When he was eleven years old, Steven McDonald co-founded a band with his older brother, Jeff. That band, which soon became known as Redd Kross, became a fixture on the late 70s LA punk scene and--remarkably--is still active today. Steven tells Joe about: precociousness; opening for Black Flag at an eighth grade graduation party; the joy and pain that came along with identifying as a punk; having a romantic relationship with a 26-year-old woman when he was 13; hanging out with Raymond Pettibone; signing with a major label; working as an A&R consultant for major labels; how he reconciles his permissive childhood with modern parenting; playing with Melvins and Off!; working as a producer; and much more! This is an action packed, "triple-LP" length episode.
278: Roger Manning, Jr. (Jellyfish, The Lickerish Quartet, The Moog Cookbook, Beck, etc.)
BNS: Charles Connor Revisited
277: Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchie, P.S., Eliot, etc.)
276: Mac McCaughan (Superchunk, Merge Records, etc.)
Tony Allen, RIP
275: Julianna Barwick
274: Sean McGuinness (Pissed Jeans)
273: Johnathan Rice
272: Dot Wiggin (The Shaggs)
271: Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo)
270: Duncan Trussell (The Midnight Gospel, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour)
BNS: "Dreams Wash Away"
269: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
268: Andrew Becker (Human Potential, Medications)
267: Areif Sless-Kitain (Brokeback, The Eternals, Regulator Watts)
266: Thor Harris (Swans, Thor & Friends, Bill Callahan, etc.)
265: Makaya McCraven
264: Sean Solomon (Moaning)
263: Emil Amos + Britt Walford Returns (Holy Sons, Grails)
262: Meg Baird (Meg Baird + Mary Lattimore, Espers, Heron Oblivian, Watery Love
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