MLPP60 - Dan Vapid

Mid Life Punk Podcast

Once again we’re over the Atlantic this week visiting southern Illinois to chat with one of pop-punk’s perennial peeps, Mr Dan Vapid. Dan Vapid and The Cheats have a new record out which we hear about the writing process of as well as two key tracks. We look back on Dan’s time in The Riverdales and Screeching Weasel as well as discussing the best love songs ever written, Chicago musical greats and the time Dan let off a Tommy trumper in the Amersham Arms. There’s too much Metallica chat too (Tom’s fault) Tom’s got covid, Niallism turns green, we see what’s popping off North of the border and a whole heap of other shiz. Extra songs for you this week are by Descendents, Wood, Paper Rifles, Wonk Unit, 88 Fingers Louie and Norsk Rakk.