not really punk but great Jawbreaker Jets to Brazil Dismemberment Plan (possibly one of the best shows I ever saw live)
I remember a great old Comp. entitled Rat Music for Rat People- had all the greats of the early-mid 80's: Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Circle Jerks, Dead kenedys, Black Flag, TSOL before they went goth/glam/metal, Minute Men, JFA, Millions of Dead Cops... I think I wore that cassette out...
I had that album. Cant remember the band who sang about Jesus entering him in the rear. You? They were from Canada if i remember right. The chicken squak song of MDC was funny as hell, i still play it for my son. Somehow it reminds me of Hallett raceway.
I haven't posted on here in a while, but this thread brought it out... Avail (earlier stuff on Lookout!) Hot Water Music (earlier stuff) Or anything on No Idea records for that matter. The Draft (ex-Hot water Music guys) I try to stay away from Epitaph bands (they end up sounding like Bad Religion) and Fat Wreckords bands (they end up sounding like NoFX). SNFU- Did you know that all of their albums have 7 words in their titles? Black Flag -My War, this one is really getting me right now, as I just got done reading Rollins "Get in The Van". OR if your into instrumental psychadelic epic rock, my band, Husky www.huskyrock.com
some more bands you can still see. Against me ( "Crime" & "Reinventing Axel Rose" not the new CD) Comback kid. hardcorp canadian band Thrice (a little morbid for some taste)
On a different, heavy note, Check out the following. Not punk, but good rock. Some call it stonerrock. I love the music, but I don't get stoned. www.stonerrock.com Fu Manchu (new 70's esque fuzz rock) Kyuss ( Josh Hommes band before Queens of the Stone Age) The Hellacopters (kick ass cock rock, been around forever) 35007 (Pink FLoyd of Stoner rock, Instrumental) Pelican (Instru-metal at the top of their genre) Tides (similar instru-metal) Explosions in the Sky (good instrumental band from Austin, soundtrack to the Friday Night Lights TV show)
Just curious: how many of you guys used to skate back in the day? this thread has reminded me of all the great skate-punk back in the 80's: DRI, JFA, the Adolescents, Drunk Injuns, Agent Orange... ahh those were the days- doing bong hits and hitting the 1/2-pipe....
I still skate and I'm going to be 40 in a week. I'm not anywhere near as good as I used to be though. lol Oh and to anyone that thinks Rollins in Black Flag was anything but SHIT, a big fuck you!!! He ruined the band. He was so so on his own, but the psuedo intelectual BS poetry can die a slow death.
early Black Flag I'm tied to a clock... I can't get loose I did this to myself Put my brain right in a noose Buzzer sounds gotta move Brainless
Black Flag was way better with Dez Cadena or Keith Morris, to be sure. Still, I liked them with Rollins, too. Really liked Ginn's side project, Gone as well. Saw them back in 86- snuck into the Rock Island Brewing Company to see them & Black Flag. Stood in front of the stage & was absolutely drenched by Greg Ginn's sweat... I can't skate for shit anymore- I'm just too f-ing big. I was skinny as a rail as a teen, but at 37, I'm 6-8 & 250#'s_ I can't ollie my fat ass any more...
I hear ya, but I actually like Rollins era Black Flag. Did you read "Get in The Van" ? Now it's very ironic. The guy absolutely hates talking to people, and now he has of all things, a talk show on IFC. The whole book is his journal entries from that time period and it's tough to get through. constant complaining about little stuff that gets revisited over and over again. Having said that, the high points are pretty good, and kept me interested. I didn't really skate. Although I was the only kid I knew in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with a skateboard. Just never really got anywhere with it.
How about this one. I'm tied to a clock I can't get loose I did this to myself Put my brain in a noose
