Brendan Rafferty's guest appearances

Brendan Rafferty

The Brooklyn Blast Furnace

John Joseph

Jim Florentine

Rob Zombie

Matt Brown

Corey Taylor

Jon Zazula

Riki Rachtman

Dave White

Helen Keller

Bryan Harris

Mike Gibbons

Jason Brooks

Scott Vogel

Tim Anderson

Geraldo Rivera

OwlTail

We're back with Brendan Rafferty. Frontman for the NYHC band "SFA" and long time CBGB employee. We pick up right where we left off a few weeks and 3 episodes ago. With a big "Fuck You" to a certain record label he has issues with. He tells all about the infamous "Phil Donahue" and "Geraldo Rivera" shows that featured Punks and Skins from the Hardcore and Punk scenes from that timeframe; some who are still fixtures in the scene to this day. The truth on why CBGB matinee shows stopped in 1989, along with the truth behind why CBGB closed its doors forever and a bunch more... Brendan has a lot to say and has been there through it all. Enjoy!

Ep. 69 - Brendan Rafferty Part 2: Geraldo Rivera, Skinhead Madness & The Truth.

Part One of Two... (and maybe more than that) Brendan Rafferty is the singer for New York Hardcore band "SFA"(Stands For Anything)formed in 1984. He worked at the infamous CBGB "Home Of Underground Punk and Hardcore" for a combined 14 years! He was in the U.S. Army, started going to hardcore shows on a consistent basis in 1984 and has seen it all. "SFA" toured the entire United States and Europe. He's very outspoken and pulls no punches, and he doesn't care what you think about that either. Enjoy Part One because this is the "nicer" of the two. Part two gets "real" and he exposes a lot of things and sheds light on the truth about things you were told otherwise about. This was fun as always. Enjoy!

Brendan Rafferty. (SFA. Former CBGB Staff)