That was the good part, as came up in the last DJ comp.
You see an article in a skateboard magazine. You see a photo of a gig that looks insane. You go see a band and they’re wearing tshirts of other bands. Then there was that guy you’d see at the local pinball parlour, just had band names scrawled all over his shirt or back pack. That’s all you had to go with. Then you’d have to find a store that stocked it or would even order it in for you.
I still recall mum driving me and my cousins back from the record store in the Ford Spectron. I’d just got Dead Kennedys ‘In God We Trust, Inc.’ on cassette.
So excited to put it on. My very first DK experience! Never knew what they sounded like before that moment.
Not sure mum knew what a Nazi Punk was at the time, but she found out pretty quickly they needed to ■■■■ off.
Great thread, I’m gonna have a crack later. Turned 20 in 1990 and had a farkin ball all the way through the decade, but one album arrived in 97 that completely changed my musical tastes, this one.
My older brother came home from school one day, loaded up with punk records he borrowed off some kid. DK, Suicidals, Dead Milkmen, Sex Pistols. I kept playing In God We Trust over and over.
Going to a Christian Brothers secondary school, we had religion class and we had to keep a journal about how holy we were or something. One entry, I just copied Jello’s lyrics and handed it in. The teacher returned it with a “good job”. Clearly wasn’t reading the damn things
This is going to take me a while, most of the albums from the mid 90s in my collection were bought at the Punters post gig, and they aren’t in the Wikipedia lists of albums released per year. Working out what year they were released has been a challenge
