Fat Mike's Fat Mic - Greg Hetson gets kicked out of Bad Religion for doing painkillers
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as someone with ADHD, this podcast is so fucking good & easy to watch. It’s so over the place but also coherent. Love it.
I was literally thinking the same thing lmaoooo
@@roguespearsf You have no idea what you’re talking about dude lol. “Funny it wasn’t around 30 years ago” maybe that’s due to the lack of studies back then? You sound like an idiot
bro, me too ( :
@@roguespearsf tbh I have been diagnosed with it. So to say I don’t have it is an insult because to me it sounds like you undermine everyone’s problems
...another one over here! It's like me talkin to my best friend! ;)
"I started straight edge!"
*snorts line*
Fuckin died.
Modern lovers in the 70s "I'm straight" that song is first straight edge song I know
@this page is Capitalist to get all profits! Choke isn't Republican.
I wonder how your funeral went
This is the equivalent of punk rockers looking at old pics and reminiscing about the old days. Great job Fat Mike.
Two absolute legends ❤️ I also love the fact that a punk podcast is significantly shorter than most. Very appropriate.
I met Mr Hetson at a small venue in LA about 5 or 6 years ago. He was just hanging with friends. I gotta say he’s one of the coolest most humble guys out there. Super friendly and had a really cool conversation with him.
I went to a nofx show alone once and I was really enjoying the show but I was just standing against the back wall and I guess it pissed off Fat Mike cause I wasn't moshing around or something? Plus I didn't look like a punk. Just normal everything. oh yeah, it was my hair I think. I had a haircut like Tony Sly lmao. It was really fucked up and part of why I was blending into the wall was just social awkwardness. When he called me out I just kind of panicked and didn't move, and after I left the show I kind of realized If I made any motion every single person around me would have gave me hell. It kinda sucked being gatekeeped by one of your favorite punk bands for not looking like the fucking clown from good charlotte.
@@dicktracy7996 I got a bible whipped at my head by a member of Pansy Division last year when I turned to a friend and said, "cool, now do Islam" when they did this cringe segment on "the dirtiest thing in your hotel room aren't the sheets, it's the bible!" and went on this anti-Christian rant while ripping pages out of the bible and pictures they had printed of homophobic (according to them) right wing politicians that weren't even in office anymore.
I'm the son a of a lesbian pastor, mind you. They were one of my favorite punk bands for decades and I'd waited years and years to see them live. Completely ruined their music for me and I had to apologize to the 3 non-punk friends I brought out of second-hand embarrassment.
"You could have sued yourself" damned near killed me. Well done.
Hetson BR was the best BR. Hope I can see the Circle Jerks, and be whisked back to 7th grade. The hell with all these kids in the comment talking about aging punks. We are still here.
Greg is always so chill. Every time I ever talked to him he’s just the calmest, most patient, and don’t give a sh1t dude.
I’m glad I played in two bands with Greg Wasted Youth Bad Religion and we went to Hawthorne High School
You're a legend. I bought a Circle Jerks/ Bad Religion Flipside VHS from '84 and I believe you are on it. I watched it so much I probably wore it out.
Did you get kicked out for ranting about pizza, or just because Jay got his shit together?
You must have some stories. Great to be able to say you’ve been in those bands. Hope you’re doing well.
Brian Wilson is from there I think
Tim!
and Tim never replies....
Mike is actually genuinely talented at this...I remember the Fat Wreck podcast with Floyd being an awkward race to the next song. I'd like to see Jello Biafra on to talk about what Punkvoter was supposed to be, Tim Armstrong to find out what the point of Hellcat is, and Brett to find out why Epitaph does so much screamy emo shite these days.
I can answer these questions.
1) Mike did Punk Voter not Jello.
2) The point was to put out awesome Punk, Ska and Reggae Music from the people who love it for the people who love it.
3) Music changes. Epitaph has to change to keep up with the times and to continue to make money. If you like Epitaph from the Rancid, Pennywise and NOFX days circa 1994, then listen to those records. Don’t blame Mr. Brett for keeping on top of what the kids are into.
Good point.
I'd like to see them in this show.
Valid
@@ASM881 it’s not even the screami emo crap that bothers me, it’s the mumble rap
i mean you could start your own label and put out bands you like then
im already in love with this podcast, and just dreaming of the amazing future clips that are to come... fuggin thank god fat mike decided to start making these.... so much drugged up stories to pull from history to come.... keep em coming...
I met Greg at warped tour when they were supporting empire strikes first, one of my favorite albums of all time. He spent almost 10 minutes talking music and guitar, and letting me nerd out on him. Really super nice, down to earth guy.
This is so much fun to listen to, really great. Mike is doing a great job to keep the energy high and the conversation going.
Here's to hoping there's going to be a ton more episodes.
Keep on rocking, Greg! Bad Religion were my one of my very first punk shows I've seen during the Recipe for Hate tour in '93 and I still have the ticket. Sentimental fool ;)
Mike, these are fantastic. Here’s to hoping more to come 💜
Greg’s guitar work from the Bad Religion catalog is so good, especially the guitar solo from I wanna conquer the world 🌎 it’s definitely a shame they kicked him out of the band for his pain killer addiction. I 100% feel his pain. My heroin addiction started from a long term prescription to pain killers from being severely injured. Thankfully got into methadone program and it saved my life. Unfortunately I found my older brother dead 2/13/21 from fentanyl overdose in his apartment. I don’t wish that pain on anyone
I’m so sorry that happened to you Matt. I have a similar story. I lost a leg on an accident and got hooked on H. I eventually got into a methadone program and it saved me. Now I’m in school to be a Heath Care Assistant. You can recover long term. It’s very possible. If Steve O can do it, so can we.
I'm sorry you had to go through that, Matt. There really are no words that are worthy of what you're going through. I lost a very close friend to addiction a few years ago and have had my own struggles with H as well. It's fucked. I wish you all the best and hope you're able to stay on the straight and narrow on your journey through life.
I’m glad you’re doing better now ❤️ Sorry for your loss man
Thank you everyone for you kind words and well wishes. I extremely grateful I am alive today and doing so much better. I thank my family for not abandoning when I was suffering and addicted. They stuck by me and I can’t thank them enough. Very grateful to the methadone clinic for saving me and letting get my life back on track. My pain from injuries is finally being managed and I don’t have to rob and steal to feel ok everyday.
@@mattryan6886 hey man, I don't generally get into this but i wanted to tell you how sorry i am for what you went through with your brother. Without getting too specific, I dated someone for many years who had a similar experience with her sister who was an addict. I was pretty close with the entire family and that experience is really difficult, if not impossible to fully move on from. I don't know you, but I wish you all the best man. Take care of yourself.
Glad too see Greg in house for the podcast. Can't wait to catch Circle Jerks in April. Thanks for the podcast Mike, keep em coming!
(not so) patiently waiting to see them March 28th over here. this was great but not helping my patience
Hetsons solos are definitely a signature sound🎸 🎶🤘🏻
Love these podcasts Mike, never in a million years would i have ever thought this would happen and be so good!!!
thank you for podcast number 5. fat Mike's fat mic is the best podcast ever! love it!
Greg Hetson a true legend. Great you could get him on the podcast.
great content Mike! Can't wait for you to come in may to Milan! Love you all ... Melvin too!
18:22 is what your here for. But this whole interview is amazing! Listen to it all.
Thank you sir
Cheers bruv
Fantastic to hear Hetson speak on his last days in BR. Would love to know more.
Bad Religion has been using the same formula to the tenth power. It’s about time someone left the geriatric band.
@@anonymoussource5344 you’re literally on the podcast of the NOFX frontman.
He left br like 10 years ago lol
@@anonymoussource5344 WTF? You want BR to start doing screamo or something? They're the GOATs of punk rock, they're fine the way they are. lol
@@joeyhoser Exactly. Also, I think that’s an idiot bot. No human is that stupid.
When there are 2 guys, still relevant, still loved, talking about the old days, and I, a 41 year old man thinks "this was over a decade before my time"....then you know it was something special.
This interview was really solid. Mike always makes interviews interesting
Great conversation. Would have loved to hear more about the Germs. Missed opportunity.
Hell yeah, another great interview. Thanks mike
Greg called me an ass hole at the warped tour. I'll never forget that. It was awesome. Great interview.
Was he right at that time?
@@-XXXXXX- im sure he was lol.
I was just standing in line at the Vans tent and he came up to me and told me to get out of the way. Haha.
@@danisnotcalm kinda shitty. He was probably thwacked out on benzos and opiates...
I love it when the interviewer talks more than the subject of his interview. I really learned a lot about mike.
Freakin’ gold!
Best new podcast, woulda listened longer had there been more.
Thanks Mike, keep ‘em comin’
Hey Mike. Old fan from Australia. Great to see you’re getting amongst it! A Fat Mike interview used to be a harder thing to find. Now you’re the one doing them!
Anyway, strong doubts you read your comments, but I came here to tell you that I made you a present. I don’t mean the thieve the IP… it said Fat Wreck Chords gets the revenue. So I hope that makes it forgivable. It’s a rollercoaster that I built and timed to your song, “The Man I Killed.”
It’s my humble tribute. A small thank you for everything. But I can’t link it here without being a spammer, so if you care/ are bored enough to check out what the weirdo on UA-cam made, it’s one of only three videos on my channel. No props needed. If it improves one minute of your day, it was well worth the effort!
Love this podcast! Excellent work
I'll never forget the time you and the rest of NOFX played in my parents garage back in 1983/84 in Sunland, Calif. The garage spring on the door snapped and broke during your set. I had to hold the door up. It was Paul Van Veen who knocked into you guys too. You were playing a black headless stienberger bass guitar. I finally got a broom stick and wedged it into place to hold the door up. Wish we had the video of that early show.
Hetson is fucking awesome and funny, his whole demeanor is great. Seems like a rad guy haha.
I turned 40 a few weeks ago. 21 years of iv heroin and fentynl addiction. Stay away from opiates my friends. Please. It's not been worth it.
I've never gotten Fentanyl addiction, is that more of a follow on from heroin where you're just sating the phyiscal dependence on opiates rather than getting high? Fentanyl always seemed to have a crap high (so I have heard having definitely never done it) though in general synthetic opiates seem to have more variable effects from person to person (according to a person I know, as have never done any)
Anyway, good luck, addiction can always be conquered. Sometimes it takes many attempts :) ...(so I've heard having definitely never been an addict)
@@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689 the heroin is all fentanyl these days
Yeah I did 13 years of opiates and suboxone(way harder to quit)
Fucking awful
Best years of my life stolen
5 1/2 years sober
@@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689 November 2017 near the end of the month the same kilo's of Mexican heroin that had been hitting Detroit streets for generations stopped showing up. You could find bits here and there for a few weeks, the price doubled....THEN DIFFERENT COLORS OF WEIRD POWDER HIT. It was fentynl. Green. Pink. Yellow. Orange. White. It started killing just about everyone who was doing more than a 1/5th to a 1/4 of a bag. But the end of the first week I could do a full bag.
Heroin never came back. It's showed up in small amounts here and there. So yea. I did heroin for 15 years and then it was taken from me...just like the rest of the country.
It's just happened in Cali the last year. The timelines not the exact same everywhere but the story is....
Hope that helps.
Yup it's not as Euphoric.
It's like Anesthesia.
Either you take enough to 321 go out or you didn't....and at best got dizzy for a minute. No happy in between land like the slower acting heroin gave that let you sleep while you were awake and vice versa.
It's 50x more potent.
It's 50x more addictive.
It's 50x harder to quit.
It sucks at least 50x more.
@@DetroitFettyghost interesting. Yeah I can imagine fentanyl would be a nightmare to dose, particularly if cut with anything so of unknown strength. Off the top of my head 500 micrograms of fentanyl is same as 10 milligrams of morphine? (at least for clinical dosing) But yeah, a tiny misjudging of dose, particularly if it's done by eye and if you're trying to compensate for unknown purity... can see how easy it is for people to OD
Stoked I had a beer with Hetson at a couple of their shows. Seen BR more than any other band I've seen live except maybe the McKenzies.
Mike has no filter and I fucking love it!
Now have Danzig on so he can tell his story about throwing a hissy fit over french onion soup
haha, fat mike and glenn danzig together would be the greatest or worst thing ever, they are literally opposite ends of the spectrum personality-wise, it'd probably be an utter disaster, hahaha....
Or when he cleaned up the bricks from his front yard
French onion soup is fuckin gross, last thing a vocalist would want to eat.
@@Woody-kg3ld it'd be good, Glenn has a sense of humor not highlighted enough.
You’d feel shitty too if someone shit your soup.
You'll never see this, Greg, but it's just not the same without you. I still go to the shows every time BR comes around and I'll never forget the last time I saw you with them- March 2013 at the Ritz in Ybor (Tampa) FL. Steve from Polar Bear Club filled in on drums because, as I recall, Brooks' mother had recently passed.
We talked briefly at a 2004 Jannus Landing/St. Petersburg show when I caught you somewhat incognito at the bar in the back while the openers were playing. Thanks for being receptive- it took a lot to work up the courage to bother you in your attempt at being low key and maintaining a little privacy.
Yeah, It feels like BR lost their identity after Hetson left. Kind of the last straw. I know Baker has been there forever, but at this point they should drop the BR name and tour as Graffin, Bentley, and the hired help. Graffin said something in an interview about not wanting to become a nostalgia act but looking back now I think that line was crossed a decade ago.
@@misterm5325 saw BR a few months back and they KICKED ASS even without Heston and Wackerman. Yeah it sucks that they are gone but they can at least still make consistently good records unlike NOFX and EVERY other old punk band still making albums today. Changing the name to “Greg Graffin & Friends” wont change the bands great dynamic at all. And if they are a nostalgia act then I guess EVERY old punk band just had no merit anymore.
@@misterm5325 BR dipping in quality by the 2010s was inevitable, but I still find their newer stuff to be unmatched in the genre (or loosely affiliated genres). Maybe you meant something else by "identity". And if it's unrelated to music, it's not worth the name change.
I fell off after Stranger Than Fiction. IMO they peaked at Against the Grain, then their next few albums were a slide down in quality. I haven’t followed them in decades at this point and it’s funny to see people now talking about BR being on the decline since 2013. Just puts in perspective how long this band has hung around.
@@booooo-urns you missed out for sure. I admit Generator and Recipe for Hate are very mediocre records cause the band were still experimenting with their new “mainstream” sound. By Stranger Than Fiction they had made a truly great record that was different and didn’t have to be like Against the Grain.
Even though Brett left after that The Gray Race was just as good and imo is criminally underrated. Sucks that most people didn’t even give that record a chance and just walked off on the band.
Thanks to both of you for providing me with much high quality entertainment over the last 32 years and counting. I still have an original S&M Airlines tour shirt. It’s so threadbare that my left nip sticks out a hole.
Brilliant Podcast, I bet you could have talked for much longer about different touring stories. I think ending it by staring awarkwardly is ace. Thanks for making this
I love these podcasts!! And the intros
Thank you for this
I met Greg at a concert in Orange County, California over a decade ago. One of his bands from Porterhouse Records was there. He's a super dude.
Amazing episode, bring THE VANDALS please please pleaseeee
I love the camera cuts of you two it makes it funny to watch
I really didn’t think Fat Mike would be good at podcasting but this is so awesome
TOO SHORT MIKE!! I would love if you dived into Gregs life more.. I bet there would be some gems in there.
This was put up on my birthday 18th Feb (57) and watching now. Still love my punk rock.
Looking good, Mike! Amazing Podcast! You da main man, mayne!
He looks hideous!!
Fat Mike ...thanks for letting me sing Liza and Louise with you in Norfolk VA. You made all my punk rock dreams come true #fatmikemademyday
Keep ‘em coming
BR was the first concert i ever went to. It was a sunday punk matinee at the Avalon behind Fenway in Boston on the Grey Race tour.
It's easy to claim "straight edge" at 17. After awhile it's like whhyy not.
Unless the doctor tells you this opioid ain't addictive 😀
It's probably 2014, can't remember, but I was a roadie for Bad Religion's opening act here in Brazil. Hetson was the sweetest guy backstage, showing us an album with pictures of his family, absolutely sober.
It was earlier. He was kicked in 2013
2011
I worked with Greg for a couple years. Great dude.
11:28 Greg's awkward pause is da funniest shit in LIFE!!!!!!! You can tell he definitely had some shit to add but caught himself and stopped so as to not incriminate himself. Dat shit was fucking HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
AA can be a great time. I'm 4+ years in myself. Heroin mostly. Lost my music career to it, was on Jake Casualties label and got kicked out after the full length released, then the recession hit lol. Good times tho, fun podcast!
Didn’t know what to expect but this is so good
This is amazing ! ❤
Lo que más me gusta es ver a Fat Mike rehabilitarse, estaba duramente sumido en una depresión y abuso de drogas, ahora se ve limpio y parece que ya hizo las paces con sigo mismo y su pasado.
ok this is legit a great segment but ugh that bass hanging in the back is incredible and i lust for it
Just seen NOFX at the "punk in drublic" tour in Abbotsford. What an awsome show!. 🤘
This is bad ass. I have a best friend that died a few years back and he would be so fucking stoked to see this video and hear the history. #md2020 #ripmarkD #mcbride #scscumbagz #gutwrench650 #podc
hey man, i don't know if you remember me (from the San Mateo scene 20-21 years ago), but we crossed paths a few times during those days. I have many fond memories of Mark from over the years. Last time i saw him we were both sitting in the handicapped section of Warfield during a Rancid / Cock Sparrer show. He had his busted leg, and i had a broken neck. This was maybe 2012, and i had to laugh cuz fuck, who could have seen this coming 10 years prior. Anyway, just thought i'd say hi and share a good memory of Mark cuz who knows if someone else might come across this who also has some rad memories with him.
best episode yet.
So many possibilities of guests. I'd def want to see Joey cape and your guys history. Graffin would be great and obv nofx
I wanna see Bobby Schayer on this next. Would be rad. One of the best drummers ever
@@steveking9146 he is just a regular drummer.
@@xperrosinsangrex he is a great drummer. Did he hurt you or something?
@@steveking9146 having my own option different from yours means someone hurt me? Fuck logic.
I want Brooks wackerman to come on
love this podcast
This is amazing!
Great interview
Really thinking now what we missed out on in Thornville 2018 without his campfire stories.
"Greg Graffin or Greg Ginn?" Keep these coming, Mike! Saludos from Ecuador.
Awesome stuff!
I could listen to them so much more.
“Come here and look at this picture”. Walks over to look at picture. Goes back to where he was sitting and sits back down. “Now come look at this picture” 🙄 I thought only my wife did that. 🤣
Our wives must be related
The Dropkick Murphys played the Super Bowl. I loathe football but someone alerted me to it. Then the TV cut to a commercial and their performance didn't get televised. I was livid about that
Fat Mike is the best... This is becoming the best part of my week! Don't ever stop, Mike!
Also... I LOVE THAT DRESS. Fat Make, the fashion icon. I STAN.
My last boyfriend was a schmuck
I just explained to my girlfriend that he purposefully looks that way, it's the style he's going for. He's cooler than either of us.
Yessss. please get Dave and Chris on, to chat abt RKL 🤘🏻
I recently did some research to make sure I had a 100% discography of all original NOFX songs but now I think it might be incomplete again and I need the intro to this podcast.
Was he really that dumb? Plot twist: he knew it was MF and didn’t give a shit
Great episode Mike!! You should run your MacBook to an external monitor off camera. Just so they can see too. I'm sure you're on it. Hehhee
Met Greg in L.A. at the Redwood Bar. It was super rad cuz when I was 16 or 18 I worked backstage at Circle Jerks and he gave me and my friend a shirt from not only Circle Jerks but one from Bad Religion. Then a bunch of years later playing in front of him was Rad.
I think this is the best punk podcast ever !!
Thanks Mike!! This was cool!
Thanks to this interview i found out Circle Jerks are playing Netherlands in august!!!!
... make sure and bring proof of your vaccination, and a mask, or you probably won't be let in.
More please
I like the sparkly bass in the background
thank you mr fat mike kind sir to post such cool videos, stay safe!
Not the biggest NOFX fan but I could tell 5 minutes in this was going to be one of the best views of my life
Surfing in San Diego in the 90's and NOFX went together like bread and butter. \m/
I'm from a little town called Goleta, and the punk club was actually called "The Living Room." And it did look like a living room.
Damn I needed this rt now.
Outstanding job, boys!
Saw Redd Kross in Glasgow back in the day Awesome.
Great interview F.M
That's definitely Mike's new carreer:
Interviewing all the stars no one dares to do interviews with!
For what reason ever... 😉
Thanks a lot for that one! 😊👍🏻
Careers need dollars. No dollars here.
@@xwhite2020 you got God damn right bud
Greg is such a good guy.
That story with the Mr. Misters going to the troops was great
The Bouncing Souls were in a super bowl commercial also!!
I used to lend my ID to my friend. She wasn't 21 and I was. We looked enough alike, had the same coloring, similar build and it worked. She'd go into the bar, show my ID, hang out for awhile, then leave and get a hand stamp. We'd meet up around the corner and she'd give me back my ID and I'd go into the club. It worked for nearly a year until the band's manager ratted us out. We got even with him by sending him some cat sh** anonymously. I saw the Circle Jerks in 81. That's how old I am. I was in the punk scene starting in 1981
You should get the guys you're interviewing a screen too so they don't have to get up to look at the embarrassing old photos.
I was worried Hetson might fall and break his hip there for a second :3
We need a couple more hours right here !!