Redd Kross Steven McDonald Eric Blair. Kurt Cobain, Keith Morris & Dave Grohl

[@VaughnBrown1965]

when Off! came to SLC Steve stood and talked to me for like 20 minutes while he set up then I went and opened a door and saw Keith and he said, "Hey man, you can't be back here man" in his Kieth Morris drawl. It was awesome!!

[@112369shorty]

Holy shit.Great interview!

[@gregdahlen4375]

pleasant to listen to, good adventures

[@IDontRememberMan]

Saw the Melvins on Valentine's Day 2020, Steven was a really impressive performer. Excellent bassist and just a total show boat in the best way possible. He dressed in a neon red suit with a black t shirt with a bedazzled peace sign on it. Pulling wacky faces and flipping his hair around, doing high flying kicks and jumping and doing the splits in the air and shit, he was just a blast. His bass riffs destroyed me all night, Dale and Buzz were on point too and as a whole it was one of the best shows I've ever seen.

[@johnknouse8846]

Saw Redd Kross and The Melvins last week. As good now as ever!

[@underflo43tky]

i still have the red cross posh boy release. i bought it when i was really young. it had a profound effect on me.

[@andyprice]

The host is perfect about just shutting up and letting his interviewee talk.

[@dyr234]

yeah eric blair is all about listening.

[@uncooldispatch5438]

@@dyr234 mark of a true pro

[@Thomsonthetube]

Got to meet Steven when he was playing with OFF! Super nice and cool dude

[@supergrogg]

I got really lucky and tried out for redd cross ( drums) in the '80s at a house in Beverly Hills. Both brothers were nice enough to try me out even though i showed up in an office getup I had to wear at my day job as a clerical temp. As I packed up my stuff afterward I overheard Steve yelling at what must have been their manager on the phone, " No we are NOT going to play at Perkins Palace with them!" " We are NOTHING like Guns & Roses! " "There crowd is totally different than ours!" He seemed really pissed off, but it showed me how much the band meant to him then......i, on the other hand, was just a skinny lanky teenager who just wanted to play with a working band on a big major label so I could quit my office job. haha I still have the recording of my audition packed away somewhere. Back then I always taped my auditions to review my performances. :-)

[@uncooldispatch5438]

Amazing 🤩- do you remember any of the songs you jammed ?

[@supergrogg]

@@uncooldispatch5438 It really wasn't a song, more like a long durge. It was super loud though. lol

[@wormdamage]

who did you wind up playing with?

[@supergrogg]

@@wormdamage i went on and off playing with any band i could make a buck with. hehe Too many bands to count!

[@remmyramon5505]

Redd Kross one of my favorites.

[@OhanaFilms]

He’s so humble about his amazing long career. Fucking legend!

[@Sam_McClurg]

Steven seems really down to earth. Thanks for the interview Eric!

[@CheGumby]

He's always been cool to talk to at shows (over 30 years of running into him)

[@cmdolan99]

Fabulous. I can relate to feeling “past your expiration date”...so happy Steve is forging ahead and doing what makes him happy. Great interview. Thanks!

[@keithchapman7252]

Love it....Keith Morris, the punk rock George Costanza! Serenity Now Serenity Now!!!

[@alfonsolopez7154]

Love how Steven doesn’t hold back and is just real about every topic.

[@mirzaghalib8659]

He's so exited about stuff and being alive in general. 8 love it!

[@marcain70]

I’ve met Steven several times,and he is legitimately that cool in person.The first time I met him,he took me to his car and gave me a Ze Malibu kids single..Can’t say enough good things about him.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

I noticed that during the part where Steve’s talking about missing his 9 year old son while he’s on the road and wishing he could just bring him with him, and then he kind of stops and says something like “…but maybe it’s better that he just has a normal childhood”… and you can just see in his eyes that he’s talking about his own weird childhood of growing up in a working band. A band that went on the road, made records, gave interviews, and even made a couple of movies… all while he was just a teenager, and even as a preteen. I’ve often thought about what that must’ve been like. I’m the exact same age as Steve, born in ‘67, and I also started getting heavily into punk right about the time he did, when I was 11 years old. One big difference though… I was never in a working band until I was in my early twenties. There was another one our age that literally grew up on the road - Mike “Bam Bam” Sversvold, who sadly just passed away yesterday after being hooked up to life support for a good while. For him, that whole lifestyle kind of fucked him up from an early age. Steve survived and thrived… but you can tell he still struggles to make sense of it all.

[@bill3177]

Absolute legend. Wonderful man and right he should be in life.

[@jonathanappelhans117]

This is the first interview in forever that actually caught my I interest enough to sit and listen to the whole thing!! Steven McDonald is a legendary L.A. musician already, but seems so laid back and talkative, it was like listening to an old friend around the table, just telling stories and sharing insights... just about amazing L.A. punk music and beyond. 🔥🔥🔥👊😎🤘🔥🔥🔥

[@atomicpopmonkey]

Great interview - I feel inspired!~

[@ikemachamer7904]

Love.

[@B17B25guy]

Great interview. And, Redd Kross is a great band. Steven makes great records. I was listening to 'Researching the Blues' only yesterday. Brilliant.

[@DJJSerpico]

Steven McDonald RULES! Best bassist of 2018. Tied with Karl Alvarez

[@uncooldispatch5438]

He reluctantly let me get a selfie with him at a redd Kross gig a few years back ; didn’t look at the camera lol 😂

[@uncooldispatch5438]

I started listening to redd Kross during phaseshifter when nobody gave a shit about him & his band …. But whatever , kool dude I guess haha.

[@michaelcochran7006]

This guy is a Legend in Punk and Pop and Rock and has influenced So many musicians!

[@stevenimeson902]

I seen RK in 2017 Toronto it was amazing !! Love how u call Keith Morris the George castanza of punk rock lol

[@MarsHottentot]

This was a fucking GREAT interview! We ain't dead yet!

[@MarsHottentot]

I wanna hear more about playing with Courtney Love😂

[@twikirobot6897]

Great show man ! ----- Third Eye and Phaseshifter = 2 of the best albums ever recorded.

[@motorik6]

Damn straight.

[@checkurbrainfly]

What a good interview, I didn’t know about Steve but I’ll be checking out his music, like his humbleness & I have no doubt he’s a talented musician

[@jorob46]

Steven is the coolest person in the world!!!

[@WesleyGravolet]

When he talks about possibly joining Off listening to demo w Franz, i wonder if he means Franz from Motorcycle Boy..great l.a. sleazy rock n roll band!

[@KurbzGarage]

Third Eye is freaking an amazing album Linda Blair , Bubblegum Factory Annies gone

[@TimothySharma]

he's wearing a fucking "Cats" tshirt. I love this guy

[@crashsite000]

Down to earth Steve 👏🏻

[@LorenStClair]

Steve knows how to rinse and repeat, nice locks

[@LizzielovesMichael]

Steven, you are absolutely, 100%, without a doubt, a peer of Dave Grohl.

[@Skelter40]

Super cool.

[@KowankoMusic]

"Rockignized" - def adding that one to the vocab.

[@duncefunce1513]

Real ass dude

[@johnbatinovic6593]

Next to The Partridge Family (and maybe LED Zeppelin or The Nils), Redd Kross rocked.

[@lops6179]

Punk rocker says the name of Kurt Cobain once.... PUT IT IT THE TITLE!

[@cookiepuss6296]

yea real shit lmaooo

[@nickfanzo]

Cool dude

[@samuelblinne6040]

Awesome

[@Easyrider88-w8n]

Shane is the coolest guy out there.

[@mirzaghalib8659]

Subbed

[@christopherwooldridge811]

Who's that intro song by?

[@ikeadjunkelskog1929]

In you room the Jeep rock mix

[@sstaners1234]

I saw Redd Kross, Meat Puppets, and STP in Portland back in 1994. I actually hated Redd Kross and if i ever met Steven McDonald I’d probably tell him that had to have been an off night. But to be fair, whoever was the sound engineer didn’t know what they were doing. All they did was turn up everything. My ears were ringing for a month.

[@SuperThatguylol]

Kyle "Gass" Not "Glass" otherwise great interview.

[@davidames1746]

Steven you have WAY more credibility than Dave Gruel. You don't live off overworked addicted musicians.