It's All Bad

Raven was stuffing cupcakes with pills while her mom read her the Big Book. Raised between Eastside hipster culture and South Central street life. She bounced through the system as a runaway, learned how to boost before she could legally drink, and caught her first case selling Ecstasy. From being a keyholder at American Apparel straight to Tarzana Treatment Center. Raven’s story of hope is one yo...

This week’s guest Pete The Mod is trottin’ for a cotton when he gets chased on horseback trying to cop. From getting loaded in the 4th grade to getting wrapped up with the daughter of a cult leader, Pete takes us on a tour of the rehab riviera, gives us momo reviews with Reno, and ends up buying ice from an Aryan Nation ice truck driver. Then somehow it all comes full circle when that same dude en...

S5 Ep.6 Down in the Hole with Patty Schemel This week’s guest is the legendary drummer from Hole, Patty Schemel and this one hits hard. Patty talks growing up with parents who met in AA, helping light the fuse of the Seattle grunge explosion, and coming up through Sub Pop Sundays with Sybil and Doll Squad before getting the call from Earth’s Dylan Carlson to join Hole. Speed. Alcohol. Fame. Needle...

This week on It’s All Bad , Uncle Paulie aka Paulie James crashes the party, Growing up in NY, Takes us on his journey to recovery and coming up around his mom’s comedy club after being conceived at a Clash concert. Meanwhile Reno spends the whole episode trying to hide his massive man crush.

Hey Foo, Dave Manheim from @dopeypodcast pulls up with the fellas—swapping wild Dopey stories, debating harm reduction vs. abstinence, and opening up about losing a co-host and brother. We laugh, we get dark, and we rewind to when it really was all bad. Big thanks for having us at Dopeywood and christening the new studio as our first guest.

Today we’ve got our good friend, legendary skateboarder Jimmy Gorecki on the deck. Growing up just outside of Philly above a funeral parlor, Jimmy found his way to a local skatepark at 12, splitting his early years between skating and wrestling. Somewhere in that mix came the chaos too, by way of the bottle. That push-and-pull sharpened his edge, but it was one pivotal moment—landing a clean Backs...

This one’s straight outta Covina — the sobriety capital of the world…or at least that’s what they told themselves.  Covina’s finest: Keith, Larry, and Chris trade war stories while Reno tries to keep up. From barefoot tweaker missions and 92-day crack runs to prison stretches, scrapyard scores, and the legendary Fish Bong incident…this one goes all the way off the rails.

Welcome back to Season 5 of It’s All Bad. The boys are back and officially off house arrest—the statute of limitations is up on Dead City Punks, and Keith, Reno, and Danny are coming in hot with a full-blown return to form. 
We’re kicking things off with some extremely wet PCP stories, a deep dive into Dead City history, and raw tales from the streets with Danny, Grumpy, and Mike. It’s everything...

We are so back!  Reno, Keith and Danny are finally off house arrest and back in the saddle. We have a new studio. New guests. We’re back on patreon and can’t wait to show you what tricks we got up our sleeves!  Join us this Monday to kick off the season with a brand new episode from Dead City Punx

Ep. 125: Don’t have to sell us on Jason Ellis We are so back! This weeks guest comes all the way from down under to the Wild West. Jason Ellis joins us to discuss everything from Xanax Bars to Fliping Cars on his journey in recovery. His resume covers everything from Pro Skater, MMA Fighter, Stand Up Comic to Porn Star. But we are most impressed with the work he has has done to show up to transfor...

Ep. 124: True Sounds of Lunacy With this week’s episode we brought on our friend “Gentleman” Jack Grisham, singer and founder of the band True Sounds of Liberty(T.S.O.L.) as our guest. Southern California was the wild west of punk rock and violence in the 80’s and Jack and his band were at the forefront of all the mayhem. Jack takes us back to the pit with some tails of terror about T.S.O.L. along...

Get jumped in with us this week as we talk to our good friend, Randy Q. Born into a life of addiction in East LA, the odds were stacked against him from the gate. Gang life, dope and prison were the constant themes for him and his family. After years in the streets and the system, Randy finally found recovery. He has since helped thousands of people recover through his work as a beloved substance...

This weeks guest hails from the industrial wonderland that is Michigan. Mike Crain moved the valley at a young age and sought refuge through skating and punk rock. Mike got his big break working at the world famous Gil Turners on the Sunset Strip. From almost being run over by Sean Penn to having his jaw broken while drunk this is surely an episode you won’t want to miss. More than just fun storie...

No Way!!! Welcome back to season 4 of Its All Bad with your host, Keith, Reno and Ukrainian Danny.   Kicking off this season we brought our friend Kelly Cole to have a chat with us and share some stories, from a boy growing up in Indiana to him landing in the big city of NYC, prime time in the late 80s.  Kelly shares about his life as a club kid, DJ and party promoter brought a lot of access to th...

Come hang with us this week as we welcome our friend Jodie Sweetin. From Full House to Full Blown. Jodie’s wild ride in to stardom and the following chapters in her life. From ecstasy filled grants to advocating for harm reduction.  Taking a few drinks freshman year of college ends up on the White Pony. Jodie’s experience with addiction, alcoholism and finally an incredible recovery, family life a...

Writer, Actor and Comedian Daniel Daly chops it up with Danny, Keith and Reno on this weeks It's All Bad!   Daniel grew up in wine country but made the school papers, getting wasted from his first drink of cheap vodka, becoming legend before graduation. Moving to LA shortly after to become an actor, his agent sent him to an accent coach to try to get him auditions outside the "funny gay friend" ro...

Sippin' drank, poppin' pills, stacking up dollars bills. Our guest this week moved to NYC from Texas to attend art school and quickly discover that the art degree she wanted was the art of pharmaceuticals. Nomi was a babysitter turned dancer that has quite the story. Join us on her journey as she goes from prescription cocktails to grand malaise seizures. Our good friend Lawrence joins us on this...

Music, drugs, egos, insanity…genius!  Come with us and unpack what it was all about with Pete Weiss on this weeks’ episode. Pete had a front row seat for it all. The beginnings of punk rock out west, the early days on the Sunset Strip…the formation of some of LA’s most influential bands, the movie biz in the roaring 80s under one of other most prolific directors ever. Pivotal moments of life, art,...

This weeks episode is SoCal’s favourite son Mr Frankie Ball Jr. Join us on a mission with as he gets into scrapes and slings ink from Covina to OC to Berdoo and Venice. From Slayer-fueled DMT trips at death scenes to car crashes and the treasure of Larry H. Parker - Sprinkle some Anaheim shenanigans and quick modeling career in NYC, Frankie has covered some serious ground in his short time on the...

Join us this week as we hop behind the wheel with our very own Ally to learn about the dangers of day drinking & driving, flat earth, the moon landing, and comedy clubs.

Grab your Poppers and KY Jelly because this week we have a very special guest from the depths of Sniffies with our very special friend Matt LeGrande, aka Matt The Big.  Our story begins in Indonesia where Matt was born to his missionary parents who met at Liberty University. Matt grew up seeing exorcisms and trying to pray the gay away. When moving to Los Angeles to become a “light” in the film in...

Welcome back to the second half of season 3 with Jason Dill. Skate prodigy and founder of FA. Dill shares some stories with us from the early days of professional skateboarding, being mentored by Ed Templeton and dropping out of high school(while flying 1st class to Japan) to skating in NYC on acid, watching taxi divers run people over as well as being on PCP and wanting to lift the entire bar.  A...

Our Sorta-Rican homeboy Dante Ross joins us to tell us all about growing up in the LES. Running around with the Beastie Boys and getting chased by all of Venice. We discuss Streetwear vs. Fashion. Punk Rock vs Hardcore. Getting 12 stepped by DJ AM and Danny tells us about his run in with DJ AM back in the Dim Mak days. Come crack it off on this weeks episode of It’s All Bad. Not like the crack tha...

This week we are thrilled to welcome Alessandra D. on the pod. Tune in to listen to her journey from Queens to Ktown and back to New York. This is one not to miss. 

Danny, Keith, Lawrence and Reno kicked off the new season of Its All Bad with a live show at Stories Books & Cafe back in February. Patrick O’Neil and Gabby Lamb joined them along with Narcan Nate. Such a great time! New episode coming out next week.