Another evening, another “revenge” concert show in NYC. This one featured the legendary and resurgent female punk band Bikini Kill and yep, they “killed it.” Under threat of rain (it was again Pier 17’s Rooftop downtown NYC) and variant (yes, you-know-what is surging again), the crowd stretched around the entire seaport, surprising my silly expectations. I […]
I knew little about GBH, other than they were legends, they were street punks from the UK and they had been around for a while (oh, and I love their music), and that was good enough for me.
I’ve heard a lot of punk bands in my life… from all over the world. From Asia to Latin America to Russia, Europe and the U.S. and I’ve heard some really good (and yes, some not so good) punk, ska, reggae, rockabilly & psychobilly music. But on my very first trip to the continent […]
August 4th, 2010: So I took the hour or so train ride out to Wantagh, Long Island to experience Social Distortion’s 2010 summer tour last night. I arrived around 8pm and the 1st warm up band was playing. I normally like to give props to warm up bands and try to help them get their […]