“I lived in LA when there were maybe 50-70 identifiable “punks” on the scene”
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Dead Kennedys....man that band name shocked the crap out of me back then. Very Punk.
So maybe you knew X....let’s see that would be Exene Cervanka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and I can’t remember the drummer...Fred something?
Maybe Black Flag-I think they were LA Punk..maybe The Germs.
Ah my memory.....
Interesting, pretty much primary source, comment concerning the Ramones. I can only go by what Johnny Ramone wrote in later years. I had no idea he was a conservative when I followed the band, from a distance here in St. Louis, in their heyday.
Sure. I’ve partied with X... and the Dead Boys, Plasmatics, The Screamers, Iggy Pop, etc. Most of my old punk friends are middle class Americans now, with kids and mortgages, jobs that are kinda sucky...but we EARN our livings, CARE about our Country & Constitution and our “negative Rights”. We never bought the lie that America is a finished chapter. As far as the Dead Kennedys - I regret affiliating with them - as Jello Biafra is so much a Commie that I wouldn’t spit on his grave today. He even went on the Phil Donahue program in the ‘80’s - and is in the bag for Obama....
We should hang out.
Black Flag was based in L.A. Henry Rollins, who went from fan to lead singer, was a good D.C. boy like me. The Dead Kennedys, IMO, made the greatest anti-liberal hypocrisy song ever in ‘Holiday In Cambodia.’ Brilliant. A lot of these bands had a tilt that wasn’t conservative but was more libertarian/anarchist.
Agent Orange from CA was always a favorite, too.