Jun 22, 2026 · 46 min · 13 segments
Chicago punk rocker **Dan Schafer** (Sludgeworth, Screeching Weasel, The Queers, Generation Waste, The Riverdales, Noise By Numbers, Dan Vapid & The Cheats and The Mopes & The Methadones) talks to The…
Dan SchaferGuest
Doc DiskHostRevHostDan, thank you so much, man, for taking the time to do this today.
We really appreciate it, brother.
So to kick this off, was there a record in your past, in your history, was there one album or maybe a couple albums that you either bought yourself or were given to you, but that you found and you first went like, holy shit, I love these and I want to start buying these?
Um, I had heard kiss already from the kid across the street when I was like five, I think I just immediately fell in love with it.
And then, uh, with, I don't even remember what record, I think it may have been the first record, but then I can remember, you know, with my, the babysitter, like begging her to like, do you have your kiss records? And no, but if you want to go home and, and get them, uh, you know, you can go run and get it.
So, uh, my favorite was Paul Stanley still is, uh, you know, with all of his flaws.
Dan, thank you so much, man, for taking the time to do this today.
We really appreciate it, brother.
So to kick this off, was there a record in your past, in your history, was there one album or maybe a couple albums that you either bought yourself or were given to you, but that you found and you first went like, holy shit, I love these and I want to start buying these?
Um, I had heard kiss already from the kid across the street when I was like five, I think I just immediately fell in love with it.
And then, uh, with, I don't even remember what record, I think it may have been the first record, but then I can remember, you know, with my, the babysitter, like begging her to like, do you have your kiss records? And no, but if you want to go home and, and get them, uh, you know, you can go run and get it.
So, uh, my favorite was Paul Stanley still is, uh, you know, with all of his flaws.
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