#146 - School Drugs (Josh Jurk)

Josh Jurk of Garden State's own hardcore punk band, School Drugs,
joins for interview No. 146. When Jared Hart was on last summer
he mentioned some of the best shows from when he was growing up
in the punk scene. He mentioned how Josh threw some of the best
shows in New Jersey. Josh reminisces about his upbringings in
this one. It all started at a local VFW in Manchester with his
original band, The Jurks. Fun fact - Marissa from The Screaming
Females did all of the artwork for The Jurks. The name has
carried with him since and Josh jokes that the a musician's first
band name has to be thought out. If you are from New Jersey -
stay tuned because we get into a debate about some of the best
deli's/restaurants in the area.


All jokes aside, this was an episode that took on some serious
subjects. School Drugs focuses on topics that could appear in the
community such as addiction and mental health. Josh is the first
to speak about mental health. In fact, he took it upon himself at
The Fest, one of the biggest rock weekends of the year, and
talking about seeing a therapist for the first time.
Continuously, Josh can often be found at shows talking about
addiction. He has experienced several close friends go through it
and supports the charity Harm Reduction. Website can be found
here: https://www.samhsa.gov/


Josh also takes the graphic design portion of the band extremely
seriously. Check out his page for some samples, he does every
design on his own. Josh is full of knowledge when it comes to the
images people see of flyers and band tees. In fact, he is a huge
fan of Danzig, but not because of the typical music reasons, but
because he is a fantastic graphic designer and is big reason for
some of the Misfits. School Drugs has some cool shows on the
horizon and have seen organic growth over the past year or so.
Keep a look out for this New Jersey band!