tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85401149629297365202024-03-13T03:47:13.565-07:00Vida MOTOCLASSIC CAFES AND NEAT CHOPSsebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-19399362411465838802013-04-11T13:37:00.002-07:002014-08-30T02:24:03.586-07:00Life. Style.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the excellent 'with evo spo' blog .<br />
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You can't buy cool this cool, huh?<br />
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Sorry I haven't been around much, the band (Crash Landings) has been taking up such amounts of free time I get. Not that I'm complainin'! It's all good.<br />
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Take it EZ out there...much like yer man on the shovel choper. Ok, maybe not QUITE as easy!sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-64776411395315288882013-03-30T03:07:00.001-07:002014-08-30T04:07:50.902-07:00TCL ARTWORK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some nifty artwork done by our mate Rob for the band I'm doing some bass for. <br />
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To be honest it's a little hardcore for our style, which is kinda Clash/Ramones.<br />
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Nice work though, Rob is a massive tattoo fan and has had some of his ink in a few mags.<br />
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On another thing, I am properly back online, will be back to daily posting (I hope). Happy Easter everyone!<br />
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<br />sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-7115167314865496082013-03-25T02:00:00.000-07:002013-03-25T02:00:13.008-07:00ESSENTIAL MEDIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Totally unpretencious 100% Biker magazine. Highly reccomended, grass roots choppers and customs for those who are less self-aware and more into bikes and partyin'.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-51922607886013425712013-03-22T01:57:00.002-07:002014-08-30T04:08:25.146-07:00OL' HONDA #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm still awaiting retrieving my laptop from the post-house move box fest that is my house at the moment, so posted from work - another old shot of my honda chop. This is how it arrived back in 96 - morphed into the orange version below over a couple of years, I'll see if I can dig out some other pics of later changes. GBNF.<br />
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When I run outta things to post and say ... I usually drum up an old pic of my GBNF honda. Wish I'd never sold it. This was version 1 - many changes came later, but this - non-rebuilt motor, stock carbs, points and a aftermarket 4-1 - was actually the most reliable it ever ran.<br />
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My 1st go at paint too! With quite a lot of help, it must be said.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-15136726633521024062013-03-19T02:05:00.002-07:002014-08-30T04:09:16.240-07:00LIVIN' IT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yeah, that's what chopper ridin' is all about...me on my friend Mick D's superb amen saviour framed honda SOHC chop in the new mexico desert...one of the best days ever. <br />
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But are quite sensible actually ;)sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-58630402917855235382013-03-06T10:29:00.000-08:002013-03-06T10:29:05.419-08:00ROLLIN' STONE #2Guys - I'm still here! But having just moved an' all, proper broadband is a distant hope.<br />
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I should be back in 10 days or so.<br />
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Thanks for your support -and I hope to be back to following your excellent sites too.<br />
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peace out ;]sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-68129119428709887112013-02-28T12:12:00.000-08:002013-02-28T12:12:03.814-08:00ROLLIN' STONE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I'm hardly a proper on the road hobo, but we are MOOO-VIN' tomorrow!<br />
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Can't wait. It's a crackin' house. Lovely big garden for the kids, big kitchen for the missus, lovely big garage for me ;)<br />
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43 and at last I get me a man cave. You lot will be among the 1st to see it (well after my crew come round tomorrow, wine for the wives, lager for us).<br />
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My sportster bread sits in the bank - gonna be spent wisely. Stay tuned - summer's near and the time is right ...<br />
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Above is a tidy Hinckley. Nice black n gold, proper JPS colours.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-75891051318007696662013-02-27T12:23:00.001-08:002013-02-27T12:23:04.348-08:00MONOCHROME SET<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beautiful CB cafe from the wrenchmonkees stable.<br />
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Wicked lines.<br />
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Blimey not again ... here's a coupla shots of my old tartster, owned 2010-2012; apologies to those who've seen it before, but I was inspired by seeing the Whiteline's tasty scalloped XL.<br />
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Deft application of autosol, carshop black and a very low budget equalled a whole lotta fun!<br />
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When it ran, that is, some people love 'em but for me the earlier (this is an '89 4 speed) evo sporties don't have the reliability I was lookin' for.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-69791021995087975232013-02-25T13:55:00.001-08:002013-02-25T13:55:12.812-08:00UP THE PIPE...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oo -er missus, I love a good view 'up the pipe'...<br />
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I love a good old CB750 too. This one is nothing to do with me, just a shot taken from a cool angle I nicked as usual.<br />
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As to my own much missed CB... Hours I spent on that b*stard rear drum, cush drive (gluing bits of inner tube to pad it out, old dispatcher's trick .. gotta love a proper bodge-up job),missing bearing retainer that locked me wheel at 50 on the shakedown run... man that wheel assembly was a hobby in itself, albeit one that wanted to kill me.<br />
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Will I get another ... hmmm ... jury's out. Nice to look at tho', and when sorted they are a stonkin' ride.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-7436556713404132562013-02-23T02:02:00.001-08:002013-02-23T02:02:23.080-08:00INSPIRED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There's no question that the artwork of David Mann has inspired generations of bikers, builders and chopper lovers. He's up there with the best of 'em.<br />
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The chopper is a uniquely American form of motorcycle - you either get them or not, there's no middle ground. The way of life and mystique that surrounds them is entirely a product of the visionaries that helped create that scene. Mann was at the vanguard.<br />
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His paintings really do say more than a thousand words.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-76742217060536094622013-02-22T12:57:00.001-08:002013-02-22T14:17:00.330-08:00BASS HEROES #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I gotta say, it makes me feel VERY old that I'm entering my FOURTH decade of guitar pickin'<br />
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And I never really got anywhere with it, beyond hammering out many a good tune. But as they say, 'music is its own reward'...my '78 Les Paul and Fender acoustic bring hours of good times, admittedly only to me rather than the long suffering wife and kids! <br />
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So, my mates in 'The Crash Landings' have given me the honour of laying down some bass for them; they're pretty good and have a single out on iTunes at the mo'. Being a Rancid fan and all, I reckon bass could be the way forward... so I got loads of bass heroes from Simenon to Cliff Burton to Matt Freeman to whoever... but before ANYONE else (apart maybe from Terry from Sabbath) was Lemmy. He rules. sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-59939676267546428222013-02-21T12:51:00.001-08:002013-02-21T12:51:57.837-08:00THE 'NEW' HARDTAIL?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw somewhere the other day that the HD 4-speed frame is the 'new hardtail'.<br />
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I also saw that the evo sporty is 'the new shovel'.<br />
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Man, there's too much 'new' stuff!<br />
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I'd say sporties and 4 speeds are totally out there in their own right, they don't have to be some stupid fad.<br />
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Whatever, check this great shot from the legendary 'with evo spo' site. Cutting edge of the inspirational Japanese scene.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-86980769737869060382013-02-20T13:13:00.001-08:002013-02-20T13:13:19.613-08:00BEEEZZZAAARRR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh yes, superb BSA from yer man Piper of Choppershack fame. Before he started knocking about with Jesse and Russ Mitchell, Phil used to build knockout backyard chops like this bitchin' BSA. I remember seeing it up for sale in the small ads in the custom press, some charlatan bought it, then put it back up 8 weeks later for 2 grand more...no respect.<br />
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Respect, however, is always due to builders who knock out quality chops like this one. sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-45861880355885985002013-02-19T12:35:00.004-08:002013-02-19T12:35:48.376-08:00RATTLERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in the day the RATTLERS MC were well known on the UK show and rally scene for the bikes they built.<br />
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Many featured in BSH, Live to Ride (a very 1% oriented Aussie rag) and others - the club even got an honourable mention in Iron Horse.<br />
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Dunno much about this FXR (should I say this PAIR of FXRs) except to say it'd well smart.<br />
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Why did HD never make more of these great bikes? <br />
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And who let that manky old Honda CX maggot into the shot?sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-39391216458756353912013-02-17T10:32:00.002-08:002013-02-17T10:32:43.728-08:00NEAT BEEMER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here ya go, nuvva smart airhead ... from the Keevils stable, down Devon way.<br />
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Love the battleship grey / red seat look.<br />
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I'll let the pic do the talkin'.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-38629258790247827392013-02-16T06:10:00.001-08:002013-02-16T06:10:42.295-08:00COCKNEY BANKER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How's this for a trick FXR? One of my favourite bikes of the early 1990s, built by Kes (you can gather his club) RIP one of the most prolific builders of the time.<br />
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According to his feature in BSH magazine, it featured Kawasaki front end, junkyard special Weber 45 carb (no catalogue parts here), loads of one-off metal work, superb flameout and rear shocks off a Lambretta!<br />
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Talk about ingenuity. This was a multi show winning feature bike built with brains not a bank balance.<br />
Respect is due.<br />
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<br />sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-48301503916662133232013-02-15T13:36:00.002-08:002013-02-15T13:36:43.565-08:00SUBLIME...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...as in 'from the ridiculous to the sublime'.. Was I REALLY postin' pics of stock Bandits yesterday? Somebody kick me, please.<br />
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Must have been a bleedin' heavy week. Well it was, as it goes.<br />
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So back to normal service. Though strictly speaking, a Norvin is never normal. I don't think I've ever seen one in the metal, to tell the truth.<br />
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2nd pic is Ogri, if you don't know him, he's a fabled brit cartoon character (never) whose ride of choice is the fabled featherbed frame and thunderous ARD motor.<br />
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I love that 'stuff everything...' line. Another one of his pearls o' wisdom is 'even an old nail...is better than no bike at all'.<br />
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Words to live by!<br />
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<br />sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-71741513197033282512013-02-14T11:13:00.003-08:002013-02-14T11:13:31.069-08:00ALL OUR YESTERDAYS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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About the best bike I never had was Suzuki's budget burner, the good ol' bandit, though I did have some fun blattin' around on my mate Al's GSF.<br />
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I always reckoned the Bandit was a great basis for a fighter. Here's a pair for ya. Mild -as in stock cycle parts and a tasteful slabside-era factory style paint job; or wild, as in USDs, polished (CBR at a wild guess) rims and nickel'd frame.<br />
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Maybe not exactly the height of fashion, but cool nonetheless.<br />
<br />sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-51855441983285286632013-02-13T12:40:00.002-08:002013-02-13T12:40:36.078-08:00BEDTIME READ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If yer anything like me, you'll have come across a whole load of people who reckon they flew colours at some stage in their lives. Some no doubt will have, some maybe were on the fringes, and some ....say no more.<br />
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Whatever, there's all kind of books on the subject too, starting of course with Hunter, going through the legendary pulp fiction New English Library titles of the mid - 70s to the latter day works from a host of authors.<br />
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'Outlaws' is one of the better ones and focuses, unsurprisingly, on the UK arm of the AOA. It's a kind of down-to-earth read that will remind you why you're at home with a book not tearing it up with a bunch of 1%-ers! <br />
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Like I said, it's only one of a plethora out there, but certainly worth a look.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-44720798118098816812013-02-12T12:29:00.003-08:002013-02-12T12:29:54.713-08:00TIMELESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Timeless, indeed, huh?<br />
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I found this looking for BMW cafe pics, and really liked the shot. B&W always adds cool, no?<br />
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The only thing that makes me think this photo wasn't taken sometime round 40-50 years ago is the look of that jacket (but WTF do I know about it?)<br />
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Whatever, great shot.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-51203327209456415992013-02-11T12:38:00.002-08:002013-02-11T12:38:36.095-08:00AIRHEAD GOODNESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've lately becaome a massive fan of these big old BMW twins. They've got all the classic ingredients of a great cafe and just need some tasteful fettling to turn into a supersmart ride.<br />
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The paint might not be up everyone's alley, but I'm diggin' those neat exhausts, the subtle polishing, and just the way everything's been really tidied up. Less is more ... (more cliches tommorrow, guaranteed) <br />
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I ain't saying it was easy turning out a bike like this - far from it, the simplicity belies the amount of money, time and work a skilled builder needs to put in to turn out something as nice as this - but it remains the sort of project a resourceful person can set their sites on and achieve realistically without needing a whole bunch of specialised tools and skills.<br />
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I'm hoping to get my grubby mitts on an airhead soon as we move house. I very much doubt it'll turn out as professional a this one, but watch this space!<br />
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Note - these pics should go big if you click on 'em - apologies recent pics have been 'small'.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-717283273616310832013-02-10T07:44:00.002-08:002013-02-10T07:44:45.149-08:00OH MAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So it's February, cold, rain drizzlin' or even snow still on the deck for the 5th month if you're in the frozen white north...<br />
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Check these beauties out to remind you of hot tarmac and hot sun. Soichiros' finest 750-4, one of the coolest motors ever to come outta the land of the rising yen. Not the fastest, sure - it's a 43 year old design - but the sweetest looking and most revolutionary, without a doubt.<br />
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I guess you'd call these 'kustom cafes'. Minimal bodywork, outstanding flake, beautiful brightwork are all clear to see - but look more closely and clock the magnetos trickin' out the cases.<br />
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Superb.sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540114962929736520.post-87035583740852634142013-02-09T07:49:00.002-08:002013-02-09T07:49:48.680-08:00PUNX NOT DEAD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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RANCID's 20th anniversary tour came to my sleepy town in December - me and my crew had our tickets well in advance.<br />
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What a show. It's a while since I braved the mosh pit, but man! what a blast it was. I've totally rediscovered my love of punk since then. In the vinyl days, first it was clash, ramones, damned, then when a little older, dag nasty, minor threat and bad brains - the CD years was rancid, sick of it all, distillers to name a few - and now things just go full circle.<br />
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If you like this kinda music, sheck out 'the crash landings' on itunes/facebook. Local band doing some neat clash -style R'n'R. <br />
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'FREE BEER FOR THE PUNX'<br />
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Back to bikes tomorrow, guyssebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09194935902684829320noreply@blogger.com2