Branden Steineckert was a founding member of The Used and the driving force behind the band until they kicked him out for being sober in 2006. While that could crush a man, Branden dove onto wakeboarding for a couple of months and came out the other side as the drummer for Rancid, which has been his job for the past 15 years. While that’s worthy of its own podcast, we spend a lot of time talking about his heavy childhood in Utah and using skateboarding as an escape. On the podcast, we talk about Ken Block, Tony Hawk, music, his Ghost Pickleball brand, and much more.

Branden Steineckert Show Notes:

4:00: Ken Block and growing up Mormon

22:00: Stanley: The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners. Check out Stanley1913.com

Best Day Brewing: All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, and sugar.

Thermic Heated Socks and Dissent Labs socks (non- heated)

25:00: Not partying had nothing to do with the church; Dad commits suicide, the hardest childhood, getting into drumming, therapy, and school

44:00: Insta360 Video Cameras: Buy the X4, at checkout, use the code Powell and get a free ski pole or snowboard splitboard pole mount

Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better.

Outdoor Research: the best outerwear is designed and tested in the brutal elements of the Pacific Northwest

46:00: Bad kids school, The Used, lead singers, the lame live music scene in Utah, and song writing

60:00: Courted by labels, Warner Brothers, Warped Tour, Tony Hawk, getting kicked out of The Used, getting into Rancid, and Pickleball

87:00: Inappropriate Questions