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Punk Rock Tuesday - No Filler

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Minor Threat
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First Two 7"s
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My punk experience started while 12, living in Orange County, California. All the older boys were suddenly listening to Rodney on the ROQ and I was confused and frightened by the furious noises I heard (Circle Jerks, Germs, Black Flag). In fact, it wasn't until I was sixteen that I finally listened to Minor Threat and thought, "This isn't scary at all; in fact, I kinda like it!" Thus began my short, unfortunate, hardcore phase.The soundtrack:

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Anna says Ha, my punk experience started only a few days ago. I even have a mentor and everything :)

Permalink posted 04/17/2007
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Jenn67 says I am curious as to why you say your hardcore phase was unfortunate. I have fond memories, albeit foggy, of the days spent going to bowling alleys and the like for shows.

Permalink posted 04/17/2007
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Pseudo Cyborg says Ian MacKaye and the rest of the lads in Minor Threat spoke to me in volumes as a teenager growing up. I'm still a huge fan of Fugazi.

Permalink posted 04/17/2007
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Jammy Jeff says I'm always really curious about the American punk scene. I often listen to The Dead Kennedys and Circle Jerks etc.. and think that although Punk Rock was born in the UK, it was so much bigger in the States, and ran for many years.

Permalink posted 04/18/2007
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davesonic says Depends what you call punk Jammy. The Stooges and The Ramones predate some of the UK punk by a few years.

Permalink posted 04/18/2007
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ilcv says davesonic: I think Jammy means the horribly commercialized, faux-rebel, fashionista, Malcolm McLaren-run sideshow that followed The Ramones UK tour. Jammy Jeff: Tell you what, the Brits always do have an edge on picking up and naming trends (and to the detriment of some, codifying a look), but all that media hype/BS extinguished faster than you can say Sex Pis... '78, punk is dead and buried, what do you have left...? I think, on both sides of the pond, better political/musical responses than most of your '77 highlights. Post-punk (UK), no wave (US), anarcho-punk (UK), hardcore (US), oh, and one of the greatest rock bands ever, The Clash. It's also a mistake to say that it ran for many more years in the US than the UK, cos remember, everything was Best Before...1984. The hardcore kids will tell you that around 1985, things were getting dreary, and too many people were dying, or going to jail. It all seemed bigger in the States, because the kids were better networked, being spread out over so much space, and full of an explosive creativity (organizationally, visually, etc., out of necessity) -- the movement had little mainstream success you can really point out, though (unlike, say, Joy Division). If you ever think the scene is bigger than it actually was, it's because you're relying too heavily on the hyperbolic memories of teenage boys. I recommend reading Steven Blush's American Hardcore and Simon Reynold's Rip it up + Start Again.

Permalink posted 04/19/2007