Sid Griffin: the Long Ryders leader laughs at the absurdity of teenage life!

A whole new format we’ve invented for people who’ve been guests before and were so entertaining we wanted them back. So we’ve devised some random questions to spark a few memories and revelations. First up, Sid Griffin of the Long Ryders, touring the UK this autumn, who looks back here at his early life before he “went to L.A. to quote-unquote make it”. You’ll love this as much as we did, especially …

… the Beatles song he knew he’d understand when he was older

… his teenage band rehearsal when the drummer got a hammer in his head

… the rock star he always wanted to be

… what happens when you wear the bug-infested cap you find on a bus

… DJ Carl ‘Weird Beard’ Markert burping in Pepsi commercials on WAKY Radio

… Gregg Turner and the Angry Samoans – “bad songs in bad taste”

… things he can still recite from childhood

… the best use of music in a movie

… how arch-rival Norrie Paramor made George Martin even richer

… and the greatest B-side ever written.

Plus English teacher Mrs Atlas and his deathless crush on Mimi Babcock.  

Long Ryders tickets here … thelongryders.com/tour

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