Host Jason Schreurs and lifelong punk rock troubadour Cactus Vella chat about his history in punk and dealing with personal struggles along the way. Whether it was anxiety, panic attacks, or substance misuse, Cactus has always leaned on punk rock to help him cope and eventually stabilize.

http://cactusvellamusic.com

Featured song clips:
Public Mess - "Garbage Island" from Garbage Island (Anxiety Attack Records, 2024)
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three - “Folsom Prison Blues” from Reelin' in the Years Archive (1968)
Cactus Vella - "Sailin' On into the Unknown"
from Sailin' On (Anxiety Attack Records, 2012)
Leatherface - "I Want the Moon" from Mush (Roughneck Recording, 1991)
Off with Their Heads - "Start Walking" from Home (Epitaph Records, 2013)
Public Mess - "Summer, Don't Let Me Down" from Summer, Don't Let Me Down (Anxiety Attack Records, 2024)

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About this podcast:
Scream Therapy explores the link between punk rock and mental health. My guests are members of the underground music scene who are living with mental health challenges, like myself.

Intro/background music clips:
Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"
Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Episode 103: Cactus Vella on the benefits of being a lifelong punk

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Produced by Bob Cooper at Crooked Rain Studios, Leeds. February 2017.
Mastered by Pete Maher.
Contact: grievingband@hotmail.com

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