diy punk

The West Midlands' newbies, Guineapigs are in this week for a chat, and they've very kindly spunked their entire discography on this podcast so thanks, lads.

Which one is the best torturer? Which is their preferred Reddich watering hole? Are criminals in poshest South Warwickshire REALLY that scary? All these questions and more are answered within, so listen and find out.

Music this week is from: Funbug, Tearjerker, Plot 32, Beauty School Dropout and Government Issue.

WYRES are in MLPP Towers this week for a wide ranging discussion covering their own modern sound, sleep disorders, uplifting lyrics, MySpace and appearing on a sitcom marketed at millenials.

These boys have some big things coming down the track, so keep your eyes peeled.

Tom has chalked up yet another wholesome weekend, Niallism's potentially broken his vegan vows and we despair at what we get sent sometimes.

Music for ya this week comes courtesy of Mean Jeans, The Usuals, Regal Cheer (whose hometown i get totally wrong, sorry), Sommerset and Consumed.

The band from Leeds with two Lees, Last Season's Winners, have popped down the M1 to visit MLPP Towers this week.

These 4 are scene verterans and have sage advice and warnings from history for any aspiring punk rockers.It's not all doom and gloom though, as we find out what freebies being in a punk band can get you. 

We chat films (mainly Arnie and Leslie Nielson ones), big city gigs sometimes letting you down and we ponder the question: Do "The Kids" want to hear from middle aged white blokes any more?

Niallism's got new sounds and new threads, Tom's got a budding pro-golfer in his midst and we discuss listener input on the subject of bands that you should've listened to more when you were a youth, but didn't.

Music this week is from: New Junk City, Von Danikens, Have Nots, Chip Away and Kimberly Steaks.

please be upstanding for their majesties, the Kings of Fife, The Bucky Bombs!

These 3 plucky lovers of Bucky have travelled to us to share their fresh Ramonescore sound, with songs about Buckfast, Girls that like Buckfast, Rosyth and Parks.

Mrs Brown's Boys gets slated, World Class darts runner up Luke Littler is praised, and we get some info about what's considered entertainment in Scottish schools.

Music this week is from: Christie Costello, Rancid, The Vandals, Trashcan Dance and Dear Landlord.

On the 12th day of Christmas MLPP gave to me....

12 drummers singing!

Ben Corry, frontman of The Battery Farm has curated a dozen drummers that have, at one point or another, sang the songs.

It's a real ecclectic mix to end this veritable Christmas selection box, so enjoy.

On the 11th Day of Christmas MLPP gave to me....

11 Bombpops Beers!

Ross from Shackleford is in for the penultimate christmas special. Ross' stories are all about how he's enjoyed the riders and refreshments of various performing artists.

Music is from The Bombpops and T’pau

On the 8th day of Christmas MLPP gave to me....

8 Bostin' Bands!

We interupt top Dutch promoter, Duco VAn Der Veen's TV time on the 8th day of christmas to discuss his visit to the jewel in East Anglia's crown, Kings Lynn, where he saw 8 pop groups plying their trade.

In our final "normal" episode of 2023, we're joined by two DIY Punk heavyweights, Bev & Andy from Manchester's very own TNS records!

Born from a fanzine way back in 2003, TNS has evolvd somewhat into a leading UK independent record label with its bolt-on annual live music event Manchester Punk Festival.

How do they decide which bands to unleash on us all? What gets on people's nerves about DIY bands? Will there be another TNS Tour? Listen in to find out!

Niall has a very confusing Christmas raffle going on, Tom's feeling alright and we remind you, one last time, about our 12 dys of Christmas run down.

Music this week is from: Screeching Weasel, Bang Bang Bunny, The Lawrence Arms, Faintest Idea, Bruise Control, Knife Club, Electric Press, Stubborn Allstars and Clayface.

Be Fair are back! Last time, ony their dear leader, Dickkie could make it, but this time he's bought the full band along to share the burden.

They've got a new drummer, a shed load of new tracks and an upbeat outlook on life.

We chat about their song lyrics, they give us an EXCLUSIVE play of their next single and we discuss hairy meat, grim pub snack discoveries, the reddest gig venue in Yorkshire and make a playlist for people they hate.

Tom & Niall are OUTRAGED by the brass neck on some people, a new method of ingesting nicotine and it's a special boy's birthday.

Music for ou this week comes from Taking On Water, 98 Mute, The Vandals, Healer of Bastards and H.D.Q

This week Our Lives In Cinema are projecting themselves onto the side of MLPP Towers. Their glorious leader, Mark answers your cinema based questions as we tackle Groundhog Day, Share Grease conspiracy theories and there's a bit of music talk in there as well. These Bromley pop punks are on the cusp of their full length debut and we see big things on the horizon.

Tom also introduces the OLIC song "Dead Legends" as "Dead Leg" and nobody corrected him. God knows why.

Tom's been up to Oldham again to visit Evil Music Live, Niall's in an exotic location we also get some fake news from him about record labels.

Music for you this week is by: Keifer Madness, The Abs, Hail Spraytan, Break The Habit and DeeCracks.

Hot damn its only The Crash Mats!

They've got a new offering for your ears called "69 Spotify Listeners Can't All Be Wrong" and the old guard of Oldham are keen to share it with you.

As well as the insightful music journalism you've come to expect from us, we also touch on topics such as rattling knives that are haunted, the crests of various football clubs, Oldham eateries, record labels and when The Simpsons peaked.

There's an update on the fat fighters challenge, Tom & Niallism have been invited on another podcast and we complain about the heat, as usual.

Additional tunes this week come from, Hound, Bruise Control, Pizzatramp and The Lovely Eggs.

We're keen as mustard to share our episode featuring The Mustard with you this week! The quality quartet from Manchester have an ep coming out, and have graciously allowed us to pick songs from it to dissect and discuss.

 Prepare to be amazed by how much they're cramming/ have crammed in a mere 9 months after their first gig, get ready for a highly concentrated dose of optimism and prepare for all of this soundtracked by some brilliant punk rock with that 90s vibe we all know and love.

The boys give an update on the fat fighters challenge, Niall moans, Tom's exhasperated and there's a new take on an old classic from the big book of bullshit.

Songs come from: The Dopamines, Serial Chiller, Groovie Ghoulies. Memy and NOFX.

Across the pond we go once again, to Mineappolis, for a meeting with Jesse from off The Slow Death. This leader of an ever changing band has some anecdotes to share with us and he does not hold back!

We discuss being in a punk rock marriage, British food delicaces, public transport, getting banned from Fest, post-lockdown blues, the Slow Death recording process and mystery bass players.

Niall hits a new low in his random record guessing, Tom finally gets his comeuppance when a comment from a previous show comes back to bite him on the arse and we reveal our weight loss competition "MLPP Racing Snake Award 2023".

Music this week is courtesy of: China Drum, Pkew x3, Zero Cost, Pretty Boy Thorson & The Falling Angels, and Harker ( I got the song wrong, it's "Out The Window").

Round the houses guv! It's a trip to South London this week for Tom and guest co-host Mark L Williamson (Niall's off on a Kraftwerk pilgrimage) to meet, greet and chat with grungy, punky 3 piece Girls Like Us.

We discuss their upcoming festival appearances, hear about their fame amongst the narcotic retail community and get the inside track on their personal and sincere lyrical content.

It wouldn’t be an episode featuring women if we didn't have to force home the message that touching people without consent isn't bloody on. Their drummer dials in from South Africa, which is a first.

AI Tony gets right on, Tom reviews his trip to the North East,  we discuss the terrible behaviour of Justin Sane (allegedly), singer of perrenial try-hards Anti-Flag and much more.

Music this episode is from: The Bucky Bombs, BSS, Tilt, The Creeps and Heligan.

Lincoln's finest al fresco antagonists, Glitchers, are our guests this week. They cut their teeth on the streets by carrying out "flash punk gigs" in town centres across the UK, leaving a trail of bemused bobbies and nerve wracked grannies in their wake.

Ahead of their EIGHTY DATE tour, we chat about powering their brief gigs, scary 90s tv shows and the remit over-reach of over zealous security guards.

15 Minute cities get put to bed, AI Tony settles a debate, Tom reviews Crocfest (badly) and all the usual cider fuelled sillyness you've learned how to tolerate.

Additional musical offerings are from: Consec, FEAR, Hepcat, Angry Itch and Face to Face.

We're blasting off up the A52 this week to visit Austin Rocket in Nottingham! Austin currently plys his trade in Scene Killers and The Hip Preists, but, there's a much longer backstory to his musical endeavours! We start out in the arse-end of Lincolnshire where there's nowt but fields and RAF bases and take a journey through the early 90s uk pop-punk scene, Scandirock, death punk and screech to a halt in the present day.

We discuss what happens when a punk legend pisses your Dad off at 3am, two people (Austin's brother and a mod record label owner) find out the hard way about judging a book by its cover and we hear about trips to Oslo and following your favourite pop groups around the country.

If THAT wasn't enough, we have a WORLD EXCLUSIVE first play of Reason To Leave's newest single! YOU CANNOT HEAR THIS NO PLACE ELSE UNTIL FRIDAY 16TH JUNE!

Additional music is from: The Kunts, Hellacopters, Senseless Things, The Headaches, Real McKenzies, Clayface and Slant.

Cornwall's not all tin mines, pasties, cyder, pirates and more pasties you know. Lurking out on the moores is a punk/hardcore bohemouth the locals call "Rash Decision" and its roar is known to scare away all legal action.

Yes, Dave and Si off Rash Decision are in MLPP Towers this week to educate us on a number of things, such as: British Beach Wildlife, Do's and Dont's when travelling in the far east of Europe and the statistal quirk surrounding Belgians and their sexual preferences.

The boys have provided us with a wide spectrum of rash decision output spanning their full career, so this is THE Rash Decision companion podcast you didn't know you needed.

We get a complaint, Niall's full of the joys, the random record is random and and the welcome is warm, so come on in.

Additional tracks for you this week is from: Kepi Ghoulie (feat. The Accelerators) The Queers, El Sancho, NOFX and Informal Complaint

This week we're joined by Welly , creator of Artcore fanzine, former vocalist of Cardiff punks Four Letter Word and now, a published author. 'Directions To The Outskirts Of Town' is a collection of Welly's tour diaries that he jotted down in 1994 and 1999 whilst crossing the USA. First as merch guy/roadie for Chaos UK and then with Four Letter Word.

The discussion gives an insight into the sometimes grim, sometimes violent (but always interesting!) reality of doing the thing we've all dreamed of doing.

There's skinheads gifting bullets, ex-marines taking song titles personally, Sex Pistols songs driving the crowd wild and what chaotic trans-continental punk outing would be complete without The Wurzels?

Music selected by Welly and us is from: Medictation, The Roughies, Samiam, Chaos UK, Four Letter Word, Swingin' Utters, Youth Brigade and Gel.