My Corona

Short post today, pointing anyone who stumbles across this in the direction of my favourite San Pedro hardcore punk triplet of the moment, The Minutemen.



The ability to turn even ignorant narrow-minded schlumburgers like me who think acoustic music 'is for chumps' onto such oft distortion-free licks is certainly no small deal. Personally, I normally deplore punk bands who present acoustic variations of their work, but (aside from the fact the two styles are presented in parallel anyway, there's no repackaging going on here) due to the level of musicianship so ingrained in these guys' work there is no bridge to be crossed in the first place. This being an opposition to the norm of the excercise just being a novel way of presenting songs that really weren't designed for guitars that you don't have to plug in, as is often the case.

I'll spare you my usual "all the kids with their fancy modern spangle bands don't know what they owe these guys" rant but I will say anyone who dares question these guys' Hardcore credentials gets a mouthful of fist.



I heartily recommend you go YouTube stalk 'em.
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