
Jughead's Basement
John "Jughead" Pierson
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.
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Episode 104: Episode 104 - PUNK POETS Matt Hart (Squirtgun & Nevernew) and Tim Stafford (Chicago Poet) on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Jughead's Basement
02/01/22 • 131 min
Episode 104: The Punk Poet Episode - Matt Hart (formerly of Squirtgun) and The Nevernew and Timothy Stafford Chicago Poet and Performance Artist. In this episode we talk about such things as the differences and similarities between poetry readings and stand-up, the word poetry and its relation to music, social change and self deprecation, on being a teacher plus much much more.
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Tim's Book:
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1890-the-patron-saint-of-making-curfew
Matt Hart:
https://www.ledgemulepress.org/releases/the-obliterations-matt-hart

06/28/21 • 4 min
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www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com
www.larylivermore.com

Episode 100: Episode 100: Mass Giorgini Part II on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Jughead's Basement
01/10/22 • 4 min
Episode 100: Mass Giorgini - Punk Producer and all around Renaissance Man is the 100th episode and also the marker of the 10 year anniversary. In this episode Jughead and Giorgini talk about so many things including but not limited to: The Queers, Naked Raygun, Green Day, Common Rider, Smoking Popes, The Vindictives, Lemonheads, Toxic Reason, Steve Albini, Paul Mahern, Screeching Weasel’s How To Make Enemies and Irritate people with Green Day’s Mike Dirt on Bass, Suzi Moon, Jesse Michaels, building his studio Sonic Iguana, artistic nature and major labels’ effect on sound quality, the Loudness Wars in mastering, and believe it or not... much much more.
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06/21/21 • 85 min
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www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com

Episode 89: Episode 89 - Dan Vapid of The Cheats, Screeching Weasel, Riverdales, Methadones, Mopes on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Jughead's Basement
09/23/21 • 105 min
Episode 89: Dan Vapid of The Cheats, Screeching Weasel, The Methadones, The Riverdales, The Mopes, The Queers, Sludgeworth, Noise By Numbers and... I could go on and on. In this episode we talk about such things as Audiobooks, Vapid’s new Cheats record, Screeching Weasel’s transition into The Riverdales and back, What is success, a discussion about Hope and Regret, our favorite Heavy Metal records, and much much more.
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Dan Vapid & The Cheats Bandcamp

Episode 95: Episode 95 - Alex (Daddy Wonk) of Wonk Unit on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Jughead's Basement
11/12/21 • 94 min
Episode 95 - Daddy Wonk Alex Brindle Johnson of Wonk Unit. In this episode we talk about such things as raising a baby girl, his first band the Flying Medallions and all the glory and tragedies which led him to alcohol abuse and recovery, his ongoing relationship with Duncan Redmonds from the band Snuff, Ego and the selling of the self in music, his new record Uncle Daddy, Dinosaurs are Wankers and much much wonkily more.
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www.sirenrecordsmchenry.com
www.wonkunit.com

Episode 92: Episode 92 - Christopher Appelgren of Lookout Records and The Pattern on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Jughead's Basement
10/20/21 • 101 min
Episode 92: Christopher Appelgren of Lookout Records and bands The PeeChees, The Pattern, and The Potatomen talks to Jughead about Ancestry False and Real, Creating Yourself, Meeting Larry Livermore, The Pattern Business and Pleasure, Music as a Community, How To Ruin a Record Label and Christopher's honest take on his responsibilities, and of course we discuss that Goddamn Lookout Blue Bear.
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Episode 101: Episode 101 - Ryan Malott from 500 Miles To Memphis on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Jughead's Basement
01/14/22 • 89 min
Episode 101: Ryan Malott of 500 Miles to Memphis talks to Jughead about such things as his legendary slide guitarist David Rhodes, Vinnie Fiorello's label Paper & Plastick, his blood gory music video, Addiction and Redemption, the Ego of a Young Man, From external producers to home studio, plus much much more.
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500 Miles To Memphis Official Site
500 Miles To Memphis Bandcamp

Episode 72: Episode 72 - Scott Murphy - Allister - Monoeyes - Solo
Jughead's Basement
06/07/21 • 70 min
For links related to the episode:
https://www.jugheadsbasementpodcast.com/hi-fi-guests/72-scott-murphy

Episode 98: Episode 98 - Alice Hour from In Evil Hour on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests
Jughead's Basement
12/13/21 • 111 min
Episode 98: Alice Hour from In Evil Hour talks to Jughead about Touring in Europe, Hometown Darlington, Brexit and Touring Across Borders, Tattoos, the origin of In Evil Hour, Alice's "day job", writing for a band with political overtones, Future Plans, and much more.
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www.inevilhour.bandcamp.com
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FAQ
How many episodes does Jughead's Basement have?
Jughead's Basement currently has 204 episodes available.
What topics does Jughead's Basement cover?
The podcast is about Punk, Music, Music History, Podcasts, John and Music Interviews.
What is the most popular episode on Jughead's Basement?
The episode title 'Episode 214: Episode 214: Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer on LoFi Interviews with HiFi Guests' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Jughead's Basement?
The average episode length on Jughead's Basement is 82 minutes.
How often are episodes of Jughead's Basement released?
Episodes of Jughead's Basement are typically released every 7 days, 8 hours.
When was the first episode of Jughead's Basement?
The first episode of Jughead's Basement was released on Jul 5, 2013.
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