Bush: Live In Tampa
On a hot summer night, Bush plays to a sold out arena in Tampa, Fl, proving that there is still an audience for a high energy rock and roll show.
Tag: CBGB
Plasmatics – Live! Rod Swenson’s Lost Tapes 1978-81
Raw video documentation of the Plasmatics evolution from buzzy punk band at CBGB’s to pyrotechnic madness at Bond’s Casino.
The Fuzztones
Snake Oil (Cleopatra Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Commando : The Autobiography Of Johnny Ramone
Johnny Ramone was the leader of greatest punk rock band America ever had. His story is like their music- short, aggressive and unflinching. James Mann gives it a Gabba Gabba Hey!
The Final Quarrel: Live at CBGBs 2001
Scott Adams’ quarrel with this recently released DVD of the legendary Cro-Mags’ CBGBs reunion show is not that the band couldn’t bring the power one last time, but that the camera and sound quality were bootleg quality. That ain’t punk, punk.
Ricanstruction
Liberation Day (CBGB). Review by David Lee Beowülf
Wives
Ripped (CBGB). Review by David Lee Beowülf
Cat Box
Event Review by Wendy Spinner
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