Sunday, February 25, 2024

Punk rock nirvana: No Values concert (6/8)

NO VALUES | June 8, 2024; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Mother, the original Misfits are back to get everyone to sing along (Concert Archives.org)
Our dream has finally come true. See, I told you if we kept praying and spiking our hair.
Mike Muir and Suicidal Tendencies sing their MTV hit "Institutionalized"

Oh, hells yeah, I'll be there wearing a sexy outfit!
The Warped Tour is back at the Pomona Fairplex -- only now it's the once in a lifetime "NO VALUES" concert.

It's a Goldenvoice production (Coachella, Stagecoach, etc.), conveniently located in Los Angeles County, out by the fairgrounds, right next to Orange County, just off of the largest freeway in the country (the Interstate 10). It close enough for everyone in the IE and San Berdoo, too. The rest of the world is out of luck.

Decline of Western Civilization, 1
Imagine a show so big that it reunites the original Misfits (not just Danzig), Social Distortion. Iggy Pop (he's still among the living?), Bad Religion, Sublime [no Rome], FEAR [w/ Lee Ving], The Dillinger Escape Plan, Power Trip, The Damned, Suicidal Tendencies, The Vandals, Black Flag, L7, TSOL, [what no Germs or Circle Jerks?], Steve Ignorant of Crass, The Jesus Lizard, The Exploited, The Dead Milkmen, The Adicts, Agent Orange, Adolescents, Cro-Mags...

Nu-metal gets carried away with mega-fest in Vegas heat: SOAD, Korn...

Not just punk but ska and other genres, too. The lineup continues with Fishbone, The Aquabats, The Selecter, The Untouchables, The Skeletones, [what, no Save Ferris?], Ceremony, Fidlar, Hepcat, Joyce Manor, MS Paint, Scowl, Shattered Faith, Soul Glo, The Bronx, The Dead, The Lawrence Arms, The Mourning Noise, Turnstile, Viagra Boys [or is that the Cialis Girls?], and a bunch of other vital bands from way back when.

(Punk Rock MBA) Punk show etiquette with dad Finn Mckenty, MBA
Who needs Barbie? Punky rules!
Anyone who thought going to Las Vegas to see the Sick New World Fest has got to think this is probably a good idea, too. It's bound not to have all the technical issues that event suffered from. And best of all the Dead Kennedy's original singer, Jello Biafra, will have a DJ set [of all Alternative Tentacles bands?] So expect some snark but precious little "California Uber Alles." It's not cheap, so plan ahead. More

The name of the show, we would guess, comes from an old Black Flag song:

LA hardcore punk band Black Flag performs their anti-hit "No Values"

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