Episode 141 – Pete Kostic (Front End Loader / Regurgitator / Meat Cake)

I don’t even know how to deal with this one cos this week’s episode is huge! Pete Kostic is this week’s guest and it’s so much fun as I go all nerd with one of my all time favourite drummers. Pete has a history in music that is so damn impressive to any Aussie rock nerd and we only just scratch the surface in this hour of power but never fear because there will be a follow up down the track but right now, this is one show you are going to enjoy.  We talk about being a part of Front End Loader, his time with The Hard-Ons, and of course playing with one of Australia’s most successful “indie” bands, Regurgitator. Pete is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet and I am thankful he agreed to come on this show and share his hilarious stories.

You can hear this fun chat by clicking on THIS LINK.

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Episode 128 – Simon Day (Ratcat)

In my neverending quest to interview every single band I grew up listening to, your favourite Long Gone Loser is back with one helluva show. This week I bring you one of my most requested interviews. This interview with singer / songwriter, Simon Day, was conducted upstairs at the Corner Hotel before their show in November, 2014. While that was almost three years ago, it is as relevant today as it was then because this is a chat about history and music and the career of Sydney’s power pop band, RATCAT. Since I first started doing music journalism in the early 90s writing a zine, I had always wanted to secure an interview with RATCAT and it just seemed impossible but voila, here it is! I am so damn happy it is now in podcast form for you to hear. This is one of the best interviews found within the LGL archives. Please enjoy this chat by clicking on THIS LINK and if any of you have a copy of that Hummingbirds / Ratcat split 7″ and you would like it to go to a new home, please send it my way. I’d love you forever!

All tunes by RATCAT.

NOW GO BUY THEIR RECORDS!

The Long Gone Loser Rock Show – Episode 21

EPISODE 21

January 26th is Australia Day and so it just seems right that we do a show dedicated to the awesomeness of Australian music. Damo and Peta delved into their collections to dish up some mighty fine tunes from all genres of Australian rock music. You’re gonna hear nothing but good times! All the tunes selected are bonafide classics. You need to hear them all and you can do so by clicking this link!

Enjoy tunes by:
Ratcat
Hard-Ons
Hell Crab City
The Fancy Boys
Bodyjar
Christbait
Nursery Crimes
Exploding White Mice
The Spazzys
Caustic Soda
The Slaters
Lawnsmell
Velvet Hammer
Right Mind
Custard
Brat Farrar
Kit Convict & Thee Terrible Two
Fireballs
Spunkbubbles
Swedish Magazines
Proton Energy Pills
Shreen
Hellmenn

The Long Gone Loser Rock Show – Episode 10

EPISODE 10

Ok, so this week we delved into the world of body parts and we play the most interesting collection of tunes. Why we tackled this idea, I don’t know but it happened and it’s wild. Michele, Damo and Craig deliver another lengthy podcast of comedic value. You can listen in right now by clicking on this link!

Enjoy tunes by:
Ginger
The Hard-Ons
The Specimens
The Midnight Evils
Supersuckers
The Queers
The Nobodys
Ronnie Spector
The Hellacopters
Dum Dum Girls
Screeching Weasel
Millencolin
Budd
Propagandhi
Lunachicks
Screamfeeder
The Turkletons
Asteroid B-612

The Long Gone Loser Rock Show – Episode 6

EPISODE 6

We promised it and we delivered. This weeks show is an ode to skateboarding filled with skate music and skate talk. There’s stories of skating and praise for those who do it and have done it. From the Z-Boys to the Bones Brigade and beyond, nothing is sacred in this episode and we even throw out a competition where you shredding guitarists could win a prize pack of random awesomeness. True! So what are you waiting for? This is possibly the best episode yet. A podcast of comedic value that you’ll enjoy for years to come. Go buy some records and ride a half pipe or hang off a helicopter like Danny Way and Bob Burnquist. Oh and listen to the new episode by clicking this link!

Enjoy tunes by:
The Stupids
Screeching Weasel
Fu Manchu
Space Juniors
Teenage Bottlerocket
Spermbirds
The Shrine
Hellmenn
Sneakers And Lace
Gang Green
The Things
NOFX
Superbuick

The Long Gone Loser Rock Show – Episode 5

EPISODE 5

Woah! Strap yourself in for a long ride as this show went overboard with antics and insane ramblings from the LGL crew. Once again Damo, Craig and Michele take you through all things awesome. There’s news, there’s obituaries, there’s birthdays, and there’s also heaps good music too! I dunno how we did it but this show is a whopping 3 hours but if you have nothing better to do and you’re sick of the radio, then tune in and listen to the comedic value that the LGL show will bring. Please remember to take everything said with a pinch of salt. We’re here for a good time, not a bad time. Sit back, turn it up and enjoy by clicking this link.

Enjoy tunes by:
Naked Raygun
Ginger Wildheart
Massappeal
Frank Popp Ensemble
H20
Gorilla Biscuits
Bullet Lavolta
Thrust
Against Me!
Teen Machine
7 Seconds
Order Of Decay
The Replacements
Parasites

THE LONG GONE LOSER ROCK SHOW IS BACK!!!!

EPISODE 1

We are back! It took a long time and on this show I explain why. On the new improved Long Gone Loser Rock Show, I am joined by the Movies About Girls Podcast heroine of all things Canadian, Holly, who along with me chats about rock music and joins in on the review of this week’s Aussie release, the psychedelic religious experiment from MONROES FUR. We play some tracks and talk nonsense but it’s all good times from here on in. We also talk rock news, we remember Doc Neeson from The Angels and talk about the Hard-Ons 30th Anniversary this month as well as many other rants and chats of randomness.

Download/stream by clicking HERE.

We play tunes by:
The Vultees
The Angels
The Mystaken
Hellmenn
Space Juniors
Giants Of Science
Monroes Fur
The Hard-Ons

And you can get a taster of Monroes Fur right here with this sample I found on YouTube… this shit’s weird!!!!