{"id":1232,"date":"2010-07-24T15:36:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T19:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punkoutlaw.com\/po09\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2010-07-25T21:27:07","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T01:27:07","slug":"british-street-punk-invades-u-s-gbh-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punkoutlawblog.com\/2010\/07\/british-street-punk-invades-u-s-gbh-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"British Street Punk Invades U.S. – GBH in NYC!"},"content":{"rendered":"

GBH<\/a> played Highline Ballroom in NYC last night and it was wild, raucous and fun as hell. These guys have been around since the late 1970s and as lead singer, Collin, pointed out, the members are proud to be a part of the over 40 age groupnand still going strong.<\/p>\n

They’ve been playing in NYC since the 1990s and by the looks of things haven’t lost a thing. They played song after song after song to a packed ballroom, full of a diverse group of punks as only NYC has.<\/p>\n

I saw a trio of punks before the show who originally hailed from Mexico and were kind enough to let me snap a pic. Then I saw my buddy John, a chef from Colombia, who I interviewed for Punktology a few months back. John introduced me to one of his hardcore pals originally from Venezuela.<\/p>\n

My amigo Andy Shaw who hails from Taiwan was there with his girlfriend and my friend Karen (from Australia) and Mike (from Staten Island) were also there to see these living legends from Birmingham, England… a true international punk crowd. Oh by the way, I’m representing Tennessee. You get the picture, diverse backgrounds and GBH and appreciation of punk music brought us all together.<\/p>\n

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Outernational's Singer Was Battling Laryngitis <\/p><\/div>\n

I arrived in time to check out Outernational <\/a>who I’d heard lots about but had never gotten the chance to catch their show live. Not sure I got the full treatment because the lead singer had laryngitis<\/a>, you know the condition that makes you sound like your whispering when you talk?<\/p>\n

Talk about bad timing, your lead singer has Laryngitis when opening for the legendary Charged GBH! Nonetheless the guys had a pretty good plan to deal with the situation. Each of the band members alternated singing lead vocals and even some folks in the crowd got in the act.<\/p>\n

I liked about Outernational’s lyrics and their general theme which is “no borders, no banks, no tanks, no wars, no nations”. It sort of sums up how I feel and I decided to support them by buying a t-shirt that says just that.\u00a0 I also plunked down $5 to get their CD and see what they sound like with a lead singer without laryngitis.<\/p>\n

Outernational brought their own contingent of fans who more than made up for their lack of numbers by their vocal support.<\/p>\n