‘Stories & Articles’ Archives
Ace Of Spades – Motorhead
Pure Punk Picks Ace Of Spades – Motorhead Andy Bang and I were driving to a punk show in the early eighties as we did most every weekend for most of that decade. “Do you wanna hear Motorhead’s new album, “Ace Of Spades,” Andy inquired. [Read More]
Non-Alignment Pact – Pere Ubu
Pure Punk Picks Non-Alignment Pact – Pere Ubu Pere Ubu is my favorite koo-koo band. I believe, Deborah Harry has a solo album named that. I haven’t heard it but I’m guessing it doesn’t have what I refer to as “koo-koo music” on it. [Read More]
Rise Above – Black Flag
Pure Punk Picks Rise Above – Black Flag When I first met Andy Bang, we were both working in a mail room, late ’79, for a National show store’s headquarters, walking distance from where I now live. I remember we got a half hour lunch break. And [Read More]
Out In The Streets – The Shangri-La’s
Pure Punk Picks Out In The Streets – The Shangri-La’s If you ask me what the most underrated musical genre is? I would, unequivocally say- “Sixties Girls Groups.” There was a lot of early sixties music styles that were modest in aspirations, [Read More]
White Riot – The Clash
Pure Punk Picks White Riot – The Clash The first punk radio show in Boston was on 88.1 Cambridge- WMBR. It was on Saturday afternoon, I believe, four to eight pm. Coincidentally, roughly the same time I go to punk matinee shows at the Midway now. This was [Read More]
Death & Blood & Night (Yukio) – The Stranglers
Pure Punk Picks Death & Blood & Night (Yukio) – The Stranglers The great philosopher, Madonna, and I only say that half in jest, taught us. That for women to be free, they not only had to be free from the judgment of men and the constraints of society. [Read More]
I Heard Her Call My Name – Velvet Underground
Pure Punk Picks I Heard Her Call My Name – Velvet Underground “Here comes countdown! Gone, gone, gone! Baby, baby, baby! Got my eyes wide open.” So starts “I Heard Her Call My Name” with squealing, screeching lead guitar with the rhythm [Read More]
You’re Pretty Face Is Going To Hell – Iggy & The Stooges
Pure Punk Picks You’re Pretty Face Is Going To Hell – Iggy & The Stooges I’ve seen a lot of talking in other music genres about what song “was the first?” Like the first rock’n’roll song is purported to be “Rocket [Read More]
Love Comes In Spurts – Richard Hell
Pure Punk Picks Love Comes In Spurts – Richard Hell Love, or rather, sexual ejaculation does come in spurts. Our sexual organs squirt out their secretion onto the waiting sexual organs, mouths or other body parts of our partners. So, it’s rather a forgone [Read More]
Sex And Dying In High Society – X
Pure Punk Picks Sex And Dying In High Society – X “You started out this way. You’d do anything to stay.” The lyrics and tone are angry and accusing. Also, wild and wanton, true and passionate. And against the dull placid music of the day they [Read More]
