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THE ANGRY SAMOANS
THE ANGRY SAMOANS (A Punk Retrospective by Slimedog) The Angry Samoans might be, in my opinion, the most underrated important punk band of all time. Another one of those early West Coast bands,...
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LOU REED
LOU REED I was going to do a video/documentary this week and it was on another New York musician, Richard Hell, but he’s still alive and Lou croaked so what the hell, Richard? A few weeks ago I was...
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RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS
RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS Richard Hell & The Voidoids, along with The Avengers from San Francisco, are my two favorite punks band from the early era and probably of all time. Richard Hell...
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MOTELY CRUE
MOTELY CRUE Girls Girls Girls Okay, first of all I think this is a great fuckin’ song and Motely Crue a great fuckin’ band. But I look at this video and these three wussie metal dudes stroll into...
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BLACK FLAG
BLACK FLAG Black Flag is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous...
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Bikini Kill –“Video Documentary”
Bikini Kill – “Video Documentary” Bikini Kill was a (mostly) all grrl punk band from Olympia, Washington (Hole has a song called “Olympia”), that existed for most of the nineties, headed by the...
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Buzzcocks –“Video Documentary”
Buzzcocks – “Video Documentary” I know that folks who follow the types of music we cover have all different preferences, and that’s cool. I do, too, but I might have a more far reaching enjoyment of...
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LEMMY
LEMMY Now, you may notice the title of this essay is “Lemmy.” But if you don’t know who I’m referring to when I say “Lemmy” then I suggest you immediately click off this site, join the “Bi-curious...
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DAVID BOWIE
DAVID BOWIE When David Bowie passed away recently I wondered if I should do a tribute. I am a huge fan (Hey! I’m not that fat). I decided since he never recorded what you would call punk or metal...
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KEITH BROOKS
KEITH BROOKS By Jo Ongelmia, Viviam Lorena, Jonny Miller and Derek Widtfeldt One time Keith had booked a late matinee show at the midway and I had tickets to a night time show at The ‘dise I...
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Motorhead –“Ace Of Spades”
Motorhead – “Ace Of Spades” This starts a new adventure for us with dual texting. Now, we will be doing “Classic Albums.” The roots of the music that we cover. I suggested we talk about “Electric...
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Ramones
Ramones The Ramones first album set the course for pretty much all of the music TNB covers today. So Andy picked this one and when you’re talking classic albums- there’s no discussion, it’s a fact....
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Raw Power
Raw Power Iggy & The Stooges Raw Power by Iggy & The Stooges was released in 1973. I remember buying this album, along with the New York Dolls album, on the same day at Woolworth’s, that...
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Dead Kennedys –“Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables”
Dead Kennedys – “Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables” The Dead Kennedys were, in my alcohol soaked recollection, the first hardcore punk band that became popular (at least in Boston) and looking...
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ALAN VEGA
ALAN VEGA I’m guessing a lot of folks don’t know Alan Vega, who died in his sleep last week at age seventy-two, or his band Suicide. And if you do check them out on the internet and read how...
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Black Sabbath –“Paranoid”
Black Sabbath – “Paranoid” And then there was Black Sabbath. This tribute, to their best known album, comes just a few days after they’ve played Boston on their farewell tour, as most of you know...
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AC/DC –“Let There Be Rock”
AC/DC – “Let There Be Rock” They may not be punk and they may not be, really metal but they may be one of the best rock bands of all time and I’m positive most of TNB’s readers would agree with that...
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Angry Samoans –“Back From Samoa”
Angry Samoans – “Back From Samoa” Andy & I have always prided ourselves on having the most absurd sense of humor. Others go for accolades, we go for ridiculousness and ridicule. Unfortunately,...
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MINOR THREAT
MINOR THREAT – “MINOR THREAT (Comp)” Minor Threat was one of those bands that somehow slipped through our ears, mine and Andy’s. We knew the name, of course, but somehow were never exposed to their...
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X –“Los Angeles”
X – “Los Angeles” X is one of my favorite punk bands. And they are my favorite L.A. punk band which is saying a lot, as they beat out Fear, Angry Samoans, The Screamers, Circle Jerks and Black Flag....
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