robert thefamilyghost wrote:

agent202 wrote:SUICIDE

i saw Suicide in 2001...i know this sounds like it's something that should be outright terrible, but somehow it was one fucking amazing show! they put out what was supposed to be another really bad album after that, but live they were fantastic...oh, and Alan Vega rubbed my head...and i hi-fived both those dudes!

Chapter Two wrote:
THE BIRTH OF THE HARDCORE SCENE, USA, LATE SEVENTIES / EARLY EIGHTIES. (and I'm not idealising it because I'm sure there was some horrible shit went on, but it's obvious there was just a massive sense of self-empowerment going on with a lot of people at the time, way more than the British punk scene. I don't know - I bet it was alright if you could keep your head above water.)