Episode 380 - Mike Torres (Section H8, Furious Styles, Spitting Teeth)

Welcome to the dream! Today on the show Damian is joined by Section H8's MIKE "MEXI" TORRES to talk punk! Listen in as they discuss Mexi's incredible journey from being a houseless punk kid, to making records with his childhood heroes. Smuggling a Rancid tape into "Bad kid school", being stranded in Seattle, living with Cold Sweat, Havoc records as hardcore's Sub Pop & so much more: DON'T MISS THIS EPISODE!

Also, don't miss Section H8's fantastic, "Welcome To The Nightmare" out now on Flatspot Records!!

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Also Touched On:

Singles Going Steady, Hits and Misses and Pete Genest

Rancid’s “Salvation” video

Dad surprising you with GnR/ Metallica tickets

Seeing John Denver live

Body Count’s Cop Killer: It reeeeeally bothered people

Rancid's work ethic

No music allowed in the “bad kid school”

Smuggling in “Let’s Go” tape

Tim Armstrong

Duff loves Discharge

becoming “a piece shit bar guy” for a while

Getting trapped in Seattle

Spitting Teeth: “We were bad at being in a band”

War Scar

Havoc Records

Chicago Fest

Aus Rotten were a very important thing

Writing songs while guarding weeds shops

& TONS OF OTHER GOODNESS!!!



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