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 Get Tix to see Cosmic Psychos & The Chats High-resolution & Commercial Free version of this interview available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8 Follow our Podcast: https://linktr.ee/vinylguide Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VinylGuide Instagram: www.Instagram.com/VinylGuide Support our show: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related