Comments on: punk in ’98

By: Mr B

Mr B — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:15:46 +0000

Monorchid’s Who Put Out the Fire is brilliant. I was so pleased eMusic had it as I had a couple of tracks on a comp tape* a mate had done for me.

* yes, a cassette!

By: porieux

porieux — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:34:41 +0000

That’s a great story Tim. Johnny’s mum sounds cool.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:21:35 +0000

Punk is in the ear of the beholder. John Lydon said in his remarkable autobiography (No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish) that his mother was heavily into avant garde music, and as much as she appreciated his attitude, she thought his musical choices were awfully conservative. She was right of course, and John was forced to admit some embarrassment that his music was never far-enough out for his mum.

By: porieux

porieux — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:23:46 +0000

Strange what they are calling punk these days….more like power pop if you ask me.

By: duggie

duggie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:57:33 +0000

This stuff is among the worst music ever made.

By: fred

fred — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:48:21 +0000

Compound Red’s “Always A Pleasure”!

that was always my favorite out of the milwaukee Promise Ring / Braid / Atomic Records / Milk Magazine scene.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:02:00 +0000

KNAPSACK. Day Three of My New Life is one of my favorite album titles ever.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:45:55 +0000

Man, LIFETIME. Jersey legends (and Best Dancers, heh). Can’t believe I forgot Knapsack, good call.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:07:12 +0000

I’m kinda puzzled about how The Promise Ring seems to have been forgotten by so many people. I’ve been jamming Nothing Feels Good almost daily. And “Jawbreaker agnostic?!” Seriously?! 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, man — “1, 2, 3, 4, who’s punk, what’s the score?”

Maybe it’s just my skewed perspective, but it kinda feels like there’s this whole era of independent music that I feel like is either overlooked or ignored — good records all, and ripe for rediscovery.

By: brad

brad — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:01:57 +0000

I agree, Frame & Canvas, is the pinnacle for 1998. I listened to Kid Dynamite just to try to get a piece of what Lifetime had been, but it was not even close. Jet to Brazil had a good live show that got me listening to Orange Rhyming Dictionary. At The Drive in and Alkaline Trio were two I listened to a bit because I had friends that loved them.

Others from ’98 that are great – Mock Orange – Nines & Sixes (like Braid, this is one I can still listen to, its great); Knapsack – This conversation is Ending Starting Right now (also great), and Saves the Day – Can’t Slow Down (again it was the closest thing I had to Lifetime, so I loved it).

Not so punk in ’98 but still great – Pedro the Lion – Its hard to find a friend, American Football – s/t EP, and Elliott Smith – XO