Mid Life Punk Podcast

Send us a text The swindle continues in the second part of our festive magnum opus: The complete deconstruction of 1980s highest grossing movie (about the Sex Pistols) "The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle". Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats and Eddie French off Punk Rock Elite Podcast are still in and Danny is revealing himself to be a Sex Pistols expert as we move through. This half has changing nationalities, a trip to Brazil, a talking dog, a French resistance fighter (probably) and of course, m...

Send us a text Merry Christmas one and all! We all like a good movie over the festive period, but we also like slagging off crap movies too. Hence, Tom has summoned the two best film critics he knows: Danny Barrett off The Crash Mats and Eddie French off Punk Rock Elite Podcast to discuss, dissect and review Julien Temple's 1980 "documentary", The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle, which stars The Sex Pistols and their hangers on. Part 1 has all the things you imagine when thinking about punk rock: ...

Send us a text A festive stateside visit beckons this week as Tom and his able assistant Mark Murphy (off Crocodile God) chat with The Brokedowns about their latest record (out now on Red Scare) Let's Tip The Landlord. We chat about famous punk houses, a terrible slipping over incident, health gurus, the International Criminal Court and much more. Tom's on one about audiobooks, Mark reveals his Christmas party plans and a previous guest from the North East thinks something is a fookin disgrac...

Send us a text It's time to visit Brighton....but only after we've been to Croydon first to chat with Crystal Palace supporter, tall man and bass player of Phinius Gage, Mr Mike Scott. Phinius Gage kept us entertained almost a quarter of a century ago with their skate-punk riffage and hectic touring schedule before calling it a day in 2007. But, now they're back! We talk about missing the P-Rock TV boat by moments, punk and metal interplay, crisps, your favourite bands playing right near your...

Send us a text Spike Slawson, enigmatic frontman of Spike & The Gimme Gimmes has hauled himself into MLPP Towers this week ahead of their UK tour next month. The lad likes a chat, so we cover a lot: The name change, getting booed at bar mitzvahs, Christmas songs, getting booed at baseball games, Spike's last live music experience as a punter, some scary UK cities, and getting booed at a Quinceañera. Tom's joined by guest co-host Danny Barrett, we get a global exclusive s...