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 My first impression
of this DVD was right the fuck on, cos I'd never seen this dangerous,
inspirational footage of the DEADBOYS at the zenith of their sneering,
splayed legged menace. Cheetah Chrome with the orange Deadboys dome,
leopard print, gutter-grace. He was the human switchblade, back in the
day, the Minister of Mayhem! And STIV! Don't get me started on STIV! Why
the fuck hasn't there been a high quality biography or movie about STIV?
My other favorite band, GEN X is also here with some really endearing and
sweet old interviews spliced in with some concert footage that don't match
the music. And I totally loved the Adicts Clockwork Orange antics on "VIVE LA
REVOLUTION". After those highlights, it gets sketchy, cos the Thunders and
Marky Ramone stuff's the same old shit you've seen a thousand times, the
Stooges reunion song probably makes more sense if you were there, and
while
I like a few of the other performers culled together here, like G.B.H., it
seemed like all these great punk bands from different eras were compiled
to
legitimize the obvious ringer band, GOLDBLADE. Who the fuck are GOLDBLADE?
Sleaze sez he's interviewed 'em, they're alrite by him, but I'm a mighty
suspicious person these days, and got no patience whatsoever for corporate
rock masquerading as indie street punk, etc. Am I the only one who's sick
to
rotting death of all these pukey, preppie, put-on pop punk 22 year old
showbiz-nephew millionaire puppet bands ala Sum 41, Fallout Boy, All
American Rejects, and Avenged Sevenfold? Where's Flipside Magazine when
you
need 'em to trace the L.A. origins of a band like LIT? Maybe GOLDBLADE are
personal friends with Duanne Peters and Lemmy Kilmeister and Ricky Beck
Mahler, and rock like bastards, and stand for truth and justice, and I
just
ain't hip to 'em, and aside from the Toy Dolls doofus joke rock that turns
punk into safe, whacky, middleclass parody, the rest of these groups are
all
pretty much legendary. Seems an essential primer for the My Chemical
Romantics and some worthwhile stuff to see for crusty oldsters who've been
too derelict to own VCRS til late. It's hard to go wrong with Stiv &
Cheetah.
P.S. Does Holly have a husband?
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