John "Jughead" Pierson

Jughead's Basement

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Jughead's Basement is hosted by Screeching Weasel, Mopes, and Even In Blackouts' co-founder John Jughead Pierson.  The podcast has three subcategories: Dissections of punk records.  Long-form interviews of punk & alternative musicians, comedians, and underground performers.  Plus, lastly, an old fashion radio adventure that tells the twisted tale of two men attached to one body roaming an unknown mansion meeting and interviewing different guests every episode.

Author

John "Jughead" Pierson

Category

Music

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Latest episode

Jun 9, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 52: Episode 52 - Luke McNeill - Hospital Job - The Copyrights - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 29.01.2021

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 27.01.2021

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 23.01.2021

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 22.12.2020

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 30.11.2020

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 01.11.2020

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 04.07.2020

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...

Episode 45 - Dan Panic & Dan Vapid (Live Quarantine Hour) 27.06.2020

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,...

Episode 44 - Lucky Yates - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests 17.08.2019

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. Link...

Episode 43 - Johnny Puke - LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests 04.07.2019

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 14.06.2019

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 07.06.2019

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 30.05.2019

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 29.01.2019

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....

Episode 38 - Kody Templeman - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 10.01.2019

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.   Please donate to us, simply go to paypal and donate money to jugheadsbasement@gmail.com ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: OR PATREON LINK

Episode 37 - Tim McIlrath (Rise Against) Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 19.12.2018

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.   ONE TIME DONATIONS TO JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT: OR PATREON LINK

Episode 36 - Ryan Singer - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 17.12.2018

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 ar...

Episode 35 - Hayley Cain and Jughead - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 10.12.2018

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 pe...

Episode 34 - Paul Russel - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 26.11.2018

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 an...

Episode 33 Steve Albini - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 20.11.2018

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.     ONE T...

Episode 32 - Moral Crux - Something More Dangerous 31.10.2018

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 Velve...

Episode 31 - Death Talk with Children - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 03.10.2018

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 Ad...

Episode - 30 - Mike Lamphere - Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests 27.09.2018

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...

Episode - 29 - Daryl Wilson - Lo Fi Interviews 17.09.2018

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 con...

Episode 28 - Pansy Division's Absurd Pop Song Romance 08.09.2018

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...

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