Mid Life Punk Podcast
Music and interviews with bands from across the global punk scene, all coming at you from Spondon in Derby, UK. Join us every week and get rad with the fat lads.
Episodes
312 episodes
MLPP232 - The Two Step Goodbyes
MLPP Towers offers some respite to 3 weary Punkabillies this week, who are unfortunately located in Stoke on Trent.The Two Step Goodbyes are very forthcoming with their song topics, their drug (purely medicinal) addled car journeys stoki...
MLPP231 - Nutty Skunk
For the first time in a very long time, we have a fully fledged ska band on! And that band is West Yorkshire's Nutty Skunk! They, by their own admission, were groomed....into ska at a young age.Logistics are a key topic in the conversati...
MLPP230 - Al Pacino's Sister
Putting the "oop" in Super-Group this week are our guests, fen dwellers Al Pacino's Sister.This rock band is made up of members of both Sprainer and Das Kapitans, so get yourself excited.We discuss their extensive tours, their bac...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - THE FINAL
It's over. All done for four years. The MLPP World Cup closing ceremony is contained within this episode! We're joined by some of our participants to round off the tournament and to reflect on some of the music we've discovered....
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Semi Finals
The 48 have become 4. Only one more game to cover after these!Argentina, Spain, France and England battle out to be 90 minutes (plus half time show) away from the WORLD CUP FINAL!Our bands are Cadena Perpetua, Main Line 10, Lion's...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Quarter Finals
We're down to the last 8. Not many of the original 12 punk pundits remain. It's hotting up, but is it coming home?Our remaining guests are Josh (Character Actors), Willie Shango (The Papashangos), TJ Whittaker (77 Spears), Richard F Whit...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 Part Two
The second part of the Round of 16 (aka The Culling) is covered in this episode!With our team managers Steve Potter & The Prisoner of Peterborough & Simon Bailey (off Das Kapitans), Benny Rabble (People's Poet), Josh Booth (Chara...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Round of 16 Part One
We're whittling 'em down like nobody's business now.The first half of the Round of 16 is covered in this episode and features our intrepid correspondents TJ (77 Spears), Ross (Shackleford) Willie Shango (for the Papashangos), Richard Whi...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Bands we lost to the Round of 32
Pour one out for some of the great (and not so great) bands/songs we learned to love in the group stages. Sadly, we lost 2 of our 12 participants in the Round of 32, so join us in commiserating them.Things are hotting up now gang, so buc...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Bands we lost to the group stage
Tom and Danny Barrett provide an update on which bands were sadly eliminated from the MLPP World Cup.No huge losses, but sad all the same. Music to commemorate the fallen is from Tunisia's KHASSARAT.
MLPP229 - Lynskey
Welcome to the North West of England, where we keep a band called Lynskey. We've let Bea come on the pod to share their new, updated and extended line up as well as the vast majority of their latest EP "This is for you".We chat about hat...
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group L, Dave Shackleford
The final group up for dissection is group L.The musical sleuth assigned to unearthing bands from each place is Dave off Shackleford. The countries he's got to work with are:England, Ghana, Panama and Croatia.The bands he's...
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group K, Steve Potter, Das Kapitans
Group K. Probably the most geographically disparate group of them all.The person who has been extracting nugs from this particular diamond mine is Steve Potter, off Das Kapitans.The countries in that group are: Portugal, Uzbekista...
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group J, Benny Rabble
9 down, 3 to go!Group J of the MLPP World Cup is managed by top spoken word artiste, Benny Rabble!All of his countries except one begin with A. They are: Argentina, Algeria, Austria and Jordan.The lucky bands that he's sele...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group I - Richard F White
Global super star Richard Fuckin' White is in to explain his choices to represent the countries which populate group I. He also explains the backstory of a song that was snatched away from him because he got the artist's nationality wrong. ...
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group H, Dave Rolfe, Guineapigs
Group H representatives have been chosen by Dave Rolfe from off Guineapigs. He has been lucky enough to have to research punk artistes from Spain, Cape Verde, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia.The artists he has chosen are: Main Line 10, Scúru F...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group G - Willie Shango, The Papashangos
Group G of this global punk odyssey is curated by none other than Willie Shango, bass twanger for The Papashangos! Willie has had the good fortune to select bands from Belgium, Iran, Egypt and New Zealand. The Bands he's chosen are:...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group F, Jake Dobbins, Los Fatso Libres
Don't tell my heart, my achey jakey heart. That's what will be ringing around stadiums of Group F in Japanese, Swedish, Arabic (Tunisian dialect) and Dutch. Jake Dobbins has been allocated to this one, and the bands he's chosen to represent the...
MLPP World Cup 2026, Group E, Eddie French
The representatives of Group E have been chosen by stand up comic and podcaster Eddie French off the Punk Rock Elite Podcast.The nations having their punk rock gubbins explored this time are Curacao, Ivory Coast, Equador and Germany. The...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group D, Ross Shackleford
We're joined by our first of two Shackleford members of the tournament, namely Ross the singing bass player, who has had the unenviable task of choosing punk rock representatives for all the nations in Group D of the World Cup. Those nations ar...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group C, TJ Whittaker, 77 Spears
Group C is introduced to your earholes today, and your global guide will be none other than 77 Spears frontman, TJ Whittaker!Group C has offered up some mixed blessings for TJ. The group comprises of Brazil, Scotland, Morocco and Haiti. ...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group B Josh Booth, Character Actors
The second group in this global feast of punk is introduced and explained today by none other than Leeds' very own Josh Booth off Character Actors.Josh was fortunate enough to draw the group containing: Qatar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, C...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - Group A- Simon Das Kapitan
It's World Cup Time! And to talk us through his chosen representatives for each country in Group A, it's Simon off Das Kapitans!Simon's had the pleasure of researching bands from Mexico, South Korea, Czechia and South Africa.Enjoy...
MLPP World Cup 2026 - The Draw
WELCOME TO THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL PUNK ROCK ON THE GLOBE!12 fact-mad punx will be researching punk bands from exotic locations that are represented in the 2026 World Cup.They will each start off with one of the g...
MLPP228 - Mad Tab
Orange County's Mad Tab are in the hotseat this week. Their versitility and skilled musicianship will amaze you, their in-depth knowledge of all things punk, ska and reggae should astound you. When they last shit their pants will blow your mind...
