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Ep385: Ross Knight of Cosmic Psychos

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We have beers and hear stories from Ross Knight of Cosmic Psychos - talk of the early days, discovering punk rock, early Cosmic Psychos records, working w labels like Subpop, Amrep, influencing the Seattle sound, his new children's book & more.

Topics include:

  • Intro with Ross and Dean

  • Getting back on the road after the pandemic

  • Cosmic Psychos songwriting & recording process

  • Ross’ road-ridden bass guitar

  • The early days on the Farm

  • Ross watching the Sunbury Festival

  • Music in Ross’ early days – records and live bands

  • Aussie touring in the early days – AC/DC

  • How his parent’s reacted to his music

  • Discovering The Saints, Radio Birdman, Ramones

  • When Ross got his first bass guitar

  • Playing early shows w Rancid Spam

  • “Down On The Farm” on Mr Spaceman Records

  • Recollections of those early vinyl pressings

  • Mudhoney were early fans of Cosmic Psychos

  • How did Cosmic Psychos records make it to the US?

  • “Go The Hack” & “Slave To The Crave” on Survival

  • Working with Subpop on “Go The Hack”

  • Working w AmRep / Tom Hazelmyer on “Blokes You Can Trust”

  • Discovering “Bleach”, memories of Nirvana

  • Any dealings with Waterfront or Au-GoGo

  • Storing and archiving the Cosmic Psychos master tapes

  • Stored band ephemera, shirts, etc

  • Vinyl repressings of Cosmic Psychos albums

  • Possible upcoming album w Cosmic Psychos

  • Ross loves fucking with people

  • Ross’ new book “The Incredible Tail of Little Roo

  • Where can the Little Roo tail go?

  • Upcoming tour of the US with The Chats

  • The spirit of Cosmic Psychos living on in other bands

  • Wisdom for new bands

  • Ross’ farm and Mad Macka’s computer job

  • Ross hates the split single with The Melvins

  • Interview wrap up

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