As a child of 90’s, I also listened to many band that were labeled such as Grunge and Shoegaze. But to me they were pure punk rock because what they did at the time had the same effect on me as 70’s punk did. They were just something that I never heard or imagined before. And seeing Fender Jazzmaster being used by some of the most exciting band, made me wet in my dreams. top: Kevin Shield & Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine), middle : Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Bottom : J. Mascis (Dinasour Jr.)
Oh yeah, I was a punk rock kid. But I was not that street – sniffing glue – kind of one. I was bit more calm than other kids that were doing nihilistic attitude experimentation in the sake of punk rock. For me it was always about the music and never about the mohawk and safety pins. Excitement was the main attraction for me about punk. And since I got into 70’s punk in the 90’s, any music that has that distorted upbeat noisy kind of sound, I would call them punk. I would also call Nirvana a punk, and I thought Sonic Youth was punk,. Anything unique, interesting, mind blowing and excited me, I would considered them punk. Even Blur was bit of a punk for me (because they constantly hop from one style of genre to another) and my friends would call me “Punk Borok” (means : mangy punk) because they thought I wasn’t pure enough.
Sure I did listen to Sex Pistols or The Exploited. But 70’s punk bands that I really loved at the time (around 1994) were Television, The Clash (esp. London Calling) and Elvis Costello. Because they sounds really different and the songs are really beautiful, I could hum them. Not like Sex Pistols their song can not be hummed it has to be screamed.
Look what Tom Verlaine and Elvis Costello used, the Jazzmaster!!! So, even the guitar name borrow the word “Jazz”, I think it’s now become the ultimate guitar for punk rock. Punk rock here being exciting music, for me, of course.
Childhood Dream Guitar : Fender Jazzmaster
As a child of 90’s, I also listened to many band that were labeled such as Grunge and Shoegaze. But to me they were pure punk rock because what they did at the time had the same effect on me as 70’s punk did. They were just something that I never heard or imagined before. And seeing Fender Jazzmaster being used by some of the most exciting band, made me wet in my dreams. top: Kevin Shield & Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine), middle : Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Bottom : J. Mascis (Dinasour Jr.)
Oh yeah, I was a punk rock kid. But I was not that street – sniffing glue – kind of one. I was bit more calm than other kids that were doing nihilistic attitude experimentation in the sake of punk rock. For me it was always about the music and never about the mohawk and safety pins. Excitement was the main attraction for me about punk. And since I got into 70’s punk in the 90’s, any music that has that distorted upbeat noisy kind of sound, I would call them punk. I would also call Nirvana a punk, and I thought Sonic Youth was punk,. Anything unique, interesting, mind blowing and excited me, I would considered them punk. Even Blur was bit of a punk for me (because they constantly hop from one style of genre to another) and my friends would call me “Punk Borok” (means : mangy punk) because they thought I wasn’t pure enough.
Sure I did listen to Sex Pistols or The Exploited. But 70’s punk bands that I really loved at the time (around 1994) were Television, The Clash (esp. London Calling) and Elvis Costello. Because they sounds really different and the songs are really beautiful, I could hum them. Not like Sex Pistols their song can not be hummed it has to be screamed.
Look what Tom Verlaine and Elvis Costello used, the Jazzmaster!!! So, even the guitar name borrow the word “Jazz”, I think it’s now become the ultimate guitar for punk rock. Punk rock here being exciting music, for me, of course.