Punk Videos

Showing off a new feature 😀

First up - The Replacements with "I'm In Trouble" and "Don't Ask Why" live in 1981.

Interesting clip, thanks for posting.

I borrowed your technique. Thanks!

http://forums.gamersradionetwork.com/index...st=0#entry43073

DocJon wrote:
Interesting clip, thanks for posting.

I borrowed your technique. Thanks!

http://forums.gamersradionetwork.com/index...st=0#entry43073

Doc, if you have time, and I know you do <GRIN>, maybe go back and edit a few older posts tot he new embedded format. At least the past few months ones or that thread etc...

Sarge I would love to know how you did that from a geek perspective 🙂
A long time ago I wrote some custom web applications and created my own tags like that. I used a C++ program to load up the code from the site (using CGI) and just spit it back out raw until it hit a tag then that launched a sub routine to fill out custom HTML code in its place. Worked really well, especially 12+ years ago. Hey I got paid for it so 😛

I miss programming.. 🙁

Void - Who Are You

Some DC Hardcore from 1983. The audio is not so great on this one, but it gives you a good taste for the insanity of early hardcore shows.

From the Youtube Description wrote:This is VOID- They were one of the first local bands popular in the D.C. scene that was from outside the Beltway, hailing from Columbia, Maryland, a suburb located between D.C. and Baltimore. The band formed in 1979 with manic lead singer John Weiffenbach, guitarist Bubba Dupree, bassist Chris Stover, and drummer Sean Finnegan. Many keys to their cult following included Bubba Dupree's Greg Ginn-like guitar style and wild performances, and John Weiffenbach's frenzied behavior. In November of 1981 they cut a demo tape at Inner Ear Studios produced by Ian MacKaye , and were picked up by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson's label Dischord Records. In February of 1982 they made their vinyl debut on Dischord with three songs on the Flex Your Head compilation. That spring they went into the studio to cut twelve songs that were released in September of 1982 as half of the Faith/Void split album released by Dischord Records.

By 1983, Void were incorporating more metal influences into their sound, drawing a crowd that became increasingly violent and their shows became even more chaotic. In the summer of 1983 they recorded an as yet unreleased album for (then) Detroit based Touch and Go Records. According to Touch and Go, they still periodically attempt to get permission to release the album, but to this day that permission is denied by Dupree. Void disbanded in the the fall of 1983, with violence at their shows being a factor in the breakup. In 1992, Eye 95 Records released their November 1981 Inner Ear demo tape as the Condensed Flesh EP.

you can see this same vid with the studio version of the song overdubbed in here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5S2W9TU_KA

The Minutemen - "This Ain't No Picnic" video from the early 80's. Video features Ronald Reagan of all people 😀 The Minutemen are one of my favorite all time bands although I didn't hear anything by them until after the untimely death of D.Boon in 1985. In fact it was reading the article in Rolling Stone about his death that made me track down some of their stuff and buy it.

Paladin wrote:Sarge I would love to know how you did that from a geek perspective

Simple copy and paste of someone else's custom BBCOde found via Google. I am no programmer 😀

Sarge, the lead singer has a very Danzigesque sound to his voice. Really reminded me of a stripped down Danzig sound.

That's D. Boon. He and Mike Watt (the bassist) wrote most of the songs and lyrics. Watt is still around and active in the music scene and most recently played bass for Iggy and the Stooges on their latest tour/album.

If you are interested in learning more about them, rent We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen from Netflix. It is a great look at the band and the members and includes interviews with a whole host of punk rock icons as well as a ton of the music and live footage.

Fact of interest probably only to me:

Wikipedia wrote:The album was named Double Nickels on the Dime as a reaction to the Sammy Hagar song "I Can't Drive 55," a protest against the federally-imposed speed limit of 55 miles per hour on all U.S. highways.[10] The Minutemen decided that driving fast "wasn't terribly defiant," and Watt later commented "the big rebellion thing was writing your own fuckin' songs and trying to come up with your own story, your own picture, your own book, whatever. So he can't drive 55, because that was the national speed limit? Okay, we'll drive 55, but we'll make crazy music."[15]

Continuing the theme, the cover of Double Nickels on the Dime depicts Watts driving his Volkswagen Beetle at exactly 55 miles per hour ("double nickels" in trucker slang) on California's Interstate 10 (known as the "Dime").[15] Dirk Vandenberg, the band's "buddy/contributor," took photos from the backseat as Watt drove under the sign to San Pedro, the band's home town; it took three circuits of the highway and two days of photography before the Minutemen were happy with the cover.[16] Vadenberg later commented on the cover art: "There were three elements that Mike [Watt] wanted in the photo: a natural kind of glint in his eyes reflected in the rearview mirror, the speedometer pinned exactly at 55mph, and, of course, the San Pedro sign guiding us home". However, when the cover was presented to SST, "someone botched the cropping for the print and cut off the end of the word Pedro."[16]

While not exactly punk, these guys kicked off the "Americana" sound in the late 1980's along with the Jayhawks and a couple other bands. These guys were heavily influenced by punk and you can here some of that in these two songs. They also wrote a song about D. Boon and what could be more punk than that? After UT broke up, they went on to form Wilco (Jeff Tweedy) and Son Volt (Jay Farrar), neither of which seem to have the intensity and heart of their early stuff. "No Depression" and "Still Feel Gone" are two must have albums.

Uncle Tupelo Graveyard Shift/Factory Belt (St. Louis Cable TV, 1989) - before they had an album out



A side note of interest only to me: a former co-worker of mine knew Mike Heidorn (the original drummer) in High School or something.

Swingin' Utters performing the Stiff Little Fingers song "Alternative Ulster".

Good Riddance (RIP) perform "Mother Superior" live. Great, great punk band that will be missed.



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Nerdcore! Nerfherder (I'm sure many of you get the reference) has a new album coming out at the end of the month. You can stream it here and it's very good. For comparison, they sound similar to Weezer, but their songs are much funnier and they are geeks like us.

Nerfherder "Van Halen" blurry but good.



and bonus

"Mr. Spock" - very funny.

I dig the Van Halen song. I think you posted that before. I just have one question... Why are they digg'n on Sammy Hagar? Out of everyone in the band, he's the only one to actually go on to do anything else. His solo albums were pretty cool.

Speaking of Weezer.... I don't care for Death Cab for Cutie. It's probably the stupidest name I've ever heard for a band, but their new song is really cool.

The radio version starts at about 4:38. It's a long ass Crescendo until then. I let it load, then skip to 4:38. Listen to the words and tell me if any movies come to mind?

I think they are busting on Sammy for not being Dave. Most of Sammy's and Van Halen's "good" stuff happened before he joined the band.

Lyrics remind me of a stalker/obsessive person kind of movie for sure. I've never liked the name Death Cab for Cutie either. It reminds me of too many of those awful emo band names. The long build up in that song was excellent however. I like it when bands do that and then let fly. It reminded me of this song, which is an excellent one to just absolutely crank the volume on. I didn't realize that this was a King Crimson song until looking for a YouTube link. Either way it's pretty good.

Spacemen 3 - "Revolution"

BTW, the Death Cab song reminds me of Weezer.... That's the speaking of Weezer comment.

Sarge, I had an uncle that greatly influenced my love of music. He had about 1000 albums and one of them he use to show me and talk about how rare it was a King Crimson album. I believe it was the first release.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_uTgSWE4ZNiU/R0mALy...crimsonKing.jpg

Atomm wrote:BTW, the Death Cab song reminds me of Weezer.... That's the speaking of Weezer comment.

Sarge, I had an uncle that greatly influenced my love of music. He had about 1000 albums and one of them he use to show me and talk about how rare it was a King Crimson album. I believe it was the first release.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_uTgSWE4ZNiU/R0mALy...crimsonKing.jpg

Ahh yes, "Court of the Crimson King". I love that album, but I always, always, ALWAYS, start on the second track, skipping "20th Century Schizoid Man", which was intentionally jarring in relation to the rest of the album. Occasionally I'd hear "20CSM" on WDVE in Pittsburgh, and I'd listen to it, but I just didn't care for it in context with the rest of the album.

Similarly, I'd always omit "Total Eclipse" when listening to Alan Parson's "I, Robot". Sounds like an idea for a thread. . .albums you love, except for that one song. . . 🙂

I put together a mix tape of "King" and their second release, "In the Wake of Poseidon". . .I forget whether I called it "In the Court of Poseidon" or "In the Wake of the Crimson King" 🙂 It worked pretty well, "King" being so short, especially when dropping the first track.

Not all King Crimson, but I preferred live performances to cuts from the CD with random images.

21st Century Schizoid Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZZ05ofpeC8


I Talk to the Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4juuALlmo


Epitaph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSp9qzATX5w...feature=related


Moonchild
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQaGl7JlFU


In the Court of the Crimson King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AxG4pNZR2Q


Oh crap! The Moonchild video above reminded me - must be about 20 years back, my friend Kev gave me a cassette of King Crimson demo tapes - with a female singer! Apparently they had a woman singer early on, but she wasn't around by the time they cut their first album. I gotta look into that, and see if I can find them on MP3. I'm SURE the cassette is long gone.

Interesting. According to Wikipedia, Judy Dyble from "Fairport Convention" might have been the vocalist on that cassette.