We Are The One

[Curt McGirt]

So! Here's a new thread for all your Punk Rock wants and needs. Any and all are subgenres are welcome, whether you are an egg-punk weirdo, a crasher-crust noise freak, a suit-bedecked Two-Toner, a boots-and-braces skinhead, or whatever. Because we love punk. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcKifg-JQro

[Curt McGirt]

Here are a few of the new hardcore gems I've mined from the soil (or more accurately others have mined for me): 

INVERTEBRATES (US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sClsRSChDr4 Spawn of the great Public Acid, this is more domestically-flavored HC in the early-aughts-revival vein (think Career Suicide, Direct Control type stuff). 

MIRAGE (Italy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU3w3YqIpFw Italian hardcore with all the wild, careening chaos that entails. They shift levels and gears at random and it gives the feeling of everything-goes madness the greats had. Frenzied, yet controlled.

SCARECROW (US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Hz8IT0m3Q Well, I gotta throw one out to my homies in Raleigh. D-Beat Raw Punk of the first order. 

BOOTLICKER (Canada) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-NisUcJSAA Yeaaaaah, boy. Bootlicker has never put out a bad record. They finally started doing 12''s after a neat row of EPs but the quality hasn't wavered. More D-beat, yes, but more catchy and dare I say accessible than your run of the mill Disclose clone (probably because they don't run the guitar through enough distortion and fuzz pedals to fill a Boss warehouse). Great lyrics, too.

[Curt McGirt]

What am I doing? I named this thread after this song and didn't even post it. I give you the mighty AVENGERS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUmBCPbCNdg

[southofheavy]

Just got into Invertebrates recently. They rule and so does Public Acid. 

Been finding a lot of really cool stuff on this youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Felopunk

Check out Canal Irreal, Martin from Los Crudos' new band. Super cool mid-tempo 80s style stuff, with that Exit Order/Husker Du guitar tone. 

https://youtu.be/L64hv0nd_yc?si=fKTcaBlw3U4-tqid

The new Absolut demo fucking RULES so goddamn hard. These guys are coming to Detroit in a couple weeks, fucking stoked for that. 

https://youtu.be/wCbUU03Kbsk?si=MpUKCYpnpa2u1soy

[Curt McGirt]

Fuck yes! Absolut is the way. Felopunk rules, so does the No Deal channel, between the two all the good new stuff makes YouTube.

I'll post the Ready Armed System/Acaustix split I got coming later.

[Curt McGirt]

This is Vol. 1 in the Military Grade series of 12''s from Roachleg Records, who put out pretty much nothing but the cream of the crop (like that Mirage above), usually in cassette form. It's a cool split in that RAS are demented fast thrash and Acaustix are scalding D-beat. In contrast to my usual leanings, I think the RAS side might be even better. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK_KgQX4SLY

[zendragon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiiYN8WMUdA&ab_channel=ManicHispanic-Topic

Went to see Manic Hispanic a few weeks ago, going to see No Values Fest in two weeks

[Curt McGirt]

That Canal Irreal is really good, especially on a rainy day like this. The Husker Du flanger wash on the guitar is appropriate for the feel. They're gonna be up there with Syndrome 81 and The War Goes On (formerly the godlike No Hope for the Kids) as my go-to depression-punk band. It's neat hearing Martin doing something like this considering his past in Crudos and Limp Wrist. Speaking of which, is Limp Wrist over? For some reason I don't own any of their records -- probably because I are dumb.

EDIT: It's actually probably a chorus pedal. I used that built-in amp setting on my guitar for one of my older bands and kinda crapped it up as a result, in retrospect. 

Edited June 1 by Curt McGirt

[Contentious C]

Dropout just debuted a show called "Thousandaires" that may or may not be worth anyone else's time, depends on what your vibe is, but the first two segments were kind of surreal and the very first one featured an L.A. band called Hot Load who would probably be worth checking out.  Not great stuff per se, but just a further indication that Jacob Wysocki is a cool dude.

[twiztor]

On 5/29/2024 at 9:34 AM, Curt McGirt said:

Any and all are subgenres are welcome, whether you are an egg-punk weirdo, a crasher-crust noise freak, a suit-bedecked Two-Toner, a boots-and-braces skinhead, or whatever. Because we love punk. 

i find myself listening to mostly '90s Bay Area punk. That seems to be on the far end of the spectrum from most of the conversation around here.

[Curt McGirt]

I'm sure there's people on here that love the same. I'm not an Op Ivy, Crimpshrine type but if you wanna talk about Filth...

My era for SF/Oakland is the Ramen days, instead, as documented here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hr4IgqxUmU&pp=ygUOdGhlIHJhbWVuIGRheXM%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdmpWvLrqFE

[zendragon]

Had a real fun time at No Values, got to see the Damned, Iggy played a ton of stooges stuff and ST/ Bad Religion Social D and The Misfits where fun

[Curt McGirt]

Huh, so Mourning Noise played a same show as the actual Misfits. I downloaded their discography again last night after hearing a song on a comp reminded me I never really gave them a chance. Said song REALLY sounded like the Misfits. (I also finally heard Eerie Von's band Rosemary's Babies recently and they are just straight fast-as-shit hardcore, no Misfits melodicism at all.)

Did you catch the Steve Ignorant-plays-Crass deal? That's one of the most interesting things on there. I've seen TSOL and the Adicts before and both were great live. 

[zendragon]

I'm not really familiar with the music of some of the bands that where there beyond recognizing the logos from patches (Addicts, Vandals, Crass) . I saw TSOL on Halloween and saw FEAR play their yearly Fuck Xmas show last year so I was okay with missing them

[Curt McGirt]

I'm familiar with pretty much none of what I suppose are the younger bands on the bill. Turnstile are the new big thing and are utter shite. And how silly it was having Sublime play when their singer/guitarist has been dead for 28 years...

Adicts and Crass are both two of my favorite punk bands and you could not get any more polar opposite in sound and ideology. 

[zendragon]

Turnstile is not for me. Sublime I've been sick of hearing their songs on the radio for years now however they have been billing themselves as Sublime w/ Rome (and its not like people don't know that Brad is dead) so I see it as The Doors touring as The Doors to the 21 Century with Ian Asbury

[Nice Guy Eddie]

Sublime w/ Rome is breaking up this year, and the two remaining original members will be touring with Jakob Nowell (Brad Nowell's son) as Sublime. Anyway you slice it, I hate Sublime. 

Edited June 9 by Nice Guy Eddie

[zendragon]

largest Punk show in history?

[zendragon]

Darby was there

[Curt McGirt]

Oh for fuck's sake, is that Riki Rachtman with him?

You could have told me Darby took the crowd pic before diving onto them and I would have believed you for a second

[zendragon]

The one and only. Anyone who's that much of a motorhead fan is alright with me

[zendragon]

[RazorbladeKiss87]

https://convulserecords.bandcamp.com/album/mindfuck-ultra

Been rocking Yambag's "Mindfuck Ultra" lately. Mutant weirdo punk/HC from Cleveland. Bonus: song called "Frye vs Takayama"

[Curt McGirt]

Yeah! I caught up with that one already but forgot to bring it up. Awesome stuff.

Today I pulled out the second Toxic Reasons ("Destroyer" is the greatest), an '80s Italian HC comp called Hate/Love that has a 48 page booklet (!), and ordered Sin 38's only LP and, finally, the S/T Avengers record. Other day I finally got around to listening to Double Negative. Highly recommended. I'll post some links after work.

[Curt McGirt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9zOTqwjSAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9JKKnQVpKA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYprmIa-gPQ (Incredible. Just incredible. Tape your jaw up before listening.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tebr5-aTuwM&list=PLIy_PUEUE8ZEWnJSaJcQf__uLC6UHd39C (Good god damn. If I ever have a band again I will insist upon covering this.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve2_eJorrig&pp=ygUYZG91YmxlIG5lZ2F0aXZlIGhhcmRjb3Jl