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Same here, but not quite the same. When I was a kid, I started listening
to bands from around here like DI, TSOL, the Vandals, Social Distortion,
etc. Then I started getting into the Black Flag, Flipper, Fear. Even
later, I liked the Brit stuff, GBH, Subhumans, and even a few OI bands.
I still listen to that, when I'm in the mood. As a matter of fact, I was
supposed to go see GBH and the Circle Jerks this past Friday and my
partner to the show flaked on me!
Which leads to surf--I've always liked surf, but never knew where to
find it or who performed it. Not until some of the 3rd wave surf bands of
the 90s came around did I start to really get into it. What really
helped was the Internet. I was able to find things I liked listening to.
Not only was I able to find surf, I found rare punk and ska albums and
CDs I would have never have found otherwise. Furthermore, thanks to
groups like this, I have been able to find out even more about bands,
shows, CDs, etc.
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:11:21 -0700 (PDT) Richard <>
writes:
>
> I've always been a huge pop punk fan and I'm just
> getting back into it since Johnny passed and I started
> listening The Ramones a lot for a few days. My
> favorite bands are mostly Lookout! Records bands like
> Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Lillingtons,
> The Queers, The Vindictives, Sloppy Seconds (junk
> rock! ha) and pretty much any stupid, slap-happy pop
> punk derived directly from The Ramones. It's my
> guilty pleasure. I'm also always getting into really
> obscure punk bands that never get to the point of
> putting out albums, or putting out albums that are
> impossible to find, and then breaking up.
>
> Man, if you've got $1000 to $1500 to spend on a guitar
> then you've got a lot of options. Are you in the
> U.S.? Did you want single coils or humbuckers?
>
> Richard
