[kj] (OT) Derf Scratch (Fear) RIP

GREG SLAWSON gregslawson at msn.com
Sat Jul 31 02:01:46 EDT 2010



Oh, I forgot--the Decendents (are they from around LA too?). Kind of like the US version of the Buzzcocks, with about 1/1000 the recognition and record sales (I just read that
"Harmony in my Head" was on the UK charts).



From: gregslawson at msn.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:17:48 -0400
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Derf Scratch (Fear) RIP




Lonely Boy is right--the fun, metallic roar of Flag, the Ramones goes country of X, the bluesy grit of Tex and the Horseheads, the cynical wit and skank beat of the Circle Jerks, the glam of Red Kross, the arty-classic rock-funky intellectualism of the Minutemen, the punk and funk of the Big Boys, the country alt-pop of Rand n File (and dozens of other bands I know nothing about)...It's kind of like saying "I never really enjoyed the Pistols--they weren't that tight live..."




From: LONESTYLE at aol.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:19:16 -0400
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Derf Scratch (Fear) RIP


How can you not like the LA punk scene? The LA punk scene was awesome! So many great bands came up with so many different sounds.

~LB


In a message dated 7/30/2010 1:41:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, folk.devil at hotmail.com writes:
This reminds me of when I saw the Lurkers...they didn't play..they were too pissed and just stood there like twats.
I never really enjoyed the 2nd wave punk thing, nor the LA punk scene...the latter was probably just cultural, the former because 99% of it was just performing monkeys.



From: kjlist at live.com
To: vassifer at earthlink.net; gathering at misera.net
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:44:56 -0500
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Derf Scratch (Fear) RIP



FEAR was a favorite growing up. They were erratic, incomprehensible, unpredictable, shambolic, frequently idiotic and even more frequently a powerful expression of everything I loved about music at the time.

Kind of like...KJ?

I loved how they were always teetering just on the edge of falling apart. Growing up I would hear stories of the Replacements at Duffy's in Mpls (and opening for KJ) or Kirby's in Moorhead, MN (next to Fargo, ND). The consensus was always the same: either you saw the greatest rock'n'roll show ever, or you saw a bunch of drunk fools play KISS covers for 20 minutes before falling off the stage.





Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:25 -0400
From: vassifer at earthlink.net
To: gathering at misera.net; gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Derf Scratch (Fear) RIP




I loved FEAR's first two albums. Awesome live band as well.

Alex in NYC



-----Original Message-----
From: folk devil
Sent: Jul 30, 2010 2:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Derf Scratch (Fear) RIP



Can I ask what appealed to you about them?
Worse than the Expoited, to me.



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From: countessghoulita at aol.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:40:00 -0400
Subject: [kj] (OT) Derf Scratch (Fear) RIP

http://longgoneloser.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/derf-scratch-r-i-p/



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