The News Review:
- New Classics 101: Where did punk music start?
- Musa likes punk
- Gang leader charged in scheme to control punk rock
- Teen Talk: Labels may not be fair but they are a fact of life
- wner may close door on downtown St. Pete’s Garage music club
New Classics 101: Where did punk music start?
Examiner.com
To its originators if punk could be defined then it was no longer punk. It instead represented a freedom of artistic expression that had no designated fashion or sound. It didn’t even have a name; it was only called punk music in retrospect.
Musa likes punk
Sowetan
While his peers are into hip-hop and kwaito Nxumalo loves heavy metal and punk music. “I’ve done the kwaito thing and explored the hip-hop scene but it lacks punk’s vibe and the urgency. Punk is alive” he enthuses. Nxumalo from Soweto uses photography to explore alternative culture. “I invade the personal spaces of friends who are influenced by alternative culture and driven by rock music” he says.
Gang leader charged in scheme to control punk rock
Reuters
Elgin Nathan James a self-proclaimed founding member of Boston-based FSU — which stands for “Friends Stand United” — was arrested on Monday by FBI agents at his Los Angeles home. The attempted extortion charge was then unsealed by the prosecutor’s office in Chicago. FSU boasted in videos dating to 2004 about beatings it administered to punk music fans and performers. The aim was to establish control at clubs and concert venues and drive “Nazi skinheads” out according to prosecutors. The victim in this case was a “popular recording artist from the Chicago area” who was not named. The victim and his friends were beaten and repeatedly threatened by FSU members while on tour in late 2005 and early 2006 prosecutors said. Cooperating with the FBI the victim tape-recorded James seeking to extort money from him in a telephone call and agents observed James accepting a $5000 payoff at a club to stop the harassment.
Teen Talk: Labels may not be fair but they are a fact of life
Friday Flyer
But these genres have become the basis for stereotypes and labels which isn’t completely unreasonable. Musical genres have been associated with groups of people for a long time. For example hippies are associated with folk and psychedelic rock; punk rockers with punk music; hipsters with indie; and gangsters with rap. Due to the wide variety of music people are going to relate to some music more than others. Some people don’t like being labeled based on music any more than they do on clothing; however some have been shown to embrace the stereotype that comes with the music they listen to. A good example would be punk. The idea of non-conformity and the style of dress seemed to grow with the music.
wner may close door on downtown St. Pete’s Garage music club
Tampabay.com
If not then the Garage will be closing its doors Aug. “The venue’s greaser aesthetic good stage and sound system and funky Vitale Brothers art on the walls made it a unique venue for oddball rock punk and rockabilly acts like Buckethead the Legendary Shack Shakers and the Vibrators. Schwab said business has been okay at the venue even though it doesn’t have a liquor licence and is open only on concert nights. But he’s become disillusioned with the local scene in the past few months. Specifically he cited several fistfights that have taken place outside his club as prime reasons he’s ready to pack it in. “It’s hard for me to draw a crowd into the Garage when there’s rumblings of a shooting that’s happening out front” he said.
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