On this episode of Flex Your Head, Nelson from Nelson and host Jason Schreurs gush about Bad Religion's 1990 landmark melodic punk album, Against the Grain. From the thesaurus-busting lyrics to the patented "oohs aaahs" and spur-of-the-moment guitar solos, this album is a stone-cold classic.

https://badreligion.com

Featured song clips:
Bad Religion - "Modern Man" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)
Bad Religion - "Flat Earth Society" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)
Bad Religion - "21st Century (Digital Boy)" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)
Propagandhi - "Middle Finger Response" from How to Clean Everything (Fat Wreck Chords, 2013)
Bad Religion - "21st Century (Digital Boy)" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)
Bad Religion - "Blenderhead" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)
Bad Religion - "Anesthesia" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)
Bad Religion - "Entropy" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)
Bad Religion - "Turn out the Light" from Against the Grain (Epitaph Records, 1990)

About this podcast:
Flex Your Head is a spinoff of the Scream Therapy podcast where host Jason Schreurs welcomes a guest each episode to discuss a classic punk album.

The main Scream Therapy podcast 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.

THE SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

Order a copy of the Scream Therapy book here: screamtherapyhq.com/book

SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH!
screamtherapy.com/store

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

Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Flex Your Head 19: Bad Religion - 'Against the Grain'

Seb Alvarez, vocalist of meth. and a concert promoter based in Chicago, talks to Scream Therapy host Jason Schreurs about his recent bipolar diagnosis and how it has changed his outlook toward music and life. Seth talks the validation he's found in being able to put a name to his condition and try to take steps to stabilize his mental health.

http://methil.bandcamp.com

Featured song clips:
meth. - "Doubt" from Shame (Prosthetic Records, 2024)
Daughters - "The Ghost with the Most" from Canada Songs (Robotic Empire, 2003)
meth. - "Compulsion" from Shame (Prosthetic Records, 2024)

THE SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH!
screamtherapy.com/store

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 83: Seb Alvarez of meth. on navigating a recent diagnosis

Host Jason Schreurs is joined by Paddy Farr, a psychotherapist from Eugene, Oregon. Paddy is the creator of LCBH Punk, a punk band formed at a mental health clinic with its outpatients as the musicians. The band is used to express concerns with the mental health system and forge community amongst its members.

Featured song clips:
LCBH Punk - "Hospitalized" (live at the Lane County Behavioural Health, Eugene, OR, 2020)
Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated" from Road to Ruin (Sire Records, 1978)
Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized" from Suicidal Tendencies (Frontier Records, 1983)
LCBH Punk - "Road Rage" (live at the Lane County Behavioural Health, Eugene, OR, 2020)

THE SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH!
screamtherapy.com/store

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 84: Paddy Farr of LCBH Punk on outpatient punk bands

Hey, you may be wondering why this is episode 84.5 instead of episode 85.  And why it’s a re-airing of episode 25 with Rosie Richeson from 2020.

Just as I finished episode 85, it was brought to my attention by the enough. podcast that my originally scheduled guest was harbouring a sexual predator and abuser. My scheduled guest’s bandmate has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault and abuse. He and the rest of the band denied the allegations and posted victim-blaming rhetoric on social media. Like the caring and kind people who produce the enough. podcast, I stand with these survivors and will not be giving my scheduled guest any airtime.

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Rosie Richeson, screamer in Night Witch, a hardcore/punk band from Tallahassee, Florida. Rosie talks about the mental health advocacy work she's done and how to take care of yourself to avoid burnout. She also addresses sexual predators in the punk scene and her zero tolerance policy on dudes who use the punk scene to abuse people.

http://nightwitchfl.bandcamp.com

Featured songs:
Night Witch - "No Access" from Who's Next (2018)
Bad Sleep - "Reaction" from Self Titled (2018)
Night Witch - "Lucky" from Discography (2017)
Night Witch - "Who's Next" from Who's Next (2018)

Photo: Courage Music Photography

The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH!
screamtherapy.com/store

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 84.5: Rosie Richeson ex-Night Witch on sexual predators in the punk scene

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Mean Bikini vocalist Milli Lyman to the podcast to talk about their life with Tourette's, an often misunderstood neurological condition. Milli talks about the physical and vocal tics they have dealt with their whole life, as well as attention deficit hyperactivity, and how both conditions have given them the opportunity to be their authentic selves. 

mean-bikini@bandcamp.com 

Featured song clips:
Mean Bikini - "Forever Young" from Calculated Risks (Outhouse Records, 2023) 
Blastbeatology - "320bpm Blast Beats" (YouTube channel, 2019) 
Mean Bikini - "A Eulogy" from Calculated Risks (Outhouse Records, 2023) 

THE SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

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 85: Milli Lyman of Mean Bikini on living with Tourette's

Joseph Lekkas of Palm Ghosts guests on episode 86. Host Jason Schreurs talks to Joseph about how his work in the music business caused his anxiety to skyrocket into panic attacks and social anxiety. After recuperating from a horrible bout of agoraphobia and depression, Joseph was able to return to creating and recording his own music, a much-needed form of therapy.

http://palmghosts.net

Featured song clips:
Palm Ghosts - "Wide Awake and Waiting" from Wide Awake and Waiting (Ice Queen Records, 2020)
Palm Ghosts- “Automatic for the Modern Age” (Poptek/Sweet Cheetah/Sell The Heart/Engineer Records, 2023)

THE SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

SCREAM THERAPY MERCH!
teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy

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 86: Joseph Lekkas of Palm Ghosts on work stress and clinical anxiety

Host Jason Schreurs is joined by Tim Anderl of Sweet Cheetah PR and Records to talk about his model of helping folks in the punk scene promote their music and projects in exchange for volunteer work and donations. Instead of charging his friends for PR work, Tim volunteers his time in a "pay it forward"-style punk endeavour.

Instagram: sweetcheetahpr

Featured song clips:
Bats & Mice - "Worst Time"  from PS: Seriously (Lovitt Records, 2024)
The 1984 Draft's - "Holiday Inn" from Split 7 with Chris Broach (Poptek Records/Sweet Cheetah Records, 2024)

THE SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

SCREAM THERAPY MERCH!
teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy

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 87: Tim Anderl of Sweet Cheetah PR on giving back to the punk scene

Host Jason Schreurs welcomes Missouri addictions counsellor and solo punk musician Kelly Betz to the podcast. Kelly talks about his own drug and alcohol misuse and how he was able to get and stay sober. Kelly's work with youth and adults with addiction issues has been from a lived experience and through a punk-ethics lens.

http://kellybetz.bandcamp.com

Featured song clips:
Kelly Betz - "Hitch Hiker" from LOST Everywhere I Go (2021)
Kelly Betz - "Bored" from Small Town (2023)

The SCREAM THERAPY BOOK is now available! Scream Therapy: A Punk Journey through Mental Health is a memoir-plus that has been heralded by New York Times best-selling authors. Like the podcast, it links the community-minded punk rock scene with the mental wellness of the punks who belong to it.

ORDER A COPY OF THE BOOK!
screamtherapyhq.com/book

SCREAM THERAPY MERCH!
teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy

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 88: Kelly Betz on addiction and sobriety in the punk scene

Host Jason Schreurs talks to Justin Pearson, owner of Three One G Records and member of a bunch of amazing punk bands. Retox, The Locust, Dead Cross, Head Wound City, Some Girls, Swing Kids and Struggle immediately come to mind. Justin explains how punk rock has helped him get through tough times in his life. He details his struggles with post traumatic stress disorder, due in large part to the childhood abuse he endured. 

http://threeoneg.com

http://retoxrules.bandcamp.com

http://thelocust.bandcamp.com

http://deadcross.bandcamp.com

Featured songs:
Retox -"The Inevitable End" from  Beneath California (Epitaph Records, 2014)  
Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized" from Suicidal Tendencies (Frontier Records, 1983)

Photo: Becky DiGiglio

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: 
Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache"
Render Useless - "The Second Flight of Icarus"

Artwork: Luke Ramsey - http://lukeramseystudio.com

Contact host Jason Schreurs - jasonschreurs@telus.net

Episode 10: Justin Pearson of The Locust and Retox on childhood trauma and PTSD

Scream Therapy is a podcast about using punk rock as a catalyst for mental health. My guests are other members of the punk music scene who, like me, have lived experience with mental health challenges. 

SUPPORT SCREAM THERAPY: BUY SOME MERCH!
teepublic.com/user/scream-therapy

Contact host Jason Schreurs - screamtherapypodcast@gmail.com

Episode 10: Justin Pearson of The Locust and Retox on childhood trauma and PTSD

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