Mickey Avalon

Mickey Avalon joins Jeff Weiss on the Truth Hurts podcast to look back on 20 years since the release of his cult classic self-titled debut album. He reflects on how social media has changed since he first emerged as one of the preeminent artists in the Myspace era, along with Simon Rex, Dirt Nasty, Andre Legacy and Dyslexic Speedreaders. He talks about his upbringing in West Hollywood where he wrote graffiti, sold weed with his mom and got his first porno from The Alchemist. He tells stories about working with Perry Ferrell, Dr. Luke, and Bruno Mars, being in a Boost Mobile commercial with Young Jeezy and Jermaine Dupri, accidentally eating 10 grams of mushrooms in Mexico, and why he never really cared about legacy.

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00:00 Intro
00:30 Social Media
9:00 Growing up in West Hollywood
13:20 Jane Fonda and My Dick
18:11 Painting
21:00 Meeting Simon Rex, forming Dyslexic Speed Readers and recording his first album
28:28 Drugs
30:00 Living in Bali during COVID
33:45 Selling weed with his mom
36:00 Music that influenced him
40:00 Interscope deal & Early Myspace era
43:00 Dr. Luke, Bruno Mars & Kid Rock
45:01 Second record and label problems
49:10 Boost Mobile commercial with Young Jeezy and Jermaine Dupri
51:00 The Simple Life
54:00 Unpopular Truth
56:00 Mushrooms story
58:00 Lightning Round

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