Podcast: Episode 294: Punk Rock Trust Exercise

On episode 294 of the Punknews Podcast Ricky Frankel, Adam White and John Gentile discuss Direct Hit joining the Fat Wreck Chords family, the singer from the Riverboat Gamblers injuring himself during a performance, the singer of Rotting Out’s arrest for drug trafficking, and upcoming festivals including This is Hardcore and the Don Giovanni backed New Alternative Music Festival. We also discuss the fact that vinyl outperformed all the free digital streaming services in the past year.

This episode features new music from Morning Glory, a classic from the aforementioned Riverboat Gamblers and an extremely rare Clash track you may not have heard.
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Show Notes & Links

• Morning Glory @ BandCamp
• Direct Hit joins Fat Wreck
• Vinyl sales brought in more money than free streams in 2015
• RIAA data on the above…
• Riverboat Gamblers singer collapses lung and breaks ribs
• Riverboat Gamblers website
• Singer of Rotting Out arrested for trafficking 359k worth of marijuana
• Don Giovanni announces New Alternative Music Festival
• This is Hardcore announces 2016 lineup

This episode of the Punknews Podcast was produced by Greg Simpson.