That's good. I need to start taking notes on the train and bus.
Andy Climax said:
'I'm all for peace an love mate, If only i could do something about these fucking mood swings' Overheard on a bus home yesterday. Cannae say more punk than that!
That's good. I need to start taking notes on the train and bus.
Andy Climax said:
'I'm all for peace an love mate, If only i could do something about these fucking mood swings' Overheard on a bus home yesterday. Cannae say more punk than that!
From The Little Orange Book , "The Wit and Wisdom of "?"".
"When we started out , people were calling us "Punks". I said , "Don't call us Punks !" , because to be a Punk , back then , meant to be a hoodlum. It does'nt mean that , today , but we were never "Punk" like The Sex Pistols. We're not violent".
"On "Girl , You Captivate Me ", where I say "Girl , You Masturbate Me". Love songs are fine , but , life is a little more REAL than that.
"Now , I don't cuss. But , when I did "Loose" by The Stooges , and Iggy sang "I'm burning to you straight from Hell." . Well , Iggy ain't got no ATTITUDE , you see , so I had to give it some attitude , by saying , "I'm FUCKING to you , straight from Hell !".
Incidentally , The Mentally Ill are playing a pre-show / art opening , Thursday at The Bottom Lounge, which is a straight shot West on Lake Street from State and Lake. If you are'nt driving , take a cab from Downtown , or the green line elevated train(To Diversey). Don't have the address handy , sorry.
It's still kind of a dicey neighborhood (It's a cpippled industrial area, not a "Neighborhood"as such. ) , not too bad , just be alert. The show is at 7 , so , it won't even be dark , then , anyway.
The whole of Chicago disagrees with me , but , The Mentally Ill was/is the best Punk band Chicago produced. Except , they're from Deerfield .
Always quotable. Johnny straddles the line , here , between intimidating and genuinely hilarious. OH, YEAH. He still does that. "Freedom . Something the Hippies spoke of...when I was selling LSD at Hawkwind shows....OH , SHIT. Edit that part out.
antonio said:
John...
When people say that punk ended in the late '70s/early '80s, I always assume that they only find their music from mainstream sources...
If we're to decide , for ourselves , whether Punk is a style of music or an attitude (I know , I'm tired of that word , too....), or if it is/was a cultural movement , or , all of the above ,then we also need to consider, has Punk taken itself too seriously , or not seriously enough? Or , I'd wager , both.....I was talking with a younger guy about The MOJO and Uncut special "Punk"issues , released concurrently. He asked me how far the features went , time wise. I said , you know , around '79 , '80 . when it started to go away."WHEN IT STARTED TO GO AWAY?!!!!" , he said , "THIS IS A WAY OF LIFE !!!!". Of course , he was too young to have heard the word on everybody's lips , "PUNK IS DEAD". Not that we cared , in the 80's . If it's good music , which is one of two kinds , you can enjoy it before and after the revival starts. That said who's to say Leadbelly , John Cage , Screamin' Jay Hawkins , and other , more blatantly obvious examples , like Link Wray , are'nt also Punk?
Get It – The Silvertones
Save It – Mel Robbins
Heartattack – Don & Dewey
Hound Dog – Little Esther
Georgia Slop – Big Al Downing
Wizard of Ah’s – Count Ferrell
Thunderbird – Hal Paige
Square Record – Bruce Culver
So What – Lyrics
So Hard – The Cliques
(Sock it to Me Baby) In the House of Shock – Animated Sounds
Get it On – Night Beats
Workin’ For My Baby – Lenis Guess
I Walk the Line – The Hot Dogs
Honey, I’m Too Old – Jack Oblivian
Shake ‘Em Up – Slim Green
Du De Squat – Lord Luther
Local Lunchbox
Taking the City by Storm – The Haskels
Helvetica – Couch Flambeau
Kids All Sing – The Nice Outfit
Invaders are Coming – The Young Savages
Members Only – Bobby “Blue” Bland
Let it Ring – Rubin Russell
Mama Ubangi Bangi – Four Sounds
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow – The Rivingtons
For What You Lack – Liberty Bell
The Crunch – The Challenge
Say Mama – Chy Guys
Fouke Monster – Billy Cole & the Fouke Monsters
Plastic Surgeon – Dr. Yogami
Horizontal Action – Psycho Surgeons
Born to Lose – Heartbreakers
Anything That’s Out There – The Last
This is Aire Beat – The Squires
Hey Little Girl – The Kids
Give Her Up (Baby) – Jessica James & the Outlaws
Shout Bamalama – Pinetoppers
Do the Dive – Ronnie Fuller
I’m a Devil – Satan & Satan’s Roses
Shout Mama Linda – Fred Hughes
Fight Fire – Fantastic Dee-Jays
Revenge – Kookie Cook
Rockin’ & A Boppin – Carl Newman & His Nighthawks
One’s All the Law Will Allow – Luke Royer & the Rounders
Arabian Jerk – The Merits
Chicken Grabber – The Nighthawks
Morgus the Magnificent – Morgus & the Ghouls
Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight – Earl Vince & the Valiants
Simon Stokes' last few albums are great too. His last one Simon Stokes & The Heathen Angels is fantastic though my favorite still is Honky, which came out about 10 years ago.
The Angry Breed said:
joey fuckup said:
This band, the Angry Breed, are here on the Hideout, and they're into the biker image as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DefUUrerCc0
Yeah, we're going for a biker image although we're not into "real" biker culture. Our thing are the movies and soundtracks of the biker exploitation film genre, mainly during the years 1966-68, although everything we do are our own originals. We're currently working on two songs for a split 45 EP with Italian fuzz masters The Hangee V (due to be released early next year) that will come loaded with... yes, you guessed it - FUZZ!
Check out this video of the song "Sickle Girl" from the upcoming EP to get an idea of what I was talking about. The record should be out this summer.
@ The Wardens. I found these straps at the Guitar center that have a locking mechanism built in so you don't need to pull out the starp buttons and add straplocks. They're made by planet waves.
Ya, it was recorded at CHRW and they released a cassette with about a dozen songs on it, almost all covers. A couple of the songs, including the one you played, appeared on WW cassette comps. They were also on a CHRW CD comp....and got a very short listing in Tim Gassen's The Knights Of Fuzz book (which is now available as a DVD in case you don't have it).
You probably met James Bond, keyboardist from The Reply who used to be in that band.
Cool. I found it on CHRW's site and it also says they recorded it there, very cool. I wonder what was the last time they were on the radio?
whatwave dave said:
Frankenstein 5 !!!!!!!!!!!! Only total 60's garage punk band to come outta sleepy London Ontario in the late 80's!!!!
Had great success with Morphius out of Baltimore. http://www.morphius.com/manufacturing/
Very personable and ended up getting an extra 20 or so records with overages.
We use Bandcamp for most every Big Bullet Records release, and if it's a release we really want on iTunes, Amazon, etc, we go through CD Baby, which is like a one time fee of $40 or $50 and it distributes to all of those online sites (you can even pick and choose which ones).
Bandcamp is great though because they can handle your physical orders and even do physical pre-orders with an instant digital download, which was a huge incentive with our last vinyl release. Folks could secure a vinyl copy, and enjoy the digital download instantly, and Bandcamp takes care of all of that...all you have to do is mail the records out once you're ready. I just really love the versatility of Bandcamp. You can also attach extra things with each download, like .pdf liner notes, bonus hidden songs, videos, etc.
I am interested to see how Limited Pressing works out as well. We recently started a distro site there for strictly vinyl releases. I like its integration with SoundCloud.
The Stooges - Funhouse
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Ty Segall - Melted
Mean Jeans - Are You Serious
lots of newer stuff outside of The Stooges...these are the records that I never get tired of listening to.
Thank you if you voted. We made it and will be inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in June. YaHoo.
I really miss Rock'n'Roll Suicide too, one of my very favorite podcasts here.
R. Fink has a great weekly radio show too, check THIS if you're in deep need for lo-fi R'n'R !
Hopefully he will come back here with a tear-ass episode someday !!!
Boy , there's almost never been bad casting FOR Renfield , Dwight Frye , Klaus Kinski , and now , Tom Waits......Elvira (Cassandra Peterson) is on the cover of his "Small Change " (OR IS IT "LOOSE cHANGE"...And , I got the good wordie that Alice Cooper has a cameo in "Dark Shadows , doing "The Ballad of Dwight Frye"...
The Pulsebeats said:
Another one of ol' Tom
One of these days Mell.....when you least expect it I'll sneak up on you!!! Just to get even for all those facebook pokes!!!
in person? never!
never
Well ,they , and others like them , are entitled to what they can get.They've worked their balls off. From what I can see , Iggy's not hurting for money , but his little toe works harder than most of these younger , supposedly cutting edge bands , and people like him should be celebrated for staying in it for the long haul.
I admit , I have'nt listed to "Loco" in quite some time , but he never went away and he's never looked back , yeh < "Don't Look BAAAAAACK !!!!" And , I'm not referring to the SHAME of Boston , but , the PRIDE OF BOSTON'S SONG BY THAT NAME....
MzAmar said:
I just saw Willie Loco Alexander play last night, he's 69 and he still looks and sounds great. Decidedly rocking. (I actually just looked up his age, I'm shocked!) Iggy Pop is 65 now. It's funny to think of he and Willie Loco trying to figure out Medicare Part D.
I don't think anyone is too old to rock. It's in your soul. And I think rock keeps people young. Rock is a wonderful thing.
Y'all know I have a website devoted to this very topic, yes? www.rockerzine.com. I have spent a lot of time thinking about how rocking and age are not mutually exclusive.
I have seen some people who are old and no longer rock (shall we name names?) and who should hang it up, but I salute those who keep on keeping on, despite how it gets harder to do as time goes by. Nobody says about an old Blues or Jazz guy "aren't you a little old to do this?" but people feel free to say it to rock musicians who are just on the brink of middle age. It's absurd.
Nice site, Mz A. I just read the Brokaw interview. I've seen him play a few times with Evan Dando. Great player.