Blog: Strange Reaction

Symbol Six, RF7, White Flag Down, The Gypz, The Perverts The Redwood, Los Angeles, CA Friday, January 27, 2012 Admission $5.00 Time: 9:00 PM This place is pretty cool to hang out, lots of seating, but if you want to see the stage get in close. There are only a couple of booths to sit at, otherwise, you're chancing the pit.. As a, somewhat, regular to this club I swoop into the parking lot, pay my $5.00, walk around the corner, and I'm in like Flynn. By [...]

T.S.O.L. Disappear June 26, 2001 Nitro Records Jack Grisham - Vocals Ron Emory - Guitar Mike Roche - Bass Jay O'Brien - Drums 1. Motivate 2. Sodomy 3. Crybaby 4. Anticop 5. Terrible People 6. Pyro 7. In My Head 8. Renounce 9. Socialite 10. Wasted 11. Automatic 12. Paranoid 13. Disappear I have owned every TSOL album ever produced at one time or another, with the exception of the Joe Wood albums, and [...]

Symbol Six, Piss 'N Blood, White Flag Down, Clepto, No Victor On The Rox, Hollywood, CA Thursday, January 5, 2011 Admission $5.00 Time: 9:00 PM So, I snuck out on a Thursday night. I'm pretty much a fuddy-duddy, I've only done weeknight shows four or five times in my life. And I notice the older I get the harder it is to get my shit together the next day. Anyway, I heard there was going to be a fairly big show at the club above the Roxy called [...]

My Top 10 Bassists Number 10 Evan Shanks Evan took over bass duties from bassist Donny Brook (Symbol Six), and has been kicking ass up and down the West Coast. With a new EP ready to drop you can check him out first hand. Number 9 Jean Beauvoir Most people only knew him as the black dude with the white Mohawk from The Plasmatics. He also [...]

!"   Symbol Six, Piss 'N Blood, White Flag Down, Clepto, No Victor On The Rox, Hollywood, CA Thursday, January 5, 2011 Admission $5.00 Time: 9:00 PM So, I snuck out on a Thursday night. I'm pretty much a fuddy-duddy, I've only done weeknight shows four or five times in my life. And I notice the older I get the harder it is to get my shit together the next day. Anyway, I [...]

Dropkick Murphys The Warrior's Code Label: Hellcat Records Released: June 21, 2005 Al Barr – lead vocals Ken Casey – bass guitar, lead vocals Matt Kelly – drums, bodhran, vocals James Lynch – guitar, vocals Josh "Scruffy" Wallace – bagpipes, tin whistle Tim Brennan – guitar, mandolin accordion, vocals Jeff DaRosa – acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, keyboard, mandolin, whistle, organ, vocals 1. Your Spirit's Alive – 2:21 2. The Warrior's Code – 2:30 3. Captain Kelly's Kitchen (Courtin' in the Kitchen traditional) – [...]

My Top 10 Pre-Punk Albums Number 10 The Who – Who Are You This album came out in 1978; I think I got it at that time. Pete Townshend said He wrote this album to bridge the gap between progressive rock and punk. The song I continually played was 905, a song written and sang by bassist John Entwistle. It was about a man who was cloned in a lab, and struggling with not having his own life. I [...]

Chinese Telephones & Dear Landlord Split July 9, 2007 It's Alive Records Dear Landlord Adam- Bass/Vocals Brad- Drums/Words Brett- Vocals/Guitar Zack- Vocals, Guitar Chinese Telephones Gorky-Drums Daniel James-Guitar Andy Junk-Bass/vocals Justin Telephone-Guitar/vocals 1. Dear Landlord - Three To The Beach 2. Dear Landlord - I'm Not Sayin Get'er Done, But Don't Just Stand There 3. Chinese Telephones - All Right 4. Chinese Telephones - Prescription Pills And Medical Bills I bought this seven inch split some [...]

Punk Attitude 2005 – IFC Pictures Directed by: Don Letts Jello Biafra Bob Gruen John Holmstrom Chrissie Hynde Jim Jarmusch Darryl Jenifer David Johansen Mick Jones Wayne Kramer Glen Matlock Legs McNeil Thurston Moore Tommy Ramone Henry Rollins Captain Sensible Paul Simonon Siouxsie Sioux Pat Smear Poly Styrene Ari Up Originally shown on IFC, which I missed, this was released on DVD soon afterward. This has become one of my favorite films. [...]

The Unforgiven The Unforgiven 1986 Elektra Records John Henry Jones aka Steve Jones (vocals, guitar) Johnny Hickman (guitar, vocals) Todd Ross (guitar) Just Jones aka Mike (guitar) Mike Finn (bass) Alan Waddington (drums) 1. All Is Quiet On The Western Front 2. Hang 'Em High 3. I Hear The Call 4. Roverpack 5. Cheyenne 6. The Gauntlet 7. With My Boots On 8. The Ghost Dance 9. The Loner 10. The Preacher 11. Grace [...]

Top 10 Punk Drummers Number 10 Charlie Quintana Charlie has been at this for a long-ass time; his time with the Plugz, Cruzados, and recently Social Distortion. Charlie's style meshes with every band he sits in with. Number 9 Topper Headon Topper performed great drumming for the Clash; his heroin addiction got him booted from an otherwise flawless career with the band. Number 8 Tommy Ramone [...]

Various Artists This Is Our Culture Label: A Dying Breed Records Released: 2011 Bleach Battalion Ressiduo Youngblood Armada Oi! Spirit Of The Patriot Combate 49 Sangre X Sangre Fighting 84 Major Disappointment 1. Bleach Battalion – Hatred 2. Bleach Battalion – Loyalty 3. Ressiduo - Cabeza Rapada (Colombia) 4. Ressiduo - Nuestra Tierra (Colombia) 5. Youngblood - Fist City (After Hours Version) 6. Armada Oi! - Orgullo Skinhead (Peru) 7. Armada Oi! - Anos De Dolor (Peru) [...]

Number 10 Eric Leach At a time when punk bands seem to rely solely on their back catalog, Leach and Symbol Six have bypassed the whole nostalgia circuit and perform almost a new and much harder set of songs. While most of their contemporaries have a wall of security around the stage or some kind of stainless-steel barricade, Leach is in the pit banging with the best of them. Number 9 Darby Crash Darby had charisma, but was always [...]

No Control, Sidekick, No Advisory, Symbol Six, Killroy, Guttermouth Weber's, Reseda, CA Sunday, December 19, 2011 Admission $12.00 Time: 8:30 PM I was hanging out with record label owner a while back, and said label owner was telling me about this quirk that Tim Armstrong, of Rancid, is said to have about going to shows. He (rumor has it) doesn't like to be out in public. He'll be invited to shows, he'll decline, but if he's harassed into going, he'll show up, say "Hi" to everyone, excuse himself to go [...]

The Clash Bankrobber Label: CBS Records Released: 1980 Joe Strummer – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Mick Jones – lead guitar, vocals Paul Simonon – bass guitar, backing vocals Topper Headon – drums, percussion 1. Bankrobber 2. Rocker's Galore I have always loved this song. With the haunting vocals, and slowed down beat. In some ways I could relate to it. I never robbed a bank, but I understand doing what you have to do to survive, and the line "never hurt nobody." [...]

Million Kids Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time Released September 6, 2011 Producer Josh Casper BC Caldwell - Guitar, Vocals Kim Masters - Bass, Vocals Matt Irwin - Drums, Vocals Josh Casper - Guitar 1. Boom Goes The Bomb 1:35 2. Summertime 3:28 3. Violence 2:19 4. Sushi 3:01 5. The Middle 3:04 6. The Devil 3:15 7. Love Vs. Hate 3:06 8. On The Brink 2:50 9. Dirty Dolls 3:46 10. Misfit Love 3:24 11. Vain [...]

Various Artists Tooth and Nail Label: Upsetter Records Released: 1979 Controllers Flesh Eaters UXA Negative Trend Middle Class Germs Controllers - Another Day Controllers - Electric Church Controllers - Jezebel Flesh Eaters - The Word Goes Flesh Flesh Eaters - Pony Dress Flesh Eaters - Version Nation UXA - Social Circle UXA - UXA Negative Trend - I Got Power Negative Trend - Mercenaries Middle Class - Love Is Just a Tool Middle Class - [...]

Sparkplug Magazine Issues: 1, 2, 3, and 4 Released: January/February 2011 Featured: OFF! Rikk Agnew Symbol Six Redd Kross Million Kids White Flag Down For a short time in history (three issues back in 2010) a little magazine existed called Flipside 2010. It was a fun magazine, some music, some art, and some comics. Good stuff. Then one day it croaked. I was bummed. Why, you ask? Well, issues two and three had my Mike Check in it. And [...]

Dicky B. Hardy I Whistle You Dance Label: Taang! Records Released: 1999 Niko Novak - vocals Dule Teslic - guitar Igor Stupnik - guitar Klemen Selan - drums 1. Berlin 2.10,000 Beers Ago 3. Who's Your Buster, Dolly 4. Prick Party 5. Trouble 6. Handy Man 7. Who Cares For the Hookers? 8. I Can Sink Anything 9. Dancing Lips 10. Lizard's Tongue 11. Dicking Around 12. Fucked up Hero This band is like a [...]

The Livingstons Queen of the Tweekers Released: March 8, 2011 Record Label: Kingtweeker Records Michael Livingston: Guitar and Vocals Danny Dorman: Bass and backing Vocals Alex Gomez: Drums and backing Vocals 1. City of Angels (Goin' to Hell) 2. Culture's like a knife 3. Helladay 4. Holy Metal Box 5. Queen of the Tweekers 6. Yee Mee Lou 7. Carbomb What we have here is a combination of the best of the first wave of punk rock, think 999, think Weirdos, [...]