Right?! I had definitely heard DK before Blaster formed, but it was literally from borrowing a cassette copy of In God We Trust Inc. from a friend for two weeks in high school. I loved it. But for some reason I never really sought them out. Much later, post SSFFTV, I got pretty into tracks like California Uber Alles and Holiday in Cambodia. Great band, but I still don't listen to 'em much. Whereas Misfits and Cramps never leave my rotation for long.
Do you listen to newer horror punk as well? A friend recently showed me this band Calabrese and they really seem to me like the creme of horror punk crop (along with y'all of course).
Apologies it's taken so long to reply! I don't really seek out horror punk per se. Never have. I never even heard the term until after Blaster broke up and everyone started referring to us as a 'Christian horror punk' band. I've always amended that to sci-fi/horror punk, but even that's a concession to the public need for categorisations. (Which I'm not totally against, if they're held loosely.) Also, musically, I usually struggle to find the good stuff of what's going on at any given moment. I usually can't find stuff newer than about 15-20 years old that grabs me haha. That's been true since my 20s probably. I'm actually just properly discovering Rudimentary Peni (80s anarcho-art punk I guess). Had always heard of them and must've heard a track or two. But listening to them recently I'm amazed at those lyrics, the artwork (by the singer), and some of the vocals and music. I've always been more into the US punk scene than the UK, but the latter has good stuff.
The first time I heard Blaster I thought it sounded like DK, but if you say it's a coincidence, I believe you. Convergent evolution is a thing.
Right?! I had definitely heard DK before Blaster formed, but it was literally from borrowing a cassette copy of In God We Trust Inc. from a friend for two weeks in high school. I loved it. But for some reason I never really sought them out. Much later, post SSFFTV, I got pretty into tracks like California Uber Alles and Holiday in Cambodia. Great band, but I still don't listen to 'em much. Whereas Misfits and Cramps never leave my rotation for long.
Do you listen to newer horror punk as well? A friend recently showed me this band Calabrese and they really seem to me like the creme of horror punk crop (along with y'all of course).
Apologies it's taken so long to reply! I don't really seek out horror punk per se. Never have. I never even heard the term until after Blaster broke up and everyone started referring to us as a 'Christian horror punk' band. I've always amended that to sci-fi/horror punk, but even that's a concession to the public need for categorisations. (Which I'm not totally against, if they're held loosely.) Also, musically, I usually struggle to find the good stuff of what's going on at any given moment. I usually can't find stuff newer than about 15-20 years old that grabs me haha. That's been true since my 20s probably. I'm actually just properly discovering Rudimentary Peni (80s anarcho-art punk I guess). Had always heard of them and must've heard a track or two. But listening to them recently I'm amazed at those lyrics, the artwork (by the singer), and some of the vocals and music. I've always been more into the US punk scene than the UK, but the latter has good stuff.
Rudimentary Peni is new to me, and I'm loving it! I owe ya' one for this (and for lots of other things too honestly).
Have you read Primal Screamer? It’s Nick’s semi-autobiographical horror novella about a kid in the early anarcho scene