5.0 out of 5 stars
Punk was rooted in rock, April 5, 2011
This review is from: Definitive Story of Cbgb: the Home of Us Punk (Audio CD)
And this CD set will prove it to you. I wasn't expecting this, but it's really got it's roots in the 70s and it's really got it's roots in rock n roll, some of it a lot less "punk-rock" than I'd thought. I'd forgotten about that side of N.Y. punk, before it went new wave or before it went really hardcore in the 80s and on. You can hear a progression building up in the songs and they've got a great selection of artists, both known and obscure (to me at least). Here's the blurb from the back of the cover:
"CBGB was home to one of the greatest explosions of creativity in rock history. Hilly Kristal opened his club in late 1973 in a run-down Bowery bar and oversaw the rise of Punk as bands such as the Ramones, Blondie and the Patti Smith Group rewrote the book. This double CD traces the history of the movement from the early forefathers - The Velvet Underground, NeW York Dolls, Iggy Pop - to the incendiary nights when the likes of the The Dictators and the Dead Boys tore the roof off the joint."
Here's the trackslist with the artists.
CD1
01. Television - SEE NO EVIL
02. Patti Smith - PISS FACTORY
03. Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - BORN TO LOSE
04. Blondie - X OFFENDER
05. Ramones - I WANNA BE YOUR BOYFRIEND
06. Mink Deville - SOUL TWIST
07. The B-52s - PLANET CLAIRE
08. James Chance & the Contortions - I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)
09. Destroy All Monsters - BORED
10. Suicide - COOL AS ICE
11. The Cramps - HUMAN FLY
12. The Gun Club - SEX BEAT
13. Plasmatics - BUTCHER BABY
14. Pere Ubu - FINAL SOLUTION
15. Mars - HELEN FORDSDALE
16. Bad Brains - PAY TO CUM
17. Mumps - WE ENDED UP
CD 2
01. MC5 - KICK OUT THE JAMS (LIVE)
02. Iggy & the Stooges - PENETRATION
03. New York Dolls - JET BOY
04. The Velvet Underground & Nico - RUN RUN RUN
05. Lydia Lunch/Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - ORPHANS
06. The Shirts - TEENAGE CRUTCH
07. The Runaways - CHERRY BOMB
08. Devo - JOCKO HOMO
09. The Waitresses - I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE
10. John Cale - HEARTBREAK HOTEL
11. Rocket from the Tombs - NEVER GONNA KILL MYSELF AGAIN
12. Dead Boys - SONIC REDUCER (LIVE)
13. The Electric Eels - SPIN AGE BLASTERS
14. The Dictators - NEXT BIG THING (LIVE)
15. Bush Tetras - TOO MANY CREEPS
16. Tuff Darts - FUN CITY
17. Hilly Kristal/Mad Mordechai - MUD
Looking back at punk of this era, and trying to define it, it was a mix of attitude and the absurd. Certainly the absurd. And certainly the attitude. Another one of rock's b@stard children. Listen to these tunes and feel the pedigree.
If you grew up in the 70s, this may be your soundtrack. These guys probably helped Generation X find itself.
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