We had a fantastic time talking to the inimitable Michael Des Barres! Michael talks about his great new single "Kiss Or Kill Me" on Rum Bar Records. Plus you don't want to miss Michael talking about seeing the Sex Pistols live, becoming good friends with Steve Jones, and performing at Live Aid with the Power Station! All the while leaving nuggets of truth and insight along the way! Find out what makes this guy a true Rock n Roll Maverick!

Theme song "Born Too Late" by The Dimestore Haloes

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It's always great to have our pal Malibu Lou, head honcho at the amazing Rum Bar Records, come back to visit! This time around, Lou talks about his favorite Rum Bar moments of 2025 and what has him excited for 2026! Plus we ask him all sorts of odd, uncomfortable questions but Lou roll with them because he's a champ!

Our theme song "Born Too Late" performed by The Dimestore Haloes

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And the lists just keeps on growing! On this episode, Josh and Jay talk about even more great records that just narrowly missed their respective "2025 Best Of" posts on Faster and Louder and Shock Treatment. Plus they discuss the highs and lows of 2025 and what they're looking forward to in 2026!

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Theme song "Born Too Late" by The Dimestore Haloes

We welcome the one and only lord of lo-fi, the baron of budget rock himself, Greg Lowery! Josh and I (Jay) fan boy all over the place but Greg remains unfazed! We talk all about The Control Freak's new record TV Generation! Then we bounce over to Supercharger, Rip Off Records, Infections, Zodiac Killers and it doesn't stop there! Greg sets the lore straight, you don't want to miss this!

One of the best punk rock record labels around turns the big Two - Five and we're celebrating! Marco from No Front Teeth Records stops by to talk all about the new Bloodstains Across Your Teeth anniversary comp! We also talk all about NFT records, what almost made him quit the label, as well as what projects are sliding down the pike in the coming year! Marco is an amazing individual and he's one of our favorite guests to have on. Don't sleep on this episode!

On this episode Josh welcomes top shelf rock n roller Rich Ragany! Rich talks about his storied career that led him from "snowy Canada" to "rainy ol' England." Plus Rich shares some of the best advice he ever got and it was from Lemmy?!?

Our theme song "Born Too Late" by The Dimestore Haloes

Casa Grande's favorite son Nick Spoon stops by the show and in honor of his visit, we all share our five favorite pop punk records. As in typical Born Too Late fashion, the definition of the genera is stretched to it's breaking point!

Our intro song "Born Too Late" is kindly provided by The Dimestore Haloes!

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Josh, Ed and Jay name some of their favorite "punk" songs that came out in 1977 in hopes of putting them all together to form the ultimate 1977 punk rock playlist! Did they get some songs right? For sure! Will some of their selections piss you off? Most certainly!

Theme song "Born Too Late" by the Dimestore Haloes

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