Dead Fink has been played on NTS in shows including Yesterday's News, featured first on 10 August 2022. Songs played include Empty Skulls.

In 1979, four aspiring musicians from Downers Grove, IL in the 6th grade decided to form a band called Nixon and the Tapes. They were Chris McCracken (bass), Robert “Shrub” Byrne (guitar), Mick Calhoun (guitar), and Dan Schneider (drums). Nobody sang and these youngsters were doing covers of their newfound discovery of punk rock bands at the time such as Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Damned. This band of kids actually played a good handful of high profile shows such as…