Late nineties Chicago was a Wild West of post-punk and hardcore transformation. Their guiding principle was a simple one: It's not what you make, it's how you make it.
"I didn’t really know what I was doing, and that was almost the point. Hardcore didn’t teach me to value professionalism. It empowered me to just do things... regardless of whether or not I thought I had the equipment or expertise to do it."
I loved that. You put a lot of things into writing which I've only vaguely sensed over the years trying to write different styles of music. And Tim is such an inspiring songwriter, I can't wait for that interview.
If you look at the early days of punk, at least in the U.S., on both coasts you have this cycle that starts with bands doing all kinds of weird shit - compare the Ramones to Richard Hell to Television, or the Weirdos to X to the Gun Club to the Germs - all under the umbrella of punk, then over time it calcifies into more or less rigid forms, then starts to open up again when those forms get too stifling. But the underlying ethos of, as you put it, something unnerving remains. Good Charlotte always sort of bothered me in that respect, as a band in what I could only call punk drag playing something that sounded like any given boy band.
And as for DJing, you and Bob Mould - not bad company to be in at all. :)
That was an interesting piece as always. That is really cool that Chicago had a “cross-pollination” of scenes. I found it extremely fascinating that Casey rice produced the promise ring’s first lp. That is awesome. I guess not everything is as it seems. While reading this I was reminded of this science tidbit I read the other day. “The sky is technically bluish purple, but human eyes perceive it as blue. human eyes are more sensitive to blue light than violet light,( because of rods in our corneas) and the greenish and reddish tinges of the two colors wash out when combined, resulting in a pale blue.” Looking forward to the interview on Thursday.
"I didn’t really know what I was doing, and that was almost the point. Hardcore didn’t teach me to value professionalism. It empowered me to just do things... regardless of whether or not I thought I had the equipment or expertise to do it."
— Hitting the punk nail squarely on its head.
I loved that. You put a lot of things into writing which I've only vaguely sensed over the years trying to write different styles of music. And Tim is such an inspiring songwriter, I can't wait for that interview.
If you look at the early days of punk, at least in the U.S., on both coasts you have this cycle that starts with bands doing all kinds of weird shit - compare the Ramones to Richard Hell to Television, or the Weirdos to X to the Gun Club to the Germs - all under the umbrella of punk, then over time it calcifies into more or less rigid forms, then starts to open up again when those forms get too stifling. But the underlying ethos of, as you put it, something unnerving remains. Good Charlotte always sort of bothered me in that respect, as a band in what I could only call punk drag playing something that sounded like any given boy band.
And as for DJing, you and Bob Mould - not bad company to be in at all. :)
That was an interesting piece as always. That is really cool that Chicago had a “cross-pollination” of scenes. I found it extremely fascinating that Casey rice produced the promise ring’s first lp. That is awesome. I guess not everything is as it seems. While reading this I was reminded of this science tidbit I read the other day. “The sky is technically bluish purple, but human eyes perceive it as blue. human eyes are more sensitive to blue light than violet light,( because of rods in our corneas) and the greenish and reddish tinges of the two colors wash out when combined, resulting in a pale blue.” Looking forward to the interview on Thursday.
Not gonna lie, that whole "band with Walter" thing sounds pretty cool
#itwouldbecoolerifyoudid #justkidding
Also, cool dj name!!