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About Me: "A Nation of Misfits" with Nathan Leigh

We all know how folks categorize punks. We're the kids who look differently, dress differently, and will more than likely try to light something on fire. So it's strange that in the 30+ years that punk has been alive (and grappling with its existence) the music has evolved into a fairly homogenized sound. While every band has their own variation on the formula, the one-two punch of the kick-snare beat, a rapid-fire picked bass line, twin guitars heavily distorted through a Marshall half-stack, and rousing gang-vocals on the choruses-- the sounds are all but ubiquitous.

*Introducing, "A Nation of Misfits." Our featured columnist, Nathan Leigh, will focus on the misfits within the punk community; the bands that don't sound like the others; the bands that rebel against the rebels. Yep, the sub-genre of the sub-genre of the sub-genre.

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A Nation of Misfits: Shudder to Think

Posted on May 5, 2010 at 3:30pm 1 Comment 0 Likes

In their 12 years together, Shudder To Think were an anomaly. Too pop for the punk scene, but too punk for the pop market, they have remained a hidden gem in both; occupying the space between the Revolution Summer bands of 1985 and the mid-90's second wave of glam rock.

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Cranky, but Who Gives a Fuck: Shellac

Posted on April 19, 2010 at 2:10pm 3 Comments 0 Likes

Steve Albini has made a career of being a cranky, confrontational, old bastard in constant search of perfect audio fidelity. From his earliest days in the industrial punk band Big Black, Albini has challenged his fans to tolerate him with sarcastic, biting lyrics that often satirize sexism, racism, and homophobia by playing them out to their logical extreme.

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Big Boys, more than just a Bad Brains fuck up

Posted on April 7, 2010 at 12:00pm 5 Comments 0 Likes

It's almost criminal that Austin skatepunk pioneers The Big Boys are known more for their pivotal roles in the history of other bands than for their own wonderfully bizarre raucous blend of hardcore, post-punk, jazz, psychedelic, and straight up funk. Mentions of The Big Boys are usually either in the context of discussing onetime opening act The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (my 4th least favorite band...saved only by Breaking…

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A Nation Of Mistfits: BAD RELIGION – INTO THE UNKNOWN

Posted on March 9, 2010 at 1:30am 4 Comments 0 Likes

Bad Religion are as responsible as anyone for the homogenization of punk rock. Sometime around 1990's Against The Grain, it sounds like they decided they'd already reached perfection, so why bother trying to do anything new anymore?

Here's how Bad Religion songs go: verse where introduces an idea, fist-raising chorus with anthemic oozin… Continue