Darby Crash September 26, 1958 – December 7, 1980

33 years ago today Darby Crash snuffed it. Suicide is a motherfucker... Glad I'm not there anymore. Today we celebrate life, celebrate struggle and celebrate punk rock. Fucken rage'r.

the Fall

The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith (BBC)



Live in 1985.

"God Will See That You Die, Pig..."

Henry Rollins on John Macias.



Circle One - Highway Patrolman.

Mental illness is a motherfucker.

Here's a nice article about John that I found on the There's Something Hard In There blog (which is pretty killer in general...)
enjoy...

Black Flag

on the news with police violence.



(1981) 1983 target video.

killer.

The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

Another reason why the late '70s and early '80s were thee best era for rock and roll... Punk rock, punks getting weird, synth music, nasty disco music, early rap,  hardcore, industrial, noise and fucking metal... All of the stuff I like the best for the most part being done the best it would be done or at least laying down the foundation for it...

NWOBHM to me at least; is when punk and metal crossed over... It's like crossing priest with motorhead or something... Shit is faster and cleaner than it used to be but not super fucking fast yet... just mid-tempo headbangers... and that is my fucking jam.
throw in some shit about satan and I'm there, dude...

this documentary/tv show kindof scratches the surface of it and probably the episode before and the one after would give it a more complete view, but it's a decent start anyway... when I think of the NWOBHM I pretty much think of diamond head. They are in here a bit, but mostly this is about iron maiden. Fucking killers, for sure- but we already know all about iron maiden... I'm surprised that they hated punk so much... I saw an interview with paul di'anno where he was talking about how much he loved punk rock... so... maybe that was part of the split...  



Maiden live in 81 (killers era with di'anno)

Anyway, here are a few more fucking ragers...




diamond head / motorhead / saxon / holocaust / grim reaper / judas priest / venom / mercyful fate (were danish, I know... this playlist isn't strict on anything but having sweet metal jams from that general era... whatever...)

ps. you should totally get that first diamond head record. it is killer.




And finally, here are the Brats who would later became Mercyful Fate. It's as perfect a mix of punk and metal as one can find in the world and it's cool to hear how some of these riffs later became mercyful fate parts. fucking killer. If you like this you should look for "1980" because it slays. The lost tapes and the 1981 demos are great too...
enjoy...

Negative Approach live on public access

slayerrrrrrrrrrrrs...

rat party 10 / 4 / 2013

rageit.

R2C video mix september 13

dead boys / stranglers / pop group / who / telefones / the fall / rollins band / nirvana

yarp.

80's punk in Australia

word.

Bobby Soxx and the Teenage Queers Live at Raul's 1980

fucking killer texas punk blowing my mind, baby. The sound is killer as well. enjoy.

20 years ago today...

 

I was starting the 9th grade, fresh from a long, hot summer at my grandparents' house. I had spent all summer listening to college radio and jacking off to 2 playboys my cousin scored for me in between daily trips to the record store to look at tapes I couldn't afford...
That summer I heard Fugazi for the first time on MRR radio which was syndicated at like midnight saturday on the station that I dug the most (which I want to say was out of Bates college...) Amazingly enough they had just released in on the kill taker and were going to play vermont a few days after I got back home. I don't know if I had realized what was happening to me and how I was changing, but that was the start of it... My true gateway to punk and I guess to the rest of my life... Perfect timing. thanks.
Here's a recording of that show from the Fugazi live archives.
awesome.

Fugazi Burlington, VT USA, 9/13/93

Husker Du 1981

husker du_live twintone sessions_1981 from Ivan Prgomet Selak on Vimeo.

Henry Rollins : 50 (live in DC)

Always fun to listen to.
enjoy.

Resort To Cannibalism video mix August 2013

THOR / Rush / Stickmen With Ray Guns / Really Red / Legionaire's Disease Band / AC/DC / Eddy Current Suppression Ring / Parquet Courts

Citizen Fish live in 1992

Citizen Fish - Live @ Störtebeker, Hamburg, 8.10.1992 from Mister Poof on Vimeo.

Germs at the Whiskey 1979

hell yes.

more fucking bobby soxx / stickmen with ray guns

bobby soxx on the news in dallas...



scavenger of deaaaaaaaath.

Unwound live in 1995

John Robb interviews Steve Ignorant.

Incubate DIY Conference #4: Steve Ignorant interviewed by John Robb from Incubate Festival on Vimeo.

R2C Video Mix 2

The Screamers / The Damned / Budgie / The Slits / The Lambrettas / Really Red / FEAR

oh yes, dearest...