Episode 136

Ep 136 - Marko DeSantis (Sugarcult, Popsicko) - Power Chord Hour Podcast

On this episode I get in depth with Marko DeSantis for a career spanning interview! Topics include: - Reissuing the long out of print Popsicko album Off to a Bad Start - Punishing Matt Wallace with Replacements questions while recording Start Static - Which Ataris song Marko helped write for Blue Skies, Broken Hearts - How Superdrag helped the formation of Sugarcult - Marko's short stint in Swingin Utters - My Records and the takeoff success of the first Nerf Herder record - Being the only band on Warped Tour covering The Knack and Elvis Costello & much more!

The Power Chord Hour Podcast · Marko DeSantis, Anthony Merchant

April 5, 20232h 25mExplicit

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On this episode I get in depth with Marko DeSantis for a career spanning interview! Topics include:

- Reissuing the long out of print Popsicko album Off to a Bad Start

- Punishing Matt Wallace with Replacements questions while recording Start Static

- Which Ataris song Marko helped write for Blue Skies, Broken Hearts

- How Superdrag helped the formation of Sugarcult

- Marko's short stint in Swingin Utters

- My Records and the takeoff success of the first Nerf Herder record

- Being the only band on Warped Tour covering The Knack and Elvis Costello & much more!

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john doematt skibasuperdragall at the end of april. sugarcult (with davis) played a one-off show at the chain reaction in anaheim20112017 at the fonda theatreblue skies broken heartsconcertmy bloody valentinethe band members took a year off in 2009 from sugarcult for their 10-year anniversary to do their own side-projects. they were neither broken upjoey cobraneon treeswas released in 2000. in 2001interviewno use for a nameairin older (bass guitarsinger from lagwagon. in bad astronautoff to a bad startthe lost kittenson april 13which featured the hit singles "pretty girl"matt wallaceand left sugarcult to enter rehab to get help for his alcoholism. pagnotta was close to davisjoey capedamonetommy stinsonmemorycheap trick"without derrickradio showjamestown new yorkpop rockand wrote the song "champagne" about his addictions when he was forced to leave the band.houston we have a drinking problemcalifornia formed in 1999. the band currently consists of tim pagnotta (lead vocalssugarcult released their first collection of demo recordingssuperchunkkung fu recordsin late 2005. lights outdown on hayleylights outpalm trees and power linessugarjoey cape announceddo it aloneelvis costelloone giant disappointment on november 14nerf herderbuffalo new yorkfat wreck chordsrhythm guitar)"stuck in america" won the los angeles regional poll in the 2nd annual independent music awards. start static featured several songs that had previously been released as demos on wrap me up in plastic. in may 2001western new yorklagwagonone giant disappointmenta feature-length documentary film (with a bonus live ep)new musicbad astronautgoo goo dollssanta barbaralas vegasthe ataris2004she's the bladeindie rockthe vandalsa benefit concert on may 14power poppop punkswingin uttersmarko desantis (lead guitar)a fall tour and a winter tour. their fall tour included so they saybig stir recordsreplacementssugarcultnirvanax"bouncing off the walls" (also featured in the movie and soundtrack to national lampoon's van wilder) and "stuck in america". in early 2003all time lowtheir latest studio albumpercussion).followed by houston: we have a drinking problem in 2002 on honest don's records. the band released its third and final albumand kenny livingston (drumshonest dons records2006. the release of lights out was immediately followed by two toursthe punk rock musuemeleventhe band re-released wrap me up in plastic with a new track listing that included songs from both eleven and the original wrap me up in plasticbash and popwhen we were young fest2006walk the moonmark hoppussugarcult is an american rock band from santa barbarabouncing off the walls1079 wrfavan halenstart staticwrap me up in plasticgood charolettethe lap dancersthere is no bad astronaut" on the band's myspace pagemaxeenas well as new artwork. in 2003halifaxdavis officially left sugarcult. davis had been regularly missing shows since the release of start staticfoo fighterspopsickotouringsugarcult song "do it alone" was featured on the cw's show one tree hill during season and in the film employee of the month. sugarcult played at the soundwave tour in 2008.blink 182don't tell a souldrive thru recordsthe knackin 1999. their second collectionstuck in americacaliforniapodcastkris roewarped tourwas released on september 12and the spill canvas. their winter tour included such bands as meg and diapaul westerbergnor were known to be working on new sugarcult material as of mid-2010. at the end of 2010marko desantisjoey cape explores a style of alternative rockkeith brownand the adored. in 2006paramoreramoneswnybacking vocals)new found gloryanderson indianaacrophobe in 2001gin blossomsmy chemical romancesum 41members of the group performed with members of 5 seconds of summer (who have cited sugarcult as a primary influence on their band) and past tourmate goldfinger frontman and acclaimed record producer john feldmann for strange '80sbad astronaut is an american indie/alternative rock band founded in 2000 by joey capederrick plourdechautauqualos angelesmy recordsthe playing favoriteson fat wreck chords. upon the album's releasetwelve small stepsjtnythe band released their debut albumthe pink spidersthey announced that they would play at least two shows in the united kingdom and then perform at the belgium music festival groezrockwith lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters. the band released its debut albumsoul asylumtim pagnottachqbob mouldtourcalifornia on december 10fat mikewhere they celebrated the tenth anniversary of the release of start static. more recentlyhawthorne heights

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