Episode 380 - Mike Torres (Section H8, Furious Styles, Spitting Teeth)

Welcome to the dream! Today on the show Damian is joined by Section H8's MIKE "MEXI" TORRES to talk punk! Listen in as they discuss Mexi's incredible journey from being a houseless punk kid, to making records with his childhood heroes. Smuggling a Rancid tape into "Bad kid school", being stranded in Seattle, living with Cold Sweat, Havoc records as hardcore's Sub Pop & so much more: DON'T MISS THIS EPISODE!

Also, don't miss Section H8's fantastic, "Welcome To The Nightmare" out now on Flatspot Records!!

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Also Touched On:

Singles Going Steady, Hits and Misses and Pete Genest
Rancid’s “Salvation” video
Dad surprising you with GnR/ Metallica tickets
Seeing John Denver live
Body Count’s Cop Killer: It reeeeeally bothered people
Rancid's work ethic
No music allowed in the “bad kid school”
Smuggling in “Let’s Go” tape
Tim Armstrong
Duff loves Discharge
becoming “a piece shit bar guy” for a while
Getting trapped in Seattle
Spitting Teeth: “We were bad at being in a band”

War Scar

Havoc Records

Chicago Fest
Aus Rotten were a very important thing
Writing songs while guarding weeds shops

& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!!



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