Alison Braun: Photographer and author of IN THE PIT

Episode 308:

Mouse is in the house!!! One of the original documentarians of Souther California Hardcore is here: ALISON “MOUSE” BRAUN! Join Damian as he sits down with the legendary photographic contributor to MRR, Flipside, We Got The Power & more! From why she didn’t shoot Black Flag, to introducing El Duce to her dad, to why it took her years to finally get a usable shot of the Bad Brains, to moving to Seattle just before the explosion & so much more!



NOT TO BE MISSED! Also, don’t miss Alison’s AMAZING NEW BOOK available at alisonbraun.com!!!!!!!!!!



Also Touched On:



Having to judge a book by it’s cover



Record stores



the loss of cover art



Kiss and Cheap Trick



Shady has the tickets!



The Go-Go’s and the X and the Whisky 



Submitting to Flipside



The Keith Morris versus Jello Biafra stage vibe



Black Flag’s asshole roadie



Police against punks under Daryl Gates



Working for Mystic Records



Doug Moody



Shooting Battalion Of Saints



“Your dad’s over there talking to El Duce”



Seattle: the boring calm before the storm



Never getting to shoot Nirvana



B’last being the best band to shoot



Not shooting Minor Threat 



Trying to get a still shot of the Bad Brains



Stains



Submitting punk photo for high school assignment 



& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS





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