Punk rock?

[omega minimo]

[pokerfan]

1. It was the required inoculation for Disco

[Captain Hilts]

22. Exactly. I took English in college from Richard Hell's mother. She was really proud of him. nt

[omega minimo]

30. Love Richard Hell

What was the class?

[Captain Hilts]

49. US lit. I've met him a couple of times. I have his book. I adored her and he's nice too. nt

[Captain Hilts]

56. You'll LOVE this story about Mr. Hell...

when he appeared in the movie "Smithereens," it was shown at a local Norfolk art/movie theatre. It was shown only as a midnight show.

So, Richard's mother and her husband - who was in the USN at an impressionable age and never lost the Navy haircut and wore the black 'birth control' Navy issue glasses - go to the midnight show.

They do not fit in with the rest of the audience members. A young woman in front of them finally turns around and says, "Hey, what are you guys doin' here?" She proudly says, "I am Richard Hell's mother." The young woman replied, "Yeah? Well, what's his REAL NAME?" "His real name is 'Richard Meyers'." "OH MY GOD! It's Richard Hell's mother!!!!"

She had his album cover art, etc. proudly displayed in her office at the university and one day, an older woman who was a student came in and said, "I always knew people like that had mothers, I just never thought I'd meet one."

[omega minimo]

62. "I always knew people like that had mothers, I just never thought I'd meet one."

LOL :spray: Thanks, Captain Hilts. One of your brushes with greatness! Great story.

"...never lost the Navy haircut and wore the black 'birth control' Navy issue glasses - go to the midnight show."

I remember Smithereens.........

[mitchum]

51. Does he come from money?

I have wondered that for quite awhile due to the fact that he can still afford to live in NYC with no visible means of support.
Blank Generation is a great record, but the royalties on it must be minuscule or nonexistent.

And his mom should be proud of him.

[Captain Hilts]

55. No. His parents were both academics. They met in college - at Columbia,

and did grad work at UKentucky because it was the cheapest grad school out there. She taught at Old Dominion U., which doesn't pay professors all that much.

His father died unexpectedly in his late '30s leaving Mrs. Hell with two kids to support.

As you know, he's been writing. It was funny his telling how he had his mother proof his first book, despite some of its content, "because she'll eventually read it, she might as well read it now when it is of help to me."

[mitchum]

59. Thanks for the info...

I had always assumed that he came from an intellectual background, but I wondered about the financial aspect.
It's a pity he can't get royalties for a hairstyle...I would be happily sending him a check right now :) and I wouldn't be the only one.
He really was Mr Cool.

[Captain Hilts]

61. Read comment #56 for more. nt

[Richard Steele]

97. Damn, you're brilliant. I have NOTHING to add to that statement. nm

[Tobin S.]

2. I heard it's dead

There sure are a lot of alternative bands out there using punk rock riffs, though.

[old mark]

3. I think it's just been coopted - made a shitload of cash for Greenday...

more than most real punk bands put together.

markO8)

[HopeHoops]

7. No, punk rock isn't dead - just everyone who used to listen to it.

There was this massive slam dancing incident, you see...

[omega minimo]

29. LOL ROFL

oh piss off :rofl:

[Deja Q]

4. That's good

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/devo/video/x1yn5k_devo-thats-good_music

[Tikki]

5. Kept me from going insane during those waning years of the 70's...

Tikki

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Word up.

[mix]

8. yes

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4YTVtMhY-n0/R6yk1fscyvI/AAAAAAAAA_A/u_hNU7owmXc/s400/Social+Distortion+-+Mommy%27s+Little+Monster.jpg

[Sebastian Doyle]

9. One of the albums that got me through high school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBED3oLBP7U

[mix]

10. you can really hear their love of early Clash in that tune

thanks for posting...damn
:hi:

[hippywife]

11. No, thank you.

:rofl:


:hi:

[Chorophyll]

12. Yes please. nt

[proteus_lives]

13. Yes,

Bad Religion got my through high school.

[Forkboy]

14. Has almost as many posuers as glam rock did.

[mix]

15. show biz

[Forkboy]

17. I'm proof.

I used to hate "posuers", and I proved it by spending an hour daily spiking my hair and getting my Doc Martins right.

[Odin2005]

16. Green Day.

Was at their Fargo concert. :)

[mix]

18. i appreciate Green Day and love their music and message n/t

[omega minimo]

31. Cool. They livened up whatever that corpseorate rock awards show was last year......

:pals:

[Odin2005]

34. They were my favorite band ever since I was a kid.

My big sis got me hooked to them! :rofl:

"I Wanna be the Minority,
I don't need your authority,
Down with the Moral Majority,
I Wanna be the Minority!"

:woohoo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI4fN4eIGZI

Oh, and in their 2004 song "Holiday" they quote Howard Dean: "I beg to differ from the hollow lies".

[LibDemAlways]

47. Love Green Day. Met them recently at a signing. Billie Joe

agreed to pose for a pic with my 16-year-old even though "no cameras" were allowed.

[omega minimo]

48. Billie Joe is purty.

:hi:

[travelingtypist]

19. Don't get it.

:shrug:

[rockymountaindem]

20. LONDON'S BURNING!

DUM DUM DA DUM DUM DAAAAA

[mix]

66. chills

[Forkboy]

21. A primer

Crass - Reality Asylum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_HOYk9ED9Q

The Ex - Waiting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExeqzxxRna4&feature=channel_page

Nomeansno - So Low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlbr5hdO0Gw&feature=related

The Germs - Throw It Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOkm6desPFQ&feature=related

The Minutemen - Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2-CgCyh5YM

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGxzMiUKdw&feature=related

Bad Brains - I Against I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjITD9LnwRY

Minor Threat - I Don't Wanna Hear It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KeplwDwEB4&feature=related

Melt Banana - Blank Page Of The Blind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDihYBMvHQ

Stupid Babies Go Mad - Fuck and Kill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0vRyEDZEQ

Hanson Brothers - Sudden Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnXpIIEpin0&feature=related

Suicidal Tendencies - I Saw Your Mommy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHHmrYUPkc

The Slits - Typical Girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6hwj38hA2Y&feature=related

The Dickies - Gigantor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhpfoLcBQ08

The Ramones - Beat On The Brat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqln2FPerqk&feature=related

Dog Faced Hermans - Viva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf5dhhLH-G4&feature=related

Chumbawamba - Invasion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWOzMHT79Pg

Sham 69 - If The Kids Are United
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GQMIXGRjaw&feature=related

Discharge - Does This System Work?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0WgrGRawcQ

GBH - No Survivors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfB_4ZJHtL4

Dwarves - Drugstore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiA2aYlbIKs&feature=related

Dead Kennedys - Religious Vomit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBa6YMs-AbY&feature=related

[travelingtypist]

26. Wow. Nice work.

:yourock:

[Forkboy]

27. Just be glad the thread wasn't called "Black Metal?"

I would have been here all night. ;)

[travelingtypist]

28. Damn shame.

I would've appreciated that list, too, very much, metalhead that I am.

:evilgrin:

[Forkboy]

35. Hmmmm....

Emperor - Empty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0GRH3yoiI

Shining - Claws of Perdition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4cs4f-gks&feature=related

Woe - No Civilization
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw9yXIapHjY

Leviathan - Merging With Sword, Unto Them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqMZ9QwlKGs

Deathspell Omega - Diablolus Absconditus - Crushing the Holy Trinity - Father (NSFW) (These guys are are WAAAY out there, and one of my favorite bands, period. Read the lyrics to this bad boy.)
http://www.lyricstime.com/deathspell-omega-diabolus-absconditus-lyrics.html
http://www.str8up.com/watch.php?v=12002

Wolves In The Throne Room - Wanderer Among The Sea Of Fog (Saw these guys last month and they fucking smoked!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ibBdXJ3Jg&feature=related

Craft - Fuck The Universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3fYoGzAqUY

Nachtmystium - Ghost of Grace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odPToK35mNE

Watain - Sworn To The Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN_ZWBYweXs

Xasthur - Screaming At Forgotten Fears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YedXRq3Pbo

The Axis of Perdition - Pendulum Prey (The Second Coming)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqRZUzjaz9g

Burzum - Jesus Dod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Pp2gpLZcc

Blut Aus Nord - Mort: Chapter IIV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRUahfqgG9o&feature=related

Impaled Nazarene - Nyrkillä Tapettava Huora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA0Am3_aa7c

Aborym - Suffer Catalyst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6XIo6pXxjk&feature=related

Sistrenatus - Forgotten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_fBaJw09zc

Bathory - War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PUDLzHNYyc

Beherit - Axiom Heroine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnVwohl9Rrg

Marduk - Steel Inferno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTcLhKdOqu8

[travelingtypist]

37. Thanks. :):):)

And I thought I knew metal. I've heard of maybe three of these.

:thumbsup:

We really should start a metalhead thread so we don't hijack the punk appreciation any more than we already have, since I want to ask you if you have any appreciation at all for gothic metal or prog metal or death metal or grindcore or...

:evilgrin:

[Forkboy]

38. You mean like Peccatum, Opeth, or Pig Destroyer?

:D

[travelingtypist]

40. Nightwish, Dream Theater, Rush, Porcupine Tree

Beseech, Sirenia, Blutengel, Evanescence...

[Forkboy]

41. Steve Wilson from Porcupine Tree is the producer of Opeth's newer stuff.

And they are pretty cool on their own.

It's verboten to be a Rush fan in this forum, but I am anyways. :)

Sirenia and Blutengel are new to me, but consider them bookmarked for further review. ;)

[travelingtypist]

44. Kewl.

Blutengel has a Euro-pop sound and Sirenia has a Gothic/Black mix.

Forgot to ask you about power metal, i.e., Blind Guardian.

:hi:

[martymar64]

72. Can't forget Black Randy!

Trouble at the Cup/Loner with a Boner/ Sperm Bank Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3KBdWCug7E

And who can forget I Slept in an Arcade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30eedj37048

[catzies]

86. THANK YOU FOR THE MINUTEMEN.

I think I love you.

[GReedDiamond]

23. Established 1980, Los Angeles CA...

...first release "Kill the Hostages," July 4, 1980, last release, August 22, 2008 "Star Spangled Bummer," 22 songs, recorded 2001-2008.

http://www.benedictarnoldandthetraitors.com/audio/ny/

Next: Green Sparkle Frog.

Whatever...

[kwassa]

24. God Save the Queen

and her Fascist Regime.

[mix]

68. i saw the Sex Pistols !

@ Red Rock, the first night of their 1996 Filthy Lucre tour...original line-up, which i prefer--fuck sid...they rocked, blew the audience away...the place had energy (the same Public Enemy had at the height of their powers)...steve jones ripped that night...and john lydon had to use an oxygen tank the whole time to sing!

fantastic show !

[omega minimo]

91. Cool. 1996. At RED ROCK?

Did they comment on the venue? Or just ROCK? :hi:

[mix]

92. Lydon commented once or twice about the altitude, but considering...

a great show that could very well have been a travesty...all they knew is that they were in the mountains, a strange place to start their American tour.
:hi:

[omega minimo]

94. great surreal backdrop for punks

:yourock:

[Tikki]

25. Sometimes or a lot I listen to ......

Punk Rock...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsMXFu_yI8
"The Legend of Pat Brown"....Vandals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOZBGJHw4Tw
"Mindless Contentment".....Plugz

Tikki

[omega minimo]

33. Rockin!

Thanks. :toast:

Who are The Plugz?

[Tikki]

45. Early Los Angeles punk band...

Hispanic roots and all....Tito Larriva is legendary.

You prob know their work from the movie Repo Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H7KcasScIU
"Reel Ten"....The Plugz


Tikki

[omega minimo]

46. Thought they sounded familiar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYAcX9hA_ak&feature=related

[MrSlayer]

32. Yes but only the good stuff.

Misfits, Kennedys, D.R.I. and the like.

[Forkboy]

42. Yeah, they'll do.

;)

[omega minimo]

36. Sampler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDehTfim014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-lSZ1Kv2ZU&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7TWLxCIgwE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8haaq3j0Rag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLQ2eh5LfZY&NR=1

[Forkboy]

39. Good on you for D.O.A....I forgot them.

[omega minimo]

43. SILENCE IS A RHYTHM TOO!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2vcNPawURs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxvo_9DEqY&feature=related

[omega minimo]

71. Please do not miss The Slits.

:headbang:

[mix]

50. punk & reggae, i have always loved that intersection

The Clash, Complete Control (1977, produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBY5nJDz_k
The Clash, Police and Thieves (1976, Junior Murvin cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKd6Ghl17x0
Bob Marley, Punky Reggae Party (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFnh_Eq650Q


(the story of this relationship)

[mitchum]

57. I'm one of those heretics who thinks that the Clash is one of the most overrated rock bands ever...

except for their forays into reggae and dub. Those are stellar. Absolutely fantastic.
I think Sandanista is their best release.
And I generally don't even much care for reggae and dub.

[mix]

60. i agree

Sandinista is their masterpiece

One More Time & Dub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT_KiMP97_c

[omega minimo]

63. Punk/Ska, Punk/Rockabilly, Lotsa great intersections....

including too many Youtube ukelele versions of "Kill The Poor" :crazy:

[mix]

52. and of course...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wmGiDfcTnc

[mitchum]

53. I saw them play just a month ago...

and I was a bit hesitant about going due to my antipathy toward both performers and myself attempting to relive the glory days of our youth (I'm just weird that way)
however, my fears were unfounded
they hit the stage and they were relentless
without any sad taint of that whole nostalgia thing
They were fantastic

[mix]

54. that's great to hear

[Tikki]

67. Here's the thing...

Myself personally...I would love to see X get the recognition like
induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
I bet none of X would care one way or another...
But, I have been following them for 30 years and it would be both
a personal satisfaction for me and, also a vindication for me
from all those friends of mine in the late 70's who put me down for listening to
something not heard on AOR stations.

After all these years and all the bands X has influenced...they deserve the highest honor.


Tikki

[mitchum]

69. I agree with you completely...

they are very unique and such an idiosyncratic band.
They were never by-the-numbers "punk rock"

[omega minimo]

70. They have also kept active with their own projects

and as the thread shows and you'll recall, a lot of crossover into country/rock/abilly territory.

I almost put up a Lone Justice video but it would look lame to those who weren't there for the mix of artists/styles we saw live and pre-moshed to.

When I watched the X video and remembered seeing them live, I thought "This (and other great rock bands) is why some of us didin't give synth bands any attention." Too much good stuff that ROCKED.

I did like Psychedelic Furs though.

[omega minimo]

64. Thanks. When I searched on Youtube, a bunch of other "X" stuff came up, not the band

:yourock:

[DBoon]

75. the sound track to coming of age in Los Angeles

nt

[mix]

78. have you all heard this ?

1995, acoustic X

[DBoon]

83. Got it!

nt

[mix]

85. makes you love'em all over again

:hi:

[SoxFan]

58. Punk is more than hardcore

The Skids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udxbvHiqGw

Undertones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGu2lu5XWE8

Stiff Little Fingers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Gov4tTB7M

Buzzcocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unxlh2ucxCg

Jason & the Scorchers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjTEy5PKhs

Husker Du
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqlGVKuouQ

[omega minimo]

65. Absodamlutely. Thanks for more links.

:applause:

Then there's all the indie and regional/local bands.......

[omega minimo]

82. Thanks fer that!!

My faves there would be Husker Du, SLF and that Skids Valley thing was very cool

I was a Bob Mould fan and got one of his songs on local radio and who knows, beyond there, by calling up the DJ and tellin him about "If I Can't Change Your Mind"

Thanks for adding to these great offerings.

[SoxFan]

84. "If I Can't Change Your Mind" may be the best song of the 1990s

Sugar is the best pop band most people have never heard of.

[omega minimo]

87. Agreed. Copper Blue also was an excellent "album"

when most weren't thinking long format at the time. :yourock:

[martymar64]

73. The Weirdos - We Got the Neutron Bomb

I saw them at Raji's circa 1990. They kicked ass then and apparently still do now!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jttlMRa3PM

[Tikki]

74. "Helium Bar"...The Weirdos and...

"Neutron Bomb"....one of my for all timers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHGaeaFTB6A
"Helium Bar"....The Weirdos


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0-w0hUnhpI
"Vertigo"....The Sreamers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NKdExYYV4
"Ha Ha Ha"....Flipper


Tikki

[omega minimo]

77. FLIPPER!!!

Fergot about them.

This thread has brought out so much great stuff and the fact that there was a lot more humor in punk folks may not realize. :yourock:

[omega minimo]

76. Awesome. Thank you. That rocked. Amazing bass player. I don't remember them.

[martymar64]

88. The Weirdos are from the L.A. Scene

They were one of the first punk bands from there, along with the Germs, the Bags, and the Deadbeats, and my personal faves, Black Randy and the Metrosquad.

[omega minimo]

79. Killing Joke anyone? Patti Smith?

Before and after the assassination of John Lennon, the beginning of the rise of Reaganism, which has just now finished destroying our nation and the world economy......................


The Wait
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42MLoLbnnQ

Wardance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZBLeaiIAI

Eighties
Lead singer looks like Craig Ferguson here
Guitar player is the most beautiful shemale!!
Bass line anticipates "Come As You Are"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oyfG6t2ew

Requiem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jJ17tpHjc

Dave Grohl recording for Killing Joke album (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF48rtTB-8g

Killing Joke - Interview Alternative Nation MTV Apr 94 - pt 1
I found them at the record store in 1980; didn't know til now (this moment, after wrting the Come As You Are reference above) that they were recognized by Metallica and Nirvana as influences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OEGRNBfz60&NR=1

Jaz Coleman Youth Killing Joke Interview Pandemonium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPiWQd-sYuk&NR=1

This bit at the beginning sounds trippy and it's also absolutely true. More to follow. Well worth watching these long segments.

Killing Joke - The Death and Resurrection Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_j4Eq3ziE4

Killing Joke - Democracy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZSF13pM-I&feature=related

Revisiting tonight; Killing Joke must be part of why The Clash never grabbed me. Not hard enough. Weak next to this stuff.

And why the first time I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the radio in 1991, with no clue Nirvana exisited, I had to lay down on the hardwood floor between the speakers, spread out my arms and say "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwpLqrh19Ws&feature=fvst

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjQimIWClEw

Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Patti Smith - Kimberly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oV_COYyHKM

SUNDANCE '08 - MY PREMIERE: PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pTYrFoXp6s&feature=fvw

[mix]

80. love Eighties

:hi:

[omega minimo]

81. Great image. Cheers then!

:toast: :yourock:

[martymar64]

89. I also always dug the artwork of the punk scene

[reyd reid reed]

90. Personally, I kinda like it

but my kid's middle school wasn't nearly as impressed when he started drawing it.

:eyes:

[mix]

98. me too

[mix]

93. important document: the shit-stem

sex pistol letter to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[omega minimo]

95. "Outside the shit-stem is a real SEX PISTOL"

Thank you for those scrawls of wisdom :headbang:

[mix]

96. ..