Gary Topp the Godfather Of Toronto Punk is here
Turned Out A Punk
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🗓️ 6 March 2025
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
He hijacked "Toronto The Good": Gary Topp is on TOAP! Listen in as Damian sits down with the man who first lured the Ramones out of New York to talk punk and a lifetime spent in music. From getting dragged along to Toronto's first ever rock show, to seeing Dylan before the first record to booking the Screamers, watch Toronto punk blossoming, to making Toronto cool, to the Knack being the worst of thousands: this is not to be missed!
And don't miss the fantastic Gary Topp book: "He Hijacked My Brain", out now on UXB Press
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| 0:15.7 | Shop in store and online at matelan.com.uk now. Hello and welcome to another edition of Turned at a Punk. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm your host Damian Abraham. |
| 0:53.6 | And once again, I'm bringing you a conversation with someone who grew up listening to |
| 0:56.8 | punk. |
| 0:57.1 | May or may not still be involved with punk, but had life changed by the genre in a major way. |
| 1:01.6 | And today on the show, the guy who made Toronto the good, a little bit more mischievous, |
| 1:08.6 | the godfather of punk here in the city. |
| 1:13.6 | Gary Topp, concert promoter, |
| 1:19.1 | and yeah, the guy who brought punk to Toronto. We'll talk about more of that in one second. |
| 1:23.4 | First, if you want to get in touch with the show, head over to the email address, |
| 1:29.3 | Turned Out of Punk Podcast at gmail.com. That is run by my brother and show producer and guest Booker. |
| 1:30.3 | Extraordinary. |
| 1:30.9 | Tristan Abraham. |
| 1:33.4 | Thank you, Tristan, for all the hard work you do for the show. |
| 1:35.1 | And he will get the message to me. |
| 1:38.6 | You can find me on Instagram at Leffordamian. There is a Turned Out of Punk TikTok page, a YouTube page, an Instagram pageok page a youtube page and instagram page and a facebook page all of those can be found at |
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