Alkaline Trio!

Here's one from Alk3's B-sides and rarities album, Remains. Here's "Queen of Pain".



See ya later!

The Clash!

The Clash is my favorite band of all time. The song I give you today is "Police and Thieves" off their debut, The Clash. The song is a cover of Junior Murvin and Lee "Scratch" Perry's version of the song. Make sure you can hear the bass in this song because it's such a cool riff.



Another song might come later today since I was busy yesterday and didn't have time to post.

Wait For the Sun!

Hi-STANDARD is today's band. They were on Fat Wreck Chords before they broke up in 2000. Guess what, folks, they're Japanese. That's right, Japanese pop-punkers. This song is called Wait for the Sun off their 1996 debut, Growing Up.



I'd like to end this with a quote from the Emperor of Japan. "Fuck you, Dolphin and Fuck you, Whale!"

Psychobilly!

Take old 1950's rockabilly and 1980's horror punk, put 'em in a cage until they mate and what do you get? Psychobilly! This here is a really cool psychobilly song from the Nekromantix who are on Tim Armstrong's Hellcat Records. It's called "Driller Killer" off Give 'Em The Boot V.



I'll probably be posting more psychobilly up here in the future because it's crazy and fun and awesome and I like it. The Nekromantix are fronted by Kim Nekroman who also plays a super cool coffin stand up bass. Nobody is more psychobilly than Kim. Oh yeah, that's a dude's name too for all of you who are confused right now. Fun song about a serial killer who drills holes into people's heads. The guitar is pretty cool on this song, and the bass and drums really work together here to set up the rhythm. See y'all tomorrow.

The Descendents!

They were nerdy before Weezer ever was (but after Devo). They made it cool to not be cool. They are...(drum roll)... The Descendents! The song is "'Merican" off of 2004's Cool to be You.

PROPAGANDHI!

They have one of the coolest names a band has ever had, they rock harder than almost any band on the planet, and they're... Canadian? That's right, straight outta Canadia, here's Propagandhi with their cool song, "Back to the Motor League"

http://s3.fatwreck.com/sync/audio_track/the_audio_file/80/Propagandhi_BackToTheMotorLeague.mp3

There's even a funny video with a guy playing air guitar to it lookin' like a fool.



Cool song, huh. I got stuff to do so that's all for today.

Bad Religion

Bad Religion is the best punk band of all time. From How Can Hell Be Any Worse? to their upcoming release The Dissent of Man, they have rocked the masses with every album (except maybe No Control) with their fast paced, full-on assault sound that defines punk rock. Today's song is one of my faves and it comes off 2007's New Maps of Hell. Now presenting, "New Dark Ages".



Bad Religion is the epitome of a punk rock supergroup, while also being an essential part of early hardcore. The line-up has had some changes throughout the years, but every original member, save Jay Z, is still a member. Bad Religion is now:

Greg Graffin - Vocals
Brett Gurewitz - Guitar
Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks) - Guitar
Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty) - Guitar
Jay Bentley - Bass
Brooks Wackerman (Suicidal Tendencies) - Drums

This song has the fast, hard drum beats and crazy "oozin ahhs" that we've all come to love from Bad Religion. It has a pessimistic political message and intelligent lyrics (written by Dr. Graffin, PhD) that seem shallower on the surface, but once you listen closely are very thoughtful. Truth is, take any, any punk band ever, and Bad Religion kicks their ass so hard, their organs fall out of their mouth. They truly define punk rock. Hell yeah.

Peace.