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Black Flag –“Damaged”
Black Flag – “Damaged” Just like I think Black Sabbath was the first metal band and refined the genre to come. And The Ramones were the first punk band setting the path for all to follow. I would...
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D.R.I. –“Crossover”
D.R.I. – “Crossover” Today’s dual texting is about one of those bands that were influential in creating the whole crossover of genres that invented new forms of music like “Thrash.” Much like in the...
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Dead Boys –“Young, Loud And Snotty”
Dead Boys – “Young, Loud And Snotty” I never thought the Dead Boys were one of the best early punk bands. Sure, I liked them but I thought a lot of their music was still caught in the past. Garage...
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Iron Maiden –“The Number Of The Beast”
Iron Maiden – “The Number Of The Beast” Being the resident metal head banger of TNB, Slimedog asked me to say a few words about the next musical artist we’re gonna check out on our continuing stroll...
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FEAR –“The Record”
FEAR – “The Record” I consider Fear one of the best hardcore/punks bands from the early days. I’ve been hesitant to choose them because of our current politically-correct times. But recently, I...
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SLAYER –“Reign In Blood”
SLAYER – “Reign In Blood” Slayer’s “Reign In Blood” was chosen by Andy Bang today. And though we may make wrong choices often- in cologne, hairstyles or inappropriate behavior in public. I think we...
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Richard Hell & The Voidoids –“Blank Generation”
Richard Hell & The Voidoids – “Blank Generation” Richard Hell was “The” punk for me. “Quintessential” is the fancy word they use, but I’ll just say he embodied all that meant punk to me at the...
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Suicidal Tendencies –“Join The Army”
Suicidal Tendencies – “Join The Army” Suicidal Tendencies is a band Andy Bang picked this week, one I dont know much about. But their 1983 tune, “Institutionalized,” I am quite aware of. It would be...
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The Avengers –“Pink Album”
The Avengers – “Pink Album” The Avengers is an early San Francisco punk band that was popular enough locally to open up for The Sex Pistols on their last show of their first American tour, right...
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Terror –“Live By The Code”
Terror – “Live By The Code” Terror is a hardcore punk band from L.A. that started in 2002. I was unfamiliar with them until Andy Bang picked them for this weeks dual-texting classic album review....
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Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – The Buzzcocks
Pure Punk Picks Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – The Buzzcocks Oh, yeah. I guess I’m writing about this song because of Pete Shelley’s recent untimely demise. But what a glorious song this is! It starts...
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The Clash –“Complete Control”
Pure Punk Picks The Clash – “Complete Control” I bought some EP by The Clash at a record store I think, Import Records, in Harvard Square around 77/78. I had already bought the imported first Clash...
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Death Valley ’69 –“Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch”
Pure Punk Picks Death Valley ’69 – “Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch” Listening to this song makes me imagine I’m on a California road, hitchhiking. I’ve got my thumb out and I’m eighteen. And the car...
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Stranded – The Saints
Pure Punk Picks Stranded – The Saints “Stranded far from home” doesn’t suggest to me that you got on the wrong train and have to get off at the next stop to take the next train back in. To me it...
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Sex Beat – Gun Club
Pure Punk Picks Sex Beat – Gun Club “My body’s in the water and my heart is in your hand. So this is the way you want to send me to the judgment land.” The music and the beat is energetic but...
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Time Zone –“World Destruction”
Pure Punk Picks Time Zone – “World Destruction” I’ve always consider rap to be “black punk.” I can’t say I’m a huge fan of rap but I’ve always had a huge respect for the genre, especially the more...
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“Oh, Bondage! Up Yours!”– X-Ray Spex
“Oh, Bondage! Up Yours!” – X-Ray Spex “Some people think that little girls should be seen and not heard. But I think- Oh, Bondage! Up Yours! One, two, three, four!” This is one of the handful of...
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Fa Ce La – The Feelies
Pure Punk Picks Fa Ce La – The Feelies This song screams newness to me, it screams creativity. It screams pushing a shopping cart too briskly down an aisle with your hair on fire as robots from...
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The Avengers –“I Believe In Me”
Pure Punk Pick The Avengers – “I Believe In Me” So straight up- The Avengers and Richard Hell & The Voidoids are my all-time favorite punk bands. This is not my favorite Avengers song, though...
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In The Congo – The Bongos
Pure Punk Picks In The Congo – The Bongos Back in the early eighties punk/new wave days, a band or song would sprout up that would make your ears perk up and your soul dance with glee. It proclaimed...
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