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Ep. #968: Kerosene 454

Erik Denno and brothers James Wall and John Wall discuss their work together in Kerosene 454 and the Solid Brass reissue of their second album, Came By To Kill Me, the band’s history, the roads that brought them from Arizona to D.C. to California, getting into punk rock, touring with Hoover and filming some of their sets, the connection between their album art and the film The Crow, how they relate to the music and lyrics they created decades ago, whether they might play together again, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #953: Steve Moriarty from the Gits

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Steve Moriarty from the Gits is here to discuss his book, Mia Zapata & The Gits: A Story of Art, Rock, and Revolution, his literary influences, his issues with the true crime industry and why he wanted to tell the Gits’ story from his own perspective, the band’s unique rhythm section and why the Gits still stand out, a chaotic attempt to hang out with Nirvana and speak with Kurt Cobain when their bands played together, love from Kathleen Hanna and the Gits’ influence on subsequent bands, the Sub Pop reissue of their debut album Frenching the Bully, future plans, and much more.    

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Ep. #945: The Gits

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Matt Dresdner and Andy Kessler from the Gits are here to discuss the 2025 Sub Pop reissue of their excellent 1992, debut album, Frenching the Bully, moving to Seattle in 1989 before Nirvana broke, youthful record store hangouts, rock god encounters, CBGBs shows, and seeing Descendents, why Andy initially despised Matt, recalling their late bandmate Mia Zapata, where the Gits might’ve taken their music, if they see their influence in younger musicians, whether there’re more stories to tell about the Gits, a Bob Dylan tangent, this weekend’s Gits celebrations, future plans, and much more.  

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