Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Vex Billingsgate (Suburban Lawns) & George Hurley (The Minutemen), of the band Suburban John

Written By Chelsea Shells
“And then, you know, a lot of the stuff that we grew up on at that time is a lot of the spandex, pretty hairdo type things, and we always thought you had to be someone special to put out a record or something. You know? So here punk rock started, so we’d do it ourselves. We’ll make our own records, and that’s exactly what we did. You know? And we built our own followings and everything. We even blazed our own tour routes across the whole United States that we used for, like, eighteen years, and we just did everything ourselves.”
— Vex Billingsgate & George Hurley (Suburban John), Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame interview
Tune in as Poorman interviews Billy Ranson and George Hurley of Suburban John, a band from Long Beach, CA that features founding members of 80s post-punk band Suburban Lawns
 

Air date: 04/29/2025

Tune in as Poorman interviews Billy Ranson and George Hurley of Suburban John, a band from Long Beach, CA that features founding members of 80s post-punk band Suburban Lawns: Vex Billingsgate (Billy Ranson) on bass, John Gleur (John McBurney) on guitar, and George Hurley of Minutemen/fIREHOSE on drums. instagram.com/suburbanjohnlb

Also joining the interview is filmmaker, Jen Dessinger who is working on a Suburban Lawns documentary. instagram.com/jendessinger

 

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