Ep106: Keith Brammer (Die Kreuzen)

What this episode covers

Hail hail! Welcome to the Home of the Protonic Reversal. Today’s episode features another great in-studio guest (man, we’ve been lucky with these!) Keith Brammer, from Die Kreuzen, Wreck, Crime and Judy, et cetera! This wide ranging conversation touches upon such topics as: -The weird novelty of listening to one’s own music-Production quality and choices (You can do anything, and THAT’S what you want?)-Punk as an encompassing thing vs. an ossified set of rules-Bands whose sound indicated their record collection-Solidifying songs in practice vs. at shows-“I guess I can do that one and not feel physically ill.”-Starting with no preconcieved notion of the “rules”-Working at the top of your skill level, whatever it might be-“A wide swath of nonsense and garbage” back then, just like now-Touring and booking shows is definitely better with cell phones-Lee Ving is the nicest-The incredibly bad logic of throwing a shoe at a band-Recognizing the opportunity for a situation that will make a great story-Aerosmith-Telling the Rick Nielsen story again (deal with it)-“Gone Away” as the most realized DK song-Daydream Nation doesn’t entirely lend itself to being played live-The celebrated utility of a dry erase board in the practice space-Doing useless demos for Mechanic Records-Wasting the money of major labels-Wreck, and the Carnival Strippers-Picking a movie for your song to be in: PCU vs. Speed-Cover choices-All roads lead to D.O.A.-Discovering bands way later than everyone else-Picking bands to open the reunion shows, and doing the reunion shows in general-Tom Hazlemeyer’s Bash-Creating something that didn’t exist-How just being able to fuck with people’s heads is extremely rewarding