Episode 351 - Paul Mahern (Zero Boys, Dandelion Abortion, Datura Seeds)

Slam & worm your way over here because this week on the show, it's legendary Zero Boy: PAUL MAHERN! Listen in as Damian & Paul talk about punk, the Zero Boys & being behind the mixing board for some of the greatest records ever! From being too hardcore for Gulcher, to eating homemade deer jerky with Boom & the Legion of Doom, to the Mellencamp/ Gizmos connection: 

THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED!



LISTEN TO THE ZERO BOYS!!!



Also Touched On:



A first time meeting

The punk section at the local record store

The Gizmos and Gulture

The Hoosier Hysteria comp changing your life

Going to see Dow Jones and The Industrials for the first time

Dandelion Abortion: being disillusioned with punk

The Dead Kennedys

Hardcore as a gateway

“This is where you come from now”: being introduced to Detroit Rock

Meeting the Gizmos 

Being too hardcore for Gulcher

“Its a pop record”: Vicious Circle being passed on by all the labels

The midwest scene: Die Kreuzen in Milwaukee, Toxic Reason in Dayton and Articles Of Faith in Chicago 

“not hardcore enough”

The Master Tape

The Gynaecologists (the band)

Malignant Growth

Punk is the Midwest 

The Coneheads

The making of Raw Power’s “Screams From The Gutter”

Boom and The Legion Of Doom stories!!!

Stevie Stiletto

Paul’s Ardent Studios demo tape

Meeting the Afghan Wigs

Mass Giorgini

Scenius

John Couger Mellencamp punk connection

& SO MUCH MORE





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