Due to a death in the family there will be no show this week. Sorry all, see you next Sunday.

Mike E.’s Top 10 Pre-Punk Albums

Number 10
The Who – Who Are You
This album came out in 1978; I think I got it at that time. Pete Townshend said He wrote this album to bridge the gap between progressive rock and punk. The song I continually played was 905, a song written and sang [...]

It’s Christmas yet again on this weeks podcast, and a longer show than usual to boot. Another 30 seasonal ditties, including the always popular Fear and Ramones tracks, plus a band with the charming name “Cuntsmacker”. What more could you want? Oh, a 31st bonus song as well.
Happy holidays and all that from Strange [...]

Punk Attitude
2005 – IFC Pictures
Directed by: Don Letts
K.K. Barrett
Roberta Bayley
Jello Biafra
Glenn Branca
Bob Gruen
Mary Harron
John Holmstrom
Chrissie Hynde
Jim Jarmusch
Darryl Jenifer
David Johansen
Mick Jones
Wayne Kramer
Glen Matlock
Legs McNeil
Thurston Moore
Tommy Ramone
Henry Rollins
Captain Sensible
Paul Simonon
Siouxsie Sioux
Pat Smear
Poly Styrene
Ari Up
With Christmas coming up, I started trying to remember my best holiday memory. I’d have to say my best was when I was [...]

After a depressingly awful and long work-week, Christmas shopping for two kids and 7,249 other things, I ran out of time before compiling a show last week. Sorry! Christmas is here this week, and while there are some repeats from previous years, I tried to mix it up with some new tracks as well. Before [...]

Top 10 Punk Drummers

Number 10
Charlie Quintana
Charlie has been at this for a long-ass time; his time with the Plugz, Cruzados, and now Social Distortion. Charlie’s style meshes with every band he sits in with.

Number 9
Topper Headon
Topper performed great drumming for the Clash; his heroin addiction got him booted from an otherwise flawless career with [...]

Top 10 Punk Front Men
Number 10
Darby Crash

Darby had charisma, but was always loaded. If he was sober, I would’ve bumped him up a notch or two.
Number 9
Lee Ving

Lee fits into that category of love or hate. The stage presence was definitely there. The whole insulting the crowd was a fairly new thing [...]