Urban Struggle: The Battle of the Cuckoo's Nest (1981) ft.Black Flag, Circle Jerks, T.S.O.L.

"Our main premise is to get people to hate us."

Derf Scratch, Fear

Especially with the bands present here (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Fear), this 1981 documentary by Paul Young feels like a mini-sequel to Penelope Spheeris' seminal punk film The Decline of Western Civilization. In case you feel those grizzled punks complaining about how kids today have it soft are just seeing things through shit-coloured glasses, this film really captures the violent, repressive milieu these kids lived (and reveled) in.


Urban Struggle: The Battle Of The Cuckoos Nest from York Shackleton on Vimeo.


The footage for this film was incorporated into the newer documentary, We Were Feared, apparently without the legal OK.

Here's the seemingly shorter, YouTube version:

MRML readers, let us know what you think of this lost shard of punk rock history in the COMMENTS section!

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Bad Religion: Live at the Hung Jury (1986)

A reminder that at one point in the history of American Hardcore, Bad Religion's (more HERE) containing two members of The Circle Jerks (guitarist Greg Hetson, obviously, but also on this tour drummer Lucky Lehrer) would be their greatest selling point. Reversals of fortune occur, even in punk rock. This surprisingly decent-sounding recording comes from a ten-date East Coast tour that the band did in 1986 promoting  the EP Back to the Known, all of which gets played here. As well we're treated to a Germs cover and, fittingly, a Circle Jerks cover. A fine night's entertainment.





    1.  We're Only Gonna Die
    2.  Part III
    3.  Latch Key Kids
    4.  What Can You Do
    5.  Damned To Be Free
    6.  Along The Way
    7.  New Leaf
    8.  Faith In God
    9.  Yesterday
    10. Voice Of God Is Government
    11. Bad Religion
    12. Politics
    13. Media Blitz (Germs Cover)
    14. Doing Time
    15. Parade Of The Horribles (Circle Jerks cover)
    16. World War Iii
    17. Fuck Armageddon
    18. Slaves


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Speaking of punk rock vets on the comeback warpath, Keith Morris (BLACK FLAG, CIRCLE JERKS) has, alongside Steve Mcdonald of REDD KROSS, Dimitri Coats from the BURNING BRIDES, Mario Rubalcaba of HOT SNAKES, ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT), started a pummeling new band called Off! (which would make for Morris' second band named after a domestic pesticide).

Here's a live set from the FYF Festival in L.A. on September 10th 2010 to whet your appetiate for the 7" to come in October on Vice Records and the boxed set of singles to follow that!


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