To paraphrase Jello Biafra, we've got a bigly problem now. I'm tempted to wave a white flag, but it's high time to hoist the black one. As the hypocrisy of Trumpocracy begins to reign, and the ghost of Joe McCarthy stalks the land, someone observed that at least we can expect some great punk rock during the next four years. There are some great young punk bands out there such as Muuy Bien, Tenement, & Uranium Club.
Here are three dozen covers of California punk classics, from 1985s "My War" back to 1977s "Class War". In this hour of darkness, I find it heartening to hear these bands (some new, some not) breathing fire into the embers of these timeless tales of terror.
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: My War (Black Flag)
HELLACOPTERS: The Creeps (I Just Wanna Give You) (Social Distortion)
BRUTAL TRUTH: Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Minutemen)
TURBONEGRO: I Don't Care About You (Fear)
THE SCREWS: Kill Someone You Hate (Red Cross)
THE ERGS: The Todd Killings (Angry Samoans)
BIOHAZARD: We're Only Gonna Die (Bad Religion)
JAPANDROIDS: For The Love Of Ivy (Gun Club)
PRONG: Kids Of The Black Hole (Adolescents)
UNSANE: Ha Ha Ha (Flipper)
SEPULTURA: Drug Me (Dead Kennedys)
PIG DESTROYER: Deny Everything (Circle Jerks)
THE MARS VOLTA: Back Up Against The Wall (Circle Jerks)
THE BRONX: Los Angeles (X)
L7: Bloodstains (Agent Orange)
CEREMONY: American Society (Eddie & The Subtitles)
OSAMENTAH: Hey Hey (Descendents)
JACK O'FIRE: Joe McCarthy's Ghost (Minutemen)
THE REDS: Ack Ack Ack (Urinals)
DIE KREUZEN: Land Of Treason (Germs)
BLACK FORK: A Gain, A Loss (Plugz)
LEAVING TRAINS: Black Hole (Urinals)
CRIMINAL WAVE: 122 Hours Of Fear (Screamers)
CBiHCiTY: Out Of Vogue (Middle Class)
THE BRIEFS: Kill The Hippies (Deadbeats)
MELVINS: Lexicon Devil (Germs)
GALLOWS: Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag)
YOU AM I: We're Desperate (X)
THE BRIGGS: We Got The Neutron Bomb (Weirdos)
TEENGENERATE: Wild Weekend (Zeros)
THE DICKIES: Solitary Confinement (Weirdos)
THE DIDJITS: Give It Back (Dickies)
THE RIVER CITY TANLINES: Nothing Means Nothing Anymore (Alleycats)
SHADES APART: We Are The One (Avengers)
DILLINGER FOUR: You're Not Blank (Dils)
D.O.A.: Class War (Dils)
Let’s Wreck the Party,
Jonder