We've got a Fuzzbox (and we're gonna use it), great band. The Lunachicks rock as well. Jayne County's kinda fucked up tho. The Bellrays are just amazing.

PUSSY & THE LEAR JETS:)

I love Luscious Jackson how could I forget! 

sleazy said:

I know Luscious Jackson alright...kick ass femme band :)

Stanton Woods said:

There really isn't much rhyme or reason to my list, but I like 'em:

The Waitresses

Lush

Luscious Jackson

Tsunami

Slant 6

Sleater-kinney

Bikini Kill

The Ettes

L7

The Dealers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzQy5wqvRoU

The Raincoats

Becky Lee and Drunkfoot

The Organ

Wild Flag

Excuse 17

Bratmobile

Autoclave

Savages

Off topic, but that is a killer bass.

sleazy said:

THE WEIRDIES:)

THE WEIRDIES:)

I know Luscious Jackson alright...kick ass femme band :)

Stanton Woods said:

There really isn't much rhyme or reason to my list, but I like 'em:

The Waitresses

Lush

Luscious Jackson

Tsunami

Real cool sound :):)

MOODY MONKEY Records said:

This is a quite new European (German/French) girl band from Hamburg called THEE OUTLETS. A show last week:

There really isn't much rhyme or reason to my list, but I like 'em:

The Waitresses

Lush

Luscious Jackson

Tsunami

Never saw The Doors. That's kinda shit!

SOME of our experiences , or lack of , are similar.....I did see Ray Campi in Dallas once , in 1986 , but , my Brother (Who was nice enough to take me , tho' he's not a big Rockabilly fan.) insisted we  leave after the second song of the set (His backing band had done a VERY long opening set , andit was getting late.). I saw him at the last Green Bay Fest. Like a lot of the still active Rockabillies , it was good , but , not great.
  Mac Curtis played , too , again , not great , but , honest...

 I got a couple of free passes to see Gene Summers in '83. I tried to get my other Brother to go , but , he was'nt into it. Who'da thunk that , years later , he'd be in a band with the younger Brother of one of Summer's former band members ? To be fair , I was'nt familiar with Gene Summers , I just wanted to see one of the originals , if I could. Naturally , I got the word , later , that HE was the one to see , and , the one time I had the chance to see him , he had to cancel (He'd had a heart transplant years ago , so , it may have been related to that. He's still living , but , I think he still performs just once in a great while.).

When The Clash played in Dallas , in 1982 , everybody was there , from the too punk to the not punk enough , I remember how cool and how friendly the audience members were , as much as I remember the show , itself. The Jam  were supposed to follow right behind at the same venue , but , they broke up before they ever made Dallas. I guess I don't regret it as much , now , knowing they'd be doing more of their "Soul Boy" stuff than songs from the first few albums , or even "Sound Affects" , but , sure , I wish I'd seen 'em. It's cool that you were even aware of the LA Punk scene in your early teens. But , I did meet Alice Bag , recently , on her book tour. She's VERY cool , and she told great stories , as well as doing about a half dozen songs with a pared down backing group. HER BOOK , "VIOLENCE GIRL" comes recommended.     Funny thing , too , I was even supposed to have an arranged meeting with Gary Panter when I went to what was , unfortunately , his Alma Mater , too , East Texas State University. THEY HAD A GREAT ART DEPT. , WHICH WAS THE MAIN REASON I WAS LIVING IN THAT SHITHOLE (COMMERCE , TEXAS.). I happened to be their star pupil , that and 50 cents'll get you a local newspaper , and the Dept. Head knew I was a fan of Panter's . But , it did'nt happen.
  He also did two appearances here in Chicago , neither of which I heard about.

Mike said:

Working shift work for the past 20 years, there are so many. But in my younger days I would have to say it'd be:

The Germs - by time I got into music they had stopped playing, but there was the Darby Crash band and then they did that re-union/final show in December of '80 that, being 14, I couldn't manage to get a ride to.

The Screamers - they were still playing a bit towards the end of '80 as I recall, but I was "too punk" to get it. Outside of a few demos Rodney Bingenheimer would play, they were more known to me for that Gary Panter logo that seemed to be so prolific.

The Clash - There were several opportunities to see them, yet again, I was "too punk" (aka too young and dumb) and they were too comercial. I remember using my limited funds to go see the Angelic Upstarts instead during an '82 7 night stand by the Clash at the Hollywood Palladium. The upstarts were playing just a stone's throw away from the Palladium. By time I realised the error of my ways I saw the "new" Clash on their 'Cut The Crap' tour. Not the same thing obviously.

The Jam - What can I say, my "mod" friiends were smarter than me. I passed and now regret it.

Bags - Another band I never caught thatI could of towards their end.

Ray Campi - How and why I haven't seen him I do not know! There's still a chance to though!

Mac Curtis -  see above

The list is actually quite long now that I start thinking of it, so I leave at that.

I missed the booze when they came to Portland a while back. It still bums me out.

Rollins Band back in '92. It was the End of Silence tour, and Andrew Weiss was still playing bass. I planned on going, but I totally forgot the day. By the time they came back to Salt Lake, they were on the Weight tour, and their sound changed in my view for the worse. 

Working shift work for the past 20 years, there are so many. But in my younger days I would have to say it'd be:

The Germs - by time I got into music they had stopped playing, but there was the Darby Crash band and then they did that re-union/final show in December of '80 that, being 14, I couldn't manage to get a ride to.

The Screamers - they were still playing a bit towards the end of '80 as I recall, but I was "too punk" to get it. Outside of a few demos Rodney Bingenheimer would play, they were more known to me for that Gary Panter logo that seemed to be so prolific.

The Clash - There were several opportunities to see them, yet again, I was "too punk" (aka too young and dumb) and they were too comercial. I remember using my limited funds to go see the Angelic Upstarts instead during an '82 7 night stand by the Clash at the Hollywood Palladium. The upstarts were playing just a stone's throw away from the Palladium. By time I realised the error of my ways I saw the "new" Clash on their 'Cut The Crap' tour. Not the same thing obviously.

The Jam - What can I say, my "mod" friiends were smarter than me. I passed and now regret it.

Bags - Another band I never caught thatI could of towards their end.

Ray Campi - How and why I haven't seen him I do not know! There's still a chance to though!

Mac Curtis -  see above

The list is actually quite long now that I start thinking of it, so I leave at that.

Check out The Computers. That's a UK band that I would love to see live here in the US.

Paul Messis is killer. I don't mean he is a serial killer. I mean his records are Killer, and so are The Higher State.

Check out State Records, they seem to have a roster of the some of the best bands in the UK.

Hidden Masters, their 45 on State is just a masterclass in how to sound good. BTW I don't have anything to do with State Records, so this aint a plug.

Also The Masoncs don't know anyone who don't dig em, but I bet there is someone, there is always one as we say in in England ;-)

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Gories !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I second that.

enzo said:

Bob Log

Becky Lee and Drunk Foot ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZamNT2SBDQ

Ty Seagall...his self titled album was rawwwww.

Tim Warren (Crypt Records) just posted this message on Facebook:

just phoned Billy & Miriam for an hour and got the brutal lowdown on the devastation of their catalog/warehouse - it is is beyond belief and they SERIOUSLY need your HELP. Give em a hand with the vinyl washing, bring PIZZA to feed the volunteers, bags of COFFEE to fuel said volunteers, any photo-preservation pros are much needed. They've secured a clean, dry new warehouse space and anyone with VANS and GAS are needed for transporting the rescued stock. GO! GO! GO!

Staying punk is the easy part. Making money as a punk band is the hard part. You have to have some commercial appeal. Sucks, but it is a fact. The most successful bands have had radio & TV play. In the 80s the only punk bands I saw on MTV was The Ramones, Green Day and The Offspring. I don't even consider GD and Offspring punk. Pop, commercial, mainstream punk maybe? Most of the punk bands from the 70s and earlier eras are making more money now than back then thanks to the internet.

"I am in it for the love of music, not for the money." I agree with that commonly made statement, but money pays the bills, not love.

If you are a whiz at getting online traffic to your music and gig until you drop you will find some success. Make some money, sex drugs and rock n roll. But on average not enough to be set for life. I only wish I were a musician. I have been learning to play guitar for 30 years and still can't play worth a damn. Fortunately I was chosen to give my services to the music industry in other areas. I worked in radio in the 80s, and now I market bands here in Austin. I never post anything about them here because I don't want to come across as a spammer, plus none of them are punk. Alt rock, metal, Americana, ....

I love punk. I was there from the beginning like many others my age. Fortunately I grew up close enough to Houston I could bend my antenna the right way and pick up some punk music. I also picked up some killer hard rock stations and swore I would never stop being a headbanger. Little did I know decades later I would find something good in most genres of music.

Sure there are a lot of other bands in the punk genre that have done well. The internet has certainly helped musicians, and on the other hand maybe hurt them. A few years ago I was banking heavily as an Itune affiliate selling Willie Nelson, SRV, Hendrix and many others music. I recently checked my Itunes affiliate acct. and made a miniscule amount of money for having almost 500,000 unique hits to the pages.

With software you can strip music from any video for free in a matter of minutes.

Damn, I suddenly got tired of typing. I don't even know where I am going with this. I might even be way off topic. Take it for what it's worth. It is from my own personal experience and data. The stats don't lie.

I love punk music but some sells better than others. Once again a lot of the successful punks bands today are pop punk. I don't even think pop punk should be a genre. There is only one punk in my own opinion.

Straighten me out if I got out of line : )

I'll probably look at this later when my mega skunk buzz mellows out and regret writing it.

I do that a lot. (sorry it is so long) Drew, Austin Tx

How does he actually attatch it though ? Just a simple fix of duct tape ? I've only seen him once and never got close enough to see how exactly it's seated.

Kendal Killjoy said:

Desperate twisters is right about BBQ. But if its for home recording and not live playing live I recommend just overdubbing the tambourine separate cuz sometimes I want tambourine on off beat instead, plus with the BBQ method the tamb can tend to get slightly off n really muck up your rhythm and since it is so high frequency it will be super obvious. Hey, mark sultan overdubs so I don't feel it breaks any rules. For an example of a tambourine being off the ENTIRE song check out kk @ BBQ's "love you so" from the s/t release. Awesome track but goddamn is that tambourine on its own rhythm!

That was SICK !

Thijs Oosterbaan said:

check out king automatic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5byg8Tx7mNQ

Sounds like fairly classic Stones to me. If this was recorded 15-20 years ago but never released I couldn't tell the difference that's for sure.