REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE "THE TOUR: HÜSKER DU, MINUTEMEN, THE MEAT PUPPETS, SACCHARINE TRUST, SWA" w/ Jim Ruland
My guest this week is JIM RULAND (Author of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise And Fall of SST Records and co-author of My Damage: Keith Morris, Rumors Of My Demise: Evan Dando) who discusses the incredible SST RECORDS VHS TAPE: THE TOUR w/ Hüsker Dü, minutemen, The Meat Puppets, Saccharine Trust & SWA!!
We talk about Jim’s exposure to the iconic SST Records label (who put out records by Black Flag, The Meat Puppets, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., minutemen, The Dicks, Negativland), unknown songs on mixtapes, how SST created the blue print for independent U.S. labels with their mailorder, catalogs & hype, how anti-authority the label was, the ubiquitous police presence trying to shut down the label, how the suburbs changed the L.A. punk rock scene, how Black Flag and D.O.A. set the map for punk rock touring, when the label started to frustrate their bands, Target Video, Throbbing Gristle, why the band SWA was hard to crack, the spoken word world of SST, Greg going to jail for Black Flag, Jack Brewer and Joe Baiza of Saccharine Trust, when punk bands started doing un-ironic covers, how this might be one of the greatest Meat Puppets performances of all times, Up On The Sun, the house producers SPOT and Ethan James, Husker Du recording Zen Arcade and some of the myths surrounding it, the singularity of Minutemen, the Black Flag Benefit For Cats, working with Keith Morris on his book, the character of Hermosa Beach and the vibe of South Bay, Saint Vitus, Side Two of My War, Zoogt RIft, Negativland, the SST radio show and more!
So let's grow our hair out and slow everything down on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!
The Tour Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrtLTf5KE68
The Book: https://www.jimruland.net/?page_id=2561
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