Formed in 1979, Hawthorne California's Redd Kross are having quite the year. With a feature documentary - Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story directed by Andrew Reich - a fantastic new self-titled double album, and a new memoir by brothers Jeff &...
Formed in 1979, Hawthorne California's Redd Kross are having quite the year. With a feature documentary - Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story directed by Andrew Reich - a fantastic new self-titled double album, and a new memoir by brothers Jeff & Steven McDonald and award winning journalist Dan Epstein: Now You’re One of Us: The Incredible Story of Redd Kross coming October 29th. Dan joins us to discuss the book and the Redd Kross record that first got him high: 1987s 'Neurotica'.
"Come on, lose your mind
Now you're one of us"
Songs discussed in this episode: Born Innocent, Linda Blair, Dancing Queen - Redd Kross; Convoy - C.W. McCall; Neurotica - Redd Kross; I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus; Play My Song, Frosted Flake, Janus, Jeanie and George Harrison, Blow You A Kiss In The Wind - Redd Kross; Blow You A Kiss In The Wind - Elizabeth Montgomery; Love Is You - Redd Kross; Creatures Of The Night - Kiss; Peach Kelli Pop - Redd Kross; Round and Round - Ratt; Do The Eggroll - Peach Kelli Pop; McKenzie, Switchblade Sister, Ballad of a Love Doll - Redd Kross; Left Of The Dial - Replacements; What They Say, What They Say (Demo), Ghandi Is Dead (I'm The Cartoon Man) - Redd Kross; In and Out of My Life (In a Day) - The Pandoras; Beautiful Bye-Byes, Tatum O-Tot and the Fried Vegetables, Pink Piece of Peace - Redd Kross; Going Down to Liverpool - The Bangles; It's the Little Things - Redd Kross
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Author/Journalist
Dan Epstein is an award-winning music journalist who has written for dozens of publications over the last three decades, including Rolling Stone, Revolver, FLOOD and the Forward. He has written several books about baseball, music and pop culture, including Big Hair & Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s. He most recently collaborated with Jeff and Steven McDonald on Now You're One of Us: The Incredible Story of Redd Kross, which will be published by Omnibus Press in October 2024.