Dec 01 2024 66 mins 34
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
Watch the "Born Innocent - The Redd Kross Story" Trailer here
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