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In Darkness You Feel No Regret

“Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and accepting anything that you like, playing whatever you want, as sloppy as you want, as long as it’s good and has passion”

Joe Kidd recently posted this “interesting” article on Ricecooker. I manage to read the whole thing (and skips the comments section, for fucks sake most the comments on Ricecooker are fucking retarded posted by some idiots and are unworthy for me to waste my time on) and do a little bit of thinking (I am surprising myself as well, I thought spending too much time playing Winning Eleven had killed my ability to think). Here’s my two cents on the whole thing. Yes, contrary to popular belief I do care a little bit about the local punk rock scene.

Stop laughing.

Fucker.

I used to think that punk rock, the music, should be adventurous, open to new ideas and always evolving. Yeah I think I am echoing Joe Kidd’s view. Some of you probably think that’s lame but whatever. If things doesn’t evolve, punk rock will still sounds like it was in the 70’s (and tell me how many people actually listen to that shit nowadays?) and metal will be totally boring. But that was like ages ago. I threw all that out of the window when I realized that “originality” and “unique-ness” doesn’t always mean good. Do tell me, in the last 10 years, are there any note-worthy bands that bring something totally new to punk rock? Tragedy, despite being the “IT” band in today’s hardcore scene don’t really do nothing much but overdoing that sweet-melodic crust thingy that is common with some Swedish and Japanese bands. That tech-math-core shits are nothing but prog-rock played by a bunch of kids having ADD that don’t have much patience playing one song that last for half an hour. And most metallic hardcore we have nowadays is nothing more than a bad attempt at copying shitty metal. Submission Hold is original but fuck me if people actually enjoy the music and rock out to it. Proper rocking out I mean, sitting alone in your bedroom and stroking your chin is not what I mean as “rocking out.”

Face it, punk rock, the music, is fucking dead. It is not adventurous, open to new ideas and evolving. Get out of punk rock and you will experience that sort of thing somewhere else.

I don’t really want to get all “academics” on this issue. Personally I think that all the “new” ideas that we have back then was somehow a reaction against what was going on. Punk rock became hardcore because some kids realize how boring punk rock was back then and felt that it was time to take it back from the art crowd. Those kids want their punk rock to be crude and simple and not pretentious and full of bullshit. This constantly continues with other punk rock offshoots, be it grindcore, emo and what-ever-you-want-to-call-it-this-week-core. Like it or not, I think we are at the point where everything has been tried and tested where every reactions have a clear answer that you can get from a manual or something similar. Maybe that is not punk rock, but what the fuck is punk rock these days? Like I said earlier, if you want something new, look elsewhere.

I am going to be honest and say that most “punk rock” that we have nowadays can put me to sleep in less than a minute. It is yawn inducing and horrible. If I have a trouble sleeping, I will just put on some shitty “punk rock” (both local and non-local, if you’re wondering) and go to sleep. And you know what? If I am not talking about your band in my blog, it is either I have never heard of you or you’re nothing spectacular and I am only listening to your music so I can go to sleep. Fast. Tough luck, I know, but you can’t really please everyone right?

And I am not going to be a pussy and deny saying something like “man, all those tech-math-core shits sounds scarily similar to DEP, can’t they like steal from some other band?” to some of my friends because that’s like the fucking truth. None of them are fucking original to these ears. That is what happened when you are jaded with something. But instead of shit-talking to no end (there is a huge difference between occasionally shit talking and continuously shit-talking) and lose sleep I just decided that I am going to get as far away from any of that abomination and make fun of them every now and then (like now). Every time I read a show flyer with tech and screamo and math thrown around like someone life depends on it I will approach that show with caution. The same goes with other “punk rock” genre as well. And don’t get me start on emo. If I want some bad college rock, I will listen to bad college rock and not something “marketed” as something else. Face it you’re only “emo” because the indie scene thinks you’re horrible and are a fucking disastrous to even have a sniff at their scene. LOSERS.

But at the end of the day do all this “discussion” matters? Most who consider themselves punk rocker only acknowledge it as nothing more but a music genre. We have to thanks MTV and Myspace for diluting the real meaning with whatever bullshit they can throw along with so they can sell it to the masses. Most people are punk rock so they can be look upon as cool by others. It is fashion more than passion. It is blablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla blablablablablabla. Well, is it surprising that people don’t take punk rock seriously?

Holy fuck! Enough with this “discussion” shit. Man, why do I bother with all this in the first place? Anyway I think I remember that Joe Kidd ask me to recommend something new to him when I was at the ricecooker shop. I am quite dumbfounded. Being out of the loop for a while that’s probably the last question you want to hear. If only I have the latest issue of MRR handy to impress people when such question pops out. But I didn’t buy MRR for ages and could only give a sheepish smile as a respond. Yeah lame. So Joe, if you are reading this, I am sorry but I couldn’t recommend any new punk rock shit that you can feast your ears to. I am too fully occupied with old Japanese hardcore and French BM to even bother checking out what’s hot and what’s not in the current punk rock circle. Anyway I don’t think you’re missing much because there is hardly anything new around, but do check out Bone Awl. Those guys rule!

BM Boner

File this under music-that-will-never-impressed-that-girl-that-you-think-off-when-you-are-spanking-your-monkey. Mentioning Bone Awl in any conversation will not get you laid. Period. If you want some action, do talk about all those “IT” indie bands that you can read in Junk or any one of those bands that are on constant rotation on MTV and you might get lucky with that underage girl or boy.

If you are one of those ultra underground BM dudes you probably noticed how Bone Awl have make a name for themselves in the last couple of years. Read that again. U-L-T-R-A U-N-D-E-R-G-R-O-U-N-D B-L-A-C-K M-E-T-A-L. We’re not talking about some pansy wimpy BM that you can find in some glossy magazine (you know the one with the extra cheesy keyboard on top of that sweet melodies and confused "singing"). If your favorite “BM” band is Cradle of Filth, chances are you have no idea about Bone Awl and are secretly listening to Fall Out Boy and love that movie Titanic.

Don’t ask me why they are like the “IT” band in the ultra underground BM circles. I have no idea and could care less about any of that. As far as I am concern, Bone Awl shits on most BM with it simplistic and primitive take on genre. This shit is so primitive that you will have to redefine everything you ever know about BM. Bone Awl makes bands like Emperor and Dimmu Burger sounds like Dream Theatre. Since most of the band’s outputs are OOP (most of them are limited and small in numbers, you know it is not “kvlt” if more than 10 copies are made available), I think it is cool to point you to some blogs that have links to some of the band’s music. Go here and download some of the early stuff that is only available on cassette and vinyl. The band had also recently released their debut full length that you can buy here or download here.

Grind Art?

This is interesting. Can't understand shit? Go here.

Metallica's Hetfield Detained For Looking Like A Taliban

Yeah it is funny. You can read more about it here. The only reason why he should be detained is for making godawful albums.

Tempura Tempura Tempura

Alright, do yourself a favor and download this live album from this awesome blog. It is the live album from one of the earliest Japan punk rock/hardcore band The Stalin, recorded way back in 1983. Most of you who are on a constant diet of Japanese thrash and fastcore would probably hate it, but that’s your lost.

Head up to Kill From The Heart for more info about The Stalin. Some cool punks have also started The Stalin fansite where you can get some more info regarding the band. If you understand Japanese, you can even read a manga about the band here. Tempura!

Super Guitar?

You got to be a true guitar god to use this axe

Errr...

This is surely the most amusing comment i got so far. Thanks for stopping by, if you are looking for porn, look elsewhere. Perv...

"oi..ya allah ya tuhan ku isap lah konek ku sambil dewa hindu diduk melancap kat tokong cina bukit sambil nabi isa mengigit tetek dewa cina dan mengulum tuhan yahudi!! muhamad homo-seksual...macam anuar ibrahim, sebab itu lah keling sembah dewa dewa kat thaipusam, sambil penganut kristian memukimakkan yahudi..
ya allah nabi isa, kolomkan lah batang batang anak anak muzik underground yang suka musik bawah tanah di malaysia dan hidupkan lah mat mat rap with bitches dan skin head punk yang sembah konek keling dan beli arak yang di jual oleh apek dan bengali yahudi.
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SATAN I LOVE ! sembahyang lah kamu sebelum kau di sembayangkan!!sembah setan di underground!!"