"We are the most underrated and yet most important members of any band" with Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes)
Brian Ritchie is our first guest whose primary instrument - the one that helped make his band Violent Femmes a household name - is an acoustic bass. Today we hear how all that came to be, the band's p...
3 Mar 20251h 5min
Living Between The Songs with Klaus Flouride (Dead Kennedys)
Dead Kennedys - the scabrous, Northern Cali-based band that taught the world how to stage dive - created some of the most indelible anthems in hardcore, naming and shaming those in charge and challeng...
3 Mar 20251h
Back on His Grind with David Wm. Sims (Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid, unFact)
He first caught our ears with the propulsive lines that drove Austin weirdos Scratch Acid; and then David Wm. Sims - and SA vocalist David Yow - decided to set it all on fire, joining forces with guit...
3 Mar 202552min
WATT POWER with Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, dos, Il Sogno Del Marinaio, mssv, and a million other groups)
You didn't think we were gonna get through this season without a dispatch from the man in the van with a bass in his hand, did you? Coming to us live and shirtless from his home base of San Pedro, CA,...
3 Mar 20251h 5min
Talking about Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions) with Dave Derby (Gramercy Arms, The Dambuilders, Lloyd Cole)
When a planned interview with Bruce Thomas fell through for…reasons, we dusted ourselves off and decided to consult with bassist/songwriter/singer Dave Derby (Gramercy Arms, The Dambuilders), no slouc...
3 Mar 202545min
When Inspiration Strikes with Colin Moulding (XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphear, TC&I)
In South West England, in a town called Swindon, a group of disaffected youth would come together in the early 70s and create a body of songs over the next few decades whose indelible melodies and inc...
3 Mar 202543min
Despair, Redemption, Legacy, Family and Keeping Going with Jah Wobble (Public Image Ltd, Invaders of the Heart, etc.)
Generous with his time, expansive with his bass playing, and one of the funniest people I've ever spoken with, Jah Wobble sits down with a couple of his favorite basses to discuss the gestalt of his 4...
3 Mar 20251h 1min
...And Now a Word From The Bass Master General with Karl Alvarez (Descendents, All, Massacre Guys)
Grab your bonus cups and strap on your ear goggles (kinda mixing band references here) to drink of the wisdom of one Karl Alvarez, the fleet-fingered fellow who anchors and propels power pop deities D...
3 Mar 202548min
