My DIY Punk Stuff
The pants I’ve posted already, here’s a guide I made to how to get started on your own.
The vest is new! I got the base off of Mercari and painted the Acid Bath, Minor Threat, and Fugazi patches. I haven’t worn it yet, I made it for summer when my pants get too heavy to wear.
The bag is something I made entirely out of scratch out of canvas. I painted the Dystopia logo and covered it in sashiko. It was supposed to be a bum flap, but it’s too cunty to sit on and I wanted a smaller bag anyways. The hardware wasn’t too hard to figure out, I bought the strap from Joaan’s and figured it out. The only expense was having to buy a grommet hole puncher :(
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"YOUR GOD IS YOUR CHAINS...
DO YOU REALLY WANT YOUR FREEDOM?"
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Rob "The Baron" Miller, bassist/ vocalist/ lyricist/co-founder of English crust punk band AMEBIX, performing c. 1983, during the band's "Who's the Enemy" era. 📸: from the collection of "m. thorn."
PIC #2: Spotlight on show flyer for AMEBIX (during the band's "Arise!" era), plus UKHC acts LEUKAEMIA and THE DEPRAVED (supporting), performing live at the Hand & Heart pub in Nottingham, UK, c. mid 1980s.
Sources: www.flickr.com/photos/mikedthorn/3125622210/in/photostream & Pinterest.
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Me getting ready for band practice
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Best of 2023 - Genre I've finally gotten into
This year, it's Crust Punk!
If I was feeling flippant, I'd say it was best described as punk, only political... There's a rawness, and an earnestness to it, as well as strong DIY inclinations in the culture that is really appealing. Bands like Amebix, Dystopia or Doom, really stood out to me; there's a lot of anger in the music, sure, but there's also a real sense of community and care that I want to see in more genres and fandoms!
I think one of the things I found most interesting delving into these bands was how close some of my musical taste already was; bands like Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror and Bolt Thrower (best band ever...🤘) are all very much crust-adjacent if not originating in that scene themselves (Napalm Death have always preferred describing themselves as a punk band rather than death metal or grindcore), and there was that one summer years ago when I listened to nothing but Gallhammer and completely screwed my muscal recommendations for years...
Many thanks to @spechblend for giving me some pointers about where to start, and also for finally convinving me to sit down and listen to Fugazi! (they're great, go listen!)
In 2024, I'm considering trying and get a better understanding of idol bands (specifically, from Korea and Japan). From an outsider's perspective, they seem...odd...
I've listened to a couple of bands in passing (specifically, TWICE and BLACKPINK, that I recall), and of course I'm familiar with Western manufactured boy- and girl-bands, but on the one hand, I feel like there's something fundamentally I don't get, and that annoys me, but on the other hand, there are some interesting bands that fall within the genre, like KBG84, Necromonidol, BiS (the Japanese band, not the Scottish one, who are definitely great), or Kasotsuka Shojo (which is a... cryptocurrency themed idol band...?! That sounds absolutely dreadful on so many levels, so I need to have a listen for myself...) that I want to check out.
I'm a big fan of a lot of Japanese metal and punk (Shonen Knife, Otoboke Beaver, Melt Banana) so it would be interesting to be able to put their music into some of the cultural context.
Will I get around to a deep dive into idol culture? Or will I just end up listening to more relaxing sludge/doom/death metal instead? Only time will tell... 🤔
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My favourite Amebix track.
Amebix - "Largactyl"
Arise!
September 14th, 1985
Crust Punk
Alternative Tentacles
Tavistock, England, UK
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Amazing flyer from the Mermaid pub in sparkhill birmingham
Amebix, Napalm Death, Decadance Within
1985, flyer created by Justin Broadrick
Episode 3 of our podcast series 'At The Mermaid - Louder, Faster, Noisier' is available via the link in our bio 👆
Flyer courtesy of @nic_bullen Thanks to @Homeofmetal_uk
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