‘Stories & Articles’ Archives
Kerosene – Big Black
Pure Punk Picks Kerosene – Big Black I remember going to The Rat, sometime in the eighties, and seeing a band that I was told, was from Chicago. But what struck me the most was, they didn’t have a drummer but a “drum machine.” I was aware of [Read More]
Minor Threat – Minor Threat
Pure Punk Picks Minor Threat – Minor Threat Minor Threat is my favorite hardcore band. I never heard them until the nineties. I apologize, but I grew up on late seventies punk, and though I was aware of and appreciated local Boston hardcore and the bands from [Read More]
Violet – Hole
Pure Punk Picks Violet – Hole The general consensus is that Courtney Love is an asshole. Being as asshole is not a rare commodity these days or, in any day. But I would point out that the actual function of an asshole is spewing out shit, or bullshit- (I [Read More]
My Way – Sid Vicious
Pure Punk Picks My Way – Sid Vicious Someone on facebook recently posted the question, “Was Sid Vicious an asshole?” I didn’t respond but it made me think, “Maybe Sid wasn’t, but surely heroin is.” And what I mean by that, I [Read More]
New Kind Of Kick – The Cramps
Pure Punk Picks New Kind Of Kick – The Cramps “Life is short, filled with stuff. Don’t know what for? I ain’t had enough.” Andy and I saw The Cramps live at The Channel, mid-eighties, New Year’s Eve. It was an eventful night as [Read More]
Baby Let’s Twist – The Dictators
Pure Punk Picks Baby Let’s Twist – The Dictators “We’ll she used to be lonely. But she ain’t anymore. She was a teenage Madonna. But now her clothes are all torn.” That was an early, punk fashion attire. Safety pins holding suit [Read More]
Add It Up – Violent Femmes
Pure Punk Picks Add It Up – Violent Femmes I don’t know, it seems the Violent Femmes have been pushed aside as being some novelty act. Maybe appearing on “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch” hurt their credibility, I don’t know. Hey- they were a [Read More]
Ex-Lion Tamer – Wire
Pure Punk Picks Ex-Lion Tamer – Wire Wire is an early, English art/punk band that made some notoriety when releasing their first album in 1977, “Pink Flag”, because it contained twenty-one songs on a thirty-five minute album. (And make note, this [Read More]
Don’t Touch Me (I’m Electric) – Red Noise
Pure Punk Picks Don’t Touch Me (I’m Electric) – Red Noise Before punk music happened- sure, I was into what would become known as “proto-punk”, bands that led up to the formation of punk like Iggy & The Stooges, The Modern Lovers, [Read More]
Ric Ocasek
Ric Ocasek I’m sure all of you reading this, by now, know that Ric Ocasek, of The Cars, died this week. And please check out what bostongroupienews.com wrote about him. I’m sure, you’ll agree with me, that it’s better than what I’ve [Read More]
