Mid Life Punk Podcast

Send us Fan Mail It's 2025, so Happy New Year! Our first guest of 2025 is the ivory ticklin', vocalizin' journalistin' Vez off X-Ray Vez (and Wonk Unit)! We discuss the urge for her to step out as a solo artist, dating apps, attractive food mascots, being cat-called, dick pics and of course what happens when someone dicks about with their keyboard before lending it to you. Tom...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year one and all! What better way to bin off the old year than by remembering some stuff about it and discussing it with your mates? Tom, Niallism and guest discusser Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats have painstakingly remembered 2024 and have each chosen their top song, top gig and top album of last year. Without giving too much away, music this week/year comes from: Fu...

Send us Fan Mail Sunderland's hardest men, Dead Wet Things, have overpowered security at MLPP Towers this week. It's the perfect way to kick off your Christmas break! Their origin story is as interesting as their songs, their sound is not what you'd call "traditional" punk, but we love 'em anyway! Join us as we hear about their way of dealing with rude ex-members, get...

Send us Fan Mail Lock up your stottie cakes, 'cause this week we're joined by Newcastle's very own Fast Blood. Well, we're joined by 50% of the band (and 50% of its Daves): Davey the drummer and Abi the vocalist. We discuss retro computer games (bonus points if you spot the hidden game theme music), when things started going down hill in the world, irritating pets, riots, our h...

Send us Fan Mail Us and Punk Rock Elite Podcast put together a tribute to NOFX's Punk in Drublic album to commemorate its 30th anniversary. It's all for charity, so get it bought, In order to breakdown and dissect this musical monolith, we've recruited the beast from the North East, Mick off Tearjerker, to do just that. Listen in and be amazed at the variety on the comp, the sterlin...

Send us Fan Mail Release Day is here and we are all as amazed as anyone! We have a full play through of one of the tracks too! Band camp link: https://midlifeelite.bandcamp.com/album/a-tribute-to-punk-in-drublic Link to liner notes: https://punkrockelitepodcast.co.uk/punk-in-drublic-tribute Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: App...

Send us Fan Mail What better way to usher in St Andrew's Day than with cosmopolitan Glaswegians, Low Level Monk! Here at MLPP we've been instantly hooked on their melodies and pumped up by their mid-life angst and we hope that you'll like 'em too! We discuss cover bands, tribute bands, long back syndrome, day drinking over night drinking, the current crop of Caledonian punk ban...

Send us Fan Mail It's something a bit different this week as we're joined by Morgan off Down & Outs and Pardon Us....but not as you know him! Morgan's latest Audio/Visual project sees him take well established artistes and their hit songs, then completely change the genre. We discuss his genre-combo inspiration, the potential for fans to take it the wrong way and the special bac...

Send us Fan Mail The infamous musical about the true crime that shocked the nation in the late noughties, Shannon Matthews: The Musical was released back in 2010 as an audio only effort. Now, Shannon Matthews: The Musical: The Movie is about to be released on the silver screen. The creator and composer of the piece is Kunt, off Kunt and the Gang, and he's graciously given us some of his time...

Send us Fan Mail No matter how your year's been, Glasgow's Bad Year will certainly improve it.  Chris, the band's singing bass player, joins us to discuss their latest release "Moancore". As well as this, we discuss terrible jobs, terrible celtic punk bands, terrible diets and terrible commutes. We have a WORLD EXCLUSIVE track from Sprainer, Tom's got a gig report and...

Send us Fan Mail Cast your mind back to 2002. Any British punk worth their salt at that time would've whiled away hours of their young lives watching music videos by their favourite punk artists, both British and otherwise, on the only TV channel dedicated to punk rock: P-Rock TV. Such was it's impact, 22 years later, Alex Shipman from Silver Knight Entertainment has made a documentary a...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're joined by Pete and Josh from off Warrington's very own Snakes Among Us are in MLPP Towers. These hardcore, thrashy buggers are a relatively new addition to the UK scene, so we are hoping to give you the low down before anyone else. We discuss the two main topics of their songs, going down with audiences better far from home, record pre-production and fil...

Send us Fan Mail Author Chris MacDonald has joined us this week to discuss his new tome "Days & Days: A Story About Sunderland's Leatherface and the ties that bind". The book is available as of the 8th October from Little Rocket Records. Chris' book is part memoir, part travel diary and part Leatherface documentary (including talking heads!). Chris takes us through the back...

Send us Fan Mail Skanking and spitting bars from the arse-end of nowhere, DeadBeat At Dawn are Yorkshire's punk/ska/hiphop crossover beasts and they've lent us one of their vocalists. Aaron, to give us the lowdown. We discuss surviving the doldrum years of Ska, the international Ska scene, touring with some legends and borrowing lyrics. Post apocalyptic movies, old UK television shows ab...

Send us Fan Mail The Last Supper. That's the name of Pizzatramp's third, and supposedly final, album. Jim is in to discuss the meticulous recording and writing processes, where he draws lyrical inspirational from and we get all the info on Pizzatramp's famous gimmick. Get ready for racist dogs, hot takes on the Brothers Gallagher, life after being a postie and roping your children i...

Send us Fan Mail Shhh. Enjoy the Great Silence. Will and Dec have popped into MLPP Towers this week to discuss their pop group. This quartet were born from the ashes of bands like Hummer, Only Strangers and more, so their punk pedigree is the only thing that matches up to their sheer musical skill. We chat about films, curries, Stoke on Trent, classic rock bands and more. Niallism has also been to...

Send us Fan Mail Steve and Matt off Vanilla Pod have navigated out of the fens this week to come in and have a chat with your overweight punk rock Parkinsons. The Pod are a mainstay of the modern (30 years, rather than 50 years) uk scene and it's great to finally have them in the hot seat. Which band has the butteriest members? Would you like to learn a new game for when you're travellin...

Send us Fan Mail Cincinatti's very own pop-punk legends The Dopamines join Tom & Niall for some late night love. Some being later than others. Jon Lewis gives us a potted history of the band and an insight into their upcoming album (available from Brassneck Records in October), a trying touring time, personal injury, near amputations and the great D4 debate. Music this week is by: Beauty...

Send us Fan Mail 30 years ago Obese Mick had a vision: a showcase of bands on his label, Fat Wreck Chords. Join Tom and Niallism for a flippant and playful discussion about that very compiliation: Fat Music for Fat People. Ably assisted by guest contributors Dave Shackleford and Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats, we discuss whether time has altered our perceptions of the comp, which footballer each...

Send us Fan Mail Niall's back this week. And he's fast. But he aint in The Fastbacks. Kim from that particular pop group is in to have a chat about Seattle's beloved power pop punkers' past, present and hopefully future. We're on the cusp of the release of the first Fastbacks record in 25 years and ALL of Kim's choices are from that album. We talk Duff, Eddie, lame A&...

Send us Fan Mail We're 'avvin' it with Avem this week, Canada's top bird based punk band.  There's a lot going on this week so listen up: Niall is absent, so there's a special guest host. Avem challenge us to to a bird-based quiz, The Current Mrs Sidwell makes a rare appearance and we all learn a little somethin'. Avem are in ahead of their European Tour (with a...

Send us Fan Mail Meow. It's back up to Manchester this week, where one dynamic duo meets another, namely: The Sewer Cats. Cass and Josh are in to talk about their upcoming album "Obnoxious" (TNS, Sept 20th), from which they've gifted us a WORLD EXCLUSIVE! We chat about the trials and tribulations of being a woman in punk, pet care, grind culture, rude German barmen and much mor...

Send us Fan Mail Mein Gott! it's our first ever German guest, Benji from Idiot Siege! The Leipzig lads have been belting out Gruffpunk bangers since 2017 and are keen to share them with you. We have amicable disagreements, learn the meaning of the brand new phrase "a Dutch joke", discuss boozing, soft drink drinkin' and the quality of German housing. Tom and Niall are happy bec...

Send us Fan Mail A truly international band is in MLPP Towers this week! Shreds. (the full stop is VERY important). This truly international beat combo have come in to talk about their debut full length "Step Back", but we also discuss the British Empire, Hadrons and their various sizes, Newton's Laws effects on skateboards and the modern hardcore scene. Niall has an in-depth stadiu...

Send us Fan Mail A guest from the past returns this week as we're joined by Vinny off The Scutches! He's in to discuss the upcoming UK (England) tour and we also get an EXCLUSIVE first play of a track from the upcoming Scutches album "Bad Animal". We discuss animal care, american phrases, British heritage and we rate each city on the upcoming tour. Niall's gone part time,...