[kj] American Hardcore documentary posted on YouTube

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Devacor at aol.com wrote:

> Would have been nice a brief clip and quick name mention or something- 

> Marginal Man was a great band also and I do remember them doing some 

> headlining shows with big turn outs- They didn't play out that much.


Odd thing was, Marginal Man were mentioned in _American Hardcore_ more 
than Government Issue (which was zero), because Innouye spoke on it 
frequently (about being a minority in punk) and because his dad's a 
senator from Hawaii. I honestly haven't heard anything of Marginal Man I 
really like.....  I don't think G.I. were as good as DKs or Misfits at 
all, obviously, but given that I believe they were the longest-lasting 
of the original DC HC bands (1980-1989?) with a huge discography, and 
its members produced some fine post-hardcore stuff like Jawbox, who had 
a minor hit in the 1990s (_For Your Own Special Sweetheart_, 1995 or so, 
on Atlantic, the first big major label band from Dischord), well, a 
brief clip such as what Void got woulda been nice. But the documentary 
can be nitpicked all day. And has been! :)

I'm pretty jealous of you guys that saw these bands. Have always been an 
admirer from the outside who didn't get into punk until 1988, and then 
through skateboarding, when I was 14. I missed most of this stuff, first 
show was '89.

-Oliver