Mid Life Punk Podcast

Send us Fan Mail On the 9th Day of Christmas MLPP gave to me.... "9 Punk Bands I now Like!" The Matriarch of MLPP Towers, The Current Mrs Sidwell has finally broken her silence after 3 years. She joins Tom and Niall to discuss nine punk beat combos that she has slowly learned to enjoy via osmosis after being married to Tom for so long.   Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Re...

Send us Fan Mail On the 8th day of Christmas MLPP gave to me.... 8 Bostin' Bands! We interupt top Dutch promoter, Duco VAn Der Veen's TV time on the 8th day of christmas to discuss his visit to the jewel in East Anglia's crown, Kings Lynn, where he saw 8 pop groups plying their trade. Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Liste...

Send us Fan Mail It's NYE and we're joined by Snatchgame's main guitarista, Ghislane McDonald. She fills us in on a trip to Portugal where "she saw Swans, and they were wank". We also discuss New Year traditions, Portugese beverages and thrifty Irishmen. Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts...

Send us Fan Mail On the 6th day of Christmas MLPP gave to me..... Six punkers wrestling! Danny Barrett from The Crash Mats is in on day 6 to share with us 3 factoids about wrestlers and 3 punk songs about wrestlers! Some of these genuinely blew our tiny minds, so i hope you get blown too! Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple...

Send us Fan Mail On the 5th Day of Christmas MLPP gave to me.... FIVE JOYOUS THINGS! Dickkie from Yorkshire's gruff punk animals Be Fair is in sharing with us 5 tunes that have made his crappy year more bearable.   Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Send us Fan Mail On the 4th Day of Christmas MLPP gave to me.... 4 Rhyming Words! It's stand up comic and co-host of the Punk Rock Elite Podcast, Eddie French! Eddie is on day four to discuss nerds, stirring shit, missing thirds and slurring words.    Enjoy. Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Send us Fan Mail On the 3rd Day of Christmas MLPP gave to me..... "3 lads in Larry Arms"! Riaz Rawat, vocalist from Nuneaton's premier hardcore outfil Grail Guard is in to talk crimbo and to tell all the world about his love for The Lawrence Arms. Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact. A podcast about life, law and... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Send us Fan Mail On the 2nd day of Christmas MLPP Gave to me...... Two crusties begging! This fine Boxing Day, Niall and Tom are joined by Austin Texas scene historian and proud Cajun Marc Dautruil II. Marc looks back fondly on the fragrant crusties on The Drag in Austin, we discuss the forgotten item of punk fashion: The Butt-flap and we're treated to a beautiful reading of "T'was...

Send us Fan Mail On the first day of Christmas, MLPP gave to me... The first punk gigs the Dodge boys went to see! Yes it's the first of our 12 days of Christmas episodes, so merry Christmas to you. To kick us off on the 25th we have the dynamic duo from Get The F*** Outta Dodge, Ren and James. They have chosen to regale us with tales of the first punk gigs they went to. There's romance....

Send us Fan Mail Yes it’s the top 10 albums of 2023 as voted for by YOU, dear listener. Danny Barrett joins Tom and Niallism to dissect your votes. In no particular order, the pop groups involved are: Grade 2 NOT (feat Davey Warsop) Frenzal Rhomb Goodbye Blue Monday Rivalry The Raging Nathans Making Friends Tearjerker The Crash Mats BSS Laugh Love Law Real conversations. Real people. Real impact....

Send us Fan Mail In our final "normal" episode of 2023, we're joined by two DIY Punk heavyweights, Bev & Andy from Manchester's very own TNS records! Born from a fanzine way back in 2003, TNS has evolvd somewhat into a leading UK independent record label with its bolt-on annual live music event Manchester Punk Festival. How do they decide which bands to unleash on us all? W...

Send us Fan Mail Be Fair are back! Last time, ony their dear leader, Dickkie could make it, but this time he's bought the full band along to share the burden. They've got a new drummer, a shed load of new tracks and an upbeat outlook on life. We chat about their song lyrics, they give us an EXCLUSIVE play of their next single and we discuss hairy meat, grim pub snack discoveries, the red...

Send us Fan Mail The band formerly advertised as emo, Tearjerker, have trundled down from Sunderland this week and come in for high praise from your two favourite fat lads. We discuss their brand new self titled LP (released on Little Rocket Records this month), various Sunderland venues, helpful european truckers, unhelpful kebab shop owners and roadside recovery services in the South of England...

Send us Fan Mail Globetrotting Niallism has landed back in Blighty and immediately after a visit to Manchester for Diaz Brothers, Clayface and Spillage he was keen to share his oral holiday snaps with us all. This special episode contains a gig review as mentioned above, an interview within an interview featuring Mona who works in acquisitions at The Punk Rock Musuem in Las Vegas, a description of...

Send us Fan Mail Barnsley's top shaggers, Toronto Blessings have driven down the M1 to MLPP Towers this week. These Tykes a currently making a splash as Serial Bowl Records newest darlings, and are in to talk about their newest album "Big Wins". As well as that we take a deep dive into football manager spotting, genetic marvels of South Yorkshire, hidden talents and mandolins.   Nia...

Send us Fan Mail Taking a break from their epic Euro tour to speak to us this week is Simon Wells (ex-Snuff, current Southport and top builder)  and Tom Holliston (Nomeansno, Hanson Brothers). They boys log in from a hotel room in an unknown city in the Czech Republic and regail us with tales of TV Shows from times gone by, their favourite bits of the UK and Europe, avoiding wars by the skin of th...

Send us Fan Mail Snatch Game, the globes premier Drag Race punk covers group are our guests this week. Niallism has taken a break from using the slots and throwing craps on his Vegas holiday to join us, which is good of him. Carrie Couture and Ghislane McDonald guide us through the Snatch Game concept, share tracks from their other/previous bands, dish out make up tips and give us the inside track...

Send us Fan Mail This week Our Lives In Cinema are projecting themselves onto the side of MLPP Towers. Their glorious leader, Mark answers your cinema based questions as we tackle Groundhog Day, Share Grease conspiracy theories and there's a bit of music talk in there as well. These Bromley pop punks are on the cusp of their full length debut and we see big things on the horizon. Tom also int...

Send us Fan Mail Chepstow, South Wales' Bone Idl are in MLPP Towers this week to discuss their band, their drummer's pets and globetrotting. we get to hear about the time they soundtracked a theatre production, the vintage video games that bring them joy and the South Wales scene. Niall's had a screamer, Tom's had a belly full and we kick off episode 138 in the most predictable...

Send us Fan Mail Where are they now? that's what we often think about our previous guests. If you do too, then we're gonna be updating you on the exploits of TWO former guests: Grail Guard and Reason To Leave.   Both bands have been on a good upward trajectory since last time we spoke, but their new found notoriety in the scene doesn't prevent them from discussing Elon Musk's l...

Send us Fan Mail Are you going to Scarborough Fair? 'Cause we are. Kind of.  Bear Away are in the chair to tell us all about their journey so far, as well as in depth discussions about their brand of melodic hardcore, their line up changes, and their record label commanding reputation. We also chat about the benefits of living by the sea, unwelcome graveyard guests, Greggs the bakery and thei...

Send us Fan Mail Hot damn its only The Crash Mats! They've got a new offering for your ears called "69 Spotify Listeners Can't All Be Wrong" and the old guard of Oldham are keen to share it with you. As well as the insightful music journalism you've come to expect from us, we also touch on topics such as rattling knives that are haunted, the crests of various football club...

Send us Fan Mail We're keen as mustard to share our episode featuring The Mustard with you this week! The quality quartet from Manchester have an ep coming out, and have graciously allowed us to pick songs from it to dissect and discuss.  Prepare to be amazed by how much they're cramming/ have crammed in a mere 9 months after their first gig, get ready for a highly concentrated dose of o...

Send us Fan Mail Across the pond we go once again, to Mineappolis, for a meeting with Jesse from off The Slow Death. This leader of an ever changing band has some anecdotes to share with us and he does not hold back! We discuss being in a punk rock marriage, British food delicaces, public transport, getting banned from Fest, post-lockdown blues, the Slow Death recording process and mystery bass pl...

Send us Fan Mail London is the destination this week, and chatting with the capital's top pop-beat combo Modern Shakes is our objective! This band of contemporary punk rock songsmiths are well on the way to recording their debut full length album and have very kindly given us a first play of a track from it! We discuss all manner of things such as; mass transit, the best website for finding b...