Paul Brannigan - This is a Call

All quotations are taken from the author’s interviews, except as noted below:

‘It’s kinda funny for a while…’ Neil Kulkarni, ‘I Fucking Hated Hollywood’, Metal Hammer , December 1999.

‘Porn stars become grocery clerks…’ Ben Mitchell, ‘A Life Less Ordinary’, Q , December 2005.

‘You and I are a lot alike…’ Andy Gray and Darcie Loreno, ‘Rocker Talks to Alley Painters’, Warren Tribune Chronicle , 2 August 2009.

‘Just because you’re born here…’ Sarah Poulton, ‘Music Is Art: Warren Celebrates a Music Superstar’, www.valley24.com , 25 July 2009.

‘Pretty much at other ends…’ Michael Azerrad, Come AsYou Are , Main Street Books, 1993.

‘You’re thinking “This can’t be the United States of America…”’ Charles Colson, ‘Nixon: A Presidency Revealed’, History Channel documentary, February 2007.

‘15 minutes from chicken farmers, and 15 minutes from the White House.’ Austin Scaggs, ‘On a Honor Roll’, Rolling Stone , 28 July 2005.

‘Of course it caused a lot of pain and it caused a lot of struggle…’ Tom Doyle, ‘I Wanted to Take Acid and Smash Stuff ’, Q , July 2007.

‘By the time I got a hold of the situation…’ Dave Everley, ‘I Was a Teenage Punk Rocker’, Kerrang! , 2 August 1997.

‘To me that was just the best sound…’ Anon, ‘I Saw the Light’, NME , 1999.

‘To this day [it’s] still one of the most amazing songs…’ Anon, ‘Songs in the Key of Life’, NME , 1999.

‘I had a chair that was next to my bed…’ Ken Micallef, ‘Returning to His Roots’, Modern Drummer , June 2004.

‘They always said the same thing…’ Dave Everley, ‘I was a teenage punk rocker”, Kerrang! , 2 August 1997.

‘Those guitars! Two strings! How cool! *…’ Anon, ‘Rebellious Jukebox’, Melody Maker , 1997.

‘The term “punk” is bandied about an awful lot these days…’ Mick Houghton, ‘White Punks on Coke’, Let It Rock , December 1975

‘This band hates you…’ Charles M. Young, ‘Rock Is Sick and Living in London’, Rolling Stone , 20 October 1977.

‘Kids destroyed schools…’ Charles M. Young, ‘Rock Is Sick and Living In London’, Rolling Stone , 20 October 1977

‘I’m working Monday through Friday…’ Paul Rachman and Steve Blush, American Hardcore , Sony Pictures, 2006.

‘I stood there and thought “I could do this… ”’ Paul Connolley, ‘Rock Warriors’, The Times , November 2002.

‘I talked to the singer and I jumped on someone’s head…’ Stevie Chick, ‘Everyone Has Their Dark Side’, MOJO , May 2005.

‘It took me about a year before I finally found it…’ Stevie Chick, ‘Everyone Has Their Dark Side’, MOJO , May 2005.

‘Ian’s the only one who ever did the punk thing right…’ Brendan Mullen, ‘This Band Could Be His Life’, L.A.Weekly , 10 March 2005.

‘They were detonating every song…’ Don Letts, Punk:Attitude , Freemantle Media, 2005.

‘There was no music scene in Washington…’ Peter Hepburn, ‘Ian MacKaye’, www.cokemachineglow.com, 2 October 2004.

‘Bad Brains influenced us incredibly…’ Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins, Dance of Days:Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital , Soft Skull Press, 2001.

‘HR was the energizer…’ Nardwuar, ‘Narwuar vs Ian of Fugazi’, www.nardwuar.com, 7 July 2001.

‘From the very beginning of the label we were told…’ Peter Hepburn, ‘Ian MacKaye’, www.cokemachineglow.com, 2 October 2004.

‘We like to play out of town…’ Al Flipside, ‘Black Flag’, Flipside , December 1980.

‘We think everybody should be subjected to us…’ John Kezdy, ‘Black Flag’, The Coolest Retard , 1981.

‘There’s more impact in playing for people…’ Steve Stiph, ‘Black Flag’, Outcry , 1980.

‘In the middle of the show, I took a knife…’ Henry Rollins, Get in the Van , 2.13.61, 1994.

‘Punk rock has more asshole…’ Vic Bondi, ‘Vic, Ian and Dave’, maximumrocknroll , September 1983.

‘I have some really great practice tapes…’ Nardwuar, ‘Narwuar vs Ian of Fugazi’, www.nardwuar.com, 7 July 2001.

‘It’s sad, all those little kids that were on skateboards…’ Bill Bartell, ‘Black Market Baby’, Flipside , August 1984.

‘But nobody else blew me away as much as Bad Brains…’ Anon, ‘The 100 Greatest Albums You’ve Never Heard’, NME , 28 December 2010.

‘It was a time when hardcore bands were these skinny white guys…’ Anon, ‘The Greatest Gig I Ever Saw’, Melody Maker , 1999.

‘For me, punk rock was an escape…’ Anon, ‘Page + Plant + Grohl’, Raygun , 1998.

‘There was some Nirvana book that glorified my parents’ divorce…’ Ben Mitchell, ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ Q , November 2005.

‘Imagine the lectures I’d get if I fucked up…’ Paul Connolly, ‘Rock Warriors’, The Times , November 2002.

‘He thought that unless you practised for six hours a day…’ Paul Connolly, ‘Rock Warriors’, The Times , November 2002.

‘We all decided that this is it, Revolution Summer…’ Al Quint, ‘Fugazi’, Suburban Voice , 1990 (Issue 29).

‘Revolution Summer is a revival…’ Anon, Flipside , 1985 (Issue 74).

‘The Do-It-Yourself element made everything more special…’ Ben Mitchell, unpublished extract from ‘My Brilliant Career’, Q , November 2007.

‘I was smoking all day long…’ Chris Marlowe, ‘I Haven’t Smoked a Joint in Six Years’, Metal Hammer , January 1996.

‘The first time I took acid…’ Ben Mitchell, unpublished extract from ‘A Life Less Ordinary’, Q , December 2005.

‘I’d never cracked a Bible in my life…’ Tom Doyle, ‘I Wanted to Take Acid and Smash Stuff!’, Q , July 2007.

‘To me, Zeppelin were spiritually inspirational…’ Dave Grohl, ‘Led Zeppelin: The Immortals’, Rolling Stone , 15 April 2004.

‘Led Zeppelin, and John Bonham’s drumming…’ Anon, ‘Sock It to ’Em JB!’, MOJO , 2005.

‘As a 17-year-old kid raised playing punk-rock drums…’ Anon, ‘Dave Grohl on Physical Graffiti’, Uncut , 2005.

‘Bonham played directly from the heart…’ Anon, ‘Sock It to ’Em JB!’, MOJO , 2005.

‘Raised in a van by wolves…’ Charles R. Cross, Heavier Than Heaven , Hodder Stoughton, 2001.

‘The first time I saw them…’ Mitch Parker, ‘Scream’, maximumrocknroll , May 1983.

‘When I first saw them…’ Mitch Parker, ‘Scream’, maximumrocknroll , May 1983.

‘This is the album where Scream went from being…’ Anon, ‘Rebellious Jukebox’, Melody Maker , 1997.

‘The best set of the year, so far…’ Al Quint, ‘Live Shows’, Suburban Voice , Summer 1985.

‘I don’t think Hüsker Dü signing to a major label…’ Bob Mould, ‘What th’ Fuck!!!!’, maximumrocknroll , February 1986.

‘The freaks, the fags, the fat girls…’ Sean O’Hagan, ‘Michael Stipe: I Often Find Myself at a Loss for Words’, Observer , 6 March 2011.

‘They started out with the ambition…’ Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life , Little, Brown Co., 2001.