The Gits – Absynthe
Beloved and feisty Seattle band whose path to punk rock glory was cut tragically short…
Here they are performing in a rare clip of a show I shot at the Covered Wagon Saloon in San Francisco in February 1993.
Category Archives: Punk Rock
The 78 RPMs from their album Pulsator
When it comes to extinct Bay Area bands, we will stop at nothing in our quest to unearth the finest of the trash rock greats…
One such bands that never failed to impress was the frenetic 78 RPMs who released two albums and several singles, mostly on their own Dill Records label…this track is from their final full length offering “Pulsator” via the Shrunken Head label
In this video cobbled together at the turn of the century by the DBL VZN crew ( basically me and “Fatty” Jeff McColgan) that we shot on two $900 digital video cameras at The SF Eagle, Galia & Kimo’s circa 2001 …and then edited on a trusty new $4000 PC in a Mission District flat whose rooms rented for $260. Nowadays the gear could be had for less than $500 but the rent would be $4000 a month …go figger
Amyl & The Sniffers!
After doing 5 shows in Texas including multiple SXSW gigs, feisty Melbourne band Amyl and the Sniffers play their first headlining gig in San Francisco at Thee Parkside on March 22 2019. Here are two songs excerpted from the ferocious and fast, barely 35 minute set featuring diminutive dynamo Amy Taylor on vocals. Here’s Westgate and Cup Of Destiny in front of a sold out SF club crowd.
Mayhem Via Melbourne
Conflict : The Ungovernable Force Medley
- To Whom It May Concern
- Now You’ve Put Your Foot In It
- The Day Before / Climbing The Stairs
- This Is The A.L.F.
- The Final Conflict
Just days after completing a Mexican Tour, Colin Jerwood configured his US touring version of Conflict, and started from Phoenix, bringing the band up to Oakland, for this pit stirring set conclusion shot at the non-profit Oakland Metro venue at Jack London Square 5 20 2019, presented by Numbskull Shows. Joining vocalist and band founder Colin in this US touring lineup in this video is William Faith on guitar, Preston Maddox on bass and Andrew Sole on drums. Special thanx to touring bassist Preston from Austin TX for the setlist
Shotwell – Once In Awhile (Live)
The lead track off the Geneva Avenue Fallout LP performed by Jimmy Shotwell with Steve Moriarty from The Gits on drums. Bonus dancing by Ivy and Guy, shot at St John The Evangelist Volx Kuche anniversary event March 28 2019 in San Francisco.
Once In Awhile – a song that has been a fixture in Shotwell setlists for decades, since its appearance on the Shotwell/Miami Solit LP is performed in this video of a show performed by the 2019 Shotwell Duo lineup of just Jimmy & Steve
Ruleta Rusa – Divina ProvidenC.I.A.
Ruleta Ruse perform the song Divina ProvidenCIA at the Elbo Room in San Francisco
A studio version of this song can be found on the 2017 LP Viviendo Una Maldicion through Sorry State Records, and the seven song Ltd Edition Pressing 2015 Euro Tour 12″ EP on Trabuc Records available here https://ruletarusa.bandcamp.com/
Live at the Elbo Room in San Francisco,
these Ruleta Rusa lyrics are inspired by the deadly political power struggles in El Salvador particularly throughout the 1980’s by the government against the FMLN opposition movement. El Salvador’s right wing military death squads, backed by the country’s banks and elites, as well as United States government, went after indigenous activists, Jesuit Priests, aid workers, students and civilian intellectuals. At the peak of the conflict, the death squads wiped-out entire villages when hunting opposition guerillas, including over 1,000 people in the village of El Mozote in 1981.
During the height of the war, United States aid to the repressive government averaged $1.5 million dollars a day. The U.S. finally ceased support of the regime only in 1990 after tens of thousands of civilian deaths and the United Nations became involved in the human rights crisis. After U.S. Congressman Moakley raised issues about the atrocities and coverups by the military, eventually some military members were prosecuted for the kidnapping, torture, rape and murder thousands of unarmed civilians.
Blistering 20 minutes of a circa 2000, Stiff Ones’ show, including a toxic tear down of Iggy & the Stooges’ “Shake Appeal” seen towards the beginning of the set. This classic Texas Terri & The Stiff Ones lineup was only together for a brief time, but fortunately I snagged some digital video of their heyday at the ye olde Covered Wagon Saloon. Unfortunately my up close & personal raw & rawkin” footage means some maxed out, way overloaded camera mic audio that’s in the red as well.