Ep476: Redd Kross - Born Innocent with Jeff and Steven

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Jeff & Steven McDonald join us to discuss the new documentary "Born Innocent - The Redd Kross Story", learnings from their lifelong musical partnership, memories of early punk days, David Bowie, Germs and more.

Topics Include:

• Possible talk of touring Asia and the Pacific Rim
• Steven and Dale are road dogs
• Jeff more of a homebody than Steven
• Adjustment from touring back to home
• Steven and Mario seeing King Gizzard in early days
• Playing the L7 Fast & Frightening Festival
• Challenges of making the “Born Innocent” documentary
• Keeping the documentary to 90 minutes
• The dynamics of the brothers – getting under each other’s skin
• Earlier attempts to tell the story of Redd Kross
• What parts of the Redd Kross story were under-represented?
• Leveraging “devices” to tell the story and manage viewer expectations
• What did you learn about yourselves watching the documentary?
• Ability to view the unique partnership of the brothers
• Taking away learnings from the movie – relatable learnings from the brothers
• Brothers within a band – comparisons with Oasis
• Are the brothers enjoying the current state of their band
• Grateful for the movie and the book – most proud of the REDD KROSS album
• How did David Bowie show up for their 1st club gig?
• Punk in LA in late 70s was a small community
• The bill was UXA, Black Flag and Redd Kross
• Memories and experiences with Darby Crash
• The impact of Darby Crash’s death
• People who may misinterpret Germs
• Video of Germs performance for “Up In Smoke”
• The humour and comedy of punk
• Interview wrap-up

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