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Summer 2014 seminar: songs, readings, ephemera...

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

THESE BANDS GO TO 11...



CREAM - Sunshine of Your Love

BLUE CHEER - Summertime Blues

STEPPENWOLF - Born to Be Wild

BLACK SABBATH - War Pigs

LED ZEPPELIN - Black Dog

DEEP PURPLE - Highway Star

ALICE COOPER - Under My Wheels

MOTORHEAD - Ace of Spades

IRON MAIDEN - Number of Death

JUDAS PRIEST - Living After Midnight

DIO - Holy Diver

SLAYER - Raining Blood

METALLICA - Master of Puppets

ELECTRIC WIZARD - Funeralopolis

THE SWORD - Tres Brujas

HIGH ON FIRE - Rumors of War

GWAR - Let Us Slay

BRAK - Metalhead Song

P.I.S.S. - I Will Never Go to School!
Posted by Gary Mairs at 7:05 PM

Friday, June 6, 2014

POST-PUNK


PRECURORS:

ROXY MUSIC (LONDON 1972)

DAVID BOWIE (LONDON 1977)

DONNA SUMMER (BERLIN 1977)

KRAFTWERK (BERLIN 1977)


POST-PUNK:

WIRE (LONDON 1978)

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. (LONDON 1978)

RAINCOATS (LONDON 1978)

JOY DIVISION (MANCHESTER 1978)

THE FALL (MANCHESTER 1979)

THE SPECIALS (COVENTRY 1979)

THE BEAT (BIRMINGHAM 1980)

GANG OF FOUR (LEEDS 1980)

THE CLASH (LONDON 1980)

THE B-52's (ATHENS, GA 1980)

MINOR THREAT (WASHINGTON, DC 1981)

THE HUMAN LEAGUE (SHEFFIELD 1981)

NEW ORDER (MANCHESTER 1984)

BAD BRAINS (WASHINGTON, DC 1982)

FLIPPER (SAN FRANCISCO 1982)

THE GO-BETWEENS (BRISBANE 1983)

THE MINUTEMEN (SAN PEDRO 1984)

THE SMITHS (MANCHESTER 1984)

JESUS AND MARY CHAIN (SCOTLAND 1985)

THE CURE (CRAWLEY 1985)

SONIC YOUTH WITH LYDIA LUNCH (NEW YORK CITY 1985)

THE MEKONS (LEEDS 1986)

THE PET SHOP BOYS (LONDON 1987)

PIXIES (BOSTON 1991)

NEGATIVLAND (OAKLAND 1987)

BIKINI KILL (OLYMPIA, WA 1992)
Posted by Gary Mairs at 9:32 AM

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

PUNK


PRECURSORS:

THE SONICS (SEATTLE 1965)

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (NEW YORK CITY 1966)

MC5 (DETROIT 1970)

THE STOOGES (DETROIT 1970)

THE MODERN LOVERS (BOSTON 1973)

THE NEW YORK DOLLS (NEW YORK CITY 1973)

FIRST STIRRINGS (US):

PERE UBU (CLEVELAND 1975)

THE RAMONES (NEW YORK CITY 1977)

TELEVISION (NEW YORK CITY 1977)

CRAMPS (NEW YORK CITY 1981)

ANARCHY IN THE U.K.:

SEX PISTOLS (LONDON 1977)

THE CLASH (LONDON 1977)

WIRE (LONDON 1977)

X RAY SPEX (LONDON 1978)

BUZZCOCKS (MANCHESTER 1978)

SLITS (LONDON 1978)

MEKONS (LEEDS 1978)

KLEENEX/LiLiPUT (GENEVA 1979)

GANG OF FOUR (LEEDS 1980)

YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS (CARDIFF 1980)

Posted by Gary Mairs at 8:06 PM

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The sound of the high school parking lot, 1979


Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin 1970

Sweet - Fox On the Run 1974 

AC/DC - Let There Be Rock 1977

Cheap Trick - He's a Whore 1977

Runaways - Cherry Bomb 1977

Cheap Trick - Surrender 1978

Ted Nugent - Free For All 1978

Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil 1979

Kiss -Detroit Rock City 1976

and...

The Ramones Meet Roger Corman - Rock and Roll High School 1979

Dazed and Confused

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1991

This was supposed to be the score to the climax of Over the Edge...The Who - Baba O'Riley

Posted by Gary Mairs at 6:42 PM
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