i wanna talk about one really small detail from Wendall and Wild that i absolutely loved
on the back of the cyclops, there’s a sticker that says Pure Hell on it. Pure Hell is an 80’s black punk band. they’re relatively obscure, only 7,000 monthly listeners on spotify.
i dont know who chose to add that, and which ever behind the scenes person chose to do it probably knew it wouldn’t be something many people understood and could have chosen a more well known punk band to reference. but this just feels so much more genuine.
note: i'm just one punk, this is a reflection of my individual experience with the genre/movement. this isn't THE punk guide, just my personal recommendations. (I'm also gonna be updating this a ton)
Bands I think are neat
Against Me!
Ashtray (specifically their album The Power of Positive Drinking)
Bikini Kill
Bam Bam (The band that invented grunge!)
Bratmobile
Bad Brains
Black Flag
The Clash
Dead Kennedys
Destructo Disk (a newer band, their album Punk Rocks For Kids Who Can't Skate is super underrated imo)
Death
The Germs
Green Day (some purists are gonna kill me over this one, but their early stuff is really good punk!)
Pansy Division
Ramones
Rage Against the Machine (hip-hop/punk blend, but i still count them as punk, especially considering their politics)
X-Ray Spex
Resources
The Long Queer History of Punk (video)
The Very Black History Of Punk Music (video)
Riot Grrrl: The '90s Movement that Redefined Punk (video)
The Punk Singer (2014 documentary)
Grunge Trailblazers Bam Bam are Finally Getting Their Rightful Place in Rock History (article)
Tina Bell | The Woman Who Invented Grunge (video)
African American woman who led a grunge forerunner gets her moment of long-overdue recognition (video about Tina Bell)
Nirvana Were a Feminist Band (video)
The Riot Grrrl & I'd Start A Revolution But I Don't Have Time Split Zine ( 2014 zine)
DIY!!!
How to Make a DIY Zine (the old fashioned way) (video)
DIY: How To Make Your Own Patch The Easiest Way (article)
A brand new YouTube series on Skatune Network where I dive deep into my history of writing songs and playing in bands. I go into it, and apply my years of experience as a professional musician to these songs I wrote as a teenager!
It’s been a dream of mine to dive deep into these long form YouTube videos, and if you dig that sort of content, this is the video for you!!!