Punknews Podcast

It's Peter Hook week at Punknews! At the beginning of the episode, Em talks about seeing Peter Hook and the Light play two Joy Division albums in full! At the end, John interviews Hooky himself! In between, Em and John talk the Jerry Only solo album, the new punk destination festival, the Muslims dropping off the Thick tour... and more! Plus, we play a TON of Peter hook live!

Christoph Jesus of Crazy &the Brains stops by to talk "Open Eyez"! The usual gang also discusses bootlegged t-shirts, Alice Cooper opening for the Misfits, and track-by-track Ramones covers albums. 

Em Moore is back to play all the hottest jams from July 2022, for you! Listen up!

On Episode #601, we play catchup (we had the champ Jello Biafra on last week- check that out, too!) But, this week, we talk the new OFF!, the new Thick, the new Froggy, and that weird thing down in Georgia where guns COULDN'T be banned from a music festival that served alcohol...???

To celebrate episode #600, we had the icon himself, the top ranking champ, the titan... the one, the only, JELLO BIAFRA! What a thrill! What an honor! On this wide ranging episode, Jello talks about his current band Guantanamo School of Medicine, recent Dead Kennedys reissues, current political issues, some of his past releases, running a record label in 2022, and a WHOLE LOT MORE. 

Ari Katz stops by to talk the new album by Beach Rats, the band that also includes Brian of Minor Threat, and Pete and Bryan of Bouncing Souls. Also covered- OFF!'s new album, G.R.O.S.S., the new Titus Andronicus tune, and more!

Julia from the Coathangers drops by to talk about her brand new solo record,  Derealization,  out September 30 via Suicide Squeeze! She sticks around to talk the news, including the new Dead Kennedys re-issue, the weird guy wearing a Descendents shirt at the Jan 6 hearing, the new Pussy Riot track, and more!

John re-caps the wild adventure that was Summer Soiree #5! Sammie B, Hallie, and Em... tolerate... John's ramblings.

Doki Doki stops by to talk their debut single. Also, the usual gang talks Billie Joe Armstrong's comments on the overturn of Roe v Waid and new music. 

John talks with Steve Depace of Flipper and Mike Watt... now ALSO of Flipper! They talk the band's upcoming UK tour, the possibility of new material, and the "good" ol' days!

Em Moore plays the hottest hits from June 2022!

Apparently, Em Moore is a poker whiz-kid? She tells us how to win big buck$ at the table. Also discussed- Doki doki's rad new track, John Hinckley's show being canceled, the D.O.C. and Fat Mike's combo track, and more!

Em, Hallie, and John talk the concept of the word "baby!" Also, a little music news is discussed including the NEWEST Cro-Mags lawsuit, the Blondie Box set, Surfbort's new video, Try the Pie, and the Eddie and the Subtitles re-issue!

The mailbag is back and the gang reads a letter! Also covered, the new NFT-based Ice Cube album, Fest additions, the Sex Pistol video re-cut and more! Also, John talks like a pirate.

Bonus episode! John is an idiot and told everyone to show up at 9:30 to record instead of 9:00. Luckily, Sam is very punctual, so Sam and John talked music festivals while they waited for everyone else to arrive... also, a special guest shows up halfway through...

The whole crew is in effect! They talk about the new Garden track, Spotify's new political ad rules, Kurt Cobain's expensive guitar. the "incident" at Maryland Death Fest, and a whole lot more!

In this bonus episode, Punknews editor Em Moore plays the hoittest jams from May 2022! Listen up and get educated, you knuckleheads!

There's no Em, no Sam, just Hallie and John! So, instead of yappin', the Duo of Destruction just plays some cool new tunes! Bands rocked include: Bully, Melvins, Screaming Females, Artsick, DFL, Cosmit, Big Moose Manholington... AND MORE!!!

Em, Hallie, and John talk the upcoming return of Punk Rock Bowling, the new dead Kennedys remix LP, Boots Riley's new film, QWAM, and much more! Also, John keeps bringing up [redacted] and everyone else gets very annoyed.

My Chemical Romance has a new song out! Em is elated! Also discussed... uh... Riot Fest, Mikey Erg jamming with Against Me!, Max Creeps, and more!

Sam, Hallie, and John talk random odds 'n' sods, including John's ongoing record battles and Sam and Hallie seeing the Linda Lindas. Also covered- the Rock Hall of Fame, new GWAR music, and Beach Rats!

Em Moore plays the hits of April 2022!!!

This episode is one for the ages... we talked to the first wave punk legend Max Blastic of Max Creeps! Max talks the band breaking up and then reforming the next day, the band's new record, and what he wants out of life. It's not every day you get to talk to the guy that laid the groundwork of this thing called "punk."

In this bonus episode, Tricky Ricky returns to talk his Record Store Day adventures with John. They talk about cool finds, RSD's general angle, and the upcoming June RSD "drop."

Joey of La Neve and Downtown Boys stops by to talk the new La Neve album! The usual gang also discusses the new Integrity remixes, Devil Master's new single, the new John Doe track, and more! Alos, John confuses John Mellencamp with Don Henley with John Fogerty!