During my lost decade in Austin (2000-09), no band encapsulated my love for the city’s music scene like Grand Champeen. The first time I saw them was opening for Slobberbone at Lucy’s Retired Surfer’s Bar on 6th Street. It was the spring of 2001 and they were no more than 3 songs into their set […]
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This one goes out to Raul Vela IV, drummer for Gleeson, inventor of the enchilaco*, and mustachioed hero of the Grand Champeen song, “Raul Vela” [Amazon]. Raul requested that I write about The Mice, obscure Cleveland rockers who were the missing link between early Beatles, early Who, and The Jam on one side and […]
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“Punk wasn’t a style of music, it was a state of mind, and the style of music was up to each band doing it.” –Mike Watt 30 years ago this summer, The Minutemen — D. Boon (guitar, vocals), Mike Watt (bass, vocals) & George Hurley (drums, percussion, vocals) — released Double Nickels On The Dime, […]
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“The whole world is a sack of shit ripping open. I can’t save it.” —Charles Bukowski, The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship, 2002, Amazon These are troubled times. I’m sure this isn’t terribly new information to anyone over 8 years old, just stating facts. We live […]
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Today’s post is an addendum to my previous offering, Gun Club: Preachin’ the Word, Pt. 1, guestwritten by my buddy, Sean-Michael Yoder. While much of “Preachin’” was focused on the early ’80s LA punk scene, our Q&A dug into the roots of bands like Gun Club. Two of those roots were the blues singers, Tommy […]
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