I went to see the Dropkick Murphys last night

[mrvster]

Any hardcore fans here??

howz za bout some original Cro Mags with Harley Flannagan???
or am I alone?

[Tobacco&Gum]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Any hardcore fans here??

howz za bout some original Cro Mags with Harley Flannagan???
or am I alone?

I was just listening to the cro mags the other day in the car.

I'm a fan of fugazi/minor threat as well!

[mrvster]

Great Choices!! My fav: age of quarrell....

Minor threat- Steppn' Stone one of my fav remakes of all time!

I was a singer for harcore band in the 90's called L.O.S.( Lack of sense)...we played w/ cro mags at THE FASTLANE ( in asbury park n.j.)......we were like the 10 th opening bandsLOL....we played alot with a band called Lethal Agression, and many other hard core bands including Bad Brains, ect.....

[Tobacco&Gum]

Originally Posted by mrvster

I was a singer for harcore band in the 90's called L.O.S.( Lack of sense)

I'd like to hear some of that.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Wicked awesome list Dave. I would add 11 AM drunk means the Black Rose or you could substitute many fine establishments. The 6 lanes to 1 cracks me up.

[DHogan]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Wicked awesome list Dave. I would add 11 AM drunk means the Black Rose or you could substitute many fine establishments. The 6 lanes to 1 cracks me up.

Peter, that list always cracks me up just reading it again and again.

[GoudeyJim]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Great Choices!! My fav: age of quarrell....

Minor threat- Steppn' Stone one of my fav remakes of all time!

I was a singer for harcore band in the 90's called L.O.S.( Lack of sense)...we played w/ cro mags at THE FASTLANE ( in asbury park n.j.)......we were like the 10 th opening bandsLOL....we played alot with a band called Lethal Agression, and many other hard core bands including Bad Brains, ect.....

I love Minor Threat as well. Love the songs "minor threat" and "guilty of being white".
Also love Cro Mags "we gotta know"

Jim

[bravesfan22]

I'm a fan of punk and hardcore. I'm 24 so more into 90's- present hardcore. But of course I'm down with the classics. I seen Cro Mags a few years ago. Unfortunately missed youth of today and gorilla biscuits at rev 25 Chicago. All the late 80's bands are getting back together.

[mrvster]

The Misfits! I havent seen a good show for years, until I went to see the Misfits the night before Halloween 2011 WHAT A SHOW! OMG

taking me back....taking me back....

Also, what about Murphy's Law?

[mrvster]

How about old Corrosion Of Conformity?? Eye for an eye?? any old freestyle BMX dudes here?? I still own my Hutch "trickstar" Lavender colored and I used to be the "king" on the 1/2 pipe

any old school skaters here?? Butthole Surfers???

I miss the 80's boy

[Coninefan]

Originally Posted by bravesfan22

I'm a fan of punk and hardcore. I'm 24 so more into 90's- present hardcore. But of course I'm down with the classics. I seen Cro Mags a few years ago. Unfortunately missed youth of today and gorilla biscuits at rev 25 Chicago. All the late 80's bands are getting back together.

Have you heard of CIV? It's the Gorilla Biscuits' singer's side gig. They're awesome. Set Your Goals (first album by them) is hardcore perfection

[bravesfan22]

Originally Posted by Coninefan

Have you heard of CIV? It's the Gorilla Biscuits' singer's side gig. They're awesome. Set Your Goals (first album by them) is hardcore perfection

ya good record for sure!

[Coninefan]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Any hardcore fans here??

howz za bout some original Cro Mags with Harley Flannagan???
or am I alone?

Cro Mags, DRI, Minor Threat, Bad Brains...I could keep going for hours. Yeah...I like hardcore.


What other songs mention baseball players? I know Soundgarden's Ty Cobb, and Mrs. Robinson obviously. Anything else?

[DHogan]

100 WAYS YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM BOSTON

1. The Red Sox World Series win was, and will always be, one of the greatest moments in your life.
2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you're swearing at him for going too slow.
3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke.
4. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid
5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries.
6. You do not recognize the letter"R" as a part of the English language.
7. Your social security number starts with a 0
8. You can actually find your way around Boston.
9. You know what a "regular" coffee is.
10. You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round.
11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent.
12. Springfield is located "way out west."
13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn't f lip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.
14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, and Haverhill.
15. Anyone you don't know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise.
16. Paranoia sets in if you can't see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS within eyeshot at all times.
17. You know what "cold tea" in Chinatown is (or sadly, was)
18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski.
19. You know there's a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot.
20. You order iced coffee in January
21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere
22. You love scorpion bowls.
23. You know what they sell at a Packie.
24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS.
25. You know what First Night is.
26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus.
27. McLobster? McCrap!
28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies.
29. Sure there are 6 New England states, but Connecticut really doesn't count.
30. You intentionally give wrong directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself,"Ah, screw them."
31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call.
32. You've been to Paragon Park
33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional
34. The numbers '78 and '86 make you cringe.
35. You've been to Goodtimes before
36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day. (...and they DO).
37. You have never been to "Cheers."
38. The words 'WICKED' and 'GOOD' go together.
39. You've been to Fenway Park several times.
40. You've crossed the Sagamore Bridge or the Bourne Bridge with a hangover on a Monday morning.
41. You own a "Yankees Suck" shirt or hat.
42. You know what a Frappe is.
43. Actors who don't get the Boston accent right are wicked annoying.
44. You know who Frank Averuch is.
45. ADVANCED: You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown
46. You can complete the following: "Lynn, Lynn..."
47. You get ****ed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder, and it turns out to be friggin' Snows.
48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one.
49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he's right 25% of the time.
50. You never go to "Cape Cod," you go "down the Cape".
51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger.
52. You know who Whitey Bulger is.
53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plymouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school
54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady, and Ted Williams.
55. You remember Major Mudd.
56. You know what candlepin bowling is
57. You can drive to the mountains and the ocean all in one day
58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is.
59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around. Speaking of which...
60. You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town
61. Calling Carrabba's an "Italian" restaurant is sacrilege
62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents' attic.
63. You know that the Mass Pike is some sort of strange weather dividing line.
64. The only time you've been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town.
65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn't really that much of a surprise.
66. You call guys you've just met "Chief" or "Boss."
67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means there's just 3 more shopping days until Christmas
68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy.
69. You refer to Savin Hill as "Stab 'n Kill."
70. You've never eaten at Durgin Park, but recommend it to tourists.
71. You can't look at the zip code 02134 without singing it.
72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country.
73. 11pm? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloon!
74. 2am? Drunk? It means one thing: Kelly's Roast Beef!
75. 5am? Drunk? It means one thing: You wish you had a blanket in your back seat
76. You know that P-Town isn't the name of a new rap group.
77. People you don't like are all "Bastids."
78. You took school or work off for the Patriots first Super Bowl Win Parade
79. You've called something "wicked ****a."
80. You'll always get razzed for Dukakis.
81. Saturday afternoons meant Creature Double Feature with Dale Dorman
82. Sunday mornings meant the Three Stooges on Channel 38
83. You've slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater
84. No, you don't trust the Gorton's Fisherman.
85. You know that Papa Gino's usually has a jukebox
86. You think Aerosmith is the greatest rock band of all time.
87. Your town has at least 6 sub shops, and none of them are a Subway.
88. You know at least three Tony's, one Vinnie and a Frankie.
89. 20 degrees isn't that bad as long as there's no wind.
90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden
91. Thanksgiving means family, turkey, High School football, and the long version of Alice's Restaurant.
92. You know the guy who founded the Boston Pops was Athah Feedlah.
93. You know what the Combat Zone is
94. You drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $5 in sales tax
95. You've pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left.
96. You've bragged about the money you've saved at The Christmas Tree Shop
97. You've been to Hampton Beach on a Saturday night
98. Playing street hockey was a daily ritual.
99. Hearing an old lady shout "Numbah 96 for Sioux City!" means it's time for steak.
100. You remember Jordan Marsh, Grants, Bradlees, Caldor,Zayres, or Ann& Hope.

[Tobacco&Gum]

Originally Posted by Coninefan

What other songs mention baseball players? I know Soundgarden's Ty Cobb, and Mrs. Robinson obviously. Anything else?

"There's more to me than you'll ever know , and I've got more hits than Sadaharu Oh"

A line from the Beastie Boys song, "Hey Ladies"

[judsonhamlin]

There is a Belle & Sebastian song about "Piazza, New York catcher..."

[cubsfan-budman]

Originally Posted by Tobacco&Gum

"There's more to me than you'll ever know , and I've got more hits than Sadaharu Oh"

A line from the Beastie Boys song, "Hey Ladies"

The Beastie Boys also claim to have "mad hits like Rod Carew"

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Any hardcore fans here??

howz za bout some original Cro Mags with Harley Flannagan???
or am I alone?

Your not alone Johnny,,,,I love hardcore Dropkick Murphys always puts on a great show,,,,,,,I miss the old shows. Cro Mags Age of Quarrel one of the best classic albums of East Coast hardcore. Crumbsuckers kicked butt as well. Great to see some hardcore fans here !!!!!!!!

Thanks for a great thread-

Sincerely, Clayton

A one-off swing band named The Get Up to Get Downs (Greg Dulli from Afghan Whigs was lead singer) wrote a song called "Griffey". Chorus went something like "With a sweeter swing than Griffey/Spread on more bread than Jiffy". Don't know if the song was about the ballplayer or an ode to PB&J's.

[Michael B]

I was more of a punk/new wave than hardcore fan, though I did like Gang Green and GG Allin. The twenty somethings still give me a 'no way!' or 'wow' when I tell them I saw The Ramones (multiple times at The Paradise), The Clash, The Jam, Mission of Burma, Gang of Four, The Jam, The Stranglers or the DK's with Shaughnessy on drums (about a week before DH Peligro replaced him)

Great Johnny Ramone & Joe Strummer photos!

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by pariah1107

Great Johnny Ramone & Joe Strummer photos!

Thank you. Johnny Ramone - June 30, 1979 The Paradise, Boston
Mick Jones not Joe Strummer - June 2 or 3, 1981 Bonds, New York City. One of the first two nights of The Clash on Broadway.

[Michael B]

And one more for the 100 Ways with an inside musical reference:

'There's no surfin' on Dorchester Bay'

[teetwoohsix]

Yeah Dave, that list is a riot

Although I was born and raised in California, all of my family is from Mass. and #14 is cracking me up-

Worcester-

Me: Wor ches ter

My mom: IT'S WOOSTA !!!! GET IT RIGHT !!!!!!!!!

Sincerely, Clayton

[Michael B]

Dave Hogan,

You’re killing me. I was roaring when I read your list. Living in Virginia, from Waltham, went to UMass/Boston (across Morrissey Blvd from ‘Stab N Kill’). Some comments and additions that only someone who has lived inside 128 (NOT Rte 95) would appreciate.

3. or any carbonated beverage - Pepsi, Mountain Dew etc.
6. Rotaries – wahoo!
7. My SSN does begin with a 0.
8 and that you can walk from Park Street to Fenway when the Green Line is screwed up.
14. and Waltham. Wall and tham like ham not wall and thum like hum
21. and that the last train out of North Station is before the end of the concert at The Garden.
32. but you went to Nantasket Beach first.
33. and you know the one line that does not go to Kenmore Square and Fenway Park, but you never tell the tourists wearing out of town team hat/jerseys when the Huntington Train comes along.
37. Never have. But you still send the tourists there so they don’t go the the ‘bahs’ you like.
42. My mother still gets mad when she gets a milk shake instead of a frappe. And if you pronounce it Frappé you are either a Barney, yuppie or poser.
49. And when he says it is going to snow, he’s RIGHT.
53. or the Museum of Science
55. And when you hear his name your first thought is “I’ll be blasting you!!”
72. This one killed me. Or any Republican Governor. Hello Bill Weld.

My Additions

101. You went to Pizza Pad before or after a Red Sox game. It is now an f’n McD’s.
102. You went to a concert at The Rat, The Channel or The ‘dise’, and you saw a name band not just locals.
103. You don’t get sprinkles on your ice cream dammit. They are called Jimmies and they are chocolate.
104. It will always be Route 128 not 95 and it ends at the Braintree split not in Dedham/Milton.
105. You listened to Johnny Most announce Celtics games and you believed every other player in the league was a thug.
106. Every time you return you have to eat at least at Papa Gino’s, or D’Angelos if not one of the local favorites.
107. Your two week vacation every summer is the same weeks at the same cottage, hotel, or house down the Cape, the lakes of New Hampshire (or Newie) or the coast of Maine, preferably OOB (Old Orchard Beach for the uninitiated). Hampton Beach, Good Harbor, Nantasket, Revere Beach, Carson Beach, Singing Beach, Wingaersheak are all day trips.
108. The trip you talk about for six months before and after is Disney World, Aruba or Cancun. Rarely anyplace else.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Michael B

14. and Waltham. Wall and tham like ham not wall and thum like hum

Growing up in "North" Waltham by the shores of Hardy Pond and Lake St, this is very true.

Thanks for the list Dave.

[DHogan]

I'm glad I can give a laugh to everyone with the list. I'm originally from Worcester. I've been living next to Boston for about 25 years. I tell my wife that my mail is addressed to occupant not resident. I remember seeing Jay Leno at Sir Morgans Cove in Woosta before anyone even knew who he was. I also remember getting kicked out of Ralphs Chadwick Square Dinner when slam dancing was the rage. I had no clue what it was about. I thought people were trying to start a fight.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I'm glad I can give a laugh to everyone with the list. I'm originally from Worcester. I've been living next to Boston for about 25 years. I tell my wife that my mail is addressed to occupant not resident. I remember seeing Jay Leno at Sir Morgans Cove in Woosta before anyone even knew who he was. I also remember getting kicked out of Ralphs Chadwick Square Dinner when slam dancing was the rage. I had no clue what it was about. I thought people were trying to start a fight.

Since you are originally from Woosta, I am surprised there was no mention of Spags. I think the lamps in the guest room STILL have Spags tags on their bottoms. Sir Morgan's Cove? I saw the Cochroaches there with free tickets from 'AAF. Turned out to be the Stones warming up for the Some Girls tour

Hampton Beach? I remember two seafood joints across the street from each other, Markey's and Brown's. I ate at one all the time because it was a BYOB place. I cannot, for the life of me, remember which it was. Also, I spent many a buzzed night at the Club Casino, seeing some great bands.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by sox1903wschamp

Growing up in "North" Waltham by the shores of Hardy Pond and Lake St, this is very true.

Thanks for the list Dave.

I lived in Mass, for almost 20 years a lifetime ago. I worked (let me stress WORKED) at Met State for a couple years.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by sox1903wschamp

Growing up in "North" Waltham by the shores of Hardy Pond and Lake St, this is very true.

Thanks for the list Dave.

Grew up on the south side tucked in behind the Calvary Cemetary across the river from Zayres. Do you remember the sign flashed Z-A-Y-R-E -Zayres!! I remember Wallex WHS Class of '77.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Grew up on the south side tucked in behind the Calvary Cemetary across the river from Zayres. Do you remember the sign flashed Z-A-Y-R-E -Zayres!! I remember Wallex WHS Class of '77.

I do remember Zayres! And the Wallex was my second home for most of my childhood. I would have been WHS 79 but moved in 77.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Any hardcore fans here??

I saw Madball and Sick Of It All a few nights ago, and I wouldn't exactly call them hardcore, but I met my wife when I worked for D.R.I. and she worked for their label (Rotten Records).

Doug

[Tobacco&Gum]

Great thread! I'm really surprised to see how many hardcore/punk fans there are on the boards. It makes me want to head up to the attic to find my combat boots, and flight jacket! I really miss those days!
Studio One in Newark, and of course CBGB. Those places are unfortunately gone forever