Rock and/or Roll – Page 8 – Skate and Annoy

Spermbirds – my god rides a skateboard

If you would ask me, what is the best-known song out of Germany with a connection to skateboarding, I´d say “My god rides a skateboard” by the hardcore/punk band Spermbirds from Kaiserslautern.

McRAD skateboard

I finally found a board of my favorite band, McRAD. The board is produced by VILA Skate out of Sao Paulo, Brasil and is available in different sizes and shapes.

HOT LUNCH – first album

After two 7” records, the first album of San Francisco´s Hot Lunch was finally released. Germany´s Who Can You Trust? Records put out this vinyl only record.

Konstantin Butz is probably the first person ever who tried to analyze the phenomenon skate punk from an academic point of view. He wrote his doctoral thesis about it, which – in a slightly revised version – became this book, entitled Grinding California (transcript Verlag 2012).

Does it flow like an Ore-ida Potatoe?

This video is not nearly as annoying as I had assumed it would be, but that does not mean I’m going to buy/download/pirate Flo Rida’s Wild Ones album. I can’t believe that’s what he picked as his rap name. That’s the Goat Ramp in the top shot. – Thanks to… How did I find this?

GANG GREEN – I fear / The other place 7“

Gang Green out of Boston have been around since 1982, skating, rocking and drinking, splitting up and reuniting again many times. They have a new album in progress that was once announced for the year 2007! Last year saw a little teaser, a 7” single with the songs “I fear” and “The other place”.

Dinsoaur Jr dolls

Not for sale, or maybe for sale. These are one-offs. You can have your own custom made. Amusing that’s it’s old man Mascis that the artist chose to portray, becasue otherwise the skateboard would make no sense. I saw Dinosaur Jr at Tritos Uptown in Champaign, Illinois circa 1988 or so. Loudest show ever. Unfortunately, […]

Hot Lunch – Skaterock of Today

HOT LUNCH from San Francisco is one of the hottest Skaterock bands around at the moment. Their label describes them as “heavy, hard-driving punk ‘n’ roll” and I have nothing to add there. If you like heavy rock from the 70s and Skaterock from the 80s, I am pretty sure you will love HOT LUNCH.

EXCEL + Dogtown + T.A. …. again

Kilwag already posted the musicvideo for EXCEL´s song Unenslaved about two months ago. Their Dogtown connection started a couple of years earlier. There first album was produced by SUICIDAL Records (owned by Mike Muir, also singer for Suicidal Tendencies). On the thankslist you will also find Jim “Red Dog” Muir, Mike´s brother and founder of […]