The Misfits - Land of the Dead

Now I know that there are those people out there that believe the Misfits could never exist without Danzig and although without him it just isn't quite the same they still make some damn fine records. Take for example the new single "Land of the Dead" I just aquired it and have played it 3 times already it is that good. Both tracks have instantly memorable chorus's that the Misfits are known for. Just had to throw a little plug in for this great new release.

Cheers

Angry

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The Adicts-Life Goes On

I really don't think that know one that follows this blog knows that I am a bit of a fan of The Adicts. Well last night I got to hear their newest effort and I have to say that this is brings right back into the limelight here. This album is so good that it stands up rather nicely to their early 1980's output. Yes it is that good. Please do yourself a favor and check this out if you can. Damn fine catchy punk rock by Monkey and the guys!!!!
Ken

Sad Sad News

A few days ago I found out that Brendan Mullen, the booker for The Masque club in Hollywood in 1977-1978 had died of a stroke. Many of you readers will see a common theme in my music posts. The theme is California punk rock from 1977-1982ish. Well Brendan was born in Scotland and moved to sunny California, stumbled upon a basement in the seedy Hollywood area and originally had intentions to use this basement for rehearsals for bands. Well it turned into an illegal club and basically was LA's answer to CBGBs or The Mabuhay Gardens. If it was not for this mans insight, bands like The Go Go's, Dickies, X, Fear, Germs, Weirdos, Plugz, Dils, and others that I am forgetting would never have had the stage to start out on. Aside from starting LA's first punk club, he also authored We Got The Neutron Bomb, which was a nice book about the early LA punk scene. RIP my man.

Guitar Gangsters - Badge of Honour

Sorry this isn't a link for the download but just some promotion for a very underated band who I love and I know Kenny does also. Fantastic singalong melodic punk rock. The Guitar Gangsters never cease to amaze me and this new release carries on the tradition. Get over to this site and purchase it now as you won't regret it!

http://www.rilrec-shop.de/

Cheers

Angry

Let Them Know-The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO

For those that don't know, I am a very BIG fan of the band CH3. Really I mean I love that band allot. Well this album has just been release and contains bands covering other bands that recorded on BYO or covering Youth Brigade songs. It is a pretty cool comp. with the likes of Leatherface, CH3, Cute Lepers, NOFX, Pennywise and such. The reason that I am bringing up this comp. is that I saw a CH3 video on Youtube and they did a video for the song Scratches and Needles that was originally done by the wonderful band The Nils who hail from Angry's neck of the woods in Canada. After seeing this video I have not been able to get enough of this version of the song. In my humble opinion I think the CH3 version is better. Just my thoughts! If this interests you readers, please go out and find this comp. or if you want to hear the song for free, go over to Youtube and check out Channel 3 covering Scratches and Needles. It is awesome!!!

Ken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-WCN1mhsw

My Teams

Nothing better than sitting down and watching your favorite team on their day. Sundays are just awesome. Something about the weather changing to fall, the crisp air and football. As you can see from the picture above, I am a SF 49er fan. My team has won 5 Super Bowls. More than most of your teams. I could care less if your team has won one in the past 5 or so years. My team has 5. I have been a fan since 1969, and I will be for the rest of my time on this earth.

Same goes for my beloved Giants who I had to sit and watch lose last night in the City by The Bay. Tough losing to the Satan loving Dodgers. YOU ARE blue scum. Blue is bullshit. I hate every Dodger fan in existence (well the one's that are SO called friends, and others that are supposedly family that has crossed to the dark side, those folks are barely ok....kidding). I saw many fights last night, allot of pointing fingers, and heckling. Loads of arrests too. Ahhh what a way to spend a Saturday night huh. I have been a fan of my SF Giants since 1969 too. 1969 was the year that I was taken to Candlestick Park and had the pleasure of being indoctrinated into my teams. I will be a fan of my Giants until the day I die. I love my team.

Today is dedicated to my 49ers making a clean start and back to greatness. I love my teams!

If you don't like this post or don't like my teams, well then you too can fuck off.

Ken

Edit: both my teams won today. The SF 49ers beat the best team from the Conference and Div. In fact, for those that don't know, The Cardinals were in the Super Bowl 9 months or so ago. They are good, real good. My team beat them on great defence and some timely plays. I am on my way to enjoy my Sunday night, have a little drink and some dinner and reflect on how well both my teams did today. You see, as I told you earlier, I love my teams.

On the music front, their will be some new posts coming down in the near future. I have changed jobs, and I am adjusting to a whole new schedule. I am back to working in my old hometown of San Jose, which I am thrilled about. Be patient, Angry and I have some cool stuff in store for ya!
Ken

Stratford Mercenaries

Found this on the web this morning and I have playing this all morning long. Yes all morning long. Some of you may know who Stratford Mercenaries are. This band consisted of Steve Ignorant, the drummer of Lack Of Knowledge-The Buzzcocks, and I think the guitar player from Dirt? Well if you think this sounds like Crass you will be mistaken. Cutting edge punk here for sure, and at times it reminds me of Sham 69. No shit really. My old band supported The Stratford Mercenaries in San Francisco around 1997 or so. I really did not watch to much of the gig for some reason. I do however remember loading out to head home and Steve Ignorant was hanging about outside and he complimented me on our band and how well we played that day. Wow! That was real cool. Well, search this out, it is worth the efffort. If you cannot find it, and someone wants me to upload the tracks, let me know.
Ken