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Chris pointed me to this promising upcoming documentary about ‘punk rock’ culture in the nineties, can’t wait to see the whole thing:
If ‘Grunge’ died in 1994 with the death of Kurt, Punk was now the biggest musical style in the world and was reborn into a new body through the likes of Green Day, The Offspring, Blink 182, Bad Religion and the hordes of successful bands on indie labels like NOFX, Pennywise and Rancid. This film documents the 90′s incarnation of ‘punk rock’ from the dark days of the mid 80′s to the resurgence of the East Bay punk scene, the Socal surf and skate movement to the eventual start of the Warped Tour. We follow the stories of the artists, labels, managers and producers that were part of punk rocks most successful time period… Ever.
Following the example of the Dutch post-rock band We vs. Death, the Danish singer/producer Tone, and more recently the one-and-only Nine Inch Nails, the Dutch punk band Antillectual will release their second album Testimony (2008) under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA). Although Antillectual is still pretty unknown in the Netherlands, their approach – and tour schedule – reveals a band that looks beyond boundaries. The band has already played numerous shows throughout Europe and the United States, and will release Testimony in Japan and the United States later this year.
I wasn’t made for waging war
Never meant to close that door
Never thought that you would stand next to me
Never thought that this could happen
To be here with you
And the difference is that I am not alone
But now I’m not too sure of myself
Again
One chance to say:
“Whatever”
To be here you
I always fall for al your tricks
Time after time
It makes me sick
Never thought that it was right next to me
Never thought that this could happen
To be here with you
But the difference is that I am not alone
I trusted you above all
As I await your choice
You are portraying both our goals
A sign
A seamless broken hart
As I await and want to know your choice
That’s where you leave me
This is the day
I will look back on
To regret
Because now you’re gone
Right at the door
You took it all away
I’m stuck at the door
Forever
