Ben Weasel: I don't really have favorite records. I like songs. Crimpshrine was always my favorite of the East Bay bands in the late 1980s, though I'm a huge MTX fan as well. Dr. Frank is a true genius; a man who has mastered the art of songwriting. I always liked Hendrix a lot. I like the Stones and the Kinks a lot more now than when I was younger. It took me a while to separate their best stuff from the other lame 70s crap that was on the radio when I was growing up. I liked the punk bands that were sort of pioneers, both musically and in what they did to lay the groundwork for bands like mine. Like D.O.A., Black Flag, Zero Boys, Ramones of course, the Dickies. I tend to prefer American punk over the British stuff, though some of it was good, the Pistols, Buzzcocks, Rezillos, especially Wire. I love listening to Pink Flag, then moving on to the Urinals and 100 Flowers, then the Minutemen, then Jawbreaker. It all makes sense as you listen to those influences and how those bands interpreted them and it's mostly very good, occasionally a bit pretentious, but mostly really good stuff. I like John Coltrane a lot and I hear his influence in some more aggressive rock like the Stooges, especially on "Funhouse," which also seems to have a heavy soul influence. I am a big fan of the Cranberries, though they need a new lyricist. I love Bjork; if I wasn't married I'd be sending her love letters because her music is utterly brilliant and she's pretty foxy in a weird alien way. I think her lyrics are brilliant as well. Right now in punk, I like the Obsoletes quite a lot, they're insanely talented and they don't even seem to know it. The Modern Machines would be good except their drummer is unbearably bad. There's no excuse for hanging on to a drummer who's that untalented. I don't care if he's your friend, find a new friend who doesn't blow elephant balls on the drums. A punk band can get away with a lousy singer and guitarist like me, and a lousy bass player, but a lousy drummer will drag you down every time. I liked Shotwell, they took up where Crimpshrine left off very well, but I don't know if they're still together. I kind of like the Onion Flavored Rings too. And the Dillinger Four. I could do without the alcohol-fueled "zany" schtick, but they're for real and they know what a good tune is and how to write one and perform one. But I don't understand sticking things up your butt on stage. GG Allin already mined that field. I hate the American Pie bands, the California Elite, but so what, who doesn't?
DAVID BOWIE E LA LISTA DEI DISCHI DA COMPRARE
Nel 1977 David Bowie fece una lista di dischi di nuove uscite a Tony Visconti, se gentilmente poteva comprarglieli.
Stranglers, Ultravox, Jean Michel Jarre, l'intero catalogo della Stiff Records, Mink Deville, Damned.
Singoli di Clash, Talking Heads, Snivellin' Shits (punk 77 di culto).
Chiusura con Van der Graaf Generator e Bob Marley & the Wailers.
PAUL WELLER MI HA FATTO UNA CASSETTA (CON IL MEGLIO DEL 2024)
Mi ha messo dentro:
LIAM BAILEY - ZERO GRACE
"Puoi sentire lo spirito del vecchio Soul ma anche del Rocksteady Jamaicano. Grande voce e grande songwriting."
SAMORY I - STRENGHT
"E' brillante, uno dei migliori sentiti da un bel po' a questa parte: è roots reggae e le canzoni parlano di unità e guarigione."
AMELIA COBURN - BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE MILKMEN
"Una grande voce folky, suona l'ukulele, l'ukulele baritono e il banjo, e ottiene dei suoni così diversi da ognuno di essi."
SHABAKA - PERCEIVE ITS BEAUTY, ACKNOWLEDGE
"Si, lo conosciamo già, ma è sempre fantastica musica spirituale."
VILLAGERS - THAT GOLDEN TIME
"Mi piace tutto quello che fa Conor O'Brien."
VEGYN - THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS
"Non so nulla di lui se non che viene da Londra Ovest."
JOHN KING PIE & MASH
JOHN KING TOP 12 PUNK SONGS (playlist per Rebellion Festival)
1. THE MEMBERS / THE SOUND OF THE SUBURBS
2. SHAM 69 / BORSTAL BREAKOUT
3. THE RUTS / IN A RUT
4. THE LURKERS / AIN'T GOT A CLUE
5. X RAY SPEX / THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED DAY - GLO
6. THE JAM / DOWN IN THE TUBESTATION AT MIDNIGHT
7. THE CLASH / WHAT'S MY NAME
DUE EPICI ROCK BOLOGNESI
Mi sono subito infilato
Con un colpo al cuore
Nel girotondo sfrenato che fai tutte le ore
E mi fa entrare in coma
Mi disturba e mi esalta
Con la testa che rimbalza scuotimi stasera
Dimmi che mi ami fallo proprio ora
E non forse domani e allora, ti prego
Rantola ancora se puoi, se puoi
Rantola ancora, come sai
Rantola ancora se puoi, se puoi
Rantola ancora, come sai come sai, come sai
Ti riuscirà di ucciderti
Anima squilla dell'istinto più bestiale
Che mi strazia tutto il tempo
Rock and roll banale
Con il ritmo sempre uguale
Tu sai che te lo chiedo
Per non essere passivo
Rantola ancora se puoi, se puoi
Rantola ancora, come sai
Rantola ancora se puoi, se puoi
Rantola ancora, come sai come sai, come sai
I DIECI ALBUM PREFERITI DA VIC GODARD
LIAM GALLAGHER MI HA FATTO UNA CASSETTA
Lato A - Soundtracking Isolation
Isolation – John Lennon
NICK CASH DEI 999 MI HA FATTO UNA CASSETTA
Nick Cash dei grandissimi 999 mi ha fatto una cassetta.
Ecco cosa mi ha messo:
Eddie Cochran – ’20 Flight Rock’
Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs – ‘Little Red Riding Hood’
Wilson Pickett – ‘Mustang Sally’
The Kinks – ‘Waterloo Sunset’
Iggy Pop And The Stooges – ‘Search And Destroy’
999 – ‘Gimme the World’
New York Dolls – ‘Personality Crisis’
Richard Hell and The Voidoids – ‘The Kid With The Replaceable Head’
Buddy Holly – 'Everyday’
Booker T and the MG’s – ‘Sour Dressing’
Johnny Cash – ‘Boy Named Sue’
Mutabaruka – ‘The System’
Gregory Isaacs – ‘Night Nurse’
Steel Pulse – ‘Handsworth Revolution’
Fats Domino – ‘The Walk’
Kilburn And The High Roads – ‘Rough Kids’
The Heartbreakers – ‘Pirate Love’
Lee Dorsey – ‘Holy Cow’
Ennio Morricone – ‘The Good The Bad And The Ugly’
Iggy Pop – ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’
BOB MANTON - PURPLE HEARTS SCORCHERS
I BEAT MI HANNO FATTO UNA CASSETTA
Ecco la top ten di Ranking Roger, storico frontman dei Beat.I BARRACUDAS MI HANNO FATTO UNA CASSETTA











