Punk Rock Will Never Die, Until Something

To This Day, We Get Letters At Alternative Tentacles From Young Teenagers Who Hide Their Dead Kennedys Albums Behind Their Mirror Or In The Mattress Of Their Bed. Wouldn't It Be Better If The Parents Just Discussed This With The Kids Instead Of Creating This Culture Of Sneaking And Dishonesty Within The Family? The Moral Of The Story Being, You Don't Hide Reality From Your Kids Because Then They Grow Up To Be Smarter, More Aware Adults.

I Went Through A Big Alice Cooper Phase, Which Was Probably A Major Influence On My Writing Style Later, Especially After Plastic Surgery Disasters.

Then As I Got Older, I Always Gravitated Towards The Hard Stuff, Born To Be Wild, Then Black Sabbath

From The Beginning, There Was So Much Pressure In The Early San Francisco Punk Scene For Everyone To Be Different Than Everyone Else, To Flaunt Your Intelligence And Insights Instead Of Every Band Sounding Alike, Like What Plagues Punk Music In Particular Today.

When "search And Destroy" By The Stooges Came On As A Nike Shoe Commercial, I Got Physically Sick. That Song Meant The World To Me, And I Didn't Feel This Was The Way It Ought To Be Used.