A wild episode with a wild guy, Justin Pearson is a musician known for the bands Swing Kids, The Locust, and many more. We spoke with him from his home in San Diego about a new guy in the Sauna, the early 2000s punk to electronic music shift, a dry cleaner hates to see the Locust coming, his brief EDM career, working at a gay bar until he was 40, treating his record collection like his retirement fund, getting pulled over with a missile launcher in the trunk, true grindcore, fighting nazis, his thoughts on Krishna and Bikram, bands cashing in on the reunion wave, and go see the Swing Kids play at the end of the month in SD.instagram.com/justinpearson31gtwitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeanshowlonggone.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The legendary Heartbreakers guitar player talks meeting most of his heroes, the “it’s just the normal noises” intro to the Heartbreakers classic “Even the Losers,” and gratitude.
