids (you shouldn't be, it's quite sweary) then maybe skip the skateboarding segment.  We also reminisce about songs the pandemic gave us, build Al's ultimate bass trio, hear about millionaires after free stuff and just who did Al name his cat after? Songs this week are from: Green Day, Guttermouth, Grail Guard, NOFX, Pears and Bad Religion. 

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! To kick off 2026, we have a Tom On One episode, featuring friend of the show, bed pisser, front man of Born Shit Stirrers and the second most understandable member of the Fukpunk Radio crew, Jon Bates. We hear about tracks that accompanied Jon's life when he turned 18, 21, 30 and 40. We discuss some significant events from Jon's life in those years, as well as significant global events. The tracks this week come from Ten Pole Tudor, Millionyears, Avail, Randy, Red Alert and The Queers.

Send us Fan Mail The swindle continues in the second part of our festive magnum opus: The complete deconstruction of 1980s highest grossing movie (about the Sex Pistols) "The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle". Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats and Eddie French off Punk Rock Elite Podcast are still in and Danny is revealing himself to be a Sex Pistols expert as we move through. This half has changing nationalities, a trip to Brazil, a talking dog, a French resistance fighter (probably) and of course, more flaccid cocks. Merry Christmas Everyone. See you in 2026.

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas one and all! We all like a good movie over the festive period, but we also like slagging off crap movies too. Hence, Tom has summoned the two best film critics he knows: Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats and Eddie French off Punk Rock Elite Podcast to discuss, dissect and review Julien Temple's 1980 "documentary", The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle, which stars The Sex Pistols and their hangers on. Part 1 has all the things you imagine when thinking about punk rock: Gimp masks, funk medleys, jamming rock n roll standards, child nakedness and singing lessons. The film's available to watch on YouTube, so it may be worth watching that so you know what we're on about here. Part 2 will land in a couple of days!