Ep385: Ross Knight of Cosmic Psychos

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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