Great Punk Quotes

[dave]

Damn, computer's fucking with me. In the meantime please enjoy this article I just found:

A History of Punk

[John Battles]

"I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THREE - CHORD ROCK'N'ROLL , AS LONG AS THE THREE CHORDS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE !".    Hank Hill.    Strickland Propane and Propane Accessories.
 
doornail said:

If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly.”

Mark E. Smith

[dave]

John Lydon on The Fall

[John Battles]

Cool. Nice Cramps shoutout , too. When Lux and Ivy were on 120 Mins. with that guy I thought was Morrissey for years , Lux cited their influences as "Everything from Charlie Feathers to The Sex Pistols "......Tho' Bryan Gregory claimed he left The Cramps "Because I found myself liking PIL more than Johnny Burnette.". 

[sideshow Barty]

i am the devil, here to do the devils business......tex watson.

[John Battles]

" Charlie was envious of me , because I'd already played with bands like Love and The Weeds (Lollipop Shoppe)." Bobby Beausoleil.

'If you can't trust a convicted mass - murderer , who CAN you trust?!" (Lux Interior , on learning that John Wayne Gacey had published some of his correspondence without permission.").

"Come on , Charles Manson would have blamed it on The Monkees , and , they were'nt even a GROUP !!!''    Sam Kinison.

[REV]

"It's becoming chic to be a fascist"

-Jello Biafra at the protest concert at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, 1984, commenting on the fact that 3/4 of the San Diego Padres pitching staff were members of the John Birch Society.

[John Battles]

This is'nt a quote , but , if anybody has a copy of that clip from "Rotten TV" where Roger Ebert walks up to John Lydon , and says , "OH , JOHNNY ! REMEMBER WHEN RUSS MEYER AND I TRIED TO MAKE THAT MOVIE ABOUT THE SEX PISTOLS ?" , and Johnny smiles and waves and says "Yes , yes . VERY NICE. Go away , now. Go away....".

I was at the Rock Against Reagan rally , which The Dead Kennedys played at , in Dallas in 1984.  But , I don't remember Biafra saying anything particularly quotable.

 

 

[John Battles]

John Battles said:

This is'nt a quote , but , if anybody has a copy of that clip from "Rotten TV" where Roger Ebert walks up to John Lydon , and says , "OH , JOHNNY ! REMEMBER WHEN RUSS MEYER AND I TRIED TO MAKE THAT MOVIE ABOUT THE SEX PISTOLS ?" , and Johnny smiles and waves and says "Yes , yes . VERY NICE. Go away , now. Go away....".

I was at the Rock Against Reagan rally , which The Dead Kennedys played at , in Dallas in 1984.  But , I don't remember Biafra saying anything particularly quotable.

 I neglected to mention , the rally was at The Republican Covention in '84.

who else played? Hmmmm. Reagan Youth (They did "Over , Under , Sideways , Down".) , B.G.K. , Mano Negra (Dominican Reggae group.), Cause For Alarm , BOO (Dallas Punk/Dub trio.), Church of The Subgenius , Ladies Against Women (Hilarious local poltical Comedy troupe.)......and a yet - to - go into denial Michelle Shocked , who played independently of this already barely - sanctioned event , and was arrested. I REMEMBER THAT , NOT THE PART ABOUT HER GETTING BUSTED......It was'nt very good .

[REV]

"It's like if you're under 21 you're a second class citizen."

-Exene Cervanka of the band X, referring to their efforts to have all-ages access to their shows

[John Battles]

Exene was one of the first people I heard complain about the dearth of all ages shows , back in the early 80's. She said , in LA , they had a system , if you were underage , you could'nt get a wristband to drink alcohol , but, you could still get into shows (Not all of them ,of course.).  I had to wait until X had been through Dallas/Ft. Worth twice before I could go see them , and the drinking age was only 19 , back then.    For years , all ages shows were an afterthought. Most , if any , were held in the middle of nowhere.....Venues that did'nt serve alcohol , obviously , died the death in a year or less.....

Many years later , in Chicago , they turned a postwar bowling alley into an all ages venue. You just had to be 21 to go in the bar , but , they had soda machines in the lobby , more than a lot of all ages joints had. In fact , Exene and D.J. Bonebrake played there once with Auntie Christ.   I played there ,twice , myself , and brought my friend's 5 year old son onstage to sing "Rock 'n'Roll High School". But , I STILL met younger people who'd bitch and moan about how having one all ages venue was'nt enough.
 
REV said:

"It's like if you're under 21 you're a second class citizen."

-Exene Cervanka of the band X, referring to their efforts to have all-ages access to their shows