Glenn ends tonight’s Open Thread post thusly, and I quote: “Never give up! Never surrender!” Which provides me with the perfect excuse to re-run two (2, now 3, in fact) of my all-time favorite punk anthems.
Rough, raw, two minute blasts of bare-knuckles punk rock fury. Nothin’ like it but more of it, sez me.
Ahhh, them were the days.
Update! Indulge this decrepit old coot in a bit of nostalgic reminiscence, please. Never got to see Blitz, but I did catch the Exploited at the dear old Milestone in CLT way back when, and I gotta tell y’uns, it was one hellaciously good show. Pounding, pulsating, throbbing, earsplittingly loud; lead vocalist Wattie Buchan stalking the stage with all the uncaged menace of a starving panther; the rest of the band tight as an over-tuned piccolo snare head, each attacking his respective instrument with violent brio—it was pure dynamite, nothing less than a thrilling revelation for this youthful Hardcore aficionado.
Stalked the Milestone stage my own self who even knows how many times. The place has a history so rich and varied (the Go-Gos? The Police? The Rockats? The Bad Brains, Minor Threat, the Circle Jerks, Black Flag? Paul Cook and Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols? No freakin’ WAY, dude!) it’s nigh on impossible for the uninitiated to wrap his head around. Can’t tell ya how happy it makes me to see that the venerable old girl still survives.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I believe Glenn was referring to a tagline from the movie Galaxy Quest with Tim Allen.
Glenn’s more of a New Wave type. The closest to punk he gets is Elvis Costello.
But hey, any reason to play some punk videos is a good one…