Jan Radder

The first full band recording by our band, Mutual Assured Destruction, “Point of War,” recorded on a Fostex 4-track in 1987. Christopher Morgan Johnston on drums, Matt Brooks on guitar, and me on bass and singing.

Mutual Assured Destruction—Point Of War (4-Track Demo Version) From our first full band demo, recorded on a Foster 4-track. Matt Brooks: guitar Chris Johnston: drums Jan Radder: bass, vocals

Today's musical interlude: "Re-Animator," the first "real" song I wrote with my friend Matt. I sang and Matt played all the instruments since we still didn't have a drummer and it was a still a few months before I was roped into playing bass because we couldn't find a bassist (which seems to be how most bassists start to play bass)

Mutual Assured Destruction—Re-Animator The first "real" song we recorded, done with a Foster 4-track

My interview with S.W. Lauden about my top five favorite horror movies is now live on The Big Takeover. Check it out!

Jan Radder's Top 5 Favorite Horror Movies Jan Radder’s excellent new memoir, ‘Immature Loser Punk,’ is a coming-of-age story about a misfit kid whose life was saved by punk rock and horror movies.

For those of you who have read or are reading Immature Loser Punk, this is the first song that Matt and I wrote at 14 using his cheap spray-painted blue, plastic, toy guitar and a 1970s Radio Shack dictaphone microphone, both hooked into Matt's stereo system. I present to you the "masterpiece" "Shave Your Head and Cry."

Closet Children—Shave Your Head And Cry The first Closet Children Song, from 1985, recorded with a blue plastic toy guitar and Radio Shack Dictaphone microphone