Aug 17, 2018
Welcome everyone to This Was The Scene, the podcast that takes a look back at the late 90s / early 2000 Nj Jersey Punk scene, I am your host, Mike Doyle.
Brian Molloy cut his teeth in the punk scene before Green Day and the Offspring took the stage and opened the world’s eyes to what was happening outside of MTV. He created a zine in the late 90s that wasn’t focussed on band reviews, or show reviews or root beer reviews (shot out to annoyance zine)
Instead, he created short stories with a punk rock tone in hidden in the background and called it Just in time for nothing. I remember buying copies of his zine at shows and wanted to get his take on the scene back then.
I asked him if he’d be down to talk about it and he said “Certainly!”
In this interview we discuss:
- Yabo’s room in Gleaming the Cube
- The Descendants
- His conversation with Jay Bentley from Bad Religion
- His famous photo of him holding the Ernie Doll on the back of Green Day’s Dookie
- Hardcore band Uprise
- How he started his zine
- DJing shows in the city
- I try to talk him into finally publishing a book
- And a ton more
Before we begin, I’d like to talk about liquid alcohol that’s yummy.
This week’s episode sponsored by Southern Tier Distilling Company.
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Great things on the horizon for all things Southern Tier!
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Southern Tier, Why the hell not?
This episode is also brought to you by my new book I’ll eventually like kids when they’re adults. This is a collection of comics I’ve drawn daily on my instagram account. You can find me on Instagram by searching for @yourdailybred.
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