Washed Up Emo
Join Tom Mullen for a look back at when emo was an unknown word, its relevance now and speaks to those deeply involved with the emo/punk/hardcore/post-hardcore scene.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 262
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
#182 - Steven's Untitled Rock Show (Steven Smith, Jonah Bayer)
Today’s guests Steven Smith and Jonah Bayer you may know if you owned a television and loved music in the mid 2000s. Around that time, there was one TV show dedicated to the scene so to speak and cha…
01:12:44 |
Thu 31 Dec 2020
#181 - Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink (Azure Ray)
Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor. Formed in Athens, Georgia in 2001, they later moved to Omaha, Nebraska and became part of the Saddle Cree…
00:53:40 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
#180 - Mike Reed (Small Brown Bike)
Like two friends who haven’t spoken in a bit. Mike and I start talking about a show i saw of theirs at the beginning of the pod. Mike was absolutely a joy to speak with albeit with some audio issues …
00:53:45 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
#179 - Mike Parsell (Frail)
Today, we have someone on the podcast that changed my life. Mike Parsell, guitarist from the band Frail. Frail were from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and when they played a local teen center near me in…
00:48:05 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
#178 - Tonie Joy (Moss Icon)
Today we welcome Tonie Joy from Moss Icon. Moss Icon were around for only four years but impacted two genres and countless bands after their short time together. They are an icon in this scene and it…
01:33:05 |
Mon 26 Oct 2020
#177 - Conor Oberst
Today, we welcome a legend, Conor Mullen Oberst to the podcast. No, I didn’t just add my last name to his name, that’s his actual middle name and we talk about it and no, we discussed it. We are not …
01:19:10 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
#176 - Gared O'Donnell (Planes Mistaken for Stars)
Today on the podcast is Gared O’Donnell from Planes Mistaken for Stars. Gared and I recently connected after he heard an earlier podcast, episode 110 to be exact, with writer Jason Heller about the i…
01:17:31 |
Mon 07 Sep 2020
#175 - Thomas Barnett (Strike Anywhere, Inquisition)
Today on the podcast we welcome Thomas Barnett from Strike Anywhere. A legend in the punk scene and someone that I’ve been following since 1999 when I first heard Strike Anywhere and their brand of p…
01:21:19 |
Thu 20 Aug 2020
#174 - Jon Marburger (I Hate Myself)
Today we welcome Jon Marburger from I Hate Myself. I Hate Myself were a three piece emo band from Gainesville, Florida and were around for only a short time from 1997-1998 and then reunited in 2003 a…
01:22:51 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
#173 - Alex Dunham (Hoover)
Alex Dunham, singer and guitarist for the band and I connected in NYC right before the pandemic took hold in early March. It's crazy to hear our conversation have zero of the weight of conversations …
01:18:07 |
Mon 27 Jul 2020
#172 - Chris Simpson (Mineral, The Gloria Record, and Mountain Time)
So great to have Chris Simpson back on the podcast. Since we last spoke all the back for episode 15 of this podcast, Mineral wasn’t even reunited yet. We had a lot to catch up on. We talked about the…
01:01:30 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
#171 - Danny Pound (Vitreous Humor, The Regrets)
Today, we welcome Danny Pound from Vitreous Humor and The Regrets. In this podcast, I’ve tried to go back and find the origin, the meaning, and the stories behind this genre. In this episode, we go b…
01:11:05 |
Tue 23 Jun 2020
#170 - A Tribute to Jeff Hanson (Singer, Songwriter, M.I.J)
When I look back on my life and what albums had an immediate impact on me from the 90s, one jumps out that I felt never got their due. The band was M.I.J and the singer of that band, Jeff Hanson. Jef…
00:51:12 |
Wed 06 May 2020
#169 - Whitmer Thomas (Comedian, Musician, The Golden One HBO Special)
Today, we welcome Whitmer Thomas. You’re saying, who is Whitmer? Whitmer is a comedian that recently had a 1-hour comedy special on HBO called The Golden One.
It’s also an album of music with the sa…
00:51:37 |
Fri 24 Apr 2020
#168 - Guy Picciotto (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)
Today, we welcome a legend. Guy Picciotto from Rites of Spring and Fugazi. You may also know him from Happy Go Licky or One Last Wish. Insert another obscure band to tweet at me later.
In my years o…
01:16:15 |
Mon 17 Feb 2020
#167 - The Hard Times (Matt Saincome, Bill Conway, Krissy Howard)
Today we welcome Matt Saincome, Bill Conway and Krissy Howard from The Hard Times! The world famous satirical site stopped by Washed Up Emo on their recent book tour to talk about how the site starte…
01:15:43 |
Mon 03 Feb 2020
#166 - William Goldsmith (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft, Foo Fighters, Assertion)
Today we welcome drummer, William Goldsmith from Sunny Day Real Estate. You may also know him from The Fire Theft, Foo Fighters or his new band called Assertion.
William and I had an amazing discuss…
01:13:12 |
Mon 20 Jan 2020
#165 - Steve Pedersen (Criteria, The White Octave, Cursive)
Today we welcome Steve Pedersen from such bands as Cursive, The White Octave, Slowdown Virginia, and Criteria. The boys in Criteria, after 15 years, have a new album entitled “Years,” coming out on 1…
01:23:19 |
Mon 16 Dec 2019
#164 - Jimmy LaValle (The Album Leaf)
Today we welcome Jimmy LaValle from The Album Leaf. Jimmy and I met up in Los Angeles to talk about his early days from the 90s in San Diego being exposed to DIY and screamo to touring with bands lik…
01:33:31 |
Mon 09 Dec 2019
#163 - Matt Pryor (20th Anniversary of "Something to Write Home About")
We welcome again on the podcast for a 3rd time, Matt Pryor from The Get Up Kids. In this episode we discuss at length, the 20th anniversary of their album "Something to Write Home About."
Matt and I …
01:37:37 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
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