“My love for music and rebellion falls solely on my older brother, Erik. Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, Faith No More, and AC/DC were among the first batch of bands I got into as a little boy. I came of age at a time when Nirvana was the biggest band in the world and Green Day was breaking on MTV. So when I started developing my own tastes, I knew something lurked beneath the surface of where these bands were coming from.
“Being poor and needing to work as a teenager introduced me to your run-of-the-mill degenerates who work in the back of house at catering places and restaurants. They were more than happy to show a 13-year-old kid a harder dive into the underground and dirt weed.
“One of the dudes would wear a Sick of It All windbreaker every day, and I just thought, ‘yeah, me too,’ and didn’t know it was a band for at least a year. My first hardcore and punk records were Uniform Choice and Dead Kennedys. I played the latter on my parents’ record player at 33 RPM because I thought there was no way it was this fast and this guy can’t actually sound like this. If you’ve never played ‘Nazi Punks Fuck Off’ on 33 RPMs, you should give it a whirl.”
-Colin of Arabia vocalist Colin Campbell in a 2024 No Echo interview 😎
Photos by @reidhaithcock
Went to see @coaisforthepeople on Superbowl Sunday. This show really had the same feels as a matinee show at the Rat in 1997/98. Just Amazing. In collaboration with @left.to.nothing more photos on /author/brian-hull/
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The transformation of the warrior into the sage represents a shift from a limited, ego-driven perspective focused on conflict to a broader, intuitive understanding of reality. This evolution involves mastering the self, replacing aggression with wisdom and love, and using strength to protect rather than dominate. 📷@camera.parn
