Depeche Mode-New Life

Warren Zevon-Poor poor Pitiful me

Propagandhi and All You Can Eat put on one of my all-time favorite shows back in 1993. There was only about 20 of us there, and the two bands set up on stage together and tag-teamed songs. About halfway through they had everyone play Red light-green light. It was just a ridiculously fun show.

So, based on your definition of punk, where do the Minutemen and fIREHOSE sit? Or for that matter the Hopebombs, Schlong, Kittycat Spy Club, Brent's TV, or the Ne'er Do Wells, hell even Fifteen? These are all bands that don't fit a narrow definition of punk, but were definitely part of the scene(s). I think it comes…

Popless was so good, and like you, it is what got me hooked on this site.

1994 was the year of Emo. So much so, that my friends created a band called Emo Summer to make fun of all the bands that were around at the time.

There's a relatively recent Mythbusters episode with Alton on it. They cook a Thanksgiving turkey on the engine block of a car. The mash up of the two shows works quite well.

A Quick One from the Rock n Roll Circus is just amazing. If you watch that and see how amazing Entwistle is, how crazy Moon is, and just how the band jells and still don't get them. I'm not sure you will ever get into them.

When the apocalypse happens, all that will be left is Lemmy and Shane roaming the Earth, and neither will be able to understand each other.

With the Todd VanderWerff review earlier, I thought we had lost Donna! Glad to see she is here to finish us out.

I saw them at Gilman in 93. I had never heard of them, but they blew me away. Sadly, I've lost my tape of Satiate that I bought from them at that show, and I'm not a huge fan of the re-recorded (or maybe just re-engineered) version that came out on Lookout. That's mainly because my ears got so used to the more mono,…

Awesome to see Grimple mentioned. I loved their first EP and the first album. When they started doing more metal tinged things later in the 90's I lost interest, but those first two poppy hardcore records were great.

I use Prisoner of Benda way too much as my example of how brilliant this show can be. I mean how often do you get an episode of TV that is a literally a math proof.

While I realize this is a music column, I'm curious to see if Jason touches on zines from the time. Cometbus was a constant companion of mine throughout the decade, and there were many others, big and small, that helped shape the music and scene of that decade.

I have mixed feelings about Ben, and I think you summed them up perfectly. He could write some great songs, but he is such a raging asshole (always was, but it seems to have gotten worse in the 2000's) that it has started to color my view on the music. And yes, from another former punk turned suburban dad, that line…

I remember going to a Fugazi show in 1995 (I think) and the tickets were 6 bucks, and the kid in front of me said, "Man, they sold out, they said they would never charge more that 5."

Heller, I am looking forward to this series. As a kid who came from the Bay Area punk scene, also playing in bands and promoting shows, I'm curious how similar and different your views of those years will be. I think we have both had the odd experience of watching friends from that time become big (relatively…

The story of them moving down to Athens Georgia to stalk REM is hilarious.

Ever listen to AC/DC? Practically, their entire catalog is built on the riff being the hook.

"I was quite smitten with him."
In that statement from the scene in the park mentioned by Noel, Watt shows how much the loss of Boon affects him still, and how much the Boon meant to him.