JOHNNIE GUILBERT: Bryan Stars, depression, the emo revival & more | The Punk Rock MBA Podcast 

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I grew up watching Bryan Stars interview scene bands. That guy’s legacy is a fever dream now

Johnnie and the rest of the emo youtubers really made it seem like emo was going strong still when they first started. Now it feels like emo never left anytime you look at their content. I am def jealous of Johnnie’s looks and the fact that he’s surrounded by other emo/alt people, but I also know he’s a good person and deserves the best🖤

"did you get an autographed fart jar?" Finn out here asking the real questions 😂 Also Johnnie seems like a super chill down to earth guy

Never thought I'd see these 2 come together lol

Johnnie is a legend for real.

He’s the same age as me, I completely get him and finding emo/scene stuff too late but finally rolling into it as an adult

He started with AFI and they helped kick off the mallcore era, so he is as legit as the scene would allow

Love this kid! Watching the video now 🤘 P.S. I'm 53 y/o, so I can call him a kid 😏

What a positive guy, I hadn't checked in on what he was doing since the MDE era so its nice to see him doing well.

We need an entire PRMBA podcast playlist where each episode is Finn interviewing each member of MDE, and they talk exclusively about bryan stars for an hour

30 seconds in and Johnnie is already being hit on xD

Dude yes! I wasn’t expecting this interview!

Was not really part of it but love seeing people like him keeping emo alive.

This is so cool to watch, I watched MDE all through high school and I was a fan of Johnnie especially so thanks a bunch Finn!

About ten years ago I met an emo guy. He seemed some kind of depressed. We became friends and he showed me so much cool music. We have been on countless concerts. As he organized concerts and I am a hobby guitarist, we spent a lot of time in the music scene. I am much older than him, I have a very well payed job - so we were different, but matched so well. After some time, the scene people called us "Andi & Andi".And over time - even if I tried to avoid it - I was falling in love with him. I had the greatest time in my life and it seemed he too. In my youth, I could not be like I was - gay. I felt lost, not worth to be here. And with Andi it was like, wow - here it is, the life I never thougt, I could have. Andi, the emo was the most wonderful human being, I ever met in my life. But some day, he told me, he wants to live with a girl and have a family. I never felt a pain like this, but - of course - I had to accept it and at the end, I wanted him to have the best possible life. He has his family and I wish them so much all the best. I am alone again. Thinking of him and looking at all these pictures on where we are together still brings me to tears. Why am I writing all this? Maybe because I learned to love the "emo style". Maybe, because the music often is exactly what I feel. I am a huge muscular gay, but I feel weak without "my" cookie monster. Keep the "emo thing" rolling - I love it so much. Sorry for my bad english - I am a german.

Also maybe I caught Johnnie on a good day, but he was super sweet to me when I said hi when I saw him at So What Fest last year🖤

Brian Stars is just, eugh. We try not to talk about him for reasons. 🤢 Glad Johnnie is doing good

He seems like he's got a good head on his shoulders. That world always seemed really bizarre, I think especially since they were involved in really niche yet visible popularity it did a number on a bunch of them, but he seems to be coming out well. Hope he takes the mental health/medication stuff a little more seriously though I guess we all have our journeys with that. Great interview

I'm glad I was in my late teens and early 20s and experience the scene/emo days. I heard Atreyu back in 2003 and that got me into the metalcore and the post hardcore metal like haste the day and from autumn to ashes. So many fun times and interesting ppl.

Been watching Johnnie since like 2015 and I’m really enjoying his perspective on his experiences since then. Really hope he’s doing well.

My favorite Ronnie Radke beef was with Sebastian from palaye royale for filming their music videos in the same mansion😂

Johnnie Guillbert interview and looks like a young boy that is inspiring and talented to played the best band in emo genre! I am just subscribed to your second channel 💯👍🔔

The Emo king and the King of all Rock commentary. 🤠

This is a really cool collab! Johnnie you inspired me a lot when I was younger to really be myself and it’s awesome to see you still being yourself!

I don't know who this guy is but I like him. I'm well out of his target audience but I'm still gonna check him out. Enjoyable interview Finn

That was a fantastic interview. I was happy to see how lucid Johnnie was.

Good dudes, good vibes, hope the best for you guys

Me and Johnny are the same age and I always envied how he actually had “alt” people around him 🤣 I was in the scene from 2009 but eventually got over it in 2011 cause I felt like an outcast here in Seattle lol. Still will always love the music though

Love Johnnie! What a great guy!

Super excited about this I love both of y’all!

Love the emo revival

A RU-vidr ive followed for a longer than I can remember & trust & appreciate interviewing a youtuber that YT has been throwing at me lately that i know nothing about. Perfect. Thank you Finn for bringing him on cuz I was feeling like I was a bit too old to be laughing at his and his buddies antics 😂 but they remind me of me and my friends when we were younger (and can especially relate to the emoness, tho we didnt dress scene.. emo skate punks of the 2000s lol we are unseen lol)

I like Finn again now...great interview, I grew up in that era.

He's not THAT much younger to have not experienced the emo/scene boom. I'm 30 and I was a hardcore emo kid in that era.

Love Johnnie. so clever & beautiful! great interview! ❤

I'd never heard of Johnnie before but this is a great chat. I'll definitely be following him now.

Johnnie raised a good point- what matters more today for music? Having fans or having a hit that people will forget in months?

definitely not a phase for me. I had to change myself for awhile for working at a school in the IT department and hated myself. Working in a really relaxed environment now where I'm mostly from home. I still wear band shirts to work when I am in the office and paint my nails black. I'm also covered in tattoos.

Im just now seeing this but im glad i found it i love johnnie💕

Hey!! Amazing Interview! Johnnie is always so truthful and humble! You are beyond your years! Always with #afireinside ❤️‍🔥🤘🥀#Twitch #EviLivexvx #evilove

Finn, you have a great way of diffusing awkward situations.

What’s the deal with the Never Shout Never singer?? I know his ig is all vegan food items? Green tea? What’s going on? Ed? Drgs??

He got into it too late and likes AFI, he like me fr fr

Just saw "Emo Revival" and I clicked 💔🖤🥀

I find it relatable that he is relatively young to have experienced the scene first hand but is really into it

I usally feel bad when someone’s life falls apart. We’re all human. We are all met to make mistakes. Everyone’s got this idea we’re not suppose to fuck up or be perfect. If we showed more forgiveness & compassion people would be having a lot less mental issues. Or not bury shit deep down. People are miserable tho. Talking down on someone makes them feel better about their lives

Crazy bc I looked up his biography and we have the same exact birthday year and everything! I definitely had a myspace and was too young to be on there but I had older siblings that influenced me a lot 😂

i absolutely love johnnie, i've been watching him since i was kid. Super chill dude 🖤

Autographed Fart Jar sounds like a Weird Al fronted punk band

Even I felt like wearing a paper bag over my head just from watching this

I love how you mentioned Stephen Jerzak. He’s super underrated/forgotten these days

Don't worry Johnnie, it still holds up at 40. I know from personal experience.

What a sweetheart! Great interview, I subbed 😊

In 07 I saw Metro station, Anberlin, and Motion City Soundtrack headlined in San Diego. Next Door Fallout Boy sold out a huge arena. Heard them playing Sugar We’re goin down as our concert let out. I was probably 13. Awesome memory. Just a bunch of little scene middle schoolers.

This is the cross over I’ve NEEDED back in middle school I was obsessed with johnnie a MDE and in highschool I found Finn and the punk rock mba and was obsessed I just started been watching Johnnie again and been wonding what Finns been up to and meaning to watch his stuff again this was a great surprise on my homepage

Holy shit I forgot about Stephen jerzak, time to to down the rabbit hole

First hi Finn hi johnnie

I found bryanstars at 21 and then found johnnie with his a new chapter video in 2019, and been following him since then.

good interview.. :)

I feel like the alternative music scene had a unique set of circumstances that made it seem extraordinarily predatory. It was popular with teen girls (ripe for manipulation), rock as a genre has always had groupies, and I'm sure there were also girls lying about their age for the clout of getting with the band. But for the ones that were honest victims, it was a weird time where social media was budding and people felt closer to bands but you were able to call them out very publicly, which I don't think many other genres at the time or in the past were able to do. Like if you were SA'd by a musician in the 80s, what did you do, y'know? But in the 00s/10s, you posted online and found others that had been through the same and then suddenly we all knew what a creep so-and-so was.

Awww, I'm coming to realize that Johnnie is a sweet little baby and I don't feel so creepy for being a mid aged chick laughing at his and Jake's content 😂 We need to get him some acting gigs and protect this lil Zennial.

He should change his name to ghoulbert. You both seem like nice people 👍

At this upload is when my parents stopped watching this podcast and I started.

😂 Finn, you hilarious

Love this duo

JOHNNIE how are you

i never heard of J music?! but ive always seen him commenting and being around somehow KEEP IT UP MAN!! i think more people notice? we just dont say none? so i felt like being more thana view today c:! also finn about the diaper comment.. true shittt

im upset that he’s prettier than my gf

🖤🖤🖤

Johnnie is such a sweet human. 🤍

Johnny seems like such a cool dude. I remember watching AFI perform Miss Murder at the MTV music video awards in 2005 or 2006 and that was really my introduction into the alt scene.

Hey you should do an interview of Ian thornley. I think he’s brilliant.

JOHNNIE AHH

I love you Handsome Johnny ❤!

Wow, I’d almost forgotten about You Now! I remember watching Johnnie and DeeFizzy there, they were my favorites. I met them and Bryan Stars at the APMAs in 2015. What a time, man.

Johnnie is so cute

Can I just say that Johnnie Guilbert is so hot ❤‍🔥❤‍🔥and I enjoy his videos so please keep up the good work.👍👍(^///^)

Katy perry was at warped tour the year I kissed a girl came our. Longest warped tour line I’ve seen…

Stephen Jerzak, Chase Coy, Nevershoutnever! Listen to those GODS

Bro god johnnie saying he missed out on MySpace literally just changed my entire perspective on him like how I’m 27 and I was on MySpace for yearrrs before it ended like I was in like 5th - 6th grade listening too fallout boy and panic CD on my CD player and like never shout never was like so big on MySpace every girl had them on theiy myp play lists like I did even like wow bind blowing I never knew that about him

I just do not understand how the music of Blood On The Dancefloor could have got them on Warp Tour and the scene.

The comeback of this is awesome

This is amazing!

Post malone xxxtentation and Taylor Bennett also huge inspiration is christofer drew back then until now

Lmao nevershoutnever slapped for a few of those old songs

You got to interview Chad Gray (Mudvayne/HELLYEAH)

I remember when he followed me on twitter way back in the early days

It's not that Emo is a phase, it's the fact that bands, mostly Punk Rock hate being labeled terms they don't associate themselves with. So, it's kinda bullshit on a terminology level of music.

Interesting video i actually never about this guy

Imagine having Bernie in your home.

ChrisTofer drew MySpace king

I'm sad to announce that it was a phase. Phase 1, to be exact.

Should have named this the down fall of..... For those who watched the whole thing

Love the interview - but like the Bernie cutout in the back. 😭💓

wow this guy is kinda awesome

Same I got into afi too late also their a great band

Sooooo many memes with the title 🤣🤣😂🧐

Nice clickbait

2:43 I’m still not entirely sure who we are talking about?