I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts …

Posted by Lance Davis - August 29, 2014 - Big Boys, Black Flag, Charles Bukowski, D.O.A., Flesh Eaters, George Carlin, Minutemen, Woody Guthrie, X

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“The whole world is a sack of shit ripping open. I can’t save it.” —Charles Bukowski, The Captain Is Out To Lunch And The Sailors Have Taken Over The Ship, 2002, Amazon These are troubled times. I’m sure this isn’t terribly new information to anyone over 8 years old, just stating facts. We live […]

Gun Club: Preachin’ the Word, Pt. 1

Posted by Lance Davis - August 7, 2014 - Gun Club, Howlin' Wolf, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Los Angeles, Nirvana, Sean-Michael Yoder, Sex Pistols, X

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Last November, my good buddy, Sean-Michael Yoder, wrote the first guest post in Adios Lounge history (Death and Renaissance in Smog City: L.A. 1978-85). Well, Sean is here to write the second guest post, a variation on the original theme (Los Angeles punk). However, this time he mainly focuses on 3 bands: X, Gun […]

Death and Renaissance in Smog City: L.A. 1978-85

Posted by Lance Davis - November 17, 2013 - Blasters, Crawdaddys, Flesh Eaters, Gun Club, John Doe, Legal Weapon, Los Angeles, Middle Class, Plugz, Rank And File, Redd Kross, Repo Man, Sean-Michael Yoder, Tex And The Horseheads, X

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For the first time in Adios Lounge history, I’m having someone else write a post. (What do you mean I have control issues? That doesn’t sound like me. Must wash hands.) Anyway, I’ve known Sean-Michael Yoder for over 20 years. He was my assistant music director at KCSC (Chico State) in the early ’90s and […]

The Vinyl File: The Blasters - American Music

Posted by Lance Davis - August 30, 2013 - Bill Haley, Billy Boy Arnold, Blasters, Bob Wills, Dave Alvin, Jimmie Rodgers, Junior Parker, Phil Alvin, Queen, Vinyl File, X

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The Vinyl File returns and it’s again focused on The Blasters. This was not intentional. I was recently interviewed by Peter Zimowski II of Now Spinning and as the name of his website might suggest, we discussed collecting vinyl and discovering music. If you wanna know how a 7-year-old boy solves the KISS vs. […]

LAMF: A Study in Rock ‘n’ Roll DNA

Posted by Lance Davis - December 5, 2010 - Black Keys, Chuck Berry, Creedence, Don and Dewey, Germs, Humpers, Jerry Nolan, Johnny Thunders, Neckbones, New York Dolls, Replacements, Sonics, Stones, X

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“The Heartbreakers blew everyone away, for no more reason than that they were just more experienced — they had their roots in R&B and rock ‘n’ roll. They were able to go onstage and draw on all that, whereas these kids (The Damned, Clash, and Sex Pistols) couldn’t draw on anything yet. Real rock […]