About this episode

Bob Forrest interviews Mike Magrann about punk rock history, personal experiences, and the challenges of drug addiction.

SOMEDAY Don't Die is gonna understand this podcast technology and Bob will fully charge his phone! Until then... this episode is a miracle. With no less than 5 false starts or dropped calls and one full intro recording lost, Don't Die got our honored guest Mike Magrann on the line. Author, biker, and original Gateway Cities punk rock frontman of CH3 for a talk about punk riots, hairspray, everyone stealing style ideas from Mike Martt, writing songs, writing memoirs, black beauties, bad choices, long drives, big fun in the 80s, getting your shit together in the 90s and keeping fuckin' going. Also, Bob mourns the passing of Big Heroin and the tragic synthetic tranq brain scramble that passes for street drugs today as he and Chuk discuss how to treat it Get Mike Magrann's new memoir Tin Knocker, and his debut, Miles Per Gallon, from DiWulf Publishing

People in this episode

Host: Bob Forrest

Guest: Mike Magrann

Topics covered

• punk rock
• memoirs
• drug addiction
• 80s culture
• music history
• personal growth

Keywords

• punk rock
• memoir
• drug addiction
• 80s
• music
• Big Heroin
• Mike Magrann

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tin Knocker, Miles Per Gallon

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