I am punk as fuck and Lady GaGa is my girl! If she ain't yours you is lame! Here she is channeling the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers (you'll see, fans of Roberta Bailey) making everybody else look like their phoning it in (except Taylor Swift, of course!). Pop is just not this aggressive, that's why the Headies and Lady GaGa are the champions of the burgeoning Meta-pop movement. It seems a bit odd to explain someone who has had all these hit singles to the world, but sometimes I think the world don't get it, except for maybe Metal Mike. No lip sync here, Andy Warhol would be proud, and I shed a little hidden tear due only to the ferocity and melody that GaGa delivers for what we can achieve with layers... wait for the GaGa/Headies mash-up split 7" this winter from Madison Underground Records! Here's to little girls and artistry!
Hot from the presses, the Headies debuting our all new, all now bassist, mc f%#&in' Ben! Live form RLH guitars in Red Lion, PA. Filmed by Jamesage! "It's A Super-Man's World" and "Do the Gremlin"
Here is a set from our favorite all girl punkers, the stunning Impatients!, at the Urban Bike Project in Wilmington, Delaware. They are nice girls, so don't get any ideas! Well maybe just a couple ideas... Oh, and video shot by Toddy Purse and editted/uploaded by Jamesage!
"Don't Wanna Go"
"Keep Your Fucking Judgements"
"Finished With You"
"Zombie Girlfriend"
"The Creature Lurking"
"I Just Wanna Have Something To Do" - by the Ramones
Ok, so if you are familiar with Metal Mike's MySpace then you might too be familiar with Daphne and Celeste. Now, it's best not to think about it too much. Unlike the simpler bubblegum sounds of the Archies, the Sex Pistols, the Spice Girls, mc Chris, or Hannah Montana, D + C are a bit more confusing. I'll tell you this: this tune is off the "Bring It On" soundtrack, cerca 2000, they are from New Jersey, America, are my age, and this song is the same chords as "Louie Louie". Though I don't talk about it all the damn time, bubblegum is one of the vital pillars of "what music should be" along with punk rock, soul, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll (oi vey!, and the musics what made them up.) I mention that because a song like this poses a challenge to songwriters of the world, and casts further shadows of irrelevence on the moody and a-melodic. Music should have more sound effects.
New Year, New Look, New Tit Patrol Videos! Live at, you guessed it, the Urban Bike Project in Wilmington, January 11, 2009. Video courtesy of Jamesage.
"Cough It Up"
"Monsters Go Home"
"I Don't Wanna See Yer Face"
"Get Rid of You"
"(I Fell In Love at the) Punk Rock 40 Party"
"Beaches Love Pizza"
"Hot Dog Emergency"
"Drive Away"
"I Can't Save No Money" and "Tree Branches"
"Baby's Ridin' Tonight"
"Danny Sez" (by the Ramones)
"Burger Fever" and "I Don't Wanna Be a Part of It"
Here are the Impatients at the Urban Bike Project! Only one song because some joker turned off the lights on the second song, rendering the video black and useless under the pretense of "mood lighting." Bah! You never saw Plow United! Anyway, this show was crazy cause the Imps and Tit Patrol (us) were sharing all our equipment, back and forth, song to song. During one of the Tit's first numbers, "I Don't Wanna See Your Face", I rocked this open E super hard and jacked Ally's/my bass way out of tune. So, it sounds a little off, but you can see my butch arm reaching in and tuning her up, mid song! As always, great footage by Jamesage!
Here are your fabulous Headies at the Khyber in Philly, December 28th. This is a reprise of the Mojo 13 X-Mas cover show, in which we did not cover X-Mas numbers, but rather soul and rock and roll numbers. You can tell we're pretty tired after a hard rockin' holiday season, but, Oh that Soul! Thanks to Jamesage for the excellent video, and to Bobby, Huffer, and Co. for coming out and seeing the HEAD.
"Mr. Pitiful" by Otis Redding
"Don't Mess With Cupid" by Otis Redding
"Come On" and "I'd Much Rather Be With the Boys" by Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones
Here are the incomparable Riverdales... you don't need the story, Weasel Alumn, punk rock, early on, first record songs, a sea of unimpressed boys, Ben w/ Johnny haircut, live at University.
"Fun Tonight" featuring Rev. N0rb
"Judy Go Home"
"Wanna Be Alright"
"Outta Sight"
"I Can't Pretend"
"She's Gonna Break Your Heart"
"Plan 13"
"Back to You"
"Not Over Me"
"Hampton Beach"
"Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Ramones, featuring Dr. Frank!
Here is most of a live set from the best pop-punk band in the world (which is to say the best band in the world period, cause pop-punk is the most truly vital music, along with soul and bubblegum), the motherfuckin' Queers motherfucker! It is almost in order, but not really. Live at the CPA in Italy, 2002, with a great line-up... Joe Queer on vocal and guitar, Dangerous Dave on bass, Matt Drastic of Halflings fame on drums, DANNY VAPID on second guitar, and my man Wimpy joins the boys on vocals. Watch the Queers live right here at Danthology!
"You're Trippin'" "Live This Life" "Monster Zero" "I Hate Everything" "Hi Mom, It's Me" "No Tit" "Rockaway Beach" by the Ramones "The Kids Are Alright" by the Who "Granola Head" "Tamara is a Punk" "Ursula Finally Has Tits" "See Ya Later Fuckface" "I Only Drink Bud" "Sidewalk Surfer Girl" "Get a Life and Live It" "My Old Man's a Fatso" by the Angry Samoans "Ben Weasel" "Love Love Love" "Another Girl" "Like a Parasite" "I'll Be True To You" by the Monkees "Teenage Bonehead" "Too Many Twinkies" "Debra Jean" "Noodlebrain" "We'd Have a Riot Doing Heroin" & "Terminal Rut" & "Fagtown" "Wimpy Drives Through Harlem" "Kicked Out of the Webelos" "Tulu is a Wimp" & "I Want Cunt" "I Spent the Rent" & "Nothing To Do" "Fuck You" "I Like Young Girls" "This Place Sucks" "Fuck the World"
Wilmington's best rock and roll band, the Headies live at Mojo 13 in Wilmington, Delaware, December 12, 2008. Thanks to Jamesage for the video! (Don't worry, the guitar gets turned up fast!)
"Feets Don't Fail Me Now" and "Black Bubblegum"
"Mr. Pitiful" by Otis Redding
"Markle"
"Do the Gremlin"
"I've Been Around" by the Animals
"Real Gone Monkey" and "Joelle (How Much You Love Yer Baby?)"
"Out in the Streets" by the Shangria-Las and "Shake It Down!"
Oh you lucky people you, through the miracle of digital video, here is Tit Patrol in all their glory, live at the Urban Bike Project in Wilmington, Delaware, December 6, 2008. This is also Timmy "the Main Man" Toner's clip reel to send to Larry Livermore to try and be the new drummer for the Riverdales, and frankly, we're gonna miss him! How do I get a gig like that? Video by my man Jamesage Yetter, check all his work at his youtube page under "bigyetter"!
Two more from Wilmington's Punk-a-Billy jokers, Hot Toddy and the Wilmington Wastoids, recording very soon with noted difficult producer Skinny Dick Jones, aka, the Sam Phillips of the Brandywine. Of course, your Wastoids are: Hot Toddy - shirtless vocals, Danny Robinson - lead guitar, mc Ben - semi-visible aluminum man and rhythm guitar, Grant Robinson - mini-sideways electric stand-up bass, and J-Vav on the skins! Videos once again from my man, James Yetter, party dude and humantitarian, lover of Birds and trees. Thanks Jamesage!
Whoa! I've been in absentia 'cause so much is always going down! What's in the news? Did you hear, our nation's leading pop-punk true believers, Wilmington Delaware's Tit Patrol is teamin' up with the one and only master of the craft and producer Joe Queer to record their next LP? It's true, the boys are heading up to New Hampshire from November 28 thru December 2 to record twelve new numbers, tentatively titled "Tit Patrol's Still Cookin'" We are really excited, of course! One more punk rock life goal checked off my list. To tide you over here are some wildly good sounding new live videos of Madison Underground Recording's own Hot Toddy and the Wilmington Wastoids and Count von Count, playin' in the Headies-Cave on Harrison Street. Videos courtesy of the Big Man, Jamesage! And by the way, GO BIRDS!!! An enjoyable bloodbath over the beleaguered St. Louis Rams 38-3. Phillies take two out of three from the hated Mets... Blue Rocks three games back of the first place Potomac Nationals who are in town and staying at the Quality Suites on Route 13...
Hot Toddy and the Wilmington Wastoids "Ally Cat"
"Blow This Town" and "Good Times" (by the late, great Sam Cooke)
"We're Too Cool"
"Boogaloo By Myself"
And of course our best friend band Count von Count!
Skinny Dick Jones and His One Man Band doing "Butter That Biscuit" in the Headies-Cave. Look for Skinny Dick's first full-length CD "Urban Hillbilly" out soon on Madison Underground Recordings!
The Headies (2007-present) Tit Patrol (2005-present) Endless Mike Jambox (2002-2007) Power of IV (1998-2002) Ninja Attak (1995-1998)
Best Team: Philadelphia Phillies Best Bands: The Ramones, Plow United, MC5, The Stooges, New York Dolls, Chuck Berry, The Heartbreakers, The Queers, Screeching Weasel, The Vindictives, Mr. T Experience Best Region: Mid-Atlantic Political Party: Great Ape Society
March 6 @ the Mason Jar - 1901 Harrison Ave. Claymont, DE 19809 - The Headies w/Disco Machine Gun, Lowdown, and Misanthropy - All Ages, $5 goes to Save the Spot!!
March 12 @ New Jersey TBA
March 13 @ the Riff, 1615 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY - Benefit Show for Long Island Pit Rescue - Tit Patrol w/Hands Like Feet, Fellow Project, the Broosevelts, Critical Condition, Mailbox Baseball, the Young Leaves, Yesterdays's Heroes, Devil Sits Shotgun, The Scutches, Zombie Culture, Canons, Hooliganism, This'll Kill Ya, Common Enemy, Disclosure, Brace Face, Strong Arm Law - 2pm, $10, All Ages
March 14 @ the Mason Jar, 1901 Harrison Avenue, Claymont, DE, 19809 - Tit Patrol w/Disclosure, Ba-Durr!, and TBA - 1pm, Donations Go To Touring Bands, All Ages
March 14 @ the Cube16 Marrows Road, Newark Delaware 19713 - Hot Toddy and the Wilmington Wastoids!! w/Belly Dancers!
March 15 @ 198 Madison, Newark, DE - Tit Patrol w/One Short Fall, Disclosure, Brace Face, Holy Dirt, and Ba-Durr! - 4pm, Donations Go To Touring Bands, All Ages
March 19-21 Tit Patrol Recording @ Second Story Sound w/the Mad Splatter
May 14 @ Rugger's Pub, 40 South 22nd Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203 - Tit Patrol w/TBA
May 15 @ Cedar's Lounge, 23 N. Hazel Stree, Youngstown, Ohio 44503 - Tit Patrol w/Johnie 3 - 8pm
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