Tag: Punk

121 – The Many Transitions of Johnny Truant

121 – The Many Transitions of Johnny Truant

March 17, 2017 | By | Add a Comment

Johnny Truant is the vocalist for the band The Truants, a self-described “SAN FRANCISCO BASED POST-PUNK/WEIRDO ROCK BAND. WE ARE QUEER, DARK AND CONFRONTATIONAL, YET MOTIVATED BY THE JOY OF ROCK N ROLL. WE WILL MAKE YOU DANCE. WE WILL MAKE YOU SWEAT. WE WILL MAKE YOU QUESTION YOUR SEXUALITY.” Johnny talks with MLR’s Erik Core about […]

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119 – HeWhoCannotBeNamed

119 – HeWhoCannotBeNamed

October 31, 2016 | By | Add a Comment

He Who Cannot Be Named has been playing punk rock for over 25 years, most of that time with the punk rock band “Dwarves”. An original member of this San Francisco based combo, he wrote or cowrote many of their songs, was voted guitarist of the year by Flipside Magazine in 1991, but he is […]

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117 – Slackbone: Chris Korp

117 – Slackbone: Chris Korp

June 20, 2016 | By | Add a Comment

Chris Korp sits down with Music Life Radio’s Erik Core to discuss the “legend” of the band Slackbone. Slackbone was a Bay Area punk rock band formed by a group of baggage handlers, after purchasing instruments from their local music shop who was holding a going out of business sale. The first incarnation featured Wayner (lead vocals),  […]

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115 – Timekode: Deni

115 – Timekode: Deni

February 27, 2016 | By | Add a Comment

Timekode is the solo project of a maverick of a woman called DENI. Deni is a Producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, video artist, record company owner & author. Deni received a bass guitar from Marc Bolan (T.Rex) as a kid, and started off playing bass and singing in more traditional bands (Wildfire, the Lulu Boys, Mistress), […]

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105 – Human Punk: Marco Thiede

105 – Human Punk: Marco Thiede

March 27, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

Marco Thiede is the author of “Human Punk For Real”, the auto-biography about his discovery of punk rock music, and how it shaped his life.  Marco grew up in Germany and describes his experiences  from the late 1970’s until today, where he has relocated to from Germany to Vallejo, California. He continues to travel back to England, and his […]

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103 – White Trash Debutante: Ginger Coyote

103 – White Trash Debutante: Ginger Coyote

January 31, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

Ginger Coyote started the fanzine Punk Globe in July 1977, which started as photocopied pages but soon went to print media, and the magazine continues to this day in an online format.  She is also the singer in the punk band White Trash Debutantes which debuted in 1989. We talk to Ginger about her punk […]

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102 – Pleasure VKTM: Steve Ricablanca

102 – Pleasure VKTM: Steve Ricablanca

December 26, 2014 | By | Add a Comment

Steve Ricablana is well known as the bass player for the seminal San Francisco punk band VKTMS. The band formed in 1978, and no other band played the fabulous Mabuhay Gardens more than the VKTMS, but after a stalled attempt to get on a record label in the early 80’s, the VKTMS split up and […]

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