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WNCW's Program Director Joe Kendrick Talks To Adam Elk Of The Mommyheads

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Joe Kendrick

Revisit Joe Kendrick's Session with Adam Elk in this podcast - Adam plays several songs on his acoustic guitar, and talks to Joe about things like getting his first start with his band "The Mommyheads" at CBGBs, the famous New York City Music Club in Manhatten's East Village - known as a rock/folk venue as well as the birthplace of punk. They talk about the band being signed to Geffen Records, getting dropped and taking a decade off, becoming popular in Sweden, and The Mommyheads being profiled one of the 10 worst band names of all times.

Joe Kendrick grew up far off in the woods in rural Stanfield, NC, where he acquired his first Sony Walkman, listened to both AM and FM radio from Charlotte, went to Nascar races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, attended a small Baptist church, read Rolling Stone, subscribed to cassette clubs, and played one very forgettable season of high school football. From there, Joe studied Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was able to fulfill his dream of being a disc jockey at WXYC. He volunteered at WNCW soon after graduation.