Negative Approach @ Club Manhattan 11.21 with The Casualties, M.D.C. and Never Say Never

Negative Approach @ Club Manhattan 11.21 with The Casualties, M.D.C....
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John Brannon’s lip is bleeding, Harold Richardson is wailing away that wiry solo on “Lead Song.” Some idiot is screaming out for a Suicidal Tendencies (what?) cover. These songs are quick, borderline psychotic snaps of furor. Perfectly crafted by some mystic core entity into some divinely inspired audiovisual ratio of power and speed. No frills, no whistles. The calcified gristle of rock n’ roll’s fattened carcass, the parts that stay behind when the glistening flesh has long rotted away.  … read more

The Casualties 09.19.06 @ the Avalon

The Casualties 09.19.06 @ the Avalon

The Casualties (courtesy of myspace.com/thecasualties) The Casualties 09.19.06 The Avalon With Skint, Wednesday Night Heroes, The Briefs I’ve seen The Casualties a lot of times. My guess would be somewhere around half a dozen in the last four years. That’s quite a few times to see a band, and punk fans are notorious for their