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Legendary NW rock band D.O.A. release DVD autobiography

When old school Seattle punk-metal icon Duff McKagan wrote about punk rock at the Seattle Weekly a couple of weeks ago, he gave a little list of bands he considers essential to the canon. Though it wasn't specifically numerical in importance, the phenomenon-by-response stack of heroes began with The Ramones (good choice), then The Clash (a little more arguable, but who can resist?), and then -- D.O.A.

To quote McKagan:

"D.O.A., Something Better Change: If you grew up in the Northwest in the late '70s or early '80s, D.O.A. were a larger-than-life example of how brilliant a live rock band should be. They were as important as any band in history, as far as I'm concerned."

The actual word "hardcore" as applied to latter period North American punk rock is most likely taken from a D.O.A. album title -- Hardcore '81. Note the year of its release, and that there really wasn't a musical genre with that name before D.O.A. nailed their hard, fast, no compromise sound.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
by Chris Estey
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"In the End" by Green Day

Dookie

Dookie

This might be one of the last few pop-punk tracks created before the flood of crap pop-punk came out of the Pandora's box Green Day opened.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008
by Matt Schild
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Latest comment by: Jon Harthun: "Dookie is almost a decade and a half old already? Man, that makes me feel old and I'm not even that old (I was listening to "Dookie" in elementary school, hah!). I'm not really sure what Green Day's "best" album is. All I know is, their "Working Class ...

MTV continues to scare me

MTV has announced the nominees for its annual suck-up-fest, the Video Music Awards!

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
by Erik Gonzalez
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Latest comment by: Betsy Boston: "I totally need to get Writer's Block. I keep meaning to pick it up each time I go to Best Buy. They have it on the same display as SSPU, The Fratellis, Amy, and bunches of other indie hitmakers. It's their "We're hip, we're down" display, and I think all of ...

Live show review

T in the Park 2002

T in the Park

at T in the Park

igLiz attends the Scottish indie-music festival T in the Park and offers her wee recap of the two-day festival.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2002
by imaginary liz
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Latest comment by: Jenni: "The Music are amazing. And Oasis revitalised music. So, I pretty much disagree with everything you said. And Biffy rock, they have their own sound. "