turbobrick
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It’s too bad we lost GG Allin back in ‘93, he’d have been just the man for the job.This would be a fun crowd to let your kids hang out with.
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BigHornRam
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Don't know who that is, but would wager the life expectancy for this genre is rather short.
recon6036
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This thread kind of relates to the Devil’s Lettuce thread
JohnCushman
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I think Rancid made punk radio friendly and killed a whole genre. Green Day and the Offspring are a joke.
I remember snowboarding down the face of KT-22 at Squaw Valley when I was a young teen, listening to a live small venue concert of pennywise playing at the bottom of the mountain. Rode right up to edge of the mosh pit, kicked off my board and joined in. Some things in life you never forget.
turbobrick
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From wiki: actual birth name, Jesus Christ Allin; August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American musician who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. His live performances often featured transgressive acts, including self-mutilation, defecating on stage, and assaulting audience members, for which he was arrested and imprisoned on multiple occasions.
He was at best a bi-polar heroin addict raised by an insane and abusive father. GG planned to kill himself on stage during one of his ‘concerts’ but was done in by a massive heroin overdose instead.
Sir,
Glenn Danzig (Misfits, Samhain, Danzig) qualifies for Medicaid.
Henry Rollins is 63
Jello Biafra is 65
and
John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, turns 69 this year.
They may not be the picture of longevity and health that Keith Richards is, but the "Oi not Soy" lifestyle is no harbinger of early death anymore than southern rock, et al.
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Been waiting for the first “more punk than you” comment. Ha!
The Lookout and Epitaph bands were my gateway drug. Quickly moved onto the harder stuff, then annoyed all my friends by going on about how much the Lookout and Epitaph bands sucked.
turbobrick
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We all find our own place within a genre. The Offspring made me ignore my overbearing parents’ wishes that I didn’t listen to them, but I settled in a little more hardcore than that overall. IMO the real unfriendly punk wasn’t on the radio much anyway, you had to seek that stuff out.
GG lived 10 years long than:
Jimi Hendricks
Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin
Amy Winehouse
Kurt Cobain
Pigpen
Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man)
et al.
So, punk saves lives?
turbobrick
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Or maybe a bad penny always turns up?
Or maybe in GG’s own words: "…you don't get what you expect—you get what you deserve."
BigHornRam
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You got that right. Southern rockers are flirting with disaster every day!
noharleyyet
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I'm surprised you made it out of Houston alive...
Hot dogs up his a$$ and all!
Probably cause Canada sucks
some things yes, other things way better than the States.
At least if I break a leg they don't have to put me down like an old dog cause I can't afford the medical bills even with insurance.
