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Episode 380 - Mike Torres (Section H8, Furious Styles, Spitting Teeth)

Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
Episode • Dec 5, 2021 • 1h 48m
Welcome to the dream! Today on the show Damian is joined by Section H8's MIKE "MEXI" TORRES to talk punk! Listen in as they discuss Mexi's incredible journey from being a houseless punk kid, to making records with his childhood heroes. Smuggling a Rancid tape into "Bad kid school", being stranded in Seattle, living with Cold Sweat, Havoc records as hardcore's Sub Pop & so much more: DON'T MISS THIS EPISODE!



Also, don't miss Section H8's fantastic, "Welcome To The Nightmare" out now on Flatspot Records!!



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Also Touched On: 



Singles Going Steady, Hits and Misses and Pete Genest 




Rancid’s “Salvation” video




Dad surprising you with GnR/ Metallica tickets




Seeing John Denver live




Body Count’s Cop Killer: It reeeeeally bothered people




Rancid's work ethic




No music allowed in the “bad kid school”




Smuggling in “Let’s Go” tape




Tim Armstrong




Duff loves Discharge




becoming “a piece shit bar guy” for a while



Getting trapped in Seattle




Spitting Teeth: “We were bad at being in a band”



War Scar



Havoc Records



Chicago Fest




Aus Rotten were a very important thing




Writing songs while guarding weeds shops



& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!! 







BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS 



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