Ep454: The Return of Redd Kross with Jeff & Steven McDonald

The Vinyl Guide Interview - For Record Collectors & Music Nerds

Jeff & Steven McDonald formed Redd Kross at a pivotal time in the LA music scene, playing their 1st gigs in their early teens and were mentored by Black Flag. Their influences are vast and their appreciation for musical artistry runs deep.

Redd Kross is back with a new double album - "The Redd Album" - and we talk to the brothers about some of the music and memories that brought them to this moment.

Topic Include:

• The Redd Album – lots of “red” components
• Memories with meeting Beatles
• Jeff wants to meet Bob Dylan
• Steven’s story with George Harrison
• Impressions and moments within the Zappa Universe
• Memories of collecting records in their youth
• Jeff enjoyed finding strange/new music
• Finding music and sharing with others
• Perspectives on Jazz
• Runaways & Ramones were their entry point to punk
• Other young teenagers in the early punk scene
• Police brutality at early punk shows
• Memories of the Polliwog Park show with Black Flag
• Getting Raymond Pettibone artwork for the “Born Innocent” album
• Was Redd Kross ever approached to be on SST or New Alliance?
• Experiencing their music for the 1st time on vinyl
• The early Posh Boy “Red Cross” EP pressings
• The role that flyering played in early career
• Responses to “The Decline of Western Civilization Part II”
• Rare Redd Kross/White Flag single – 100 made
• “Teen Babes from Monsanto” – The Version Especial
• Gasatanka Records label and logo
• Redd Kross master tapes
• Wanting to remix Neurotica
• Modern remixes of classic records
• Creating the “forever” mixes, continuously improving Beatles
• The “Peter Jackson” version of “Raw Power”
• Creating the Redd Album
• Debating and arguing about song sequencing
• Interview wrap up

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