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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