The Termination of CM Punk by The Coward Tony Khan

[COLETTI]

So to tie this back into everything, I'm recently rediscovering modern hardcore and a huge part of that links to Brody King. I had to check out God's Hate and godDAMN they're awesome. From there I learned about Colin Young and his work with other AEW wrestlers, as well as his podcast HardLore: Stories From Tour with Bo from Harm's Way. Great fucking podcast, which was easy to dip a toe into since they had interviews with Brody, The Butcher, Danhausen, and Malakai. From there I got into their list episodes, and learned about SO many awesome modern bands. Colin also gets props for me for repeatedly mentioning Boston legends Sam Black Church, who were a HUGE part of my teens. 

I've only listened to a bit of Turnstile but it blows my mind that a hardcore band did an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Plus we've got Matty Matheson being seemingly the most mainstream hardcore kid ever, which rules. HC will always be just out of the limelight but it's always so heartwarming seeing folks from the scene be successful

[COLETTI]

Suppose I should've mentioned that I got into it in the mid 90s and living just an hour from Boston, so I got to see some extremely intimate shows with bands that got yuuuuuuuge like Hatebreed, Converge, KSE, American Nightmare, etc with like 100 people in the crowd.

Dropped out when the pants got insanely tight, though...

[zendragon]

Going to see The Dead Boys tomorrow night. Wanted to see them one more time while Cheeta Chrome is still with us. Last time I saw them in this tiny dive bar and the singer got into a fight with someone in the audience before the show even started cause some dude was hitting Cheeta's mic

[Curt McGirt]

God, now I'm imagining some fake Stiv blowing his nose in bologna and eating it. I'm not against Cheetah getting a payday or anything though. (Meanwhile, "Down on the Street" by the Stooges is playing in a Chevy truck commercial on TV currently. *sigh*)

[JLowe]

4 hours ago, Coletti said:

Suppose I should've mentioned that I got into it in the mid 90s and living just an hour from Boston, so I got to see some extremely intimate shows with bands that got yuuuuuuuge like Hatebreed, Converge, KSE, American Nightmare, etc with like 100 people in the crowd.

Dropped out when the pants got insanely tight, though...

American Nightmare blew my fucking mind when I heard them, saw them a couple of times and they were great, and then during a reunion show at FunFunFunFest where I was in the pit the whole time and almost lost my voice from shouting along.

[zendragon]

Cheeta can do what he wants in his old age, he wrote those songs

[Greggulator]

I saw GWAR a bunch of times. I was obsessed with them in high school. First time I saw them was when I was 18 or 19 at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. All of these dudes hopped over the railing and onto the stage and started attacking GWAR. Utter madness. My buddy knew some of the dudes involved in the attack — crust type kids from the Jersey Shore (which was an area where things always ended up just a bit further than they should have.) He asked why they fought GWAR. The answer will stay with me forerver:

”They’re trying to conquer earth.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Craig H]

I didn’t listen to GWAR, but I did have an X-Cops album.

[Curt McGirt]

GWAR were actually one of the first bands I bought tapes of (This Toilet Earth, Ragnarok). I was influenced by what I saw on Beavis and Butthead and I liked horror movies, so it worked for me... for like, a couple months, until their "songwriting" "talents" were no longer apparent. 

[Stefanie Sparkleface]

5 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

GWAR were actually one of the first bands I bought tapes of (This Toilet Earth, Ragnarok). I was influenced by what I saw on Beavis and Butthead and I liked horror movies, so it worked for me... for like, a couple months, until their "songwriting" "talents" were no longer apparent. 

Their restaurant sucks too.

[Godfrey]

My buddy got an eye infection after getting sprayed with fake semen at a GWAR concert. Fun show

[Curt McGirt]

Wait... so... really? 

https://gwarbar.com/

Well if you really wanna eat from someone named Chef Balsac then be my guest.

[Stefanie Sparkleface]

3 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

Wait... so... really? 

https://gwarbar.com/

Well if you really wanna eat from someone named Chef Balsac then be my guest.

To clarify, I did not intentionally eat from Chef Balsac's bill of fare. The group I was with wanted to go and I didn't want to seem like a spoilsport, and the lesson here was to be a spoilsport from time to time because my gosh was it bad.

[Curt McGirt]

I have to ask: What did you have?

And I mean really, I wouldn't have anything against anyone who wanted to try it. Who knows? Maybe a lifetime of restaurant service from some people isn't quite as debauched as I'm led to believe. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Curt McGirt

[Stefanie Sparkleface]

3 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

I have to ask: What did you have?

And I mean really, I wouldn't have anything against anyone who wanted to try it. Who knows? Maybe a lifetime of restaurant service from some people isn't quite as debauched as I'm led to believe. 

The buffalo cauliflower wings (disgusting) and the fried mushrooms (passable). The rest of the group I was with had burgers and said they were fine, but I now consider them to be untrustworthy! Maybe I should've gotten the seitan.

[Ryback Hates Bullies]

I'm not trying to run some anti-vegan game here, but I just don't really see how cauliflower wings can really be good. Okay that's not true, I can see how some top-level Heston I'm Hard Pierre Berzatto-type might be able to deliver the goods but going to some random joint and expecting them to throw down....yeah I dunno.

[Stefanie Sparkleface]

4 minutes ago, StretchMediatedHypertrophy said:

I'm not trying to run some anti-vegan game here, but I just don't really see how cauliflower wings can really be good. Okay that's not true, I can see how some top-level Heston I'm Hard Pierre Berzatto-type might be able to deliver the goods but going to some random joint and expecting them to throw down....yeah I dunno.

Cauliflower wings are just a sauce delivery mechanism. All cauliflower wings taste pretty much the same in my experience. If the sauce is no good, then it doesn't matter if it's on cauliflower or chicken, it's going to be bad. This buffalo sauce was the worst sauce I've ever had.

[Ryback Hates Bullies]

Whilst as a Brit my Buffalo Stance may not exactly be authoritative, I like my sauce (like my 'chips') vinegary but I can't imagine wanting the same sauce if it was cauliflower & not fatty chicken meat underneath. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[COLETTI]

GWAR will always have my respect for going on an episode of Springer about "shock rock" and completely winning the crowd over, as well as supporting a young fan of theirs who also guested and totally made some legit hate rock douchebag look like a fool. 

[Nice Guy Eddie]

I saw GWAR on The Sounds of the Underground tour in 2005. It was a 12 hour show headlined by Lamb of God. Like a moron, I got shitfaced the night before and thus forgot about wearing sunblock in July in a New Jersey parking lot. I ended up looking like a lobster. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Nice Guy Eddie

[(BP)]

I saw a GWAR tribute band at a backyard Halloween party once. The DIY costumes were incredible. I wish they’d spent as much time and effort into practicing their instruments. 

[Fighting a man with a perm]

3 hours ago, StretchMediatedHypertrophy said:

Whilst as a Brit my Buffalo Stance may not exactly be authoritative, I like my sauce (like my 'chips') vinegary but I can't imagine wanting the same sauce if it was cauliflower & not fatty chicken meat underneath. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

Oh, I caught that Neneh Cherry reference...

For vegan buffalo sauce delivery I recommend a mushroom "wing" over  a cauliflower "wing" every time. This push of cauliflower as the one true king of substantial veg must be stopped.

[Stefanie Sparkleface]

4 minutes ago, Fighting a man with a perm said:

For vegan buffalo sauce delivery I recommend a mushroom "wing" over  a cauliflower "wing" every time. This push of cauliflower as the one true king of substantial veg must be stopped.

I agree with this like 99% of the time. Cauliflower tends to have breading adhere to it a little bit better but that's about all it has going for it over mushrooms. Mushrooms are also way better unsauced compared to cauliflower.

When my body stopped being able to digest pork, being able to turn to pulled mushroom BBQ to replace pulled pork sandwiches was a gamechanger, tbh.

[HumanChessgame]

I've eaten at Gwarbar several times and it's always been great. Then again I didn't try any of the meat substitute dishes. My friend I was there with one time got one of the seitan burgers and said it was great, so I took her word for it. There's interesting memorabilia all over the place and there was a steady diet of good quality metal and hardcore on the PA.

[Curt McGirt]

You'd think vegan bar food variations would be simple but it certainly doesn't sound that way. 

I woulda went with the seitan burger, or if portabello burger was an option or a decently seasoned cauliflower burger. Never tried buffalo chicken variations but I can't see substituting butter in a buffalo sauce working.