Word: punks
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...night drinkfest, I ran into a friend of mine. He invited me to join a group to go on a daytrip up to Manchester, N.H., to shoot various handguns and machine guns. No, he wasn’t dressed in army fatigues or preparing for Armageddon much like those punk kids in the pit, but rather he was a quiet, unassuming nice guy who you’d envision more at home on the links than shooting off a couple of caps. So with a great deal of curiosity and a bit of childhood nostalgia, I agreed...
Drumming in a punk-rock band might not seem like the proper training ground for a would-be country star, but it was just right for Neko Case (pronounced nee-ko). After several years of knocking around Seattle's punk scene, Case, 29, has released Furnace Room Lullaby (Bloodshot), a turbulent, swift-flowing record that proves the two genres are closer than you might think. Her vocals often sound like a night at the Grand Ole Opry--spiked with punkish energy. "Country in its pure form is very punk," Case says. "They're both about passionate, poor people, and they...
...show America what rock is all about. To the enervated nerves of modern rock, _Exterminator_ is a jolt of cold water. This is neither the bombast of the Smashing Pumpkins nor the manufactured sheen of No Doubt. _Exterminator_ is an attempt to recapture the glory of 1977, when punk seemed like it just might win. While straight-ahead punk does appear here (the glorious opening suite of "Kill All Hippies," "Accelerator" and "Exterminator"), more important is the group's appropriation of righteous anger. Leftist rage permeates the album, unifying techno ("Swastika Eyes"), hip-hop ("Pills") and guitar noise...
...Johnny Rotten is alive and well. The aging lead screecher of U.K. punk pioneers the Sex Pistols, Lydon still uses his old stage name and hasn't lost his sarcastic sneer--even if his spiky orange hair and Day-Glo togs make him look more like a Rugrat these days than a rebel. Lydon is ensconced in Nickelodeon's editing room finishing the second episode of Rotten Television, his new series for Nick's sister channel, VH1. A free-form zeitgeist diatribe, it has no script, a shoestring budget and zero structure. "What's the fun in having a format...
...piercing as a safety pin through the nostril. Ask about Bono's reworking Anarchy in the U.K. for a new sound track, and the response is swift. "It's horrible!" How about American rabble-rousers like shock jock Howard Stern? "He's one joke that's already tired." Post-punk diva Courtney Love? "Courtney Loves Kurt's money." Don't count on Lydon's accepting any Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honors either. "Never. I don't need accolades from boring old farts." Thankfully, Lydon remains rotten to the core...