‘Stories & Articles’ Archives
Drunk In Babylon – The Saints
Pure Punk Picks Drunk In Babylon – The Saints Babylon, among the Rastafarians, is “a contemptuous or dismissive term for aspects of a society seen as degenerate or oppressive, especially the police.” I guess to be outside Babylon would be righteous, [Read More]
Warm Leatherette – The Normal
Pure Punk Picks Warm Leatherette – The Normal “See the breaking glass, in the underpass (2x) Hear the crushing steel, feel the steering wheel (2x) Warm Leatherette” Warm Leatherette released in 1978 was often played on Boston and Cambridge college [Read More]
Too Many Creeps – Bush Tetras
Pure Punk Picks Too Many Creeps – Bush Tetras There’s a young woman I have as a friend on my Facebook page, which is really just for bands and fans of the music scenes we cover. And though I haven’t met her, I find her posts both happy and sad. Sad, [Read More]
John, I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie
Pure Punk Picks John, I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie I remember ordering this single by mail in the seventies, not because of hearing it being played on the radio. As it wasn’t even released as a single here. But because I had bought my first Bowie [Read More]
Editions Of You – Roxy Music
Pure Punk Picks Editions Of You – Roxy Music I was an arty fellow when I was young. I guess I still am. Art and music were my teen obsessions, poetry and literature came later in my mid-twenties. Music I could play, art- not so much and it seems I’m happy [Read More]
Tribute to Syl Sylvain – New York Dolls
Tribute to Syl Sylvain – New York Dolls Trash, is what I guess we are considered to be, relegated to the margins of society far away from the mainstream. Our feelings, our thoughts, our ideas- merely just debris, meant to be thrown away, swept up and tossed at [Read More]
This Is The Modern World – The Jam
Pure Punk Picks This Is The Modern World – The Jam I was never a huge fan of The Jam, though I’m fairly tall and hung like a mouse. And I’m probably still not a huge fan, though fairly mousy. But I do remember how big they were in England, though, [Read More]
Gutter Cats Vs. The Jets – Alice Cooper Band
Pure Punk Picks Gutter Cats Vs. The Jets – Alice Cooper Band When I was a teenager there was a popular Friday night rock show on television called “In Concert” that came on at ten or eleven at night and featured popular rock bands live. And I [Read More]
It’s Too Late – Jim Carroll Band
Pure Punk Picks It’s Too Late – Jim Carroll Band “It’s too late to fall in love with Sharon Tate.” (Slaughtered by the Charles Manson clan, she was a Hollywood actress). “But it’s too soon to ask me for the words I want [Read More]
I Got A Right – Iggy & The Stooges
Pure Punk Picks I Got A Right – Iggy & The Stooges Two snare hits and then the avalanche, overload of guitars cascade in eventually, met with a high-pitched yelp like someone stepping on the third rail. Then the music accelerates, the intensity elevates, [Read More]
