I met another punk rock legend last night - Tim Kerr from the Big Boys

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My friend Cynthia, who is also a punk rock legend, though she has never played in any bands (except a Kelly Affair tribute band), emailed me about an art opening Tim Kerr was having down at the Alberta Street Pub in Portland. I got pretty excited, of course, to meet this guy whom I had last seen on a stage when the Big Boys (who were a great band, by the way) played with Minor Threat and Troublefunk and the Landsburg building in Washington, DC in 1984.

Guess what? Tim Kerr is a really nice and really smart guy. I'm sure DU Austinites will say, "We could have told you that."

[HuskerDU]

1. Damn, cool!

Now that kind of line-up is why I was looking forward to moving to DC in '86- kinda petered out a bit by the time I was there! (really I didn't realized MT made it to '84)

Big Boys singer was Gary Floyd or was that the Dicks? What did Kerr play in the Big Boys?

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3. He played guitar.

He was also in Bad Mutha Goose, and some other bands.

Oh, and the show must have been in 1983. Sorry, I got the year wrong.

Gee, I guess I only saw Minor Threat twice.

Anyway, the Big Boys' singer was the late Randy "Biscuit" Turner. So Gary Floyd must have been the Dicks.

Cheerio!

You did get to see you some Fugazi, though, did you not?

[HuskerDU]

7. Yes Randy 'Biscuit' Turner- the reason I get them confused

is because him and Gary Floyd were both HUGE gay men who fronted hardcore bands from Texas.

No, I missed Fugazi and didn't know anything about them until I had moved back home from DC in '88. I was a 14-15 year old kid who relied on my friends older bro to turn me on to the underground scene. Shit this guy knew more about it than the kids I went to HS with out there.

Marginal Man was the DC band I knew and had wanted to see because of my friend's older bro- I knew about Minor Threat but made no connection to Fugazi- just a clueless kid from the midwest. If my friend's older bro didn't tell me about it, I didn't know about it until I got to college. I was just lucky to know some SST bands back then!

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8. Oh yeah, we've talked before, haven't we?

You saw Fireparty with Marginal Man at dc space, correct? Or something like that?

I worked at a messenger service with Kenny Inouye from Marginal Man for a while. But I bet I already typed that at you.

[HuskerDU]

9. yeah that was me!

You know I should have known Kenny myself- I was a capitol hill brat- but Senators don't hang with nobody congressmen much I guess. I've known Marginal Man since I first heard their demo in '86, but only recently found out who Kenny's dad is. MM was maybe the 4th or 5th punk rock band I ever heard- been a fan ever since.

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10. Where on the Hill did you live?

Did you ever eat at Sheryl's Bakery? All the waitresses, cooks, and busboys were geriatric and I was always being accused of running out on my bill by the woman whom I had just paid. Hamburgers would arrive with the bottom bun and the bottom of the plate soaked in grease. Somebody made a documentary about that place.

Hey, reading Wikipedia, I just realized that the Big Boys/Minor Threat/Troublefunk show I was was Minor Threat's final show:

Minor Threat played their last show on September 23, 1983 with Go go band Trouble Funk and the Big Boys, ending with "Last Song", which was the original title of "Salad Days".

Gee, I'm feeling special.

[HuskerDU]

11. Whooooooaaaaaa!!!!!

You were at MT's last show! Damn, can't get much better than that. I saw Black Flag about 3 weeks before they broke up.

I rarely hung out in DC at all, was a suburban kid in Mclean. I only lived there for maybe 15 months and saw more arena shows than club shows unfortunately.

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12. Was Henry wearing a shirt when you saw them?

He had long hair and was shirtless when I saw them. Nig Heist was the opening band and they wore loincloths or G strings or something. It was very bewildering at the time.

I think the BF line-up that night was Henry, Kira, Ginn, and Bill Stevenson. Oh yeah, here they are:



I gotta say also that those Ray Pettibon record covers were great.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

2. While you were out meeting Tim Kerr,

you missed your opportunity to talk to a real rock legend.

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4. Is the Danzig no longer in the house?

Oh no!

I hope no one dared to look him in the eye.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

5. Yeah he's gone.

Can't you sense it?

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6. Now that you mention it, several sphincters seem more relaxed