Episode 10 Tony "Victor" Beram :: "The Lysergic Legacy of Placebo Records - Pt. 1"

It's hard to say, if at all possible, where the Sun City Girls would be if they hadn't released their groundbreaking self-titled LP on famed Phoenix, Arizona-based label Placebo Records in 1984. As a prolific powerhouse that would later go on to self-release a treasure trove of metaphysical material, the band's harmoniously humble days in the 1980s were marked by their cosmic connection with local hero Tony "Victor" Beram, who attended an open mic a few years before the release of the band's first album, and immediately ignited a life long brothership that has stood the test of time.

Springing into action, these two electrifying entities combined their esoteric efforts and set out to take over the world with their unique univeralism and artistic integrity. Or piss it off as they held a merciless mirror in its face during a time of censorship, political unrest, and the emerging AIDS epidemic, to name a few. For the first part of this two part episode of "The Burning Nerve Ending Magic Podcast," we sit down with Beram to chat about the early days of Placebo Records, meeting the Bishop brothers, and the late great Charles Gocher, pushing to release the band's monumental debut at any cost, touring for three months in the summer 1984 with skatepunk legends J.F.A., the abstract atmosphere of the local scene, and much more.