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syed syahrul zarizi
Oct
2004
just wanna say hi. lama tak tulis kat sini. the good old days
Aug
2004
lagi update gig 30th ogos
mokh msg bagitahu yang band xjd tak jadi nak main. pening2
Aug
2004
dah demam?
kereta aku buat hal. gear 5 boleh masuk, tapi menendang bila aku lepas minyak. punya la slow aku bawak kereta dari larkin pergi tiram, main gear 4. boleh tekan habis, takdehal punya. kekok. apek pomen tu kata minima 1 hari setengah. maksima, dia kata nanti dia telepon. muka dia pun nampak macam nak cover sesuatu je. peh, kopak aku.
aku surf punya surf, terjumpa hp si kumprix hilang punca. best jugak layan. ada ulasan panjang lebar pasal akademi fantasia dan kenapa tiba-tiba orang beli astro. aku rasa orang jb masih sihat, tak macam belah-belah utara. pada kita astro masih port untuk tenguk bola dari beriya-iya nangis bila si anding kene keluar. itu pun tenguk astro kat restoren mamak dah cukup. dah banyak sangat channel kat jb ni.
30th august gig updates
hari ni aku akan cuba telefon balik pihak pengurusan plaza seni, konfirmkan tarikh. yang pasti dah ade tak kurang 4 band yang akan main. band mokh, the stringless guitar, satu lagi band kl, band seen dan kemungkinan besar plague of happiness pun akan main. tak pasti lagi tapi tulah yang fizi beritahu aku minggu lepas
Jun
2004
cronically donut/jalan jatuh lari split zine, issue DS-13!
zine legenda kembali mengegar dunia rock laju dengan edisi ke 13. hasil titik peluh fizi 100 pesen. untuk info dan gambar warna warni sila ke web broken noise
Jun
2004
its a long long weekend
what a day! maklumlah, cuti sekolah. it also mean, musim mengawan. there were no less than 10 weddings i was invited to but i only attended one. to din polis' house in sungai suloh batu pahat. my sister in law was getting engaged and i had to rush to BBU before dusk. nazarul sister in law also got married that saturday and i felt really bad not being there. i totally forgot about fendi's sister wedding and i hope fendi can forgive me about that.
sireh' zine is coming to bookshops near you!
i just came from pusat bandar pasir gudang to check out the bookshop there. since last week, sireh dan cengkeh zine can be found at bookshops (some also double as grocery stores) in pusat bandar pasir gudang. i think you can even find sireh in some scheluded mamak stall in simpang rengam but let me check on that first and get back to you
we met this apek that distribute books around johor and some to singapore, he was very nice and agree to distribute our zine. the deal was okay and both party are happy with it. it is a good exposure for us. we plan to make it 4 times a year and exposure is important. we want it to be accesible to everyone and not exclusive only to the underground / diy circle. yeah, it is nice to see you sweat and tears in a plastic bag among mastika and mingguan wanita.
Apr
2004
ape dia kak?
“syed, kau agak siti kahwin dengan siapa?’
“tak tahu la kak.”
“umur dah masuk 25, dulu, akhir tahun 90an, ada kejap dia kene gossip dengan zamani. Lepas tu slam senyap, dia pun senyap. Akak bukan apa, tenguk rambut zamani tu. Rimas la akak. Dah sampai tutup telinga. Kurus kedengking. Maaf cakap la syed, tapi akak tak berkenan.”
“ye la kak”
“luas betul kan dahi siti. Nampak macam budak pandai. Muka dia manis kan? Sopan santun. Babyface. Kalau dahi pattern gitu, orang tua-tua kata terang hati. Pasal tu la dia senang hafal lirik lagu. Panjang-panjang lirik lagu dia. Dah masuk 10 dah album dia buat. Katakan satu album 10 lagu, hah, kalau darab 10 tak ke seratus. Kuat ingatan dia ni. Belom lagi lagu orang lain. Lagu inggeris”
“agaknya kut. Tak follow sangat la kak”
“akak tak kisah. Bukannya apa syed. Di tu molek. Banyak menang award. Ada rumah, dah pergi umrah. duit ada, kira serba-serbi ada la. Cuma akak susah nak accept kalau dia kahwin dengan laki takda rupa. Boyak. Rambut jarang-jarang. Tak pandai dressing. Bukan apa, tak la suruh dia kahwin dengan kerabat atau ahli perniagaan. Cuma akak rasa frust je kalau pikirkan banda-benda ni.”
Apr
2004
'webzines were killing print zines for a while, because it was cheaper, easier...'
“I have very little respect for webzines. I think that’s partially because webzines were killing print zines for a while, because it was cheaper, easier, and required less active networking and work. I think it’s too easy to throw something up on the internet and let it stagnate there. i don’t respect the internet medium. Also, due to the popularity of the net in recent years, most of the time when I throw around the word ‘zine symposium, people think I’m talking exclusively about webzine and have no concept of print zines. Granted, there are well done webzines (like sincerebrutality.com) that really could change my opinion, if there were just more of them that were done and had that much time put into them.” Joe biel of microcosm publishing on what he thinks of webzines, taken from an interview in maximum rock n roll issue 251
Mar
2004
"ade duit ke nak kawen ni? kereta bila nak service, bunyi macam-macam dah tu"
marriage, still very much a new term for me. it's not easy, you will not be ready for it, so just go for it. it was my biggest and most worthed investment so far! ever! PERIOD! love you.
You go camping one day and forget to bring mosquito repellent and by morning time, bite marks are all over you
Seeing Battle Of Disarm live in Taman University is like watching Minor Threat in action in DC or The Ramones in CBGB. It is that important to some people. No wonder that day, when Battle Of Disarm toured South East Asia, many from as far away as Australia, America and Europe come here to Malaysia or Singapore to watch them perform. When the first time Fizi said to me that BOD would be coming to Malaysia, I just brushed it off like hungry mosquito on a feeding frenzy. You go camping one day and forget to bring mosquito repellent and by morning time, bite marks are all over you. Anyway, only after the last confirmation from Masaki-san and the official flyers was released, the dream was just something that is waiting to be realized.
The Malaysian gig was originally slated to be played in the multi purpose hall at Larkin. Dewan Dato Onn. A legendary venue, no less to the local kids, the situation suddenly changes when national election was announced to be on the same day of the gig. The time then was less than two month and when Fizi thinks everything was running smoothly according to schedule, things like this happens. Fizi had to act fast and finally decided to change the venue from JB to KL.
I personally was very disappointed. Even though BOD will be playing in Singapore the day before they play in Malaysia, I think the JB gig will be no less explosive. The gig took place in 3 countries in 3 days. How punk rock was that! I went to Singapore to meet the guys from Voco Protesta, Power Of idea that will touring with Battle Of Disarm. Oliver from Cluster Bomb Unit tagged along and will be playing with Power Of Idea. They arrive later than expected, nearly two in the morning. For the majority of them, that was their first time coming to Singapore. I think Masaki and Naoki was the only person that had been to Singapore and Malaysia.
It was a busy week for me and I opted not to go to Jakarta along with them. Fadh was all okay about it but being a little mellow and not so keen to travel that far in a short time, not to mention the short time frame. So I just have to make do with the tall tales Fizi being telling me on how they were mobbed in Jakarta and the venue was so packed and chaotic that police have to come in and stop the gig. The crowds were estimated around 3000 people, easy. Maybe more.
The Singapore show was a more relax affair with less-Jakarta like atmosphere. They played in Singapore Expo in which have plenty of hall for every occasion. The hall was air conditioned, really cozy for a punk rock show. Some kids that were hoping to watch Disney On Ice found themselves in a hall full with sweaty kids jumping around like crazy.
This is very silly. I don’t even go to any of the gigs and here I am trying to describe the excitement in full detail. Well, I can’t. I didn’t went to the KL show because have to pick up my mother at the Stulang Feri Terminal. I'd had witness a great storm while we were eating in Larking Bus Terminal. It starts with ordinary drizzle before a thunderous storm ripped apart many trees around larking, leaving two or three cars crashed at the terminal’s parking lot. I do witness that first hand. I’m not making that up.
The KL show was okay but what was really disappointing that someone stole the band’s banner. Darn, what a stupid thing to do..
It will stick to your finger and turn yellow from the chemical used to coat the wires
29/3/2004 I was very sleepy because I only slept for two hours last night. Jimbo, Din Akar and I helped Yop to setup AV system for RHB new credit card promotion booth. It started on Friday and ended yesterday. The setup was simple. Two single disc CD player, a DVD player, an eight channels mixer and one two big and chunky speakers. The Deejay was okay but his CD collection clearly shown this will be one of those acid jazz meet house meet euro pop remix kind of affair. The other Deejay that handles the booth on Friday was cooler though. Mix and matching rock and house and reggae with a little dash of attitude. It just makes you falls in love with Bonney M all over again. This was our first time helping Yop. Yesterday was the last day and I had to dismantle it all with the help of the lorry driver. Jerry, the Deejay helped a bit like putting all the cable inside a box and carried some of the chairs to the lorry. Jimbo and Din Akar were in KL to see Rambo. If you know me you’ll know that I’m not much of a hardcore fan. Ambience, lo-fi, trip hop, blues, crazy boring stuff. That’s my taste. Rambo is supposed to be this big DIY band, so here I am again, missing out on another great show.
Mar
2004
..the journey home
London was an exiting metropolitan city. Lovely middle size building not more than couple of floors makes up it vibrant skyline. At night, it seems bigger than what it truly appears during the day. The clouds were dark as it was in Taiping, Frasher Hill, 1996 all over again. A city with diverse race and cultures. The city was the ‘in’ thing. The next Milan and beat New York, easy. Fashion was on the high end and the taste in music here are much more better than those in the US. From house music to indie-rock to trip hop and jungle music. It was alive. They don’t need high buildings and flashy neon lights. It was the colorful people that bring life to the city. It breathes life everywhere, always happening and exciting, even for jaded, rich, ignorant and spoiled KL yuppies. It only took a while for someone to see its true color. Asian family emigrating here in hope for a better life, inherits their family business and others ends up with stereotype Asian odd jobs like taxi driver. Rich Asian entrepreneur starts investing big bucks opening franchises and boutique at every corners and happening places. It was jam-packed as a pack of M&m’s. Am fells like a blue M&m’s, often alone and not correctly colored. Nightlife was the highlight for some of the students here. Just as our back there in KL, only here it was with the approval from the Ministry Of Sound it selves.
Am can’t belive how hot the Malaysian weather can be. He knew it was hot, but forget how hot it actually is. Beads of sweats started to build up everywhere. Some of it making their way downs his cheek and armpits. The row of ship houses offer many delicious delicacies he’d had been craving for so long now. Asam pedas ikan selar and white rice. The restaurant near the traffic light at Parit Jawa is often full at lunchtime. By noon everything was gone. Finished. Asam pedas and telur dadar. Telur goyang. In a simple orange plastic plate, the type where you can find in school canteen around Malaysia. The story was, it was originally a simple fisherman’s dish. Like the restaurant in Parit Jawa, Am remembers the coffee shop at his kampung where the coffee was thicker and blacker than anywhere he ever been to. It leaves brownish stains on the cup and the taste lasts long into the night. Bitterness has never been sweeter than this.
Winter, the second year was hard. He’d missed home more than ever. His lips turn blue every time he thinks about home. Hari raya often came without any hints to him. Only that first year he was there, he wore songket till dusk. Wearing baju melayu in a metropolitan city as far away as this, what’s the point? Even if there are many Malaysian here. Different if your family is here. Just different. Am loves his late mother a lot and whenever the childhood memories of Hari Raya with his
Mar
2004
nyclondon.com/blog
This is a very cool website. check it out, the pictures are all lovely and surreal!
Mar
2004
japs kick ass!!
i did not know the extend of the damages done to the larkin area because of the storm late yesterday evening. i was with my mom, uncle and apis gemok when a thunder storm brought down no less than halp a dozen trees down and hundreds of branches, some of it had crushed parked cars at the bus terminal parking lot. one guy, in a kancil was very lucky and escape just inches from a falling branches when he was about to enter the car park.
i went to hotel seri malaysia and there were more fallen trees and broken brances and leaves scatered all over the road. i was there to pick up some of the guys from the battle of disarm / voco protesta / poa tour. they played another show ( very low key, friends only) in taman u. before making their way to singapore.
new zine on the way
i'm already doing the layout and final editing for sireh.org upcoming fanzine. among other, an interview with sam seens, an all round artist. below is a sample of his artwork, comic, that hopefully will be published sometime this year, by yours truly
Mar
2004
the result is in!
so, i hang arond din polis house to see the result of the election. big suprises in terengganu and kelantan. in terengganu, it wasn't impossible but in kelantan it was really a tragic end to nik aziz vision for an islamic state. he got enought time though, but the vision remains a vision. so, what was your vote? maybe kelantanese just bored with empty promises, being kept away from development. 'rasmai la masok neraka pilihanraya tahun ni?' well, you have to ask your pas friends for the answer.
we sleep really late last night. hoping it will be a holiday today. din polis have an interview today, nak kawen dah anak misi ni!
good news!!!! liverpool won!!!
last minute goal from sammy hypia against wolvehampton gave liverpool the much needed win to boast their chance for a UEFA cup appearence next season. and manchester united still suck. suck, suck.
Mar
2004
33 - The Strokes 'Is This It'
This is a great album. Lo-fi, seventies style rock played to perfection. I remember watching their live performance on Top Of The Pop and I feels like just being transported to the past. You know, the hairstyle, tight jeans and leather jackets, worn-out bell bottoms. Their guitar sound was dirty but addictive. The vocal was sober enough to be totally cool and their stage persona just in a league of their own.
Singer/songwriter, Julian Casablancas is a swaggering street-poet who spits out towering pop songs awash with love, hate, lust and the switchblade-agony of the misunderstood artist. The Strokes (Who also includes guitarist Albert Hammond, bassist Nikolai Fraiture and drummer Fab Moretti) all came together at age 13 when they were attending Manhattan's private prep school called Dwight School and would ultimately build the kind of chemistry and camaraderie that most bands could never even fathom. These are best bud's who made it from the garage to the big leagues sticking to the only formula they knew; stay real, have fun and play what they like. "I couldn't imagine playing in a band with strangers. Like meeting through a newspaper add or something like that. To tell you the truth, I couldn't image playing music with anyone but the four people I'm playing with right now."
34 - Massive Attack 'Blue Line'
I got this album after I’d had listen to Tricky's album Maxinque. This is the album that has putted Bristol on the musical map of the world. The success of this album and the recognition that it brings have helped some other bands to achieve the same commercial triumph, band such as Portishead, Tricky ( he used to be a member of Massive Attack and Roni Size/Reprezent. Blue Lines provided a blueprint for the sound which would become known as trip-hop, combining the raw sound system vibe of the Wild Bunch parties with immaculate production and the distinguished vocal talents of Tricky, Shara Nelson and Horace Andy. The music was dark, post industrialist, lazy and quite contagious if you listen to it long enough.
I’ve got a lot of respect for this band and their music. They been in KL once, if I’m not mistaken and I should be there! One of their songs, Karmakoma (not in this album) is one of my favorite songs of all time.
35 - Nirvana 'Nevermind' 1991
The overnight success story of the 1990s, Nirvana's second album and its totemic first single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," shot up from the Northwest underground -- the nascent grunge scene in Seattle -- to kick Michael Jackson off the top of the Billboard album chart and blow poodle-hair metal off the map. No album in recent history had such an overpowering impact on a generation -- a nation of teens suddenly turned punk -- and such a catastrophic effect on its main creator. The weight of success led already troubled singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain to take his own life in 1994. But his slashing riffs, corrosive singing and deviously oblique writing, rammed home by the Pixies-via-Zeppelin might of bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, put the warrior purity back in rock & roll. Lyrically, Cobain raged in code -- shorthand grenades of inner tumult and self-loathing. His genius, though, in songs such as "Lithium," "Breed" and "Teen Spirit" was the soft-loud tension he created between verse and chorus, restraint and assault. Cobain was a pop lover at heart -- and a Beatlemaniac: Nevermind co-producer Butch Vig remembers hearing Cobain play John Lennon's "Julia" at sessions. Cobain also fought to maintain his underground honor. Ultimately, it was a losing battle, but it is part of this album's enduring power. Vig recalls when Cobain was forced to overdub the guitar intro to "Teen Spirit" because he couldn't nail it live with the band: "That pissed him off. He wanted to play [the song] live all the way through." - Rolling Stone
36 - Radiohead 'The Bends' 1995
After The Smiths and The Stone Roses, there was a void and no noteworthy bands can really take the throne as Britain next guitar-driven indie hero. then come this group from Oxford fronted by emotional and melancholic Thom York. Who can actually forget the rock anthem 'Creep' and 'Fake Plastic Trees'. It was a memorable album and remain an important reference point for later bands such as Travis and Coldplay.
37 - Beasties Boys 'The In Sound From Way Out '
This album is not a rap album. And it is not as hard rocking as ill communication, hello nasty or Paul's boutique. Why the hell it is here then? Beasties Boys is known for their hard-rocking approach to rap with funny voices. But this album is totally away from the usual path or sound people use to hear from them. This album was made out of instrumental music and cool percussion, chilled out music played to perfection.
This is an album not for the young but a mature and open person that can accept maturity. This guys used to play with gorilla biscuit and performed with the hard core pioneers, way back there in the heyday of DC insurgency
'The Beastie Boys are so versatile - in the space of a year they brought out the hardcore thrash EP 'Aglio E Olio' and also 'The In Sound from Way Out', a collection of funky jazz tunes culled from their last few proper albums. There's stuff here from 'Check Your Head' and 'Ill Communication' - presumably other of these tunes were B-sides.' - amazon.com
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Mar
2004
two for the road
i watched a romantic comedy film last night and it was lovely. It was called Two For The Road, in a print to screen segment on a Singapore art channel. It was long ago since I really immersed myself in a movie. Okay, Big Fish was good. The last samurai was good. Do you know Audey Hepburn is the most beautiful women on screen? IS. Period. I’d never notice this before and I heard she’d passed away later this year. Is that true? So elegance and charming….
it was a love story between an architect and a choir girl, both met while they were travelling through europe. it was full with flashback and dry humour, which love lost and found it way back in a split second. full with beautiful scene and cleaver one liner....a charming, charming story.
38 - The Clash 'The Clash'
There's no denying that the UK version of The Clash's self-titled debut is the essential version. Anyone remotely familiar with The Clash or the UK punk scene can tell you that. It's all here - the snarling, cockneyed fury, the amphetamine-laced vitriol, stungun guitar chops, DIY musicianship and songwriting (though Strummer/Jones hardly deserve to be lumped into that category) and most of all satisfying, searing music played at a breakneck pace. After all, the album's barely 40 minutes long and by 2000's standards that's not a lot of music. Then again, when was the last time 'N Sync or any other band burst out of the gate with an album like this? 1976 or 1977 if memory serves ...
The arrangement on this CD is superior to the US version. It flows much better. The right songs are here (excepting, arguably, '(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais') and this is the way The Clash intended the world to hear their debut album. That last point is probably an important one in making the case for this version.
Perhaps most importantly, though, is the fact that this album truly defines punk. It's not just three chords and a disaffected chorus. That's going through the motions. It's about emotion - raw & pure. That's what The Clash has in spades. Take 'Police & Thieves' as an example. Is it punk rock? You bet it is.
Bottom line: If you're at all interested in punk music - or music period - you need to own this album. - someone from seattle, with the nick strummer
39 - The Sex Pistols ‘Nevermind The Bollock, Here’s The Sex Pistols’
GRUNDY: (To camera) They are punk rockers. The new craze, they tell me. Their heroes? Not the nice, clean Rolling Stones... you see they are as drunk as I am... they are clean by comparison. They're a group called The Sex Pistols, and I am surrounded by all of them...
JONES: (Reading the autocue) In action!
GRUNDY: Just let us see The Sex Pistols in action. Come on kids...(Film of The Sex Pistols in action is shown; then back to Grundy.)
GRUNDY: I am told that that group (hits his knee with sheaf of papers) have received forty thousand pounds from a record company. Doesn't that seem, er, to be slightly opposed to their anti-materialistic view of life?
MATLOCK: No, the more the merrier.
GRUNDY: Really?
MATLOCK: Oh yeah.
GRUNDY: Well tell me more then.
JONES: We've fuckin' spent it, ain't we?
GRUNDY: I don't know, have you?
Those was the interview that shocked the world, and believe to be the first time anybody ever swear on air. It was December 1976. This was the band that put punk up there, straight to the mainstream stable. Even though their appearance was far from mainstream, the media had helped to put the as one of the important icons of the 70’s. The infamous Bill Grundy incident and their own crazy antics, rock and roll have a new hero to.
Were they controversial bunch of loonies?I Well, with songs like ‘Anarchy In the UK’ and ‘God Save the Quee’ , they might be. A must have album. and you might be supprise that by the end of the day, you might be humming to some of the songs.
40 - The Beatles ‘Revolver’
When I first think about doing the 50 most important albums of all time, the Beatles is surely in the list. To decide which album is the best is a lose-lose situation. It just impossible. Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were also in the contention, and many purists think their earlier works was the finest. Ever.
But I think this album contains enough classic for everyone to enjoy. Songs like ‘Yellow Submarine’ and ‘She Said, She Said’ is a reminder what the Beatles truly was. A good band with simple melody, yet with plenty of magic in it. A sure has for any Beatles fan, old and new.
John, Paul, George, and Ringo... legendary names, and this is a legendary album. From the revolutionary cover art to the revolutionary music inside, The Beatles "Revolver" is an artistic statement and demonstration of their collective musical genius. One listen is all it takes to see why it is that The Beatles have cast such a long shadow over popular music and culture.
Mar
2004
41 - Metallica 'Metallica'
Those were the years, when thrash metal rules the land and turns an island (Java) run riots that leaves a trail of destruction miles long. Since day one, Metallica seem to be untouchable, never put a foot wrong and together with fellow metalhead , Sepultura, reign supreme as the kings of both underground and mainstream metal favorite. Called "the Black Album" by many (due to its monochrome cover), Metallica marks the group's entrance into the mainstream, with shorter songs, simpler song structures, and slower tempos overall. Prior to ‘The Black’ album, they have also released other modern metal classic albums such as ‘Ride The Lightning’, ‘Kill Em All’, etc. Who can forgot ‘Enter Sandman’ or the other favorite, ‘Nothing Else Matter’. They play fast, tight thrash metal with a big dash of classic NWOBHM and punk rock. Since this album, they had putted out several good compilation and live album before turn silly and mellow.
42 - Michael Jackson 'Off The Wall' 1979
This album was THE bomb, not his album ‘thriller’, the biggest selling album, blah, blah, blah. It got soul, got R&B, got funk and rock all over it. Michael Jackson is in deep shit right now and it ain’t look pretty. Holding court (pun intended) everywhere he went but still maintain his innocence. We better let those problems to the court to decides but do you still remember the good old days? I swear I bought his album and I think everyone have a copy of his album at the height of MJ craze. Lets be honest, you also have a copy of it, right? At least a bootleg. Back then when he was till black and have curly hair, his influence and crotch grabbing antic was the in thing, nearly everyone knew about him and it truly transcend everything. You better believe it! But everything fall apart when he start to be all that he is not and bleach his face and adjust his nose. Make you wonder what a completely stupid guy he is.
43 - Bob Marley 'Exodus'
Every now and then, I’m sure each and everyone of us have heard the song ‘No Woman No Cry’ before. It was played to dead but still sound as refreshing as ever Time magazine voted this album as the album of the century. Even though that song is not included in this album, surely, there are many others classics in here to keep you sway to the Caribbean beat. His song are full with hope, a story of peace and unity.
It has been nearly twenty five years since Bob Marley gave us the gift of Exodus, and album so magnificent in scope that Time magazine named it the album of the century. "Every song is a classic, from the message of love to the anthem of revolution," Time wrote of Exodus. "But more than that, the album is a political and cultural nexus, drawing inspiration from the Third World and then giving voice to it the world over."
44 - The Pilgrims 'Perfume Garden' 1992
" O that this too too sullied flesh would melt
Thaw, and resolved itself into a sew
Or that the everlasting had not fixed
His canon 'gainst self slaughter
Dead, God,
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world !
Fie or 't, all fie, 'tis an unneeded garden
that grows to seed "
(Hamlet, Act I, Scene II)
When we were growing up and learning how to play drum, guitar scream and starts skipping co-curriculum just to go jamming with friends from school, there were either Nirvana or Pilgrims. I remember singing ‘rape me’ like everytime and the funny thing was, I don’t even know any other words other than ‘rape me’. We all learn to love those songs from but we always have other alternative song to sing along to whenever we have extra vocalists in our hands.
This album always brings chills to me whenever I’d played it. ‘Sua sue good morning, sua sue good morning, sua sue good morning, istimewa rajah!!!’ no other sing along songs can beat the feeling of snotty kids shouting to the microphone like there are no tomorrow. This was essentially one of the most important album by an independent punk rock band back then and still relevant until today. It was their hight point amd they managed to put out another great album, ‘away from the numbers’ before become totally silly and freaky. Sad.
Mar
2004
45 - The Ramones ‘End Of Century’ 1980
This may not be their finest album but if I were to pick their best album to date, I would say every single of their album until ‘Mondo Bizzaro’. They are one of the punk rock purist and pioneer when there are no politic like everyday street politic. No nonsense PC hardliners, just all out fun punk rock style. Their music is sharp, basic and catchy. It is straight to the point. I don’t think punks listen to this anymore. They just don’t bother to have sometime for themselves. Have fun, have a few laughs, and play dumb emo songs for once than just shout about moral decay or global destruction. I think The Ramones have achieve in relaying their DIY punk message to the public out their then any other punk hardcore bands today. Gabba gabba hey!