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This is the end!!! Final Episode of Series One! Go See School Drugs on tour with Good Riddance and War On Women. Josh, you're amazing and the perfect guest to wrap our show. Thanks man. Let's hang soon! Neal 

THIS IS THE END! Of Series 1 of our show. Well it's the first part of the end. In this episode we talk to Russ Rankin from Good Riddance, Only Crime and his solo work. Russ Rankin released a Solo Album at the end of January 2022. We chat about that, how SBAM records is still a most amazing album, recording at Blasting Room like a lot, touring, Spanish, Japan and proper tour busses! Good Riddance is now hitting the road  at the end of this week and going to Pouzzafest in Montreal QC. Interestingly enough Part 2 of the finale features another band on this tour which also is being supported by War on Women (Check out our Sue Werner Episode)! That's three, THREE amazing guests getting together and finally doing what we all collectively love so much, Hitting the road!! Enjoy! -Neal Without a doubt, Russ Rankin has been one of the most influential frontmen in punk for the last 30 years. With Good Riddance and numerous other projects, he has contributed to the agenda for the punk scene worldwide. On his solo records, Rankin continues to refine his songwriting, delving into social and political topics, as well as the melancholy underpinnings of personal love and loss. With the deftness of experience and unflinching honesty, his songs seek to understand and embrace the inner turmoil of the human condition – with a fervent desire to champion the best in us. His brusque delivery, instantly recognizable by now, serves as a catalyst in advocating for social justice and animal rights, reaching far beyond the borders of the punk scene. The first single Babel from Come Together Fall Apart is based on the story of the Tower of Babel, speaks to the time when humanity had one, common, tongue, which then, due to rancor and mistrust, splintered into a hundred different languages. This event foretold centuries of war and turmoil across the world, all born from a fundamental inability to communicate. 'SBÄM Records (EU), Cursed Blessings Records (CAN) and Say-10 Records (USA)'. For more information or to book an interview please contact Melanie at [email protected]  

In this episode we chat about one of the most important  issues a traveler can encounter; snacks! Vlad from Wasting Time confronts all manner of important Canadian topics head on. Get ready for a blast but bring a belt, you'll need it! Neal   Wasting Time Wasting Time is a pop punk quartet from Toronto, Canada that has been plugging away since 2017. The band plays their brand of melodic, sonic chaos and are inspired by bands such as Alkaline Trio, No Use For A Name, and MxPx. They’ve since released an album, a couple EPs, several singles and have shared the stage with Smoking Popes, Direct Hit and Young Rochelles.  Once More Without Feeling is the sophomore album, featuring 10 songs that will take the listener on a magic carpet ride of uptempo romps, melodic choruses, heartfelt lyrics and a few slower excursions. The songs were produced and mixed by Steve Rizun at Drive Studios throughout 2020 and 2021. On March 25th, the band will celebrate the release of the album to be distributed worldwide by Paper + Plastick with their friends The Anti-Queens and K-Man & The 45s at The Hard Luck Bar in Toronto. Limited CD copies of the album will be available at the show. Upcoming tour dates: March 19th at The Red Dog, Peterborough, On March 25th at Hard Luck Bar, Toronto, On (record release show with The Anti-Queens and K-Man & The 45s) May 19th at Avant-Garde Bar, Ottawa, On May 20th-22nd at Pouzza Fest, Montreal, Qc

Like the Episode? Love the show?! Please consider leaving us a tip/donation! Click Here! Thanks! Want to Paypal us a tip/ donation?! We'd love that! Click Here! Use Venmo and would like to offer us a tip/donation? We'd love that too! Click here to help! I love this episode. We cover so many insane things. Michi is an amazing person. The band he's in is incredible. This one is such a wild ride!  It’s a circus party with cotton candy!  With Berlin folk punk band Circus Rhapsody you can’t help but be amazed. Featuring a diverse musical sound that combines wild 50s rock’n’roll with ska and melodic punk, a juggling drummer, a climbing violinist and lots of free cotton candy — the energy is unforgettable and the show is a true spectacle.  Now in 2021, the band has recently signed with Californian label Mannequin Vanity Records. Together, they plan to release the new album Just Kidding in June of 2021. To tease the upcoming album, Circus Rhapsody will drop their new single “Revolution” in May as well as several covers of their friends’ bands in a #singmysongmydearfriend social campaign. Music and performance videos will support the release as well. Running publicity will be Melanie Kaye PR (formerly of Fat Wreck Chords Canada).  In 2019 Circus Rhapsody celebrated their 400th concert. Performances took place with Less Than Jake, Ignite, Wednesday 13, Nekromantix, The Kooks, Jaya the Cat, The Montreal, Feine Sahne Fischfilet, Mutabor and Turbostaat. Whether at a festival, small club or large hall – the four friendly rockers put on their very own frenetic show in every possible location. For their 2018 tour the band supported the community 7 ” Sexxxy as f**k! Yummie as hell! released through the London label ‘Umlaut Records’. It contains guest appearances by: Ingo (Donots), CJ Ramone, Steven (Belvedere), Pat (The Decline), Filou (Berlin Boom Orchestra) Shrimpfield and many more. Also, in cooperation with ‘Elixier Gin’, the first own band Schnäps has appeared. The previous album Telling Horrorstories has been available in stores worldwide since November 2015 – in Europe via the Berlin label “Springstoff” and in Mexico via “Living Dead Records”. With 21 varied titles, it shows that Berliners have a lot to offer musically. In 2013 the debut album Pacific Playland was released in DIY style and enjoyed moderate local and regional success.  The band: Michi (bass) Mahaze (guitar) Erik (drums) KT (violin) The circus family: Lukas (muscles) Alla (cotton candy) Andreas (merchandise) https://www.facebook.com/circusrhapsody https://www.instagram.com/circusrhapsody/?hl=en   https://www.youtube.com/circusrhapsody  

Like the Episode? Love the show?! Please consider leaving us a tip/donation! Click Here! Thanks! Want to Paypal us a tip/ donation?! We'd love that! Click Here! Use Venmo and would like to offer us a tip/donation? We'd love that too! Click here to help! Self-proclaimed “world punk” band QUEL BORDEL! Has gone outside of their usual wheelhouse and ventured into the world of instrumental gypsy jazz with their new album Dinner for Derelicts. QUEL BORDEL (QB!) was formed in San Diego, CA in 2013 w/ a Ukrainian, two Filipino brothers, a classically trained violinist, and a punk rock drummer. After the better part of a decade, they have had multiple releases and kept up a vigorous touring regiment of over 150+ shows a year. The band has toured the US, Canada, and Europe, and they have made a small dent in the folk-punk music scene: coining their own sub-genre “world punk.” After the release of their first full-length CD, Caravan Treasures (nominated for Best World Music Album by the 2015 San Diego Music Awards), QB! reveled in a three-week international festival tour with French folk group BandàpArt (headlining Coin de la Vigne, & FestiBaloche in France), which they repeated again 2016 in the US (headlining Crestfest in Colorado, SD GypsyFest in San Diego, and others) amid several regional tours and resident gigs as well. 2017 saw increased regional touring with a full European Tour (headlining Coin de la Vigne again in France, as well as performances at Festibaloche (Olargues, France), and Highmatland Festival (Leutkirch, Germany) a motif that has continued on as the band currently maintains a vigorous touring schedule and band “bromance” with BandàpArt. In fact the two groups have merged into a side-project super-group known as BandàBordel and released an EP together in 2018. QUEL BORDEL! is noted for their wild performances and danceable beats. QB! has headlined sweaty, high-energy shows at House of Blues (Mainstage), The Holding Company, The Casbah, and has performed at the Get Shamrocked festival 7 years in a row. Likewise, the band has shared the stage with: Flatfoot 56, Metallachi, The Rum Jacks, The Real McKenzies, Diego’s Umbrella, Sprung Monkey, Magic Giant, Young Dubliners, Dublin City Ramblers, Bridge City Sinners, Daze ‘N Daze, Dirty Kid Discount, and many others. QB also boasts several television slots (including a feature on TLC’s Breaking Amish), as well as new music in the pipeline (three EP’s released in under a year and two more on the way). Website: http://www.quel-bordel.com

Enjoy the Episode? Please consider tipping us! Click Here to help us out! In this episode we talk to the wonderful and thoughtful Michael Bingham of Spiritual Cramp about Memphis (Pat & Mike Like it, I hate it), Punishers OR ARE THEY?!!?!?, Let's work ourselves to death and puking in cabs Boston Style!  Enjoy!

THIS EPISODE RULES. PERIOD. Pat and I went to Fest 19. On the way there we got a chance to do our first ever show from the road together. Who better than legendary Canadian Punk Rocker, KJ Jansen. I've been a fan of this band for like 20 some years. Interestingly enough Chixdiggit is turning 31 years this year and they are celebrating this milestone at the AMAZING Bovine Sex Club. We cover a lot of ground (clearly marked in kilometers) in this episode. Some episodes, the stories flow slower than maple syrup in The Northwest Territories. Some episodes the stories are pile up higher than some Polar Park Beers before the Oilers crush it in the post season.  Let me tell you my friends. This show is about 18 Polar Parks deep. Enjoy! Chixdiggit! and the Bovine Sex Club are both turning 30!  Thirty years after forming a band based on t-shirts they made before ever picking up their instruments, Calgary’s Chixdiggit still sounds like catchy summer tunes blasting from car windows. Specializing in three-minute songs that stick in your head for the next three weeks, Chixdiggit has always been more riff than raff. Their enthusiastic brand of post-punk pop is neither faded nor jaded.   Revered as one of the city's greatest Rock'N'Roll landmarks due to its junk-encrusted exterior -- not to mention a hub for musicians and music fans worldwide the Bovine Sex Club (542 Queen St. W.) is one of the most loved and long-running music venues in Canada. In honor of reaching its 30th anniversary despite all the hurdles, it was decided it’s time to celebrate and who better to do that with than Chixdiggit! as both ring in 30 years!   Join in the celebration at the Bovine Sex Club with three big shows on November 4th, 5th, and 6th with two different bands joining them each night!  11/4: Wordplay, Black Cat Attack, Chixdiggit! 11/5: Heavy Petter, School Damage, Chixdiggit! 11/6: The Shivies, Bad Words , Chixdiggit!  $20.00 in advance.  Doors at 9 pm. Tickets @SHOWCLIX.COM 

This super special episode I got the chance to sit down with Joe Sib while he was on tour with Joey Cape and Jose from MakeWar. Who's Joe Sib? Well let's see this amazing comedian has shared the stage with um.... METALLICA for starters. How about Joe is Co-owner and co-founder of legendary record label SideONE Dummy (If you ever got the Warped Tour Comp, you can mail Joe and his team your thanks). Joe was a member of 22 Jacks a punk rock "Super Group" (if that's a thing, it certainly was in this case) as well as influential 90's Punk Rock group Wax. Look Joe rules and amazing and he's super fun. I plan on checking out Joe when he comes back to town.  Check this episode out and make sure to catch him ASAP! 

Wow! We did it. We did our first Ska Band. These guys are dear friends of me and Pat. Also two other members happen to play in my current band. These guys are hilarious. On this episode we cover, lets make the news, Ben Treat is a recon eagle eye, sensitive guys can fight,  the terror that is Santo, a watermelon story, Smash Mouth (why can't we be friends), the 1990s and why Texas got a rain check. THE SMOOTHS!! SKA!!! 

Normally we keep these episodes to around 30 minutes. What can I say, I'm holding stuff back for the people that will hopefully one day join our Patreon. This one hits different. This is about one of the most important DIY spaces and the guy that runs it. This is about a scene that needs this space. So without further adieu, Here is the Full Epsiode. The thing that we save for Patreon. I'm not sure if I'll ever do this again, but Skid Row will forever hold a place in my heart.  If you've ever played there or been to a show there, share this. MC rules. Skid Row forever. Here is the Go Fund Me for Skid Row. Please donate. This is important. Donate to Skid Row Garage

WOW! Arty Shepherd. What can I say? I've definitely been smashed in this guy's legendary bar St. Vitus, but little did I know that this guy has had 25 + years of touring in amazing bands under his belt. We cover some of his best touring horror stories. From almost falling to his death in Italy to nearly being beaten to death by mobs of angry Korn fans Arty has certainly had a blast touring and this made for a SUPURB episode. Enjoy!  

Surprise! My buddy and Co-Host decided to play in Baltimore's most amazing Hardcore band, END IT, and they decided to go on tour!! Check this out! We've got Call Outs, Shout Outs, Shit Talk, Broken Vans, Un-named Punishers, Sweaty Sleeps, and Even More Rad Stuff. Hell Yeah!