Death claims another. RIP Mitchell Lucker.

Mitchell Lucker, frontman for the band Suicide Silence, died Thursday of injuries in a Southern California motorcycle crash. He was 28.

I had to share. Good first post eh? Yes that is Mastodon.

RIP Tony Sly

Terrible, terrible news today from the Fat Wreck website. Tony Sly, frontman of No Use For A Name, has passed away at age 41. No news yet on cause of death. I can't even begin to tell you the impact that these guys had on me, especially their earlier stuff. "The Daily Grind" was without a doubt one of my all time favorite albums growing up. I had a copied cassette that I picked up from somebody along the way that I absolutely wore thin. I remember in the early 00's seeing them in Las Vegas and at that time they had pretty well distanced themselves from any of their early stuff and were refusing to play any of it. I had seen them countless times before and they would not play anything before "Leche Con Carne", well I don't know what wild hair they got but for an encore that night they played "Feeding The Fire", the place absolutely exploded and went nuts. It was one of the greatest punk moments I've had. Tony will be missed greatly and all of us at Leather send out our thoughts and prayers to the Sly family.

Gotta admit...

...never even saw this one coming, at all. So Tom Gabel (vocalist of Against Me!) is reportedly soon slated to soon become Laura Jane Grace! Yeah he'll soon begin undergoing electrolysis treatments (hair removal) and hormonal therapy to assist in his transition to life as a woman. Look, here's the thing, as long as Laura keeps on kickin' out the jams and doesn't lose the amazingly awesome gravely voice for the revolution I could give two beans, you know? His (er I mean her now)wife supports her so who am I to say any different. Just so happens to be one of the biggest shockers to come out of punk in a good long while, hence this post. Oh and I've been crazy busy too, but how could I let this go without mentioning our dearly departed Adam Yauch. We'll always save a spot for MCA on first chair for Snowbird bluebirds!

This is their song "The Ocean" where Tom actually sings "and if I could've chosen, I'd have been born a woman, my mother once told she would have named me Laura"

Ume

Dude, awesome song by trio Ume. Kind of sludgy, kind of pop a la Torche. This chick seriously goes crazy with a guitar.

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Looks like a sweet documentary.  If only they had the money to pay for the music used so they could release the entire film.

Stars and Stripes....

Dead Kennedys.  I will not be responsible if you want to go steal something or overthrow the government after listening to this catchy little tune.