Deep Cuts From Bloggy's Vault: Punk

Punk rock gets reported dead every decade. New bands come along each year to wake up a handful of people to that fact that punk is unkillable. Punk/hardcore is unkillable as the factors that produce and sustain the genre.

Exhibit A: Piss Ant. A punk-ska outfit hailing from Roanoke, VA. currently on the Road while you (the Internet) sleep soundly and totally unaware of this long-running musical tradition. While yer catching some Z's Piss Ant is pounding out their own brand of rock to dense crowds of insomniacs, loadies, douches, chicks, and yours effin' truly at 1 AM Eastern.

Enjoy!

Piss Ant - Egomaniac.mp3 (3.7 mb)

Deep Cuts From Daddy's Vault: Punk

Early 1980's music in Los Angeles meant X, Black Flag and Wasted Youth. These were bands that defined the hardcore sound. Wasted Youth, although lesser known today, played national tours with The Ramones and DK. After they broke up, drummer Joey Castillo joined Danzig then Queens of the Stone Age. Dave Kushner has gone on to become a member of Velvet Revolver.

Wasted Youth - Problem Child.mp3