Ugly Things

Mike talks to writer, musician and stylist Genny Schorr about her new book All Roads Lead to Punk, her experiences in the Los Angeles music scene in the 1960s and 1970s, and her band Backstage Pass, which was a part of the early LA punk scene.

https://gennyschorr.com/

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English songwriter/guitarist Robb Huxley shares extraordinary stories about working with maverick independent record producer Joe Meek in the mid-1960s as a member of the Saxons and the Tornados. In this gripping interview Rob exposes some of the darker influences that lurked behind the scenes of the music business in London during that era.

http://www.silvertabbies.co.uk/robbhuxley/

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Mike’s guest is an unsung hero of 1970s NYC punk rock, Sonny Vincent, whose band Testors made some of the most viciously intense, soulful punk rock ‘n’ roll of the era. Sonny shares incredible stories about his days as a teenage runaway in the 1960s, his early bands, and the glory days of Max’s Kansas City and CBGB’s.

Testors – Prime Primitive: 1976 - 1977 on Green Noise Records available here: https://store.greennoiserecords.com/products/testors-prime-primitive-1976-1977-new-lp

More Sonny Vincent and Testors available here: https://sonnyvincenttestors.bandcamp.com/

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In this special episode, “Legs” Larry Smith shares hilarious tales of his years with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. In a wide ranging interview he talks about his childhood in Oxfordshire, art school in London, his early travels in America, his Mr Wonderful persona, and his experiences recording, touring and his role in creating making some of the most uniquely brilliant, eclectic and hilarious music of the 1960s.

 

https://legslarry.com/

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Mike Stax has a scintillating conversation with English writer and critic Duncan Fallowell about rock journalism in the ‘70s, his collaborations with the great German group Can, and his appreciation for Iggy & the Stooges, David Bowie, Gary Glitter and more.

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