Teenage Time Killers - New "supergroup" of old school punks

[Mike Anderson]

"Lineup includes Dave Grohl, Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Reed Mullin of Corrosion of Conformity, and many other punk and metal icons."

Tracks here:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html?state=-1&_r=1&

Full lineup here.

More here.

Includes two Void covers, much to my delight ("Time to Die", "Ignorant People").

D'ya think we can avoid the usual bitching about Dave Grohl in this thread? That'd be nice.

 

[pcutt]

Those are "old school punk?" I was expecting something like:

Cheetah Chrome
David Thomas
Peter Hook
Paul Cook

 

[Neopolitian]

Bunch of random dudes from other bands that I've never heard of constitutes a 'super group'?

The music sounds angry...and not in that fun punk way that I like.

 

[aynirar27]

Very cool

 

[Mike Anderson]

Bunch of random dudes from other bands that I've never heard of constitutes a 'super group'?

Good lord. I think the "super group" term is being applied a bit tongue in cheek, but have you really never heard of any of these guys?

I'll never understand why so many people around here take pride in their provincialism.

 

[b80]

This is agreeable.

 

[donnievaz]

Good lord. I think the "super group" term is being applied a bit tongue in cheek, but have you really never heard of any of these guys?

I'll never understand why so many people around here take pride in their provincialism.

Seriously, while the term "Old School Punks" doesn't really apply, these guys aren't a bunch of no names by any stretch.

 

[katuna]

Not down on the group or people involved at all, but is there really any hope of doing justice to a Void song?

 

[Mike Anderson]

Not down on the group or people involved at all, but is there really any hope of doing justice to a Void song?

LOL, well have a listen and see if they didn't. It's a valiant attempt, anyway.

 

[katuna]

Yeah, they sounded ok. Ya know, it's nearly impossible to capture the true vibe of something that was done in such a crude, unschooled manner that it wound up sounding avant garde.

 

[sven karma]

Punk's not dead

 

[Mike Anderson]

Yeah, they sounded ok. Ya know, it's nearly impossible to capture the true vibe of something that was done in such a crude, unschooled manner that it wound up sounding avant garde.

I agree, actually. Did you ever see them live? Somewhere out there is a Youtube video of them at the Wilson Center. I can be seen standing on the side of the stage, watching from the only safe vantage point!

 

[katuna]

I agree, actually. Did you ever see them live? Somewhere out there is a Youtube video of them at the Wilson Center. I can be seen standing on the side of the stage, watching from the only safe vantage point!

No I didn't. That's cool that you did and can see your young self in the video. I was an L.A. kid and kind of had blinders on for non-LA hardcore at the time. Which was STUPID, since all the good Hardcore was from the midwest/East Coast. But, hey, live and learn... that's the great thing about music, it's never too late to enjoy it!

 

[S. F. Sorrow]

Those are "old school punk?" I was expecting something like:

Cheetah Chrome
David Thomas
Peter Hook
Paul Cook

Right. Thought it would be musicians from the 70's. Even the 'older guys' Biafra and Lee Ving are 80's punks.

 

[Mike Anderson]

^^ So the dudes who were playing the local hardcore scenes 35 years ago are not considered "old school punks" by the TGP intelligentsia. OK, whatever. It's stupid to even argue about it.

Cool piece in Rolling Stone:

Dave Grohl, Reed Mullin Explain Punk Supergroup Teenage Time Killers

 

[skhan007]

This sounds really good. Great to see some singers I know and like on this project!

 

[Mike Anderson]

This sounds really good. Great to see some singers I know and like on this project!

You're from NoVa -- do you know the Scream team? I grew up with those guys.

 

[ArtDecade]

Those cats are too old to be that angry... Punk is a young man's game.

 

[emdub123]

I was pleasantly surprised. The word "punk" gets thrown around so much that it's almost meaningless. When I think of punk, it's the ultra-fast super-angry variant that was popular in the early and mid 80s (exactly the era that these guys are doing). The 70s stuff is mostly pretty tame and the 90s stuff is mostly pretty cheesy, but Teenage Time Killers is the real deal to my ear. Having said that, I'm not angry at the world like I was in the 80s so I'm not all that interested in this stuff anymore.

 

[jojo]

Bunch of random dudes from other bands that I've never heard of constitutes a 'super group'?

Damn, you REALLY need to get out more and listen to GOOD music evidently.