The Misfits are playing tonight at the Orange Peel, and I won’t be going. I used to love The Misfits, and I still dig what they do, but it’s just not same.
They’re without Glen Danzig, and honestly, without him, it’s just not The Misfits I grew up with. Jerry Only is appropriately named, it turns […]

Why is it that foreigners seem to make better punk?
These cats are from Sweden, and they’ve made a couple of the most listenable and aggressive albums in the past few years. They’re fixing to come out with a new one, and I’m waiting with bated breath.
So, for your consideration, I submit “Hate to Say I […]

I used to get an inordinant amount of shit from my buddies for liking They Might Be Giants. Not punk enough, I suppose. Too arty. Too bouncy.
But - they’re still around and still making great music. They’re at the Orange Peel in a couple of weeks. I won’t go. I’ll regret it in a couple […]

Fugazi’s “13 Songs” is possibly one of the finest post-punk records of all times. “Burning Too” and “Waiting Room” are classics in my book. Then again, my “book” is also filled with some lame crap - but at least I have some things in there that make me sound cool.
You’ve got the angst, mixed with […]

Pretty boys and sex symbols with good production and real studio time selling bunches of cds and doing shows with lots of screaming girls and real printed posters and air conditioning. Good skin and expensive clothes.
I submit that today’s mainstream “punk” is no more punk than Stevie Wonder. Quite probably - much less.
The immediacy is […]