Posts Tagged ‘Retrospective’
Whips & Furs – The Vibrators
Pure Punk Picks Whips & Furs – The Vibrators This song busts out with a blast of urgency and aliveness that is gritty, real and pulsating- you might say, vibrating, plus tuneful and in your face and ears and possibly, lower regions. This song buzzes and [Read More]
Uncontrollable Urge – Devo
Pure Punk Picks Uncontrollable Urge – Devo Punk rock at the beginning, and especially in Boston, was heavily aligned with art and more specifically, art schools and students. In 1977 almost all the punk bands I knew in Boston had students in Mass Art or the [Read More]
Babylonian Gorgon – The Bags
Pure Punk Picks Babylonian Gorgon – The Bags Andy Bang, who just handed me a beer and a small bag of Cheetos while uttering one word, “Write,” is a bit confused as he sees I’m writing about a band called The Bags, while peering over my [Read More]
TV II – Ministry
Pure Punk Picks TV II – Ministry “Tell me something I don’t know. Show me something I can’t use. Push the button. Connect the goddamn dots.” Ministry was one of those bands that I happened to stumble upon, that to tell you the truth, I [Read More]
Flyeater – Crime
Pure Punk Picks Flyeater – Crime Crime is a band I’m assuming, a lot of you might not have heard of. Let me state now. They were not one of the best punk bands from the early days, though they were amongst the very best from the very, early days of punk. [Read More]
Orgasm Addict – Buzzcocks
Pure Punk Picks Orgasm Addict – Buzzcocks “Well you tried it just once found it all right for kicks. But now you found out that it’s a habit that sticks.” Oh, yes! I guess I did find that out. “You get in a heat. You get in a sulk. But [Read More]
Live Fast, Die Young – Circle Jerks
Pure Punk Picks Live Fast, Die Young – Circle Jerks You know, it seems like the early L.A. scene might’ve started slightly after the New York, Boston and London ones. I’m not sure of my computations, as Lou Reed once sang- “Besides all the [Read More]
Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) – Patti Smith Group
Pure Punk Picks Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) – Patti Smith Group “(“Gloria In Excelsis Deo” is a hymn that the angels sang when announcing the birth of Christ to the shepherds).” “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not [Read More]
Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley
Pure Punk Picks Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley “Most people think, great God will come from the skies. Take away everything, and make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth. You will look for yours on earth. (And these lyrics are from a [Read More]
No Lives Matter – Body Count
Pure Punk Picks No Lives Matter – Body Count Ice T- “It’s unfortunate that we have to say, “Black Lives Matter”, I mean, if you go through History nobody ever gave a fuck. I mean you can kill black people in the street, nobody goes to [Read More]
