“The film was done with love and respect for Ginn and Black Flag, one of the world’s most important bands, still… even after all of this.”
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OBLITERATED! GREG GINN SAYS “NO MORE” TO DAVID MARKEY’S CLASSIC PUNK DOCUMENTARY, REALITY 86′D
May 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments
SAINT VITUS: WE’RE STILL BORN TOO LATE
January 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Saint Vitus has held a special place in my heart since I first heard ‘Look Behind You’ on The Blasting Concept Vol. 2, where they unknowingly created a genre of heavy metal that had yet to be named. I spoke with founding member Dave Chandler prior to Saint Vitus’ return to the city where they started. This interview by Kurt Midness.
MIKA MIKO: WE BE XUXA
June 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments
On the surface, We Be Xuxa almost seems like a retread of old school American punk, but actually it evokes without constant copying—it’s fresh-faced punk, yet my heart hears Born Innocent-era Redd Kross in their sisterly choruses, and early early Black Flag or even Ramones in their strumming (minus Greg Ginn’s noodling) and Wipers downturns on the chords, and a Darby Crash-like insistence on writing lyrics too self-referential and profound to sing straight into the microphone. And there’s even a Urinals cover!?! And there’s a Beach Blvd-esque melodicism to Jessie Clavin’s bass lines, one that perfectly matches their Descendants-like love of making up pragmatic gerunds such as “Totion.” A lot of reviewers have said these gals (et dude) sound like X-Ray Spex, but that is a lazy lie!
