Holy shiat, the Great Southeast Music Hall. I used to go there two or three times a month, back in the days when I was childless and lived off Monroe Drive. Whatta place.

Malcolm also had them play shiatkicker bars in Texas and Oklahoma. What could possibly go wrong? I screencapped this once from a rock documentary... if only it were a doublebill:

I shall play a few minor threat and Black Flag songs in honor of this thread. Aside from Green Day's "Wake me up when September ends" WTF kind of protest music is there today?

Sad state of affairs.

Was that the old Lindbergh Center ?

And below another bowling alley.



/approves

xtex: Was that the old Lindbergh Center ?

Yeah, before they tore up all the good stuff to make it 'pretty'. I can't even begin to count how many bands I saw there before they made it to the big time. Tom Waits, Firesign Theater, Waylon Jennings too, some of the bigger folks at the time.

Remember the huge flea market across Piedmont, where the MARTA station is now?

Peaceboy: Malcolm also had them play shiatkicker bars in Texas and Oklahoma. What could possibly go wrong? I screencapped this once from a rock documentary... if only it were a doublebill:
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It might as well been a double bill. I once saw a clip of part of that show. I think it was on "60 Minutes", shortly after it occured.

That audience was PISSED! The band was so soused, that they weren't even playing the same thing at the same time, no less remotley in tune.

What also didn't help, was Lydon (Rotten) taunting the audience with comments about how they've been taken.

"We didn't come here for your approval, we came here for your money, and we already have that so F*CK YOU!"

Also, it takes some balls, to start spitting on a bunch of rodeo bull riders wearing cowboy hats, from on stage, when you weigh all of 90 pounds.

TommyymmoT: Also, it takes some balls extreme stupidity to start spitting on a bunch of rodeo bull riders wearing cowboy hats, from on stage, when you weigh all of 90 pounds.

and he was the very model of it

NewportBarGuy: I shall play a few minor threat and Black Flag songs in honor of this thread. Aside from Green Day's "Wake me up when September ends" WTF kind of protest music is there today?

Sad state of affairs.

There is plenty of protest music out there, and it's all sung by privileged whiny douchebags who don't have a clue about what they are talking about.

Peaceboy:

Malcolm also had them play shiatkicker bars in Texas and Oklahoma. What could possibly go wrong?

Missed my ride to the Dallas show, but did catch them in San Antonio at Randy's Rodeo, an ex-bowling alley turned country joint. The stage was ankle deep in thrown beer cans, some of them far from empty. I was just thankful they didn't sell beer in bottles.


The Billdozer:

There is plenty of protest music out there, and it's all sung by privileged whiny douchebags who don't have a clue about what they are talking about.

No.

First let's get this out of the way; The Pistols were not a manufactured boy band and if you think so you are completely wrong.

There. Sorry, but I end up having to do that every pistols thread anyway...

The Longhorn gig is one of the top 10 gigs I wish I had seen. If you wanna know what this tour was like you should read 12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America by Noel Monk. Monk's kind of an asshole, but he gives up the goods on where the band was at at this time.

They were already well into their disintegration, having fired their best songwriter and most musical member and replaced him with a cartoon that couldn't play. This is the story of a great band doomed, imploded by the pressures of their own success and a megalomaniacal manager. (Note to you boy band theorists: Malc didn't create the Pistols, he destroyed them).

Sad... but probably did the most to preserve their legacy as they didn't follow up the singles and NMTB with Symmons drum dance mixes and the rest of the 80s crap.

/ other shows I wish i had seen: Replacements first gigs at Maxwell's and CB's, Any show on the Anarchy tour, the Stooges at Unganos, The Velvets at the Dom, Heartbreakers at Max's, Bad Brains at CB's, and of course the first Ramones/Blondie double bill at CB's is #1)

30 years ago today, the Sex Pistols played their first USA performance... at a strip mall in Atlanta. Above a bowling alley. Next to a K-mart
And? Most boy bands have their first performance in a mall or a junior high school. So the Sex Pistols were no different, big deal.

And? Most boy bands have their first performance in a mall or a junior high school. So the Sex Pistols were no different, big deal.

OK Lance, back in the closet you go

There is plenty of protest music out there, and it's all sung by privileged whiny douchebags who don't have a clue about what they are talking about.

Neil Young would like a word with you.....

NewportBarGuy: I shall play a few minor threat and Black Flag songs in honor of this thread. Aside from Green Day's "Wake me up when September ends" WTF kind of protest music is there today?

Sad state of affairs.

Against Me!

Anti-Flag

Protest the Hero

Rise Against

Bright Eyes

Will any of the participants celebrate this 30th anniversary of Atlanta's punk primacy?

"Yeah," deadpanned Patton. "I'll spit on a...stranger."



Approve....

ClicheGuevara07 all those bands are farking emo and suck. punk these days has no balls. really is a sad state of affairs.

ClicheGuevara07: Against Me!

It's more of an anti-protest song.

Lumber Jack Off: ClicheGuevara07 all those bands are farking emo and suck. punk these days has no balls. really is a sad state of affairs.

I'm sorry, you can return to listening to your Hinder and Three Days Grace albums now.

Donald_McRonald: ClicheGuevara07: Against Me!

It's more of an anti-protest song.

It's a protest song about the futility of protest songs. That's why I love Against Me!, they're clever like that.

ClicheGuevara07: It's a protest song about the futility of protest songs. That's why I love Against Me!, they're clever like that.

Simpsons Faith No More did it.

ClicheGuevara07: That's why I love Against Me!, they're clever like that.


Clever? Maybe in the "Crime.." and "Acoustic EP" era, but that has long gone. There is something disingenuous about a band that once espoused anarchistic views on Plan-it-X Records blabbering on Late Night TV for a major label. They lost their edge years ago and are more intent on writing songs about relationships and liberal values than anything remotely revolutionary.

Ron Bennington: prefab boy band plays in the mall. whoda thunk it.

Ron, please know this: every time you cut one of your hyper-stupid brain farts in a Pistols thread, I will be there to tell you how little you know.

You're a one-note lecture with nothing to back you up.

NewportBarGuy: I shall play a few minor threat and Black Flag songs in honor of this thread. Aside from Green Day's "Wake me up when September ends" WTF kind of protest music is there today?

Sad state of affairs.

Minor Threat & Black Flag: Indie labels & underground

Green Day: not so much any more

Maybe there's none on the big labels, but there's plenty of good protest punk/hardcore still.

/Leftover Crack FTW

Patroclus: ClicheGuevara07: That's why I love Against Me!, they're clever like that.


Clever? Maybe in the "Crime.." and "Acoustic EP" era, but that has long gone. There is something disingenuous about a band that once espoused anarchistic views on Plan-it-X Records blabbering on Late Night TV for a major label.

Couldn't agree more. It seems to me that all the bands with viable political opinions/statements are pushed farther and farther underground, whilst bands like Against Me!, whose once viable political statements have been watered down significantly, are pushed to the popular extreme of the "movement."
It seems unfair to compare punk in the context of today to the hippie protest movement of the 60s, because the hippies were so caustic to the mainstream, golly-gosh Beaver Cleaver bullhockey of the 50s. Against Me! and other "protest" bands of today isn't ruffling any feathers of the populous because they're not that strange, and you can go buy their record at Hot freakin' Topic.

/the new Defiance Ohio record is quite good BTW

ClicheGuevara07

I'm sorry, you can return to listening to your Hinder and Three Days Grace albums now.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. hey bro, I know you think you owned me there but I don't listen to radio rock..or radio for that matter. I've heard of those bands but I can honestly say i've never heard any of their music.

Moses To Sandy KoufaxAnd? Most boy bands have their first performance in a mall or a junior high school. So the Sex Pistols were no different, big deal.

Read the book Dynamite Monkey referenced, they could've played far bigger venues & cities for far more money, but they insisted on odd clubs in cities where they'd be poorly received, & that ticket prices be only $7. After hearing the recap from a friend, I would've love to have been @ the Cain's Ballroom show(historical joint-he was also at the Cimarron Ballroom for the 'mats "Shiat Hits The Fans" concert) The only spot on the tour where the Pistols cleaned up was @ Winterland-the night they broke up...I know a couple O.G. Punks stuck with tickets for the L.A. show that didn't happen...they made a point to infamously shower Johnny Rotten with shoes & spit when he hit town with P.I.L.

Here's Johnny's best protest song (pops) Ok so it's PiL not the Pistols, but all the same.

/now figure out what he's protesting

ugh that video is awful. annoying crane shots and meaningless portraits of wrinkled people, just like every other video in the late 80s/early 90s. what was it with the MTV obsession with elderly janitors? (see also "smells like teen spirit")

Peaceboy:
I went to the Longhorn for NYE. The music was awesome but the beer line sucked (new window). Still a nice place for music tho.

In a van down by the river.

The Sex Pistols sucked.

/Your lawn needs water

FlyingJ: Read the book Dynamite Monkey referenced, they could've played far bigger venues & cities for far more money, but they insisted on odd clubs in cities where they'd be poorly received, & that ticket prices be only $7. After hearing the recap from a friend, I would've love to have been @ the Cain's Ballroom show(historical joint-he was also at the Cimarron Ballroom for the 'mats "Shiat Hits The Fans" concert) The only spot on the tour where the Pistols cleaned up was @ Winterland-the night they broke up...I know a couple O.G. Punks stuck with tickets for the L.A. show that didn't happen...they made a point to infamously shower Johnny Rotten with shoes & spit when he hit town with P.I.L.

Saw the Winterland show thirty years ago on the 14th. To my best knowledge, there was never an intention to play LA or a show booked; if it is true, the tickets would bring a good price on Ebay. One of the reasons they played in SF was to annoy the hippies. The tickets for the SF show were $5.50 general admission (pretty much normal prices for the time); expensive tickets at the time were $12 and I don't think they could have charged much more.

/Missed seeing the Clash, because I didn't have $4.00 for the ticket
//Kinda figured I'd have the chance to see them again, my big mistake

The documentary "DOA" is online at Google video. The footage of the Pistols is visually great, but the sound was dubbed in spots. Worth watching the documentary too. A lot of great historical footage from UK.

I can't link in HTML here because I'm more of a punk than Drew will ever be.

Search "Sex Pistols - D.O.A. (Punk Film).avi" in Google video.

What about...

Bad Religion
The Causalties
American Steel
The Briggs
Leftover Crack
Propaghandi
The Unseen

Even NOFX has some thoughtful material.

I thought Nickelback was protest music???

Punk has not been good since the olden days when bands were considered sellouts if they signed with even such an indie label as SST or Epitaph; which meant that most bands scraped together a couple hundred bucks, produced one record and vanished like soap bubbles...once I had many of these records but they sat in six inches of water for a month and all the covers rotted & now all I have are some 7" singles...

Ah...the good old days of $7 shows at the Grand and my misspent youth...

I saw B.B. King at the Great Southeastern. I lived two blocks away from that place.

B.B.'s show was easily the best I ever saw there. He tore it up, and took some long, cool rides on Lucille. Hot 'Lanta never had it so good.

They probably sounded like shiat.
But they were supposed to, right?

subby, is there a freaks and geeks reference in that?