Kurt Cobains Top 50 Albums List

Kurt Cobains Top 50 Albums 1. The Stooges 2. Pixies – Surfer Rosa Kurt says: A die-cast metal fossil of misplaced draft, with or without the fucking production. Everyone who has ever commented on ‘Surfer Rosa’ has said that the production’s amazing. I agree with that, but the songs are so strong that it wouldn’t have mattered if you’d listened to it through a boom-box. I was completely nihilistic up until about four or five years ago, when I first heard this. It changed my attitude. It made me finally admit, after being into punk rock for so many years, … Continue reading Kurt Cobains Top 50 Albums List

Maty’s Corner # 6

Maty’s Corner Issue # 6 Skate Rock San Jose- Steve Caballero and The Faction The first incarnation of The Faction were Steve Caballero, Gavin O’Brien, Craig Bosch, and Russ Wright. This lineup only lasted through a couple of practices when Craig Bosch left to join local punk band The Unaware. Bosch was replaced by Adam Segal who also became the band’s de facto manager. The Faction were a hardcore punk rock band. Pioneers of the skate punk era during the early 1980s many band would follow their after. Starting on Halloween 1982 out of the streets, pools and ramps of … Continue reading Maty’s Corner # 6

Maty’s Corner # 5

Maty’s Corner Issue #5 Henry had a T.V. party, D felt like a gringo and Milo went to college A Story of SST Records and the South Bay sound SST which stands for Solid State Transmitters was started by Greg Ginn in 1966 as a business that sold electronics equipment.  It would not become a record label until 1978.  12 years to go from slanigin’ electronics to the label that would form an entire sound and scene. Now, we cannot quite tell the story of this label without proper focus on the big 3 bands of the South bay.  Those … Continue reading Maty’s Corner # 5

Maty’s Corner # 4

Kill Me, I Need The Rest… The Master Of Disaster Duane Peters! Master of Disaster. A junkie, a fuck up, a bum, a legend and man who has had permanent effects on skate boarding and punk rock music.  Most know Duane as either the front man of U.S. Bombs or as a skater.  Many don’t know both and less even know about his importance to skate boarding. But don’t give me blank or worried stares, I’ll introduce ya the spectrum of the Disaster. So in the skate world this nut case invented a number of tricks including the acid drop … Continue reading Maty’s Corner # 4

Maty’s Corner # 3

 Maty’s Corner Issue # 3 Fuck Armageddon… This is Bad Religion Bad Religion, the band that really got me into punk rock when I first bought 1998’s No Substance by pure happen stance.  Bad Religion is into their 34th year of punk rockin’ it.  They started up in 1979 in Los Angeles, CA.  First show was November 11th 1980 in Burbank, CA.  Back when the now widely known Epitaph Records was nothing more than a name and P.O. Box that Mr. Brett put on the album sleeves to say “yeah, we have a label.” Their music has been instrumental in … Continue reading Maty’s Corner # 3