Modern Vespa

Playing Beatles Pandora station in my classroom right now. Everybody's got something to hide 'xept for me and my monkey just came on. It's gotta be the first punk song written a good ten years before the movement started.

Have you guys heard "Death"? A "punk" band from detroit doing very punk songs in the early 70s? This is the earliest punkest sounding band I can think of. There were only a handful of ridiculously rare 45s until someone put out a tribute LP recently which I highly recommend. Last I heard, Mos Def was going to be making a movie about them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(punk_band)

Punk is a genre that I never really got in to.

Where should I start?

Oh man... that effin' kills. Outstanding. Thanks for posting that.

They've gotten a lot of hype of the last year. Articles in NYtimes, SF Weekly and that sort. Haven't picked up the album yet though

Start at the beginning with the New York City-CBGBs bands:
Dictators
NY Dolls
Blondie
Televison
Patti Smith
Richard Hell
Johnny Thunders
Dead Boys (technically a Detroit band)

and the English first wave stuff
Clash
Sex Pistols
Damned
Sham 69

These will give you a good start to the various branches and varieties of punk.

From there you'll may want to check out the early LA bands (x, Germs, etc), Hardcore (Minot Threat, Black Flag, Circle Jerks), British Hardcore (GBH), Post-punk (Killing Joke, Gang of Four, PiL). As you can see the possibilities of a 3 chord progression are endless.

The fan going out on my work computer.

Never, Stryper played at my high school back in the eighties and wasnt a fan then. I wish I had my old Foreigner concert tshirt, or my cool blue bottom vans.

UK
Stiff Little Fingers
999
The Undertones
The Damned
Angelic Upstarts
Sham 69


US
Dead Kennedys
Fear
Minor Threat
Vandals
early Youth Brigade (Canadian I believe)
Ramones

Alright, I'll join in the fun

Nice!!!

The Fall
This nations saving grace.

Punk:

Wire - Pink Flag

That's a favorite recommendation from me.

Love it! I don't meet that many Wire fans any longer, most I knew were in San Diego funny enough. Long ago there was a band called The Frame in SD tat had a heavy Wire influence.
In fact I'd drink with them at the Live Wire in North Park iirc.

I'll keep my eye out for that! Thanks!

That's awesome. Proto punk is the term, I believe. Thrown around a lot to describe the pre-punk Detroit bands. MC5, the Stooges, etc.

Not really music...but just got done watching "This is England"...pretty cool movie. Had a few scoots in there too

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480025/

cool but dark movie.

supergrass .... sun hits the sky ... love the messerschmitt

caught by the fuzz while still on a buzz


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Paul Weller - latest and greatest - Wake Up The Nation....

Lynrd Skynrd, Brooks & Dunn, Cream, Steppenwolf, Asleep at the Wheel...on full shuffle.

Jim Williams

Anyone on this Neil Young album? It just popped up on shuffle. It's my favorite by him and lesser known...

This is one of those albums when it comes up on shuffle on my ipod i have turn off shuffle ans listen to it the whole way through

saw a great documentary the other night and Neil was saying everyone thought he was gonna get killed for that revolution blues song about the Manson's

Thats a good film . Ahhh, back in the day

That'll be him there then - one of many interviews where he talks about his small collection of vintage Lammies... I've got a copy somewhere... [/img]

He prob rides like some of collectors here, 5-10 miles and thats it.

Dont get me wrong, I enjoyed it. Funny being in the local scene, Ive met and come across each of those characters over the years.

You think it's that much?
I remember him slagging Liam Gallagher for never actually going to Man City games, so it's a bit ironic that he's essentially the same way when it comes to his scooters. But what do I know I've never had a chauffeur.

But I was one back in the 90s

Oh man, I haven't heard that album in years. I had the LP but never replaced it with CD. I see a download in my future. I'm a huge Neil fan, Everybody knows this is nowhere is my fave. You can't beat it when Neil does and extended live version.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GoFiIChICg

now youve got me started

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[quote="astromags"] I live a few minutes away from "Youngtown" a rock and roll museum located in Omemee, Ontario (that particular small town in Northern Ontario) Young's childhood hometown. I have yet to go but it looks interesting (it's a tiny old white house).

http://www.youngtownmuseum.com/

[quote="cooper"] I have always said when I win the lottery and retire, I'll take a trip around the world visiting all the music related landmarks. Wherever I go I always make a point of visiting if there is one nearby.

This photo and the one in my Avatar were taken in Johua Tree, at the site of the Gram Parsons shrine and the site of his cremation.

The Barenaked Ladies - All in good time

Prior to that

David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim - Here Lies Love

Billy No Scoot