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Someone was telling me about a punk band in 70s....from Detroit and were apparently ground breaking. Never heard of them but see they had three albums. Anyone got any music or heard them before...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_%28protopunk_band%29

 

http://abandcalleddeath.com/

 

http://www.popmatters.com/post/173285-dont-call-them-proto-punk-a-band-called-death/

 

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Yep, in fact my nephew "Flatlander ", is in the Band " Death Grips" ......sorta a throwback to Death....

 

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/are-death-grips-the-only-punk-band-we-have-left

 

I'm kinda proud of him......gave him his first drum kit when he was 6...

 

He's on synth now writes most of their music and dies all video production for the band.

His SacTown buddy Zachary Hill is on skins....

 

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Call 'em punk if you want, but I hear other influences ~ MC5, Stooges, Frost, Who and even Zappa...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3kEsmLEKN8

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3kEsmLEKN8

 

 

3pc band that kicked ass ~ but no record deal, no money just raw talent from a gospel music background.

 

Started out as 3pc RnB band then spun to the 3 chord progression rock format.

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yep were R&B until they heard an Alice Cooper concert and then started what is now called Punk... I heard Kinks and more in their sound...being it was early 70s....wonder how many copied them or were influenced?

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Yep, in fact my nephew "Flatlander ", is in the Band " Death Grips" ......sorta a throwback to Death....http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/are-death-grips-the-only-punk-band-we-have-left

I'm kinda proud of him......gave him his first drum kit when he was 6 to piss off my brother-in-law...

He's on synth now writes most of their music and does all video production for the band. Flatlander is in the middle, his brother is on the left, he's an accomplished Attorney for his age. My sister did good..

His SacTown buddy Zach Hill is on skins....formerly of The band Hella.image_zps1eadd905.jpgm/user/harleynot/media/various/image_zps9f0f69a5.jpg.html]image_zps9f0f69a5.jpg[/url]

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I saw the documentary here in Austin and then got to meet the band as they took questions from the people in the theatre. After that we walked next door and watched them play one of the best shows I've ever seen. Bad Brains meets Thin Lizzy. These guys were super cool and rocking as hell. My kind of band.

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Yep, in fact my nephew "Flatlander ", is in the Band " Death Grips" ......sorta a throwback to Death....http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/are-death-grips-the-only-punk-band-we-have-left

I'm kinda proud of him......gave him his first drum kit when he was 6 to piss off my brother-in-law...

He's on synth now writes most of their music and does all video production for the band. Flatlander is in the middle, his brother is on the left, he's an accomplished Attorney for his age. My sister did good..

His SacTown buddy Zach Hill is on skins....formerly of The band Hella.image_zps1eadd905.jpgm/user/harleynot/media/various/image_zps9f0f69a5.jpg.html]image_zps9f0f69a5.jpg[/url]

 

The lawyer has a full time job with YOU in the fam... :nod:

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