I guess I'll never be a "crusty", I like showers too much.
In my full on traveler train-hopper crusty days i went 1 year and 4 months without a shower. A couple swims in rivers/lakes was as close as i got in that whole time to bathing.
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Discharge/Crass
- Thread starter Hutzbordello
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In my full on traveler train-hopper crusty days i went 1 year and 4 months without a shower. A couple swims in rivers/lakes was as close as i got in that whole time to bathing.
There's a name I made up for that at the punk shows, Stayaways.
Call me weird but I hate being dirty.
DISCHARGE - THE HARDEST OF THE HARDCORE - that is, until Cal wigged out, Bones left to join Broken Bones, and they became a lame "metal" band. Really too bad.
In case you're not aware, they've been playing out again for a few years with Rat from the Varukers on vocals, the brothers Roberts on guitar and drums (Bones and Tezz), and Rainy on bass (except for the show I saw a few years ago; I guess Rainy wasn't allowed into the US for some reason
).But since this is a bass forum - let's give RAINY his due - THE sickest hardcore bass player ever - tonewise and stylewise. His sound on Hear Nothing is sick, but perhaps even moreso on the WHY album. And then there are all of those old 7" singles...a younger Discharge, raw and raging.
And yeah, I still listen to them. Pretty regularly, actually.
Crass was cool, too. Didn't get into them nearly as much.
Actually, Crass was probably one of the more musically advanced punk bands, a lot of their songs were based off classical music pieces. The "untightness" and shrill sound of the records was, in part, because they couldn't afford better, but also secured the band as a political entity by making them unmarketable to the pop audience. Amazingly, much less talented bands don't sound nearly as chaotic as Crass does, that sort of thing takes a lot of skill and time to pull off.
I don't think anyone else's mentioned The Ex, who are a great Dutch Anarcho-band, still going (I think) today. Their first few albums have a Crass meets post-punk vibe to them, but their later stuff is all over the place: avant-garde mixed with classical and African folk and afro-pop. I saw them last year backing an old Afro-funk dude whose name escapes me and they were fantastic.
Ive always wanted to do the trainhopper/hitch across the country thang but the thought of not being able to play restricts me
also Zounds are amazing, did he jump or was he pushed, so good
also Zounds are amazing, did he jump or was he pushed, so good
A few more not mentioned before:
(concentrating on the UK scene here, I know The Ex are high in the rankings too however)
The Mob
Omega Tribe
Icons of Filth
Was Conflict mentioned?
Amebix
ANTISECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anti system
Poison Girls
Toxic Waste
Disrupters
The System
Alternative
Chumbawamba's first 7"
.....
(concentrating on the UK scene here, I know The Ex are high in the rankings too however)
The Mob
Omega Tribe
Icons of Filth
Was Conflict mentioned?
Amebix
ANTISECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anti system
Poison Girls
Toxic Waste
Disrupters
The System
Alternative
Chumbawamba's first 7"
.....
Those days are DIRECTLY responsible for me learning to play acoustic guitar. Sure, i missed my rumbly grumbly bass... but music is music to a musician. I played a few washtub basses in those months too to get my bass fix!
ah, good. i was hoping someone other than me would remember them as well.
"artwork by stolen rotting pens"...
RIP Stiggy.
Back in highschool i turned the star on the side of my Chuck Taylor shoes into an Icons of Filth logo.
Which reminds me....
Does it bother/weird out anyone that no bands really do the 'iconic symbol' thing any more?? Crass, Conflict, Icons of Filth, Dead Kennedys, Wasted Youth, DRI.... a big theme of the 80's punk bands was having a symbol associated with your act (much to the delight of my monotone binder covers, and the shagrin of City Maitenence crews via-graffiti).
i cant really think of too many bands in the past 10-15 years that have really done the same image association as the older bands...
Does it bother/weird out anyone that no bands really do the 'iconic symbol' thing any more?? Crass, Conflict, Icons of Filth, Dead Kennedys, Wasted Youth, DRI.... a big theme of the 80's punk bands was having a symbol associated with your act (much to the delight of my monotone binder covers, and the shagrin of City Maitenence crews via-graffiti).
i cant really think of too many bands in the past 10-15 years that have really done the same image association as the older bands...
It just depends on what you are looking at. Concrete Facelift has a circle with CFL in arranged into a crassish symbol. (skate punk)
Christian Club has a pentagram with an upside down cross.
Titanarum has the "corpse flower".
Appalachain Terror Unit has the flaming moonshine jug, I love that one.
But I do get what you mean. Most of the bands have just the name in some crazy font.
Also Career Suicide has a nice logo: simple and recognizable.
Our logo back in the eighties was some sort of punk with a guitar thru his head:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2985502718_f32ae0fca1.jpg?v=0
Our logo back in the eighties was some sort of punk with a guitar thru his head:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2985502718_f32ae0fca1.jpg?v=0
Ain't No Feeble Bastard came on shuffle today. I'd forgotten how awesome that song was.
I gotta dig out my State Violence, State Control/Doomsday 7".
I gotta dig out my State Violence, State Control/Doomsday 7".
I preferred the bands that had the most original elements:
Flowers in the Dustbin
Lost Cheerees
Class War
The Mob
Rudimentary Peni
I love Crass's Penis Envy album; the bass lines on that album are their best overall.
Flowers in the Dustbin
Lost Cheerees
Class War
The Mob
Rudimentary Peni
I love Crass's Penis Envy album; the bass lines on that album are their best overall.
I 've heard that the Feeding of the 5000 is being reissued with complete remastering and loads of extra tracks...It should be available already, on Southern Records I presume.
