06/08/2019
This project is gonna be good. One of my kids, Molly Dolan, was in several different punk bands during this era and she has pix & flyers. My friend Lisa & I went to one of her shows at the Varsity on a school night. Molly was the lead singer for Sexy Cannibal Poindexter and was up on the stage belting her heart out, wearing a men’s jacket covered with thousands of safety pins & etc. The crowd began chanting “Moll-ee!! Moll-ee! Lisa leaned over & said, “No wonder she doesn’t want to go to school!” I could write from a parent’s point of view & talk about one of my favs, the punk baby shower at my house....
Minnesota Hardcore 1980 to 1985. What you are watching is a trailer for a new digital series from Twin Cities PBS. In the early ‘80s, misfit kids were playing fast garage rock, riding skateboards, slam dancing, making fanzines, drawing cartoons and learning just exactly how to do-it-themselves. Th...