StevieB
07-16-2010, 09:09 PM
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As a kid, Ron Emory was a punk.
Growing up in Los Angeles, skating and surfing in the California tradition, the guitar player started his music career in the influential punk band T.S.O.L. (The Sounds of Liberty).
“I saw The Weirdo’s and then The Clash in concert in 1978 and I said, ‘I want to do that,’” Emory said. “My two older brothers were into Led Zeppelin but that wasn’t me.”
Emory was so inspired by the concerts he began his own garage punk band, The Hoods. When that band didn’t work out, he got together with some of his surfer/skating buddies and formed T.S.O.L. The year was 1979 and the ‘80s punk scene was about to break loose.
“The scene was crazy,” Emory said. “Literally you could go to 10 different shows every night of the week. It was just all this music different than what was playing on the radio at the time. Back then everyone got along, we were trying to learn from each other.”
According to Emory, the modern punk scene is completely different than that of its earlier counterparts.
“Now you see all of these hate groups out there – skinheads and such at the shows,” Emory said. “But it was never like that before. We all had that common view that playing music was fun. Sure, we had arrests then but that was because during that time police didn’t understand why someone would want to have a Mohawk. Honestly, the riots started at our shows were mostly started by the police.” read more (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/music/article_8616bd10-82eb-11df-9340-001cc4c03286.html)
As a kid, Ron Emory was a punk.
Growing up in Los Angeles, skating and surfing in the California tradition, the guitar player started his music career in the influential punk band T.S.O.L. (The Sounds of Liberty).
“I saw The Weirdo’s and then The Clash in concert in 1978 and I said, ‘I want to do that,’” Emory said. “My two older brothers were into Led Zeppelin but that wasn’t me.”
Emory was so inspired by the concerts he began his own garage punk band, The Hoods. When that band didn’t work out, he got together with some of his surfer/skating buddies and formed T.S.O.L. The year was 1979 and the ‘80s punk scene was about to break loose.
“The scene was crazy,” Emory said. “Literally you could go to 10 different shows every night of the week. It was just all this music different than what was playing on the radio at the time. Back then everyone got along, we were trying to learn from each other.”
According to Emory, the modern punk scene is completely different than that of its earlier counterparts.
“Now you see all of these hate groups out there – skinheads and such at the shows,” Emory said. “But it was never like that before. We all had that common view that playing music was fun. Sure, we had arrests then but that was because during that time police didn’t understand why someone would want to have a Mohawk. Honestly, the riots started at our shows were mostly started by the police.” read more (http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/music/article_8616bd10-82eb-11df-9340-001cc4c03286.html)