‘Stories & Articles’ Archives
“Oh, Bondage! Up Yours!” – X-Ray Spex
“Oh, Bondage! Up Yours!” – X-Ray Spex “Some people think that little girls should be seen and not heard. But I think- Oh, Bondage! Up Yours! One, two, three, four!” This is one of the handful of songs that really remind me of listening [Read More]
Time Zone – “World Destruction”
Pure Punk Picks Time Zone – “World Destruction” I’ve always consider rap to be “black punk.” I can’t say I’m a huge fan of rap but I’ve always had a huge respect for the genre, especially the more cutting edge [Read More]
Sex Beat – Gun Club
Pure Punk Picks Sex Beat – Gun Club “My body’s in the water and my heart is in your hand. So this is the way you want to send me to the judgment land.” The music and the beat is energetic but there’s an underlying, ominous feel to the [Read More]
Death Valley ’69 – “Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch”
Pure Punk Picks Death Valley ’69 – “Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch” Listening to this song makes me imagine I’m on a California road, hitchhiking. I’ve got my thumb out and I’m eighteen. And the car that’s slowing down, [Read More]
The Clash – “Complete Control”
Pure Punk Picks The Clash – “Complete Control” I bought some EP by The Clash at a record store I think, Import Records, in Harvard Square around 77/78. I had already bought the imported first Clash album there. I had to pay imported prices because [Read More]
Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – The Buzzcocks
Pure Punk Picks Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – The Buzzcocks Oh, yeah. I guess I’m writing about this song because of Pete Shelley’s recent untimely demise. But what a glorious song this is! It starts with a guitar intro that is so simple and [Read More]
Born To Lose – Johnny Thunders
Pure Punk Picks Born To Lose – Johnny Thunders If someone wanted to know what punk was like living in the eighties? Well, I’d probably select this song. The first dissonant, discordant guitar notes sound like, to me, as someone stumbling, awakening from a [Read More]
Terror – “Live By The Code”
Terror – “Live By The Code” Terror is a hardcore punk band from L.A. that started in 2002. I was unfamiliar with them until Andy Bang picked them for this weeks dual-texting classic album review. But every time I listen to them, an unbelievable [Read More]
The Avengers – “Pink Album”
The Avengers – “Pink Album” The Avengers is an early San Francisco punk band that was popular enough locally to open up for The Sex Pistols on their last show of their first American tour, right before they split up. Along with Richard Hell & [Read More]
Suicidal Tendencies – “Join The Army”
Suicidal Tendencies – “Join The Army” Suicidal Tendencies is a band Andy Bang picked this week, one I dont know much about. But their 1983 tune, “Institutionalized,” I am quite aware of. It would be hard to be alive and cognizant of [Read More]
