Jughead's Basement

John "Jughead" Pierson

Interviews, album dissections, and radio adventures of punk and underground bands, comedians, and performers.

  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    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 Choose Your Own Adventure Mentality, Recording with My My My and Even In Blackouts, Recording in Muscle Shoals, Four Lost Souls and the National Number System, plus much much more.

    Jon Langford's site with many John Szymanski projects
    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    22 January 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 33 minutes
    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 Know They Wanted, Moving Producers from Matt Jordon to Mike Sapone, Simplicity, Humility, & Being Genuine, Self Deprecation, Revenge Songs, The Effect of EMO plus much much solo, band, sincere, yes my dear, to the end genuine more more more!

    Sincere Engineer Website

    ​Jughead's Basement Patreon

    9 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    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 Comedy Writer for the tv show Friends and its path to becoming a documentarian for Redd Kross, Fair Use and Collecting Footage, The McDonald Brother Interviews, Ruthlessly Cutting, The Year of Redd Kross, plus much red, redd, cross, kross, rake, reich more!

    Information on Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
    Extended interview with Andrew Reich and Ronnie Barnett
    Redd Kross Website

    2 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    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  , Relationships with Theo & Friends as Ice Breakers, Balancing GOB & Sum 41, Masculinity - Femininity - and Self Destruction in Punk Rock, Horror & Fear Talk, Seriousness & Darkness Introduced into GOB, Deryck from Sum 41 Writes as a Producer, Creative Process & Personal Conflict plus much much gobbity gobbity gob!

    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    Gob Website
    Sum 41 Website
    McRackins Information

    19 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    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 Band, Jugheads Gets a Lesson in Roller Derby from Lynda, From Roller Derby Back to Punk Rock, Pale Lips, Dirty Cheetah and Taxi Girls on Improving as a Drummer, Lynda and Jughead share Body Wound Stories plus much much drummer drumming montreal mania wrestling and more!

    Dirty Cheetah Website
    Taxi Girls Bandcamp
    Pale lips Bandcamp

    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    11 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    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 Chords and Red Scare Crossover, Is Signing Bands Truly Dumb Luck, Lillingtons Talk, being Part of the Creative Process and the Value of Life, Election & Apathy, Lastly the 20th Anniversary Comp, and not much more more more because that's a lot lot lot!

    Red Scare Web Site

    Jughead's Basement Patreon

    5 November 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    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 from this one feeling good. It was very heartwarming to chat with him after so long.

    LINK TO PATREON FOR JUGHEAD'S BASEMENT

    28 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    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 band Semi-Famous, How to run a podcast, interview styles and how to get better, Screeching Weasel, plus much more.


    Jughead's Basement Patreon  (Donate to the show)
    https://www.patreon.com/jugheadsbasement

    Places to hear The Power Chord Hour

    https://powerchordhour.simplecast.com/

    https://www.facebook.com/powerchordhour/

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8Lgg?app=desktop

    https://www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/?hl=en

    14 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 54 minutes 59 seconds
    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 aversion to Pranks, Travel, Aging as a Comedian, and coming off Hiatus, plus more of course!



    Kyle Kinane's Website

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    7 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 56 minutes 39 seconds
    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 locations:

    https://sexxdream.bandcamp.com/

    https://gigillas.bandcamp.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@mariasurfinbird

    https://linktr.ee/sex.dream

    30 September 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    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 Effigies, Studio and Influence Talk, Time Runs Out, The New Record Burned and Its Recording, Unfinished Business, and The Loss Of John and the Future of The Effigies.

    The Effigies Website for Info
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    23 September 2024, 1:00 pm
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