Jughead's Basement
Music
About
Jughead's Basement is hosted by Screeching Weasel, Mopes, and Even In Blackouts' co-founder John Jughead Pierson. The podcast has three subcategories: Dissections of punk records. Long-form interviews of punk & alternative musicians, comedians, and underground performers. Plus, lastly, an old fashion radio adventure that tells the twisted tale of two men attached to one body roaming an unknown mansion meeting and interviewing different guests every episode.
Episodes
- Episode 234: Episode 234: CJ Ramone of The Ramones, Bad Chopper and Solo Work, and CJ Says Podcast on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 234: CJ Ramone of The Ramones, Bad Chopper, and Spike & The Gimme Gimmes talks to us about Hard Rock & Guitar Pete's Axe Attack - Auditioning and Learning to Downstroke for The Ramones, Living on Long Island & Forming a…
- Episode 233: Episode 233: Isaac Thotz of The Arrivals, Treasure Fleet and Clown Sounds on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 233: Isaac Thotz of The Arrivals, Treasure Fleet, and Clown Sounds talks to us about Growing up in Blue Island, Origin of The Arrivals, One of the House Bands at Fireside Bowl, Thick to Recess Records, Musical Communities and…
- Episode 232: Episode 232: Erik Funk of Dillinger Four on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 232: Erik Funk of Dillinger Four talks to us about his band Billingsgate - Victory Records to Nemesis Records - The Erik Funk/Erik Fink Story - Bloodline, Angerhouse and the move to Minnesota - The Beginning of Dillinger Four, Frie…
- Episode 231: Episode 231: The Fake Friends with Brad and Felix on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 231 with Brad and Felix from The Fake Friends. On This episode we talk about: On being a close-knit group of friends - A deep unlearning and being liberated from cohesive sludge - Music theory - Groove, dance, and the i…
- Episode 230: Episode 230: David J Haskins of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Jazz Butcher, Night Crickets, and Solo Work on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 230 with David J Haskins of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Night Crickets, Jazz Butcher, Solo Work plus much more, talks to us about from England to LA - Shoe Boxes of Cassette Tapes - Purging & Catharsis - Nostalgia is Two Parts B…
- Episode 229: Episode 229: Sam Russo musician of Red Scare Industries on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 229: SAM RUSSO on Red Scare Industries talks to us about the Future with a Full Band, A Game of Who Can Do What When, Ego & Personal Growth, Iron Maiden Talk, Energy & The Dynamics In Playing Acoustic, Banter & Improvis…
- Episode 228: Episode 228: Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein of Why? Philosophical Discussions about Everyday Life Podcast
Episode 228 with Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein of Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life Podcast. Jack talks to us about his Biography And Path From New York To North Dakota, SLC Punk - Tribes - And The Internet, We Wanted T…
- Episode 227: Episode 227: Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, and Common Rider on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 227: Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, and Common Rider talks to us about Sonic Iguana Studio in Rome, On Singer Kevin and PT's Revenge, Teen Idols Talk, Praises for Zac Damon, Is It Worth Doing Art, The Back Sto…
- Episode 226: Episode 226 with Brian (Vermin) Mcquaid of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and Ethyline with mini interview with his drummer son Max on Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests
Episode 226 with Brian Vermin Mcquaid of Screeching Weasel, Sludgeworth, and Ethyline and a visit from his drummer son Max Mcquaid Feral Tact, they talk to us about: "That's where you cut your teeth" - On becoming a drummer, Fatherhood and…
- Episode 225: Episode 225: Adam Bones of The Two Tens and The Manic Standstill on Lo Fi Interviews with Hi Fi Guests
Episode 225: Adam bones of The Manic Standstill and The Two Tens talks to us about: The Two Tens and the dynamics of being in a two person band, Chicago suburbs to California and becoming who you are, Networking and finding a communi…
- Episode 224: Episode 224: Greg Norton of Ultrabomb and Hüsker Dü on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 224: Greg Norton of Ultrabomb and Hüsker Dü talks to us about us being night people, Greg's friendship with Grant Hart and the formation of Hüsker Dü, board game talk, Hüsker Moms, Introduction to SST, Minute Men and Hüsker Dü's do…
- Episode 223: Episode 223: Slackrr with Scotty & Cait on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 223: Slackrr with Scotty and Cait. They talks to us about such things as Band History and Southampton is a Port Town, Music is for Sharing, Lineup Changes and Studio Time, Writing on the Road, Make It Sound Like Fucking Jumanji, En…
- Episode 222: Episode 222: Steven McDonald of Redd Kross, The Melvins, and OFF! on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 222: Steven McDonald of Redd Kross, Melvins, and OFF! on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests talks with us about Identity Crisis, Colonoscopy & Anesthesia, Kiss Talk, Guitars Tick Boxes, Redd Kross & Circle Jerks Beef Under Th…
- Episode 221: Episode 221: Kurt Bloch of The Fastbacks on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 221: Kurt Bloch of The Fastbacks talks to us about: Touring Canada and its ease and difficulty, On Blue Oyster Cult, Skill of the downstroke, Jughead's guitar sounded like crinkling paper, Kurt built a guitar with his dad lik…
- Episode 220: Episode 220: Aaron Cometbus of Cometbus Fanzine and Pinhead Gunpowder
Episode 220 with Aaron Cometbus of Cometbus Fanzine, Pinhead Gunpowder, Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, Colbom, Crimpshrine, and many more talks to us about: His PM Press releases Downtown Local and In China with Green Day. We also t…
- Episode 219: Episode 219: Kim Warnick of Fastbacks and Visqueen on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 219: Kim Warnick of The Fastbacks and Visqueen talks to us about: Nightmare drives through Texas, Learning geography through touring, Our love of Queen and Classic Rock, Lifelong friends, 70s influence and the movie Over The Edge,…
- Episode 218: Episode 218: Joel Reader of The Fatal Flaw, MTX, The Plus Ones on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 218: Joel Reader of The Fatal Flaw, MTX, The Plus Ones, Pansy Division, The Bomb Bassets, and Avengers talks to us about how California is vast, Hardwired to have a melody and pop sensibility, Mother's chamber trio dreams, Joining…
- Episode 217: Episode 217: Tyson Cornel founder of Rarebirdlit and musician of Semi-Famous on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 217 with Tyson Cornell founder of Rarebirdlit and drummer for Semi-Famous and Scooby Don't talks to us about Minneapolis of the 90s with its culture and music, the Scooby Don't Punkhouse, I think like a drummer, Touring with Scooby…
- Episode 216: Episode 216: Ronnie Barnett of The Muffs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 216: with Ronnie Barnett of The Muffs. He talks to us about Jughead and Ronnie First Meeting on the Buck, Muffs, and Lillingtons tour in 1999, Lisa Marr and Cub, Ronnies Record Store Career and Venturing into Rock Criticism,…
- Episode 215: Episode 215: John Szymanski of Even In Blackouts, Jon Langford and the Four Lost Souls on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 215: John Szymanski of Even In Blackouts and Jon Langford and the Four Lost Souls talks to us about how EIB Broke John, Music Archeology, Working at the Famous Chicago Recording Company (CRC), Musicianship, Creativity, and A…
- Episode 214: Episode 214: Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 214: Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer talks to us about Suburban Chicago, Toby And Red Scare Industries, Jughead Uses Deanna's Time to Reminisce about High School Theater, Experimentation and Giving Your Audience What They Didn't K…
- Episode 213: Episode 213: Andrew Reich - Redd Kross Documentarian (Screenwriter and Emmy Award winner for tv show FRIENDS) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Andrew Reich is a producer and screenwriter and now documentarian of Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story. On this episode we talk about New Jersey Influence: WFMU and Adrenalin O.D., Contrarianism in Music/Crossing Genres, Becoming a Comed…
- Episode 212: Episode 212: Thomas Thacker of GOB and Sum 41 on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 212: Thomas Thacker of Sum 41 and GOB on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests talks to Jughead about: Screeching Weasel, the Mystery & Reality of the Band, GOB Eclectic in a Good ay, Piano in Sum 41, Drumming for McRackins ,…
- Episode 211: Episode 211: Lynda Kicks of Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah, and Taxi Girls (Montreal) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 211: Lynda Kicks of Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah, and Taxi Girls (Montreal) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests talks to us about: Marriage Talk, Kicks Pseudonym and her Briefs Brother Stevie Kicks, Always Having Wanted To Start A Girl…
- Episode 210: Episode 210: Tobias Jeg of Red Scare Industries on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 210: Tobias Jeg of Red Scare Industries talks to us about: Is Red Scare Solvent, Punk Rock Postal Workers, On Being a Booking Agent and Negotiating Fees, "My Job is Dealing with Liars," This is not a Soccer Podcast, Fat Wreck Chord…
- Episode 209: Episode 209: Dan Panic of Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Beulah and more on Catching Up with Friends
What a treat to talk to my old friend Dan Sullivan (DAN PANIC). We talk Screeching Weasel, Beulah, Cartoons and its affect on us as people and musicians, our diverse musical influences, plus just a whole hell of a lot of fun. I walked away…
- Episode 208: Episode 208: John Jughead on The Power Chord Hour
Episode 208: John Jughead. Anthony Merchant from the Power Chord Hour is one of my favorite interviewers. He has had me on a few times. Here is his podcast of our interview presented to you in full. We talk about such things as the new ban…
- Episode 207: Episode 207: Kyle Kinane on Catching Up with Friends
Kyle Kinane has been on the show a few times, and it is always enjoyable. He is a very smart funny man who also partakes in and enjoys the music of punk. His style is influenced by the Chicago Punk Movement. We talk about Japan, Our aversi…
- Episode 206: Episode 206: Maria Surfinbird from bands Sex Dream and Gigillas on Catching Up With Friends
Episode 206: Maria Surfinbird on Catching Up with Friends. Maria and I are in a band together called Mitochondriacs. She is always fun to talk to. I am sure you will enjoy this conversation. And afterwards go search out her music at these…
- Episode 205: Episode 205: Effigies with Steve and Paul on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 205: Steve Economou and Paul Zamost of The Effigies talks to us about Chicago & Steve Albini, Formation of The Effigies & The Brooding John Kezdy, Chicago Clubs: Exit, Neo, and Oz, Side Projects Between Effigies and Effigie…
- Episode 204: Episode 204: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth and The Cheats on Catching Up With Friends
204: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth and The Cheats has been my friend since the late 80s. We have been through a lot together and apart. And it was nice to chat with him about Sludgeworth, The Cheats, What's up next, The Postal Servi…
- Episode 203: Episode 203: B.A. of Sloppy Seconds on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 203: B.A. of Sloppy Seconds talks to us about wearing band shirts, early rock influences including KISS and Queen, road to punk, Sloppy Seconds' strange song writing process, the affect of tv on our punk scene, using sound clips, p…
- Episode 202: Episode 202: Glen Herman of Impulse Manslaughter on Catching Up With Friends
Glen Herman was an important part of Screeching Weasels introduction into the world of Chicago punk friendships. And on this podcast we talk about such things as Chicago Music Venues and the band Articles of Faith, Being the Band Naz…
- Episode 201: Episode 201: Blag Dahlia Part II of Dwarves, Introducing Ralph Champagne, and Author on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 201: Featuring Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves, Author and Singer of Introducing Ralph Champagne talks to us about Sleep & Gluttony, Introducing Ralph Champagne, Self And External Criticism And Editing, Working with Mad Mark Rude &a…
- Episode 200: Episode 200: Mass Giorgini - Producer, Musician, Academic on Catching Up With Friends
Mass Giorgini is a Producer, Mixing & Mastering Engineer, Musician from bands such as Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, and Common Rider. Jughead and Mass have been friends since the late 80s. That's a long time. And thei…
- Episode 199: Episode 199: Shawna Potter of War On Women on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 199: Shawna Potter of War on Women talks to Jughead's Basement about Current Activity and Quietly Working, Valuing Art, Anti Harassment Activism and Working on Movies and Theater, Classic Punks Dig Shawna's Band, Fair Verona to Mee…
- Episode 198: Episode 198: Larry Livermore on Catching Up With Friends
Larry Livermore is a Novelist, Essayist, Record Producer, Musician and founder of Lookout! Records. He is my friend and we talk about a lot of stuff in this free form episode. If you enjoy thoughtful conversation this will be u…
- Episode 197: Episode 197: Steve Albini's Life Celebration Reissue of Big Black's Episode
Steve Albini's Life Celebration Reissue of The Big Black Episode from October 2014.Interviews with Steve Albini, Santiago Durango, Jeff Pezzati, Camilo Gonzalez, Jim DeRogatis, and Russ Forster.July 22nd is the date of Steve Albini's Birth…
- Episode 196: Episode 196: Eddie Pignataro of The Kobanes, Noodle Brain, and The Mitochondriacs on Catching Up With Friends
Episode 196: Eddie Pignataro of The Kobanes, Noodle Brain, and The Mitochondriacs on Catching Up With FriendsThe KobanesNoodle BrainThe Mitochondriacs
- Episode 195: Episode 195: Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Hello and Welcome to Jughead’s Basement Episode 195 Sub Category LoFi Interviews with HiFi guests. This week with Blag Dahlia from The Dwarves. In this episode we talk about such things as Dwarves and Screeching Weasel overlap…
- Episode 194: Episode 194: Marc Ruvolo of No Empathy, Fur Coats, Chia Pet, Author and founder of Johann's Face Records on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 194: Marc Ruvolo of No Empathy, Chia Pet, Fur Coats, and Johann's Face Records talks to us about his new novel Pieties, Childhood From City To Suburbs To City, First Shows With No Empathy And Ongoing Trouble with CASH (Chicago Area…
- Episode 193: Episode 193: Chris Wrenn of Bridge Nine Records and Sully's Brand on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 193: Chris Wrenn of Bridge 9 Records and Sully's Brand talks to us about Hardcore Passion to Business Hat, On The Road Representing His Bands As An Ambassador For Bridge Nine, Is There Talent In Creating A Roster, Sully's Brand And…
- Episode 192: Episode 192: Jonathan Anastas of DYS on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 192 with Jonathan Anastas of DYS and Slapshot talks to us about: On being a left handed bassist, Metal to Punk to Metal to Crossover to a hodgepodge of influences, Every punk band is a small business, Decadence - Newbury Comics - S…
- Episode 191: Episode 191: John Wright of nomeansno, Hanson Brothers, and Dead Bob, along with author Jason Lamb on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 191: John Wright of No Means No, and Author Jason Lamb talk to us about the book NOMEANSNO FROM OBSCURITY TO OBLIVION (an oral history), Jughead and John have a pre-interview discussion about topography and road atlases, how the bo…
- Episode 190: Episode 190: Chris Fogal of The Gamits, Discomfort Creature, Dwayen, and Midrake on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 190: Chris Fogal of The Gamits, Dwayne, Midrake, Discomfort Creature talks to us about his late start to punk, drums a more natural but more often the guitarist on stage, metal band TAUNTAUN, the effect of pop punk in the mainstrea…
- Episode 189: Episode 189: Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Portastic and Co Founder of Merge Records on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 189: Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, Portastic, Brick and the co-founder of Merge Records talks to us about school in New York forming Bricks and studying lit and history, preserving a scene compared to growing a scene, melody with a…
- Episode 188: Episode 188: Paul (Coyote) Fleischmann of The DeeCRACKS and The Ratcliffs on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 188: Paul (Coyote) Fleischmann of The Ratcliffs and DeeCRACKS talks to us about the universe expanding and owning a telescope, growing up in Innsbruck Austria, at university in Russia and speaking multiple languages to varying degr…
- Episode 187: Episode 187: Damon Locks of Trenchmouth, The Eternals, and The Black Monument Ensemble on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 187: Damon Locks of Trenchmouth, The Eternals, Black Monument Ensemble and more talks to us about Chicago Is a Collage, Trenchmouth Becomes One Entity, "Jello Biafra Prepared Me For This World, Intention in Music and Art, The Etern…
- Episode 186: Episode 186: Michael (Yeahman) Marti of DeeCRACKS and Midrake on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 186: Michael (Yeahman) Marti of DeeCRACKS, Midrake, Dwayne, Gamits, and owner of Yeahman;s Vintage and Used Guitars talks to us about flute or guitar, Jughead's story about his DJ amp becoming his guitar amp on Boogada Boogada Boo…
- Episode 185: Episode 185: Matt and Mike of DeeCracks on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Episode 185: Matt and Mike of the DeeCracks talk to us about their new record 20 Years A Frantic Effort, Its Rerecording And Its Benefits, Spontaneity And Intention, Michael Marti The New Bass Player, An In Depth Discussion About the Worki…