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    • December 17, 2010 11:56 AM CST
    • Great work! What keyboard do you use?

    • December 17, 2010 11:40 AM CST
    • And my two penneth..

      The Real Kids first album

      V2 - Vibrators

      I'll take the first 2 Saints albums as well

      X-Ray Spex album

      and not a punk (or any kind of rock -except kraut) La Dusseldorf  - a fine album!

    • December 16, 2010 2:47 PM CST
    • I bought "Station of the Crass" in LP vinyl in the beginning of 1980, and I used to listen to it near the end of 2010. It's my favorite punk album, a little bit sharp maybe ....

    • December 15, 2010 7:32 AM CST
    • -Adverts "Crossing The Red Sea"

      -Saints "(I'm) Stranded"

      -Ramones' first three albums + "It's Alive"

      -Damned "Damned Damned Damned"

      -Dead Boys "Young Loud & Snotty"

      -Crime "San Francisco's Doomed" (released in 1992, but featuring recordings from 1978-79)

      -Pagans "Everybody Hates You"

      -The Cramps "Songs The Lord Taught Us"

      -The Misfits "Static Age" (recorded Jan 78, released 1995) & "12 Hits From Hell" (recorded 1980, officially unreleased)

      -Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers "L.A.M.F."

      -Suicide "Suicide"

      -X Ray Spex "Germ Free Adolescents"

      -Radio Birdman's first two albums

      -Stiff Little Fingers' first two albums

      -Dead Kennedys "Fresh Fruits For Rotting Vegetables"

      -D.O.A. "Something Better Change"

      -Boy Next Door "Door, Door"

    • December 17, 2010 6:18 AM CST
    • It would be funnier if i could understand the lyrics....

      Alex said:

      "Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

    • December 17, 2010 6:14 AM CST
    • "Be a Caveman" by the Avengers is pretty funny.

    • December 16, 2010 4:37 PM CST
    • Hank williams "Dear John" is pretty funny all together but my favorite part is:
      "Now my gal's short and stubby, She's strong as she can be, But if that little old gal of mine, Ever get's a-hold of me, That's all she wrote, Dear John, I've sent your saddle home."

    • December 16, 2010 4:50 AM CST
    • Whats the funniest lyrics you've heard?

      My choice is two howlin' wolf songs.

      1) I was built for comfort, i wasn't built for speed.(admit it it's hilarious)

      2) I am 300 pounds of joy.

       

       

    • December 17, 2010 5:22 AM CST
    • That's exactly what we do, only with four songs. Straight in your face, motherfucker. We once tried opening with a slower song to give people time to come in, and they didn't, so full force now.

      And I'd also never open with a cover. This looks like you ain't got the guts to show your own material. Fuck it - you're on stage, so your stuff is good enough to open the show.

       

      Besides, we do no covers at all, we just steal and "quote" as much as we can - the fun is even bigger when in the middle of your own song you start singing some well-known tune or play some notorious riff, and you see people's faces going: "Hey, I know that! Well, that's barefaced!"


      Axel said:

      I'd play 3 (short) fast songs in a row, no talking in between, no break longer than it takes to count to 4, and after the third take a break and greet the audience. I'd NEVER start with an instrumental. Did that and it didn't work. Unless you play in a Surf band, of course.
      Songs? Maybe something like a Sonics medley. That should get everyone in the right mood.

    • December 17, 2010 4:38 AM CST
    • I really like to end our shows with a couple of covers, usually Gloria and Little Latin Lupe Lu. Maybe starting it with a cover isn't such a good idea but I admit that I have thought about opening a show with Rumble.

    • December 16, 2010 9:26 PM CST
    • Ha! We open with a fucked up version of Pipeline and it's always all downhill after that!! Classic!!

      ash said:

      my old band used to open with Pipeline.. great song to start with - but all downhill after that!!

    • December 16, 2010 7:50 PM CST
    • We normally open up with a little bit of "Creeping Death", but it quickly turns into a slide blues/punk song.

    • December 16, 2010 1:07 PM CST
    • That's very cool to hear that. I make diddley bows, cigar box guitars, and cigar box ukulele's, too (among other things).

      The possibilities are almost endless. If you search online, you can find plenty of sites that show off people that make some very cool/functional music gadgets out of nothing but junk and pride themselves on not actually buying anything to put it together. It's artistic, functional, practical, and cool, so lube up those handy craft skills and get to work!

      DammitDave said:

      Thanks alot everyone.  This is for a present so I may or may not order a kit.  I'll be back with my decision.

       

      I've made a couple of diddley bows but that's about it.  I had a dream about a thing that's a cross between a diddley bow and a hurdy gurdy (diddley gurdy?  hurdy bow?) but my fabrication skills have gotten rusty and were never that sharp in the first place.  I believe I'll make one out of Legos.

    • December 16, 2010 12:52 PM CST
    • Thanks alot everyone.  This is for a present so I may or may not order a kit.  I'll be back with my decision. 

       

      I've made a couple of diddley bows but that's about it.  I had a dream about a thing that's a cross between a diddley bow and a hurdy gurdy (diddley gurdy?  hurdy bow?) but my fabrication skills have gotten rusty and were never that sharp in the first place.  I believe I'll make one out of Legos.

    • December 16, 2010 12:05 PM CST
    • Johnny Thunders, Iggy Pop, Stiv Bators, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Richard Hell, Handsome Dick Manitoba, all of the Ramones.

    • December 15, 2010 7:34 AM CST
    • Captain Sensible

    • December 16, 2010 9:16 AM CST
    • First time writing on this forum and I must say it's interesting how you can see so much snobbery here. Some people have already decided it's going to suck because Little Steven, apparently a sell out who doesn't know what Garage Rock is, is involved. Personally, I love Garage Rock, I play in a Garage Rock band and my favourite artist is Springsteen. I can imagine pieces of brain scattered all over some keyboards and computer screens as some of you read this.

      I think the movie has potential but I won't judge it before I actually see it.


      P.S. - Springsteen's song "Fire" was not written for Robert Gordon. It was written for Elvis but then Elvis died and Bruce ended up giving it to Robert Gordon.

    • December 15, 2010 2:02 PM CST
    • UPDATE: Panasonic is in fact ceasing production of the SL-1200MK6 model specifically, while other Technics turntable models will live on. Phew! Sincere apologies for the misunderstanding.

    • December 15, 2010 7:47 AM CST
    • You all knew that, but: Teens (or Tina) from The Trashwomen (and from a hun-dread of other trashy-to-the-bone bands) is an off/on member in HUNX & HIS PUNX (and co-owner of that beauty salon) which makes them A+++OK. So, apart from the music and all the other refreshing, all around lunacy, this guy's dirty halo is shining bright for me.

       

      Won't make it more fun for anyone that doesn't give a shitdamn but, what the hell. Thought I'd just say that.

       

      And yes, I think self organizing stuff is very important, it's the backbone of all that we dig, I think. I don't wanna quarrel with anyones points here, if that's how it works for you, it's ok with me. Sure, everyone is somehow living with mega company produced/owned stuff, but in terms of my own crap, I for myself rather keep their fingers out of my pie. I can draw crap all day without any big nose getting in my business and I can do so without anyones approval or decline. If someone with equal interests (i.e. the "scene") takes a fancy at it, wonderful! But I'd either have all of it lying around for years, before I have it published weekly under some weird ass baby killing company, because they thought it would make them some extra money, while they are otherwise not interested in drawing, or the music connected to it at all.

       

      I let these bands do whatever the hell they want, it's their choice how they want to pomote their stuff. They're not the vampire, 50 million bucks a ticket, Rolling Stones (Growlll, Rolling Stones, Growwwl!).

       

      On a very quasi philosophical level: No body can drag down Rock'n'Roll anyway. If you love it - it lives. I know, that doesn't bring unknown records to your doorstep, but I guess that somehow, that's the thing that keeps R'N'R running in terms of people starting their own shit. All the bands showing up here (and other places of course) rummaging around with small record pressings and messy tours carried out on their own backs and all the individuals posting their personal stories in this discussion are the best example for that.

       

      And if some hipster kid is brainwashed backwards, by seeing a band like the Oblivians at some Scion fest, so be it. I know it's not that easy, yesyes.

    • December 15, 2010 7:47 AM CST
    • I like that:)

      EGO the Living Planet said:

       

      I enjoyed it. Sure, I would have put some different bands in, but every individual is gonna have their own favorites. There was some great footage of the stuff I do like.

       

      As for concerns that this represents a "sell out"...

      Get used to it. Stuff like this is likely where we can expect our music to come from in the future. The music business as we know it is dying and there will have to be new ways to get music out there. Suckering big corporations into footing the bill a pretty likely scenario.

    • December 15, 2010 9:56 AM CST
    • So funny and so damn right too !!!

      Roskö said:

      A brand new vinyl for $500 ? Do they add some hand made crackles for that price, just like they add stains and holes to these brand new out of price vintage jeans nowadays ?

    • December 15, 2010 9:55 AM CST
    • So funny and quite damn right !!!

      DammitDave said:

      RICK: Oh, stop being so blinking bourgousie! All property is theft, Vyvyan.

      VYVYAN: All right, then. Where's your girlie purse?

      ...

      VYVYAN: [takes Rick's coin purse, removes some money] Ha ha! Found it!

      RICK: You put that back! That's my personal property!

      NEIL: You just said all property is theft, Rick.

      RICK: Well, yes, it is.

      VYVYAN: Yeah, so I'm nicking it.