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Pen Cap Chew Issue #1 - a music (esp. nirvana and
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The world's unoffical noise and DIY newsletter
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Punk rock
is dead!!!!!!
How it died and the things that killed it
Bands that come afterward
Inside:
2: Punk is dead and we all know it. The nine reasons it died
3: Confusion is next: Now that our favoirte music is dead, what bands are there?
4: Reviews of Sonic Youth
5: now for something fun, Anarchy in the internet. What you can find.
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? Nice while it lasted: The death of punk
In 1994, there was no punk resurgence, only death. Espically the death of Kurt Cobain. Listen up, K was the ultimate punk. His attiude, music, everything. This guy was pissed off and like Henry Rolis Johnny Rotten, Brett Gurewitz and others, he let us know. He also told thousands of people thatthrewas music beyond Guns n' Roses.
But Green day came along and sold out as much as they could. They played Woodstock and Lollopalozzar the sake of money. And they admit to it. Nobody knows why it came back to die. I doubt it was da n the first place. Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Minuitemen, and the Meat Puppets didn't let it ie Hre's the nine things that killed it.
1. MTV. enough said?
2. Major Labels. When Capitol and DGC began to bribe punk bands, they couldn't resist. The DIY aste has been killed by this. Oh yeah, and all you sellout punk bands there, you can make more money slig your own tapes.
3. GREEN DAY. First, let me clear something up, punks don't get stoned. With a name like Green Day dogs on your CD cover smoking joints, how can we think you aren't into dope. This got all the litethird graders singing "Basket Case". You could solve this problem eaisly though. Next time you se tird grader looking through the Green Day bin, show him Bad Religon and the Misfits and he'll b trnsfrmed. MTV loaded the gun, Major labels put it in punk's mouth, but Green Day pulled the triger.
4. Guns n' Roses. HA! HA!HA! Simply thinking of that name makes me laugh. Guns n' Roses. Stop, I'm ting a stitch! Anyway "The Spagetti Incident" was a bunch of covers of, who else? Misfits, Damned,adother punk bands. These glam metal assholes are just trying to make money by catching on with th ltet trend. Retire guys. Duff, I hope you know that's a rubber woman. Slash, does fifteen bucks o a hir put that much of a dent in your millions of dollars?
Gilby, buy some savings bonds and Axl, GET A PAIR OF PANTS!!!!!!!!!
5. Cooperate Magazines. When I first saw Green Day on the cover of Spin, I knew it was the end. Thect that these guys were punk was just beyond me. I thought they were a Buzzcocks rip-off, a Clashcp, and a desire for green( yes, both kinds). Why do people waste their time with this crap? KurtCoai's shirt says it best, "Cooperate Magazines Suck"
6.Rush Limbaugh. See the fattest man alive! Only five bucks! The obese Rush Limbaugh! There is no se man then this guy. The day after Kurt Cobain died, he called all the mourning fans, "Sloppy, liea time wasters with no self-esteem" I vow to you, the reader, that I'll kill him one day. How cananon like this guy? Rush has no concept of how anyone else thinks or feels. He can only call himsef te nxt Jesus and insult Clinton. By the way, the only reason Rush isn't in the KKK is that the sil fctores don't have enough canvas to make him a uniform big enough.
7. Skin head bands. Well, they only took punk a step further, but all the kids are into that now, s 8. Soundgarden. Trust me. Listen to these guys, first they're "alternetive" then they're "punk" thet the Grammys they're "Metal". What the hell is wrong with these guys? Pick a name and go with it.Tid graders like "Spoon man" too.
9. Award shows. Green Day thinks they're all big and bad because they won a Grammy. Let me inform yof something. Nobody who does anything new gets honored. Black Flag, Saccherine Thrust, Sonic Youh tc.. never win awards. And worst of all, people want to make money.
Confusion is Next:
Now that punk is dead, where do we go?
to these guys.
First, there's a fine band going by the name of Candy Machine. If you listen to them, you can see Sc youth covering Minor Threat songs and think this sounds just like Candy Machine.
Their new CD just came out in January and it's worth a listen. Twelve bucks well spent.
Next, another band called Archers of Loaf. They love out-of-tune guitars, feedback, pick slides andal nasal vocals. For a good listen get "Harnessed in Slums" their new CD, VeeVee, came out in Marc n yet another band worth seeing. Noise to an extreme.
Pool is more on the pop side. Harmoines and no melodies. It's more of a satire of pop than is pop. eally don't know much about these guys, but expect to hear more.
Another band is called Edsel. From around here, like Archers of Loaf so,they sound weird. Vocally, s Mike Watt, low-down. The guitars are almost as loud as the drums and these guys have a thing fortnilty.
If you disagree with everything I've written so far, than you'll like this. Trusty are great. They nd sort of like the Offspring and the Misfits together with that distorted voice like Trent Reznors
Many of these cool bands can be heard on 99.1 HFS at sunday from 8PM to half past ten. Sometines Ca Machine of Archers of Loaf play and if you need any E-mail addresses, they keep no secrets.
Wake up and immeditetly buy this stuff.........
Sonic Youth
Confusion is Sex
Neutral records 009
Around twelve years ago, Sonic youth put out their first full length, Confusion is Sex. It was on any label, as all bands should be. But word got around quickly enough and popularity afterwards. Thsi the best CD made, or at least one of them. First off, "(She's in a) Bad Mood" starts off with te am chord played at the same pace. Then Thurston chants, "She's in a bad mood/ but I won't fall or t,"his low voice echos and makes your blood run cold. "Protect me you," evokes images of a litte gil runing from something, and telling her age. Maybe she's growing up and realizing that her prblemsare jst trival little things. Or maybe Kim is drunk.
Nest up is "Freezer Burn/ I Wanna Be Your Dog" Freezer burn is a simple song. One guitar is a dirgeust the low E ringing away and another is feedbacking. Close your eyes and listen hard. You will gtrlaxed. Very. Then the Stooges song" I wanna be your dog" comes on with no warning what-so-ever ad caes the hell out of you. Sounds like a third rate bootleg, but you can hear Kim singing like Kut Cbai and that's cool enough.
A couple songs later, you run into "Shaking Hell," this is too scary. It starts off with a simple r, but soon drifts into the avant nothingness that makes Sonic Youth so facinating. Kim seems to sign into a mirrior. But as soon as she says" take off your dress/ I'll shake off your flesh," that ovlymirror cracks. Do not listen to this before slepping. You will wake up in a puddle of sweat. knw.
If I didn't Know any better, I'd think "Confusion is Next" was a punk song. The whole CD has battleies and chants of the disenfranchised and the dysfunctional. But this song has the most. It startsofslow, really atonal and here comes the chant of" I maintain that/ chaos is the future/ and beyon i i freedom/ confusion is next/ and next after that is the truth". I can imagine Rollins walking nstge nd singing this.
"LEE Is FREE," no tune, no melody, no lyrics. Cool. This CD is scary, angry, afraid, every emotion can scrape up forced through an alternatly tuned guitar. This was no typical band. Sonic Youth haeawonderful abilty to give you nightmares, make you mad, bore you until you are just about to slee ad urn up real loud. Dynamics are more emotional than anyhting I can concive of. Confusion is Sexwil tel you that too.
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