The Ramones-Live at The San Francisco Civic Center Plaza 1979

My first Ramones post and it is a boot! Recorded live at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco in June of 1979. The Ramones played an afternoon show that was recorded by radio station KSAN. KSAN was a pretty cool FM radio station back in the day. Many boots that you see that was recorded live in the SF Bay Area was from the shows that KSAN put on. This is a good sounding boot and a great performance! I wish that I was old enough and smart enough to know that they played this show. I would have loved to have been there!

http://www.mediafire.com/?l3953wh58xo6hlo

UK Subs

Probably my fave lineup of The UK Subs

And a shameless plug of my old band The Forgotten with Charlie wearing a Forgotten t shirt

I just wanted to touch upon something I experienced last night. I went to a BBQ that was attended by a bunch of old high school friends and had a fantatic evening, eating and drinking! Anyways, after a fun evening my wife drives us back home and out comes the music for the hour long drive. I decided upon listening to The UK Subs album Brand New Age. Instantly I was transported back to a teenager and singing along to every song while my wife drove my drunken ass home. While listening to this album it reminded me of the sheer power, excellent musicianship, the fantastic production and just amazing songwriting. I know The Subs were looked down upon by the trendy London punk elite when they started, and the fact that some considered their following to be a little on the simplistic side, again the London elite??? But truth be told, this band was heads and shoulders above many. Their recorded output from 1977-1983 was STUNNING. From Stranglehold to Warhead. From the crushing assault of Endangered Species to Party In Paris. Then the amazing War of The Roses as Nicky and Co. leave Charlie, there is no doubt how damn good this band was. Live? The Subs could, and did wipe up the floor with just about any band. Today we still see Charlie and Alvin still at it, with Nicky joining on certain tours and recordings. I just wanted to shout out how much I love The UK Subs and I am glad that I have met them, listened to them, and how much joy they have given my life. Long live The UK Subs!

New Naked Raygun Single for 2011

Well after a long wait...#3 is to be released this month...Yeah!!!!!!!!!

The Drab

Since we are talking San Jose hardcore here. I thought I would let people know that The Drab have songs available on iTunes. Who are The Drab??? They were the 3rd band in the spikey hair axis. Sean Gregonis played in Grim Reality for awhile and then moved onto The Drab. After The Drab, Sean, myself and Lars Fredrikson started a band callled Slip. Slip would last 5 years and then become The Forgotten. Enough history here. Just get this over at iTunes. It is kinda simplistic but a good time piece. I dig it!

Executioner-Anthology

For those in the know, I interviewed Dave Burks awhile back on this blog. For those that are not familiar with Executioner, they were a band from San Jose that were part of the spiky hair axis of Executioner and Grim Reality (Jason Honea is the lead vocalist for that band before moving onto Social Unrest-I interviewed him too BTW). Anyways, this is for those that dig Crucifix, Bad Brains, Cro Mags meets Dishcarge and then hooks up in a bar with the San Jose hardcore sound ie Los Olvidados, and Drunk Injuns.....Speedy hardcore with some melatic tinges. I digress...This is a VERY comprehensive collection of 29 songs. Some live, some from the glory days, and some from the Growing Pains comp. and some songs recorded a few years ago. This just simply rages! Get it!!!!!!!

Jello Biafra and The Quantanamo School Of Medicine-Enhanced Methods of Questoning

More of what you would expect from Jello here. Nothing ground breaking musically or lyrically. Jello is being Jello here and I will take that any ole day! I would say this is just as good as the first release so do yourself a favor and find it and buy it. Or you can get it here:

http://punkrockoi.com/

The Afflicted-Good News About Mental Health

San Francisco punk band that existed in the mid 80's. Saw them open for Whipping Boy and Social Distortion at the New Varisty Theatre in Palo Alto. I thought The Afflicted were amazing and by far the best band playing that night. SD bored the crap outta me, but hey, I still love them! I cannot remember who gave me the file for this, so I will say thanks to however gave this to me. I think the bitrate on this is a tad low so the sound is not that great.
Ken
http://www.mediafire.com/?basbej4rfi4y28d#1