Showing posts with label VIOLENT FEMMES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VIOLENT FEMMES. Show all posts
FUCKING ADVERTISING
I hate adverts and I fucking hate advertisers, FUCK OFF! This is one of many reasons why I fucking hate them, stealing a classic Violent Femmes song, 'Blister In The Sun' and trying to cover it completely but then totally ruining it by having a really fucking annoying singer try to sound like the Violent Femmes but not, and to make it even worse they changed the lyrics, from 'I'm high as a kite' to 'I fly like a kite', twats! It's nearly as bad as that ORANGE ADVERT a couple months back.
SLASH ZINES
Ive been trying to buy these suckas for a while on eBay, but they always go for stoopid money, in the mean time Ive just found this GREAT SITE which seems to be compiling all of the zines (so far they have the first 3), the only annoying thing is the text is too small to read, but I shouldn't complain really. Slash started off as the zines above in 1977 (Year Zero) folding 3 years later but they went on to create SLASH RECORDS, the leading LA punk record label of the late 70's/early 80's releasing records for some of my favourite bands including, X, The Germs, Violent Femmes, Fear, The Blasters and The Misfits.
THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PT.1
The Decline of Western Civilization Pt.1 is a documentary following the L.A. punk scene from 1979 to 1980. For some reason, the L.A. punk scene never really gets the credit it deserves compared to London and New York, I guess those 2 where first but with bands such as The Germs, X, Fear, Black Flag (pre Henry Rollins) and The Circle Jerks who are all in this brilliant documentary you cant really ignore it can you. It also follows the beginning of Slash Records who started out as a fanzine but went on to release records for X, The Misfits, Violent Femmes, Gun Club and The Knitters to name but a few. This documentary is worth watching just for the footage of Darby Crash.
To watch the film full screen click HERE.
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