From Monkees to Partridges...
The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family
Quote from: Trollheart on Today at 03:41 AMTwo questions: do Bouncing Souls get their name from the Beatles album, and is the Agora a play on agoraphobia?
The Bouncing Souls got their name from an '80's advertisement for Doc Martens (shoes). I always guessed that the name 'Agora' was based on the the gathering place of the same name in Athens, Greece.
Quote from: Trollheart on Today at 03:41 AMThough I am now past such activities (too damned expensive now anyway)
I justify going to shows because I get free music now! I get what you're saying, I'm not a fan of progressive pricing based on demand and shows having six different presales is sort of ridiculous.
Quote from: Trollheart on Today at 03:41 AMhere's a shortlist of bands and artists I did get to see before my life shrunk to the size of my house for 17-odd years.
Nice list!
Ford, GM 'disappointed' in Trump's UK trade deal
QuoteWASHINGTON – A group representing major U.S. automakers complained about President Donald Trump's trade deal giving an advantage to United Kingdom manufacturers, but the White House said it would be a good deal for them, too.
Trump announced a deal May 8 for a 10% tariff on the first 100,000 cars imported each year from the United Kingdom, down from 25% for imports from the rest of the world. That's about the number of vehicles Britain exported last year, according to Reuters.
A group representing General Motors, Ford and Stellantis said the trade deal would hurt domestic companies that manufacture cars or parts in Canada and Mexico. U.S. manufacturers have factories in both countries under the USMCA trade agreement, but cars that are partially produced in those countries are now subject to a 25% tariff.
The 70's for me. I was in my teens and it was a lot of fun to experience punk rock as it was happening at that time.
Quote from: Auroras In Ice on Today at 05:26 AMFor me, 80s punk is probably the ticket. I really like the lo-fi garage quality sound in punk.The 90s mostly had pop-punk like NOFX, Green Day, Rancid, etc. which, don't get me wrong at all, was all good stuff and great party music... but didn't have the under-produced grit I loved in 80s punk. Some really great stuff in the 2010s, too, like White Lung and Amyl and The Sniffers.
I'll be seeing Amyl and The Sniffers next Tuesday, woohoo!
Whatever the reason, I didn't connect with much of the 80's punk, especially hardcore. Don't get me wrong because the 80's had plenty of stuff I liked; The Dead Milkmen, Beat Farmers Mojo Nixon, The Cramps and Violet Femmes to mention a few.
Mention Husker Du
I think I say boo
80s for me too. I love how much noisier and weirder punk got. Some favorites:
- Circle Jerks—Group Sex
- Suicidal Tendencies—s/t
- Misfits—Earth A.D.
- Misfits—Walk Among Us
- Chaos UK—Burning Britain EP
- Scratch Acid—s/t EP
- Jello Biafra with D.O.A.—Last Scream of the Missing Neighbors
- Disorder—Complete Disorder EP
- Subhumans—From the Cradle to the Grave
- Fear—The Record
For me, 80s punk is probably the ticket. I really like the lo-fi garage quality sound in punk.The 90s mostly had pop-punk like NOFX, Green Day, Rancid, etc. which, don't get me wrong at all, was all good stuff and great party music... but didn't have the under-produced grit I loved in 80s punk. Some really great stuff in the 2010s, too, like White Lung and Amyl and The Sniffers.
Great review, Randy. Two questions: do Bouncing Souls get their name from the Beatles album, and is the Agora a play on agoraphobia? If so, cool, on both counts. You should do more of these; you have a music journalist's eye. Very enjoyable.
Though I am now past such activities (too damned expensive now anyway), here's a shortlist of bands and artists I did get to see before my life shrunk to the size of my house for 17-odd years.
LONDON: Hawkwind, Marillion and Manowar (1984)
SLANE: Bruce Springsteen, Queen
DUBLIN: Rory Gallagher, Peter Gabriel, Mama's Boys, BB King, Steve Earle, Chris de Burgh, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Status Quo ("End of the Road" tour - they're still going twenty years later!
), Suzanne Vega, Marillion, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Michael Schenker Group, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Richard Clayderman, Elkie Brooks, Barry Manilow (took me ma, shut up), Nanci Griffith, Judie Tzuke, Bryan Adams - that's all that comes to mind.
I once won a ticket to see the reformed Eagles, gave it to my brother.
I'm furious I missed the chance to see Waits. I bought a ticket for my other brother for his birthday as he was a huge fan, but couldn't afford one myself, and was only sort of getting into his music at the time. Wasted opportunity.
Though I am now past such activities (too damned expensive now anyway), here's a shortlist of bands and artists I did get to see before my life shrunk to the size of my house for 17-odd years.
LONDON: Hawkwind, Marillion and Manowar (1984)
SLANE: Bruce Springsteen, Queen
DUBLIN: Rory Gallagher, Peter Gabriel, Mama's Boys, BB King, Steve Earle, Chris de Burgh, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Status Quo ("End of the Road" tour - they're still going twenty years later!
), Suzanne Vega, Marillion, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Michael Schenker Group, Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Richard Clayderman, Elkie Brooks, Barry Manilow (took me ma, shut up), Nanci Griffith, Judie Tzuke, Bryan Adams - that's all that comes to mind.I once won a ticket to see the reformed Eagles, gave it to my brother.
I'm furious I missed the chance to see Waits. I bought a ticket for my other brother for his birthday as he was a huge fan, but couldn't afford one myself, and was only sort of getting into his music at the time. Wasted opportunity.