Is punk rock really worth revisiting again and again? Do OG punk bands, irregardless of their vintage merit really need to tour every few years to "keep the fire burning". Yes and no. Yes if the intent is true to original punk rock worth as a matter of social consciousness and the DIY ethos. No as an oldies revue, which is what all the reunions and yacking often are. By going over and over the ancient tried and once true routines we've lost the ability to create something out of nothing. And that is what is really missing. It's scary to look back and realize that just about everything since that initial wave of punk rock has been formulaic, and much of punk was that as well. The inception of hip hop, or rap as it was referred to then, is about the last time things changed in a big way, really made something out if nothing. Is inventiveness dead?
That's my sourpuss mood for the night after seeing a post at Brooklyn Vegan. It's about a panel discussion that had on hand Henry Rollins, Duff McKagen, John Lydon, Harley Flanagan, Marky Ramone and Donita Sparks. What a shit show, the highlight of which is the bickering of Lydon and Ramone. A blowhard frontman with a genuine CV vs a, let's just face it, adequate drummer with a excess of self-important pomp. It's rich, I tell ya, and Marky Ramone comes off looking stuck in the past (with the signature bowl cut and leather that he's been wearing for forty years) and clueless about anything outside of his sphere, the Ramones and Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the band he was in before joining the Ramones. Lydon just makes you think "Ah, good ol' Johnny, the dude's still his loudmouth self." And that's just the two of them. There are other moments worth watching but I'm too lazy and I've taken too much of your time. Go make something.
That's my sourpuss mood for the night after seeing a post at Brooklyn Vegan. It's about a panel discussion that had on hand Henry Rollins, Duff McKagen, John Lydon, Harley Flanagan, Marky Ramone and Donita Sparks. What a shit show, the highlight of which is the bickering of Lydon and Ramone. A blowhard frontman with a genuine CV vs a, let's just face it, adequate drummer with a excess of self-important pomp. It's rich, I tell ya, and Marky Ramone comes off looking stuck in the past (with the signature bowl cut and leather that he's been wearing for forty years) and clueless about anything outside of his sphere, the Ramones and Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the band he was in before joining the Ramones. Lydon just makes you think "Ah, good ol' Johnny, the dude's still his loudmouth self." And that's just the two of them. There are other moments worth watching but I'm too lazy and I've taken too much of your time. Go make something.
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Visit:Johnny Rotten, Henry Rollins & Marky Ramone walk into a panel… (anarchy ensued) at Brooklyn Vegan Four videos and a story.
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