Another week, another Mercury music section to read while you work on your slam dunking skills. #6, the one with the beer-chugging, is easily my favorite. I could watch that all day, every day.
The Prids somehow walk away from a horrific touring accident (see above photo), but vow to carry on.
LISTEN:
The Prids – “Molest the Outer Heart”
Owen (Kinsella alert!) tours with new songs and a desire not to sleep on your floor. Huh, that’s a pretty uppity attitude for a dude who also plays in a Fugazi cover band. Ian MacKaye would sleep on my floor, after lecturing it about moshing. That made no sense.
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Owen – “The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi”
All the old punks in the house, put ’em up, put ’em up. Resist take us back to a time when Portland (and local punk music) was a scary scary place.
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Resist – “It’s A Wonderful Life”
Harvey Milk dust-off the bruising avant-metal that sounds like this picture looks. Seriously, if every band photo was like that, I’d be a much happier person.
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Harvey Milk – “The Boy With Bosoms”
End Hits: “The Boy With Bosoms,” the “Boy With the Thorn in His Side,” the “Boy Without a Girl,” the “Boy With a Moon & Star on His Head,” the “Boy With (100) Hands,” we can keep going…
“Boy With a Coin,” the “Boy With a Problem,” the “Boy With a Cunt,” the “Boy With Broken Arms”…….