177: Lucky Lehrer (Circle Jerks)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Lucky Lehrer's ferocious and agile style helped Circle Jerks become standard bearers of the nascent SoCal hardcore scene. He tells Joe about growing up in LA, his love of jazz, studying at UC-Berkeley, discovering punk, and his current creative focus--improvised comedy.

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0:00.0	Well, gratitude is a huge word with me, and it's definitely an attitude that I approach everything with.
0:10.0	I've got so much gratitude for the way that the music world, and in particular, the local drum scene scene has sort of opened its arms.
0:22.6	This is Joe Wong, welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:41.3	I want to play something for you.
0:43.3	Red tape!
0:45.3	I can see, get to see.
0:46.3	Red tape!
0:47.3	Do it to you, doing to me.
0:49.3	Red tape!
0:50.3	Robbacy and Britchrosy.
0:51.3	Red tape.
0:52.3	Killing you, killing you, killing me.
0:53.3	You're hearing red tape by Circle Jerks featuring my guest Lucky Lirer on drums.
0:58.1	Lucky joined Circle Jerks in 1979 and as founding drummer, his ferocious style and jazz-influenced
1:04.4	agility helped the band become standard bearers of the nascent Southern California hardcore scene.
1:09.1	The albums he played on are widely regarded as punk classics.
1:13.5	Lucky and Circle Jerks parted ways in 1983,
1:16.0	and he subsequently performed with bands such as Bad Religion,
1:18.9	Red Cross, Darby Crash, and Wasted Youth.
1:21.7	In recent years, his primary creative focus has been on improvised comedy.
1:26.3	I spoke to Lucky in downtown Los Angeles.
1:28.5	I think my story is a lot typical of people my age. The probably snapshot moment was the famous line that Ed Sullivan said,
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