(eclecticism) Riot grrrl is back! Its history and the new scene
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Showing posts with label rebellion. Show all posts
Monday, October 19, 2026
The grrrls of punk rock
(eclecticism) Nine of the best female-fronted punk rock bands today from around the world
Friday, October 9, 2026
Hardcore punk making a comeback? (SNL)
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| Turnstile live at Full Force in 2019 (wiki) |
First hardcore punk band on SNL: 1981
What is "hardcore punk"?
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| First real LA hardcore punk? The Germs (1976) |
Los Angeles may be famous for hXc, but LA certainly didn't invent it singlehandedly. Its roots can be traced to other crosspollinating punk scenes in Northern California like the San Francisco Bay Area and the SoCal region, including Orange County, Hollywood, and outlying parts of the sprawling megalopolis of the City of Lost Angels.
The Story of Hardcore Punk Rock 🧷
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| Turn on, tune in, and drop out, Kids (Ram Dass) |
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| Hardcore Buddhist Zen? |
Hardcore punk, on the other hand, frequently addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically charged lyrics" [15].
Hardcore Buddhist punks?
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| Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Truth About Reality (Brad Warner) |
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| I was in Hollywood singing about Buddhism (Darby Crash) |
LA's Wasted Youth: "Problem Child"
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| "Wasted" youth is a double entendre, as youth is wasted being wasted on drugs and drink (IG) |
Early hardcore punk in LA came from the troubled members of Wasted Youth like Danny Spira
- LA's Wasted Youth: Chett Lehrer, Danny Spira backstage at Hollywood's Florentine Gardens for a Dead Kennedys show, 9/6/81
- What extreme music has to do with Buddhism | WQ
- VIDEO: Los Angeles punk rock FUN with Social Distortion
- (CBC News: The National) Britain celebrating 40 years of punk music
- White man's powwow: slam dance mosh pit | WQ
- (danframpt0n) Devastating downfall of Riot Grrrl was tragic
Riot grrrl Bikini Kill makes trouble in WA
Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s (with a place for girls, riot grrrls, post-riot grrrls, new-riot grrrls, and Jews), particularly in Los Angeles, San Francisco (punk rock in California), Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York (NYHC), as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Why are you punkers so f'n angry?
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| Straight edge X: no drinking, drugs |
Hardcore was heavily involved in the rise of the independent record labels in the 1980s and with the D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) ethics in underground music scenes.
It has also influenced various music genres that in distinction to punk rock have experienced widespread commercial success, including grunge and crossover thrash metal.
What happened to straight edge?
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| Straight edge tattoo: hardcore booze-and-drug-free, vegan clean living |
- Straight edge: holier-than-thou as trauma-based self-righteousness
East LA (Chicano) backyard parties
Latina Eva O (Ortiz) and Super Heroines "Death on the Elevator"
- Stains: first Chicano hardcore punk band in East LA
- "I don't want to drown in American society"
Hardcore makes it to the Midwest
Although the punk music genre started in English-speaking Western countries, notable hardcore scenes have existed in Buddhist Japan (Japanese punk rock, Japanese hardcore punk), Italy (Italian punk rock), and Brazil (Brazilian punk rock).
Best band on the East Coast? Void "Who Are You" live in 1983
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Void releases classic split-EP with No Faith (one of our personal favorite punk bands of all time)
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| American Hardcore (film) |
An article in Drowned in Sound argues that late-1970s/early-1980s era hardcore is the true spirit of punk, because "all the poseurs and fashionistas f*cked off to the next trend of skinny pink ties with New Romantic haircuts, singing wimpy lyrics" and the punk scene now consisted of people like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Flag, and Circle Jerks, dedicated to the DIY ethics [17].
Other writers have also attributed hardcore punk rock to a reaction against artsy and mellower sub-genres that punk grew into, such as post-punk and super popular new wave [2, 18]. Hardcore punk additionally broke with original punk rock song patterns and visuals, favoring lower-key aesthetics [19] that were all about getting back-to-basics. More
What is a "minor" threat?
Punk rock Los Angeles: The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III
(Shout! Studios) The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III | full movie | Penelope Spheeris
The crazy kids of today: T.R.U.E.
This punk band might be saving humanity
In this episode: 🐀 The REAL Rat Utopia Experiment and society collapsing 🐀 Why crowds love yelling together ("gang/group vocals") 🐀 How audience participation creates cult-level fan loyalty 🐀 Why this song absolutely rules 🐀 A songwriter tip bands should steal immediately. If listeners love discovering new music before everyone else does, welcome to the Scroll Stopper Club. 🎵 Listen to The Rat Utopia Experiment “Blast.” YouTube: @theratutopiaexperiment. Website: theratutopiaexperiment.com. Bandcamp: theratutopiaexperiment.bandcamp.com. 📸 Follow Scroll Stopper Club on Instagram: scrollstopper.club
Mermaid Island grrrl who growls, rocks
Mermaid Island live in Hollywood
What is British anarcho-punk like RP, Crass?
(Every Album Ever with Mike Mansour) The story behind the world's most unhinged anarcho-punk band | Ep. 257: Rudimentary Peni (a medical reference to a fetal pre-vagina)
Punk-influenced filthy standup comedy?
Why hardcore punk was so important
- The TRUTH about hardcore punk (it got weird...)
- The problem with poseur pop "punk"... (TPR MBA)
- 25 Years of Punk Documentary (VH1 All Access)
- (The Punk Historian) Crass Course: NY Hardcore
- (james_exe) NYHC is back...but now where you think
Various examples of punk rock
Britain celebrates 40 years of punk
Britain celebrates 50 years of punk
Hardcore punk band brings peace
- Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven, Pfc. Sandoval, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit
Thursday, October 8, 2026
White man's powwow: slam dance mosh pit
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| Study finds mosh pits mimic ancient tribal rituals |
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| Careful, kids, you don't want to get hurt. |
Such exuberance might look like pure mayhem and random violence, particularly when it devolves to a war game/war dance called a "Wall of Death."
For example, the biggest Wall of Death ever was during Slaughter to Prevail's set at Hellfest 2024. Is it real?
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| Hey, down front, we're trying to watch the show! - Then pay for a seat. This is GA on the floor. |
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| We Got Power! (perihelionarts.com) |
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| Mosh Pit Meditation (calm amid chaos), Pt. 1 |
Mosh pits of the future
- I. Rony, Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly
Monday, October 5, 2026
Ireland activist/dissident Dolours Price
A NEW documentary focusing on the life of militant IRA activist and dissident Republican Dolours Price has just arrived on Netflix, having earned great reviews
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| Sisters in the Resistance against imperial rule |
I, Dolours, from Director Maurice Sweeney, presents a powerful and disturbing portrait of Price, who died in 2013 and spent time in prison for her role in the IRA bombing of London's Old Bailey in 1973.
The documentary sees the once-idealistic Price reflect on her part in the troubles and the depths she was willing to sink to in the name of the cause.
Two years prior to her death Price agreed to conduct a filmed interview on the condition it would never be broadcast during her lifetime.
The resulting interview with The Irish News, which forms the basis of I, Dolours, saw Price confess to her involvement in the murder of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 from west Belfast who was abducted and killed by the IRA in 1972.
McConville was suspected by the IRA of passing on information to British forces, though a police investigation, conducted decades later, found no evidence she was an informer.
Her body was eventually discovered on a beach in Louth in 2003, following a tip-off from the IRA. More: A powerful documentary on IRA activist Dolours Price has arrived on Netflix | irishpost.com
- Two new Irish films set to premiere in London | Irish Post
- First look at new comedy set in Northern Irish care home
- Real Northern Lights over Ireland? (irishpost.com/news)
- Jack Beresford, Irish Post, March 23, 2019; Pat Macpherson (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Punk rock: The story of the Germs
(Sound of History) The Germs: the most explosive punk band
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| The Germs: Bassist Lorna Doom; guitarist Pat Smear; drummer Don Bolles; singer Darby Crash |
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| Darby Crash, April 1980, L.A. |
THE SLAVE: It starts in your head/ And moves to your hands/ Your body starts shakin'/ 'Cause you're in demand/ You do the slave to the beat/ Of the neuro-sutra can-can/ You're lashed 'twixt the stars/ With your ice and motor cars/ You do the slave to the beat/ Of the neuro-sutra can-can/ Oh yea! Yea! Pull out the Zen/ I've got a Buddhist principle in my hand
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| The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Medium |
So long before there was a Nirvana, long before Darby's guitarist and best friend Pat Smear began playing for Nirvana, there was already interest in bringing about "the end of all suffering," which is the literal meaning of the Sanskrit term Nirvana. Female bassist Lorna Doom went off into oblivion or obscurity, but drummer Don Bolles went on to local greatness with Goth punk 45 Grave. Of course, Darby was a troubled teen in Hollywood, California, so he had bigger things to worry about than ending suffering. He had addictions to develop, dysfunctional coping mechanisms, and remembering to use the microphone near his mouth during live performances on his mind.
He was clearly a very talented wordsmith on his way to a fabulous career if everything hadn't come crashing down around him. Drugs and drunkenness. They'll be the ruin of most rockers who think they'll be different and go untouched by the predictable three-stage tragedy of use, abuse, and demise. Good thing Joan Jett recorded and produced them so well before it was too late.
Don Bolles went on to play fastest song in world till then: "Black Cross"
(well, there was the lightning fast "Red Tape" by Circle Jerks, too)
Truth about Rock 'n Roll industry: fake
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| I inspired Nirvana and played with and for Kurt |
Fecal Matter was a punk rock band from Aberdeen, Washington state. FM was formed in 1985 by Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's future frontman, along with Dale Crover of the Melvins and drummer Greg Hokanson. Melvins members Buzz Osborne (also known as "King Buzzo") and Mike Dillard appeared in a later version of the band during rehearsals the following year. The band was short-lived, disbanding in 1986. Songs from the group's sole recording session were issued as the Illiteracy Will Prevail demo tape.
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