Kind of sort of British invasion.
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I went out with a girl who was into some really terrible stuff. I’d make fun of her for her music styling and her reply would always be, “but it’s European” as if all euros had one up on talent. We didn’t last very long.
In fact, the majority of my music is American. So I thought I should write about some of the brits today.
New Damned album, by the Damned of Course
First off, The Damned have a new album slated for release on December 12 in the states called “So Whose Paranoid” and you can purchase a download right now.
I haven’t listened to the thing the whole way through but Dave is sounding as haunting as ever. In fact, what I have heard so far is about as close to machine gun etiquette as you are going to get. The tags on what cd said ska but I don’t hear anything remotely ska related on the whole album save an ever present organ on most tracks. I’d post tracks but I want to wait till it’s on the shelves of record stores.
Some fun things I learned about the Damned today.
the first punk rock band from England to release a single (“New Rose“), an album (Damned Damned Damned), and to tour the United States
Shadow of Love
Crass Documentary
So I was bored and I watched a documentary on Crass and had a few thoughts I wanted to share.
1. Crass are a bunch of hippies. Well, really, they aren’t actually flower children, but their ideas are right along side of the hippies. Sustainability, peace and anarchism, squatting and protesting were all things hippies “were” into.
2. Total freedom is what they say they have by living on a commune. Living far away from everyone and not being bothered sounds more like a luxury than a right to me. I wonder when they are on their deathbed, if they’ll have any regrets.
3. I’d love to watch Penn and Teller visit that house…
My New Found Love For Zounds
I honestly don’t know I found this band. I have a crapload of music that I love to check out. I get tons of stuff and I take lots of chances. More often than not I get burned. Especially with most Euro stuff.
These guys were affiliated with Crass somehow, but these guys sound less punk and more post ala gang of four. Apparently very political, but sometimes I wonder if they just make political songs so they won’t ever run out of anyhing to write about.
