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| Absolutepunk |
 It seems that the last few years have seen a plethora of "punk" documentaries. From American Hardcore (based on the book of the same name) to a semester of the genre packed into Punk: Attitude, we're certainly getting a visual of the 80's and 90's punk platform of yesterday. BYO Record's 25th anniversary documentary is not one to be shelved at all. Not only is there a visual, there's an audio accompaniment that is equally as nostalgic for some.The CD compilation isn't like all the others, where a record company takes the best bits of their grandeur run. Instead, the compilation decides to mix the elder and the influenced with covers from Bouncing Souls, NOFX and Matt Skiba - who are all interviewed about BYO Record's influence in the movie. If you're a fan of the older songs by Youth Brigade, 7 Seconds and The Adolescents, some of the covers won't be as gritty as the original versions, but many give praise and adhere to the passion of the first soapbox fist pumps and ideas. As for the documentary, it's definitely the upper end of the deal, unless you're a die hard old school punk fanatic or a nostalgic audiophile. Watching the documentary is interesting, because we're sometimes led to believe that after punk's initial death in the late 70's, that all of a sudden a new form just started up and kept rolling along in the 80's, but in fact, the missing chapter is the ideas that BYO Records and Youth Brigade brought to the West Coast scene, and even more importantly, to the structures of community and overseas touring. At one point, they even end up paying for that little word called "progression."...full text |
| Itunes |
| The Albums is really fun and its always nice to hear punk bands take on other classic punk tunes. Also as an added bonus here is the correct track listing....... Young Til I Die Bouncing Souls Misfortune Youth Brigade S.O.S. Lagwagon Future Dreams The Cute Lepers Wrecking Crew Pulley It's EmptyFilthy Thieving Bastards The Ballad of Johnny XJohnny Madcap and The Distractions Fade AwayShark Soup Foreign Policy Wednesday Night Heroes Victoria Complete Control Keep On The Ignorant Scratches and NeedlesChannel Three Who Is WhoThe Briefs In The NightAshers All The WayNothington Sink With California7 Seconds Headlights DitchOff With Their Heads No More LiesNOFX Believe In SomethingBlue Collar Special DominationYoung Governor and Marvelous Mark We're Gonna FightPennywise Dead and BrokenAmerican Steel Little White GodIn The Red Fight To Unite Dropkick Murphys 1000 MilesAnti-Flag We're In!Old Man Markley P**s On You Subhumans Pill BoxLower Class Brats Hating Every MinuteKrum Bums I Scream Matt Skiba DoubleWhiskeyCokeNoIceLeatherface...full text |
| Theaquarian |
| Punk would not be without BYO Records and Youth Brigade. Well, it would, but it might be much different. Books and films have been written and filmed on the scene, but to hear it from the mouths of those who lived it and in many ways fostered it, that’s the difference between the “primary” and “secondary” sources you heard about in high school. Let Them Know is all primary material. Written and compiled largely by Mark and Shawn Stern, two of the three brothers that made up Youth Brigade and the day to day operations of BYO Records, the coffee table experience starts with a historical account of the formation of the people (in other words, the Stern family) and outlines their beginnings into the nascent California punk scene, the formation of the band and the record label to put out their music. Each chapter is punctuated with writings from the bands, journalists and other label-types who were there and experienced the national punk scene at various points in time. So, NOFX, L7, The Bouncing Souls, the Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Fugazi, H2O, Rigor Mortis, the Briefs, Alkaline Trio, Leatherface, et al. The list goes on. And many of them have songs featured on this compilation. Comprised of bands covering BYO artists’ catalogues—Pennywise covering 7 Seconds, NOFX covering Battalion Of Saints, Lagwagon covering One Man Army, 7 Seconds covering Youth Brigade, Youth Brigade covering SNFU, Off With Their Heads covering The Bouncing Souls, The Bouncing Souls covering 7 Seconds. Yeah, this gets really incestuous (in a fun way). It’s a cool way to celebrate their friendship and togetherness as individual entities and also to give fans some insight on older material they may have missed or forgotten....full text |
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