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Episode 291 - Billy Bragg (Riff Raff)

Turned Out A Punk
Turned Out A Punk
Episode • Oct 21, 2020 • 1h 12m
The Bard Of Barking comes to the Turned Out A Punk Kingdom! On this episode Damian sits down with one of England’s greatest song writers: BILLY BRAGG. Listen as Damian & Billy go deep on the greatness: Riff Raff, Chiswick Records’ pub rock, never listening to the Clash’s “Sandinista” on principle & SO MUCH OTHER GOODNESS. 



NOT TO BE MISSED!!!!!



Also Touched On: 



Sounds




A Damned reel to reel as first exposure




it’s gotta be recorded wrong speed?




Sceptical of the art school quality of it




The Jam are the first band to have an impact




Dr.Feelgood are the British Ramones




Do up your top button lest you look like a Bee Gee




The Clash live blowing your mind




Forming Riff Raff




Recording I Wanna Be A Cosmonaut and being reborn




getting high on recording




Snatching a cup of “Sex and Drug and Rock And Roll” badges from your future manager




Albion Records




The unreleased Riff Raff movie




Throwing matinee gigs in Clopton 




The Now’s “Development Corporation”




Jon Savage’s end of Punk was just the start




The power and sway on being big city rockers in a small town




Getting East German Punks Stoned for the first time




Lil’ Kevin joins the band




Punk splitting into Oi and The New Romantic




Never listening to Sandinista by the Clash




Blanking on The Levellers




“They weren’t in the Clash Wars!”




Lesson learned from Patrick Fitzgerald’s failure




Life’s A Riot



proto-Britpop 



The Housemartins 




& SO MUCH MORE!!!





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