dave123 wrote: a record store in Tampa. .
FlexMyHead wrote:dave123 wrote: a record store in Tampa. .
Wait what? There is that store in St Pete that Tony from No Clubs has (Daddy Kool) but there is a store in Tampa? Where and what is it called?
Welly wrote:The only thing I don't get about Personality Crisis is the assertion in Chris Walters' book that they were always a 'rock' band and not 'punk'. The same goes for latter-day writings about bands like Replacements. The usual author revisionism to lift their subject matter above the topics' contemporaries?
To me, they played the same circuit, were on the same labels, the same compilations and bills as all the other punk bands of the day, back when ranks were far more closed stylistically than the present day. It sounded the same, smelled the same, had the same style artwork, the same song topics. Smells like bullshit to me.
Welly wrote:The only thing I don't get about Personality Crisis is the assertion in Chris Walters' book that they were always a 'rock' band and not 'punk'. The same goes for latter-day writings about bands like Replacements. The usual author revisionism to lift their subject matter above the topics' contemporaries?
To me, they played the same circuit, were on the same labels, the same compilations and bills as all the other punk bands of the day, back when ranks were far more closed stylistically than the present day. It sounded the same, smelled the same, had the same style artwork, the same song topics. Smells like bullshit to me.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:Thank you. Maybe they weren't as DIY as Husker Du or others, but the rest of what you wrote applies for sure. I listened to Stink (your favorite; I love it, too, but I'd go with Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash) yesterday and if that ain't punk in the Heartbreakers on booze and not dope mold, then those who say it ain't don't know it when they hear it!
Welly wrote:JGJR wrote:Thank you. Maybe they weren't as DIY as Husker Du or others, but the rest of what you wrote applies for sure. I listened to Stink (your favorite; I love it, too, but I'd go with Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash) yesterday and if that ain't punk in the Heartbreakers on booze and not dope mold, then those who say it ain't don't know it when they hear it!
I was going to mention Thunders in the Ryan Adams thread in relation to Replacements, ha ha.
I played Sorry Ma the other day, also great. I guess Stink and the 7" and my favourites as I heard them first though.
Also have Hootenanny. Wish I had all the later vinyl, but have never happened upon it.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:What does Thunders have to do with Ryan Adams, though?
Welly wrote:JGJR wrote:What does Thunders have to do with Ryan Adams, though?
Nothing, I was going to relate the Heartbreakers sneering rockin' to that of the Placemats.
Like, it's not a million miles from bands like the Joneses, who in their early days were not unlike either.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:Indeed. Keeping Up with the Joneses is part of my collection. Also related/worth checking out: The Humpers, anything on Rankoutsider, Pat Todd's label, like this band from Philly (songwriter's fave band is Replacements, not surprisingly).
Welly wrote:JGJR wrote:Indeed. Keeping Up with the Joneses is part of my collection. Also related/worth checking out: The Humpers, anything on Rankoutsider, Pat Todd's label, like this band from Philly (songwriter's fave band is Replacements, not surprisingly).
By Keeping up with the Joneses, they were more Glam.
We played with the Humpers at da Whisky-a-Go-Go.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:Welly wrote:JGJR wrote:Indeed. Keeping Up with the Joneses is part of my collection. Also related/worth checking out: The Humpers, anything on Rankoutsider, Pat Todd's label, like this band from Philly (songwriter's fave band is Replacements, not surprisingly).
By Keeping up with the Joneses, they were more Glam.
We played with the Humpers at da Whisky-a-Go-Go.
What's the stuff they did before then? I've never knowingly heard it, but am curious now.
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