Comments on: RIP Rowland S. Howard http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079 Punk Wave Whatever Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Shitty Listener http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-109827 The Shitty Listener Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:25:46 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-109827 what i meant was....he's the ONLY guy in rock I ever wanted to meet what i meant was….he’s the ONLY guy in rock I ever wanted to meet

]]> By: The Shitty Listener http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-109826 The Shitty Listener Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:24:52 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-109826 the onkly guy in rock I ever wanted to meet ... the onkly guy in rock I ever wanted to meet …

]]> By: OTTO http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-109071 OTTO Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:04:29 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-109071 I had a girlfriend in high school who turned me on to the Birthday Party when Prayers on Fire was released (1981?). She was much cooler than I was... She bought the record during one of our visits to 3rd Street Jazz and made me a tape (other side included first 2 Minor Threat 7", Gov't issue Legless Bull and some other hardcore)... I still have it. From the first hit of Zoo Music Girl I was hooked. What an absolutely incendiary blast of chaotic genius. I agree, Joe, these guys sounded genuinely dangerous, dirty, and evil... and then they took it up a notch with Junkyard! Have been a fan of Cave, Harvey and Howard ever since. Very sad news, indeed. A real loss. I had a girlfriend in high school who turned me on to the Birthday Party when Prayers on Fire was released (1981?). She was much cooler than I was…

She bought the record during one of our visits to 3rd Street Jazz and made me a tape (other side included first 2 Minor Threat 7″, Gov’t issue Legless Bull and some other hardcore)… I still have it. From the first hit of Zoo Music Girl I was hooked. What an absolutely incendiary blast of chaotic genius. I agree, Joe, these guys sounded genuinely dangerous, dirty, and evil… and then they took it up a notch with Junkyard!

Have been a fan of Cave, Harvey and Howard ever since. Very sad news, indeed. A real loss.

]]> By: Scott http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-108060 Scott Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:53:24 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-108060 His first album in over 10 years came out here in Australia back in Oct. Everyone should buy it - it's awesome. He played that fender jaguar until his last gig a few months ago. Back in the early 90's when he came back to Melbourne, he hocked it. Someone bought it and gave it back to him. It should go into a museum. RIP. His first album in over 10 years came out here in Australia back in Oct. Everyone should buy it – it’s awesome. He played that fender jaguar until his last gig a few months ago. Back in the early 90′s when he came back to Melbourne, he hocked it. Someone bought it and gave it back to him. It should go into a museum. RIP.

]]> By: Joe http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-107794 Joe Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:51:22 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-107794 Sadly, yes. One HELL of a band. Next time you're in a windstorm, its probably the result of those four dudes rockin'. Sadly, yes. One HELL of a band. Next time you’re in a windstorm, its probably the result of those four dudes rockin’.

]]> By: Dave B http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-107775 Dave B Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:29:34 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-107775 Howard, Interior, Saxon, and Bailey...What a band it would be! Did they really all go in the same year? Howard, Interior, Saxon, and Bailey…What a band it would be! Did they really all go in the same year?

]]> By: elliott http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-107461 elliott Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:19:25 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-107461 don't forget gg allin god of punk! anyway i will check this guy out. that sucks that he died man. don’t forget gg allin god of punk! anyway i will check this guy out. that sucks that he died man.

]]> By: Chris Oliver http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-107457 Chris Oliver Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:35:08 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-107457 God, they were so good, weren't they? Junkyard was one of the first "weird" punk records I heard. I only recently discovered that Prayers on Fire actually came BEFORE Junkyard. I always assumed the progression went the other way: from noisy, high energy craziness to more refined, experimental, noisy high energy craziness. But it's even cooler that they evolved INTO Junkyard. God, they were so good, weren’t they? Junkyard was one of the first “weird” punk records I heard. I only recently discovered that Prayers on Fire actually came BEFORE Junkyard. I always assumed the progression went the other way: from noisy, high energy craziness to more refined, experimental, noisy high energy craziness. But it’s even cooler that they evolved INTO Junkyard.

]]> By: MRow http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-107440 MRow Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:15:47 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-107440 Saw him play with THESE IMMORTAL SOULS in London as a teen waaay back in '87, opening for THE GUN CLUB. Oh man, what a freakin gig. It was all so loud/noisy/glorious, it took me years before I could listen much else. Only wish Rowland had given us a few more amazing records over the years for us to cherish today. Saw him play with THESE IMMORTAL SOULS in London as a teen waaay back in ’87, opening for THE GUN CLUB. Oh man, what a freakin gig. It was all so loud/noisy/glorious, it took me years before I could listen much else. Only wish Rowland had given us a few more amazing records over the years for us to cherish today.

]]> By: Erich http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079&cpage=1#comment-107426 Erich Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:00:18 +0000 http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=1079#comment-107426 It always scares the shit outta me when I see this guy's face. He looks like an ex of mine. It always scares the shit outta me when I see this guy’s face. He looks like an ex of mine.

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