Punk

[StoutAndAle]

Before there was "Portlandia" - there was Trenchmouth.

I knew that Fred Armisen was in a band during the 1990s - pre-comedy - but I never listened to them. Heard him on a podcast the other day so I looked them up. Not much online - there's this compilation though and Trenchmouth are very good if a bit too much Fugazi worshiping

Armisen is a very good drummer - to my ears.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3AROr6738oBKECMuTn1JTb

[Eoin McLove]

Never saw Hellvision or even heard them, but I remember seeing it sprayed on the wall on one of the Striknien band pics. Any stuff online?

I don't think they ever recorded anything, they weren't around long. All I could find is a dodgy vid from a '93 gig I think I was at, even googling them draws a blank:

https://youtu.be/E-W27R1yOaM

So it was just Striknien before they were called Striknien. That song was the opening track on Welcome to the Gash Factory under the name of Circus.

[Carnage]

Ah right, I thought it was a separate band altogether.

[Mooncat]

Just recently got into Husker Du and holy shit they are amazing. I've been listening to nothing but Zen Arcade for over a week now. Particularly I Will Never Forget You, which I can't pass by on the album without listening to it at least 3 or 4 times in a row. Seem like one of those great bands that never got anywhere near the general recognition they deserved, but influenced a ton of other much bigger bands. Bob Mould has one of the best screaming voices I've ever heard and the pure vitriol and energy of the music is astonishing.

[Carnage]

They're great alright, Metal Circus is a personal favourite. Just an EP but a great range of stuff in the space of 6 or 7 songs - including Diane.

[StoutAndAle]

Are The Offspring playing live in this video? I can't tell. (Am I thick?)

If they are - it's seriously impressive that there's no slacking on the playing/vocals given that they recorded that song 30 years ago.


Also - Dexter Holland is looking like an albino James Hetfield these days.

[Pentagrimes]

Just recently got into Husker Du and holy shit they are amazing. I've been listening to nothing but Zen Arcade for over a week now. Particularly I Will Never Forget You, which I can't pass by on the album without listening to it at least 3 or 4 times in a row. Seem like one of those great bands that never got anywhere near the general recognition they deserved, but influenced a ton of other much bigger bands. Bob Mould has one of the best screaming voices I've ever heard and the pure vitriol and energy of the music is astonishing.

All of this

Re that Striknein ep- confusingly as a teen I drummed in a punk band called Gash Factory in Waterford with a bunch of lads who were older and who were friends with Deco , and they lead me to believe the "Gash Factory" part of that ep title was stolen from them. Not sure if that's actually the case though. So on that note here's the song "Gash Factory" by Gash Factory with tiny me on drums


https://soundcloud.com/damosgirl/gash-factory-1

[Mooncat]

Just recently got into Husker Du and holy shit they are amazing. I've been listening to nothing but Zen Arcade for over a week now. Particularly I Will Never Forget You, which I can't pass by on the album without listening to it at least 3 or 4 times in a row. Seem like one of those great bands that never got anywhere near the general recognition they deserved, but influenced a ton of other much bigger bands. Bob Mould has one of the best screaming voices I've ever heard and the pure vitriol and energy of the music is astonishing.

All of this

Re that Striknein ep- confusingly as a teen I drummed in a punk band called Gash Factory in Waterford with a bunch of lads who were older and who were friends with Deco , and they lead me to believe the "Gash Factory" part of that ep title was stolen from them. Not sure if that's actually the case though. So on that note here's the song "Gash Factory" by Gash Factory with tiny me on drums


https://soundcloud.com/damosgirl/gash-factory-1

Gash Factory  I enjoyed that though. Vocals were a little bit Ian Curtis, little bit Bauhaus.

[Pentagrimes]

Very Ian Curtis. In that both of them are dead.

[leatherface]

Was listening to Hawkwind 'Silver Machine' earlier, proper proto punk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfniG-AdSC4&list=RDIfniG-AdSC4&start_radio=1

[Carnage]

It really is. It still sounds odd to me - my first exposure to the song was the rerecording on Choose Your Masques, a (cheap, no doubt last minute scramble for a) christmas present from my uncle back in the day - so the original still sounds like the 'other' version to me.

Choon though.

[moose]

Here's my current punk band. Leaning into the garage punk end of things.

[Eoin McLove]

Cool song and very cool video. Nice work.

[moose]

Cool song and very cool video. Nice work.

Nice one Mr

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Here's my current punk band. Leaning into the garage punk end of things.

Hell yeah!

Big, thick groove to that guitar that's kind of reminding me of The Saints