frankie venom died yesterday .
yeah, i know canadian punk bands don't get a ton of press outside of our border, but anyone who was in the toronto/hamilton scene in the 70s and 80s would have seen a few teenage head gigs. i linked to a youtube video first to show the band, but their site, announcing his death is here
funny, we were chatting about the last pogo on /board earlier, and that got me thinking about the bands so i got the bad news while hunting down pics and mp3s. they had some great songs, unfortunately no super online repositories that i can uncrate at this late hour. 'disgusteen' was a staple of my teenage years, hear it if you can (and not the crappy youtube video that's up, it was made in 2007, ugh).
oh well, we're all mortal.
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postbear has metal knees, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 7:39,
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That's a strange conincidence.
Last time a link to the work of someone recently deceased, whom I'd never heard of before, turned up on here, I really enjoyed it.
Edit: George Carlin was the last guy.
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the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 7:49,
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i'm just glad you asked about toronto in the context of music earlier.
after i mentioned the last pogo i got out a couple of cds and went link wandering, then i got the news. if i'd known earlier i would have gone to the horseshoe tonight and seen what they had going on.
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postbear has metal knees, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 7:53,
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Did you actually know the feller?
He looks remarkably like the landlord of an awesome pub I've started going to since coming to uni. It's called the Nowhere Inn and is full of aging punks.
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the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 7:56,
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nah, never knew him but i saw him play at least a dozen times.
he was from hamilton, where i went to university. teenage head were regulars there and in toronto, and while they were just past their prime when i started seeing their shows, a ton of the bands i was very much into would open for them and had been inspired by them.
they come off a bit goofy here (and they were goofy), but thet were a lot more sinister and snarky in concert, especially in the earlier days - this video is pretty tame and the songs not the best (i do like let's shake, but it's a fun pop-punk song now). disgusteen would have been better exposure to them here, but there's no video about that i can see other than latter-day crap and i'm too tired to hunt any more.
night-night, i am definitely asleep now.
hey! i'm an aged punk, we're a decent breed.
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postbear has metal knees, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 8:06,
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