Manfred's one of the coolest guys I've ever met and am really honored to be his friend.  That was really awesome of him to do that.

Max Reverb said:

I could probably go on all day with this one but the most appropriate story that comes to mind is when The Woggles came and played with the Brood (Maine Garage legends in their own right) in Portland. This was about 11 years ago and I was underage for the bar. I had seen the woggles rip it up previously at an all ages with SCOTS so I had emailed them and said it was a bummer i couldn't get in to the next show. I will never forget this and always love the Woggles for it. The Professor emailed me back and told me to meet him around the corner from the club and he'd get me in! And he did too, totally came through, met me around the corner and told the door guy i was his little brother! Way above and beyond the call of duty, and it was an epic show.

you are correct, jesco definitely likes to party ; )

joey fuckup said:

Oh wow, staying at Jeff's place!  That's awesome!  I would really like to knock a few beers back with 'ole Jesco; I bought the "Wild & Wonderful Whites" dvd, really enjoyed it, and felt like he was just a good country guy that likes to party!  Did you see the pre-party vids for the film's release with Johnny Knoxville on You Tube?  Would've been a blast!

erin said:

one time i accidentally walked in on paul collins (the nerves/paul collins beat) changing into his pajama pants. boy was i red in the face.

 

i stayed at jeff magnum of the dead boys house. he put us up in his basement/rock'n'roll bunker, which was filled with his record collection and dead boys memorabilia (photos, original tour posters with the dead boys and damned, etc). he was a very gracious host! he has been a guest on my radio show several times.

 

i hung out in a basement with jesco white the dancing outlaw. jesco lifted up his shirt and showed me his tattoos (specifically elvis/manson on his back). then he squeezed his nipple and sang songs at me. he's something else.

Shit!  That's awesome!!

Max Reverb said:

I could probably go on all day with this one but the most appropriate story that comes to mind is when The Woggles came and played with the Brood (Maine Garage legends in their own right) in Portland. This was about 11 years ago and I was underage for the bar. I had seen the woggles rip it up previously at an all ages with SCOTS so I had emailed them and said it was a bummer i couldn't get in to the next show. I will never forget this and always love the Woggles for it. The Professor emailed me back and told me to meet him around the corner from the club and he'd get me in! And he did too, totally came through, met me around the corner and told the door guy i was his little brother! Way above and beyond the call of duty, and it was an epic show.

Too bad you couldn't have taped all that!

Dana V. Hatch said:

Hard to pick just one but what about the Demolition Doll Rods? All three were totally nude when I met them backstage at Brownie's in NYC. One time a clubowner caught Danny naked in the ladies' room and cancelled the show on the spot. The cops were called and someone (me) launched and M-100 at 'em. Once in Boston a drunk jock was making google eyes at Danny onstage until he found out Danny was a dude then he got hostile. Danny turned around and stuck his ass in the guy's face and spread. The audience went wild and the jock stormed out in a fit of homosexual panic. Once the Slicks were on tour and Margaret gave us rolls of admission tickets in four different colors so we never ran out of drink tickets at clubs. Margaret and Christine used to do yoga in our front yard when they'd stay over, attracting a lot of gawkers (ok, maybe just one).

Oh wow, staying at Jeff's place!  That's awesome!  I would really like to knock a few beers back with 'ole Jesco; I bought the "Wild & Wonderful Whites" dvd, really enjoyed it, and felt like he was just a good country guy that likes to party!  Did you see the pre-party vids for the film's release with Johnny Knoxville on You Tube?  Would've been a blast!

erin said:

one time i accidentally walked in on paul collins (the nerves/paul collins beat) changing into his pajama pants. boy was i red in the face.

 

i stayed at jeff magnum of the dead boys house. he put us up in his basement/rock'n'roll bunker, which was filled with his record collection and dead boys memorabilia (photos, original tour posters with the dead boys and damned, etc). he was a very gracious host! he has been a guest on my radio show several times.

 

i hung out in a basement with jesco white the dancing outlaw. jesco lifted up his shirt and showed me his tattoos (specifically elvis/manson on his back). then he squeezed his nipple and sang songs at me. he's something else.

ha! after the sac show, was it??? yeah, i remember everyone just came here and went to sleep ; ) long live hotel hot trash!

Max Reverb said:

I think i might have had a pajama party with you ha! But the other dudes were too tired to let me play pinball!

erin said:

i have pajama parties with bands all the time. favorite moments: tabman from holy shit! wearing one of my dresses and jumping on my bed, marcus from uv race playing pinball in his underwear (pulled up to his chest), have a rootbeer float party with the daily void and dots from italy, making scott from the blowtops do fart situps with a self-inflating whoopee cushion, benji from the creteens appearing in my bedroom doorway at 5am screaming, "WHERE THE HELL AM I?!?!" and on and on...

In 1981 I met Stiff Little Fingers for the first time. Being so influenced by The Clash, SLF always come out of the dressing room after a gig and hang out with fans for beers, chat, signing stuff and whatever. They were very nice, very cool and tolerant guys, and have been each time I have met them since.

Met Nick Cave last year when he was on a reading/speaking tour promoting his book. I asked him a question and he took the piss out of my Hawaiin shirt. The guy moderating pointed to me to ask my question and while I'm doing it Cave slowly fishes in his pocket and pulls out a pair of wrap arounds and sticks them on without saying anything, just a little smile. Before he answers he says: "Cool shirt, man." Afterwards while I'm in line to get the book signed he spots me and says: "Ah the man with the shirt!" I could only weakly say "Thanks" when he signed the book...then walk off feeling seven feet tall.

When I was a hack on the local paper I interviewed Rat Scabies and as the interview unfolded he got to know I was a big Damned fan, so at the end he says: "I'll put you on the guest list, come back stage after for a beer." I had already bought a ticket and I have to admit I didn't want to find out that guys whose music I had loved since I was a teen were assholes. So I didn't go back...They might have been great guys but I didn't want to risk it! They were supported on that tour by The Fuzztones.. What a show!!!

I could probably go on all day with this one but the most appropriate story that comes to mind is when The Woggles came and played with the Brood (Maine Garage legends in their own right) in Portland. This was about 11 years ago and I was underage for the bar. I had seen the woggles rip it up previously at an all ages with SCOTS so I had emailed them and said it was a bummer i couldn't get in to the next show. I will never forget this and always love the Woggles for it. The Professor emailed me back and told me to meet him around the corner from the club and he'd get me in! And he did too, totally came through, met me around the corner and told the door guy i was his little brother! Way above and beyond the call of duty, and it was an epic show.

I think i might have had a pajama party with you ha! But the other dudes were too tired to let me play pinball!

erin said:

i have pajama parties with bands all the time. favorite moments: tabman from holy shit! wearing one of my dresses and jumping on my bed, marcus from uv race playing pinball in his underwear (pulled up to his chest), have a rootbeer float party with the daily void and dots from italy, making scott from the blowtops do fart situps with a self-inflating whoopee cushion, benji from the creteens appearing in my bedroom doorway at 5am screaming, "WHERE THE HELL AM I?!?!" and on and on...

one time i accidentally walked in on paul collins (the nerves/paul collins beat) changing into his pajama pants. boy was i red in the face.

i stayed at jeff magnum of the dead boys house. he put us up in his basement/rock'n'roll bunker, which was filled with his record collection and dead boys memorabilia (photos, original tour posters with the dead boys and damned, etc). he was a very gracious host! he has been a guest on my radio show several times.

i hung out in a basement with jesco white the dancing outlaw. jesco lifted up his shirt and showed me his tattoos (specifically elvis/manson on his back). then he squeezed his nipple and sang songs at me. he's something else.

Hard to pick just one but what about the Demolition Doll Rods? All three were totally nude when I met them backstage at Brownie's in NYC. One time a clubowner caught Danny naked in the ladies' room and cancelled the show on the spot. The cops were called and someone (me) launched and M-100 at 'em. Once in Boston a drunk jock was making google eyes at Danny onstage until he found out Danny was a dude then he got hostile. Danny turned around and stuck his ass in the guy's face and spread. The audience went wild and the jock stormed out in a fit of homosexual panic. Once the Slicks were on tour and Margaret gave us rolls of admission tickets in four different colors so we never ran out of drink tickets at clubs. Margaret and Christine used to do yoga in our front yard when they'd stay over, attracting a lot of gawkers (ok, maybe just one).

Always Was, Is and Always Shall Be LP (1980) is indeed fantastic. There are a couple of other early 7" EPs that are worth hunting down, too. The S/T 7" on Orange Records from 1980 is one, GG Allin & The Scumfucs 7" on Blood Rec. (1982?) is another.

I agree, Always was, is, and always shall be is an amazing record! I'm not a huge fan of much released after that, but that record, made with the jabbers, is a punk rock / power pop gem. And i heard it was recently reissued, don't know by who though......

whatwave dave said:

GG's earliest recordings are actually quite good and many on this forum might actually enjoy them. As well as most of the Bay City Rollers songs...LOL..

 

Track down anything that was released on Orange Records...most of that stuff is late 70's punk/powerpop oriented and some of this actually features members of the MC5 backing him up. The LP Always Was, Is And Always Shall Be collects a lot of this material, but not easy to find....anything after that is pretty much predicatable GG Allin fodder for the kiddies.

GG ALLIN was a punk rock god and true new england hero. I proudly visited his grave and enjoy much of his catalogue. He's got great country stuff out there, great pop punk, great scum punk, spoken word, poetry, GG stirred a lot of pots and his musical merit is sadly overshadowed by his hilarious and limitless antics. But at the core if you really look at it is an artist who suffered and endured unflinchingly for his personal mission and never caved in, bowed down, or gave up. There is an honesty and a realness in his songs that cannot be found in much music. GG didn't give you what you wanted he gave you what you deserved. Other great recordings he made include the Murder Junkies LP (not to be confused with the band the murder Junkies) where GG was backed by ANTi-Seen. His last album is highly under rated as well Brutality and Bloodshed for ALL. Some people don't dig on the cookie monster esqe vox on this record but GG always liked to try new things, and this record is more indicative of his real life philosophy. It is hard to imagine anyone will ever overshadow GG ALLIN.

GG's earliest recordings are actually quite good and many on this forum might actually enjoy them. As well as most of the Bay City Rollers songs...LOL..

Track down anything that was released on Orange Records...most of that stuff is late 70's punk/powerpop oriented and some of this actually features members of the MC5 backing him up. The LP Always Was, Is And Always Shall Be collects a lot of this material, but not easy to find....anything after that is pretty much predicatable GG Allin fodder for the kiddies.

Dirty Love Songs on New Rose collects the best stuff, mostly his stuff from '83 to '86 with the Scumfucs. Freaks, Faggots, Drunks, and Junkies on Homestead is also good. Bay City Rollers were great till Rock and Roll Love Letter proved all their detractors right.

HELL YES THE SNEAKY PINKS. trent and justin are the best!

Blaine said:

The Victims

Angry Samoans

Teenage Head

Useless eaters

Marked Men

Ramones

Supercharger

Skrewdriver

The Spits

Sneaky Pinks

 

Can't say I have a top 10 but, those bands have gotten a lot of play over the last few years.  Just the first off the top of my head.

In No particular order:

The Misfits
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Minor Threat
The Meat-Men
GG ALLIN & various
The Ramones
Nipple Violator
The Dwarves
Fang

Ahhhh...

Dead Kennedys

Misfits

Bad Religion

Open Wound

Black Flag

Soft Boys

Minutemen

GBH

Minor Threat

White House

Ramones

Pagans

Dead Boys

Saints

Consumers

Black Flag

X-Ray Spex

Buzzcocks

Sex Pistols

Germs

Limited list to ramalama type bands not 60's punkers or swamprockers like Cramps and Scientists.

i've always heard that he had many many records but to actually see it compiled like that is amazing.

daniel darling said:

I like alot of Nirvana's music. I don't get into it as much these days but when i was in my early teens it was great cause here was a band that pissed of every kids parents. They sounded way more "dangerous" than Michael Jackson!

I don't believe kurt was murdered though. I think he felt like shit because most of the people who were buying his music were the people he disliked. Although there is a quote from him in his biography that says something like "i wanna be a famous rockstar and die young like Jimi Hendrix". So maybe he got his wish.

 

Like em or not they were the last band in commercial history to change the face of rock music. I just couldn't stand all those shitty copy cat grunge bands that came out years later like Nickelback and shit uuurrghh!

 

Is anyone into Ty Segall at all ?? I hear alot of Kurt Cobain influence in his music (and his dress sense too) But that kid does it right! If you like Nirvana Lady Strange you should get Ty Segall's album "Lemons" if you don't have it already of course :-)

 

Thanks Freddi!  Really dig your show by the way!

FREDDI said:

Welcome Joey!!

ronettes - be my baby

vibrators - baby baby

duprees - you belong to me

ritchie valens - we belong together

headgirl - please don't touch

johnny kidd and the pirates - shakin all over

THE 5TH DIMENSION "age of aquarius"

ZAGER AND EVANS "in the year 2525"

GERRY RAFFERTY "baker street"

WARREN ZEVON "werewolves of london"

PAUL MCCARTNEY "wonderful christmastime"

COMMODORES "brick house"

WILD CHERRY "play that funky music"

4 NON BLONDES "what's up"

PJ HARVEY "down by the water"

DONOVON "hurdy gurdy man"