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.
BNS: Mimi Parker Revisited (Low)
205: Tucker Rule (Thursday)
204: Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone LIVE (The Zombies)
203: Ian Mackaye Pt. 2 (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, etc.)
202: Ian MacKaye Pt. 1 (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens, etc.)
201: Brooks Headley (Born Against, Oldest, Universal Order of Armageddon, etc.)
200: Episode 200 Spectacular!
199: Larry Herweg (Pelican, INTRCPTR)
BNS: John Good (Drum Workshop)
198: Zach Lind (Jimmy Eat World)
197: Mona Tavakoli (Raining Jane, Jason Mraz, Ebi)
196: Budgie (The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees, The Creatures, John Grant, etc.)
BNS: Steve Gadd Revisited
BNS: Bill Cardwell (C&C Drum Company)
195: Bryan St. Pere (Hum)
194: Jason Gerken (Shiner, Molly McGuire, Season of Risk, Birth Defects, etc.)
193: Nabil Ayers (The Lemons, The Long Winters, 4AD, Sonic Boom)
192: Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, etc.)
191: Aaron Sterling (John Mayer, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Liz Phair, etc.)
190: Parker Kindred (Joan As Police Woman, Jeff Buckley, Amen Dunes, etc.)
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