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Episode 233 - Colin McFaull (Cock Sparrer)

Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
Episode • Nov 11, 2019 • 52m
HOT DAMN! In this episode, Damian gets to sit down with one of the best to ever do it: Colin McFaull of the legendary COCK SPARRER!!! Listen in as the two discuss the realness of street rock & roll, the fakeness of punk & everything in between. DON’T MISS THIS ONE!!!



Also Touched On:



being on tour with the Small Faces and hearing the Jam




not buying into the whole punk thing




“you gotta wear these clothes”




Slaughter and The Dogs, Adam and the Ants and us




Forming Cock Sparrer at 16




informed by Glam




A potentially career ending reel to reel




MC5 didn’t cross the pond




Dr. Feelgood and pub rock




From Motorhead of Mannfred Mann and the Earth Band




Punk was a West London thing first




AC/DC with Bon Scott was the best show EVER




The meeting with Malcolm McLaren 




Doc Martins and Jungle Greens




“Some people bring you cupcakes and some people bring you cocaine”




The Sex Pistols and The Clash were boy bands




The second wave is when punk got real




“We weren’t well liked”




The ’92 comeback show




the violence becomes too much




& SO MUCH MORE!!!!




BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS



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