[kj] Buttholes

[Graeme Rowland]

Damn!
Butthole Surfers' chapter made me laugh so hard I had
to skip to the less amusing Fugazi chapter!

 --- GregSlawson at aol.com wrote: 
> Just borrowed a copy of a great book--"Our Band
> Could Be Your Life", a quote 
> that will be instantly recognizable to all hipsters
> & flipsters of stateside 
> punk/indie rock (The Minutemen--duh). I can't put it
> down--a great analylsis of 
> the 80s US indie scence, covering Black Flag,
> Minutemen, Mission of Burma 
> (who just reunited in Boston after about a 20 year
> absence), Butthole Surfers, 
> Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Minor Threat, Replacements,
> Dinosaur Jr, and a few other 
> bands. Get this book! It talks about how DIY is the
> true spirit of punk, and 
> about how those assholes in Nirvana ruined the whole
> thing with Nevermind, 
> which became a huge hit and ruined the indie scene.
> Second, saw Public Enemy (and the original membes of
> Living Color opening) 
> last night in Boston. Great show--a total throwback
> to the late 80s. Small crowd 
> though. PE still rules! They had all the original
> members except for 
> Terminator X.
> By the way, thousands of articles have been written
> about how punk definitely 
> started with the Ramones going to England in 1976
> and influencing all the 
> other bands to form. Also, 90% of all music on the
> radio today is a DIRECT 
> influence from them, and would never have existed if
> that 1st album never got 
> released.
> > _______________________________________________
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>  

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