So I was reading an article at Salon.com and it was about Husker Du’s 25th anniversary.  They talked about the music scene from the 1980’s, which was MY time.  Sure, grunge came later and the put out some interesting stuff.  But the music I listened to while I was defining myself all came out in the middle of the 1980’s.

No, it wasn’t Ratt or Van Halen or Madona or the GoGo’s.  They were cute and everything, but not the music I related to.  For me, the birth of “Alternative” was what really got me going.  I was in to Skateboards and hanging around with my friends.  This article at Salon.com mentioned some band names that really took me back like, Husker Du, Minor Threat, TSOL and Black Flag.  I knew ALL these bands!  It struck a chord and it made me go out the internet and grab a bunch of tracks and go over some of my old collections.

When I was in high school I spent every dime I could get on vinyl or magnetic tapes of my favorite bands.  My 8th grade art teacher turned me on to the Violent Femmes.  From there it got faster and louder.  When I was reading this article and came across “Minor Threat” I thought first of “Dag Nasty” — I remembered they were similar but I couldn’t place Minor Threat.  I thought about it and let the name bounce around my skull for a while and then it came to me.  A word that I hadn’t anuncianted in years:   “Thrash”

It was thrash music.  It was hardcore and “alterntive” a decade before EVERYTHING became alternative.  I still have TSOL but now its on CD.  I still have The Replacements but they’re next to Johnny Cash and Live and the Goo Goo Dolls.

I’m fairly certain my kids will hate my music, but what could they come up with that’s more offensive than Bad Brains?

• “Hey Micky, you’re so fine
• You’re so fine, you blow my mind!
• Hey Micky!  Hey Micky!”

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