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
305 episodes
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...
MLPP227 - The Papashangos
We are Bolton-bound this week to chat with Lancashire legends, The Papashangos!Lol Shango and Jimmy Shango are in MLPP Towers after we saw them wearing dildos at MPF and thought "these are our kind of people".We chat Shango histor...
MLPP226 - The Dwarves
It's a rock n roll legend extravaganza this week as Blag, frontman of The Dwarves, comes to MLPP Towers to cause some chaos!As well as discussing The Dwarves new record "Jenkem" (which lands on 5th of June) we hear stories about very sho...
MLPP225 - Hell Beach
Oh Heck! It's Hell Beach! Manchester (New Hampshire) minstrels Hell Beach are under the microscope this week.Their top boy, Jordan has visited MLPP towers to share their 2024 record "Beach World" with you all as well as discu...
MLPP224 - Pet Needs
We have a Number 1 charting artist (I don't make the rules) in MLPP Towers this week. Pet Needs' very own Johnny has taken time out from extremely significant life events in order to talk to us two idiots about his band's latest album: Elbows O...
MLPP223 - The Winonas
Some folks from Suf-folk join us this week. The Winonas are in to discuss (mainly) their newest release, the full length "Dead Romantic" (out now on Socks On Records, who also have a podcast, apparently).As well as that, though, we chat ...
MPF2026 REview Show
Phew. Have you recovered yet?A handful of brave souls convened to discuss the MPF 2026 experience on Wednesday night to recount and piece together the previous weekend.We all discuss our personal highlights and lowlights, includin...
MLPP LIVE @ MPF2026 - The Mass Debate
In order to slake our thirst for justice, we knew exactly what to do when we were invited back for the (record breaking, history making) 3rd time to Manchester Punk Festival: a courtroom style, debate, thing.Tom is judging, Danny Barrett...
