‘Stories & Articles’ Archives
Annalisa – Public Image Limited
Pure Punk Picks Annalisa – Public Image Limited As I’m sure you know, Public Image Limited or P.I.L., was Johnny Rotten’s or John Lydon’s, next band after The Sex Pistols. And bloody hell! I don’t believe he’s had another band [Read More]
Debaser – The Pixies
Pure Punk Picks Debaser – The Pixies I guess The Pixies are pretty popular now. At least, they can sell out concerts with several thousands of people attending their shows. I’m certainly glad for them and I feel that they deserve it. But though I do love [Read More]
Diane – Husker Du
Pure Punk Picks Diane – Husker Du After a very quiet beginning, a roaring guitar erupts like a tsunami wave crashing on an idyllic island front. With dissonant notes in the chords representing the bamboo village huts washed away by the loud, blaring chords. [Read More]
X-Fire – Bullet LaVolta
Pure Punk Picks X-Fire – Bullet LaVolta In the early eighties, when Andy and I first met and started, together, attending the local Boston punk clubs- the punk and metal scenes didn’t intermingle. Andy Bang, five years younger than myself, grew up on [Read More]
The Ballad Of Johnny Burma – Mission Of Burma
Pure Punk Picks The Ballad Of Johnny Burma – Mission Of Burma With some slashing, sustaining chords and some carelessly bashed rhythms, “The Ballad Of Johnny Burma” sprung forth in the late seventies, in the early Boston punk scene, courtesy of [Read More]
Bikini Kill – “Tell Me So”
Pure Punk Picks Bikini Kill – “Tell Me So” When were women first allowed to vote in America? June 4, 1919- just about a hundred years ago. And if you think the anti-abortion crusade is all about religion. It’s more about the patriarchy wanting [Read More]
Fight The Power – Public Enemy
Pure Punk Picks Fight The Power – Public Enemy When I first heard Public Enemy’s first release, “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back”- I was blown away. I had the same feeling I had a few years before when listening to The Sex [Read More]
Vertigo – The Screamers
Pure Punk Picks Vertigo – The Screamers “Things are getting frantic on the panic train. Need a mechanic on the panic train.” No, this isn’t Cat Stevens, offering you a gentle ride on the peace train- this is something of a different story. In [Read More]
52 Girls – The B-52’s
Pure Punk Picks 52 Girls – The B-52’s Hippie music sucks. Well, not entirely. I love Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and The Doors- amongst others. But what I most disliked about the hippie movement was they tried to negate all the great, musical styles of the [Read More]
Television – Venus De Milo
Pure Punk Picks Television – Venus De Milo There was a band called Television. (Tell a vision!) It was a reference to your TV. At the time, the late seventies, it was equal to what you now know, as the internet. Television was, in a way, the very first punk [Read More]
