Ronnie Barnett
“Rocker”
Ronnie Barnett co-founded and played in The Muffs for their entire 1990-2019 career. He intended to be a journalist before that and was a music editor at the Houston weekly paper Public News in the late 1980s. He now lives in Sacramento.
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Sept. 5, 2026
S9E481 - Throwing Muses debut with Ronnie Barnett
The first album by an American band to be released on British independent label 4AD, Throwing Muses' stunningly beautiful 1986 debut got this week's guest Ronnie Barnett (The Muffs) supremely and hopelessly high! Truth be told, the record's combination of gorgeous complexity, serene tension and emotional power STILL sounds fresh 40 years on. Songs discussed in this episode: Wave Of Mutilation (Pixies cover) - Throwing Muses; Kids In America - The Muffs; Finished - Throwing Muses; Agony (Live at...
Guest: Ronnie Barnett