Sad news to report tonight. Punk legend FRANKIE VENOM (Frank Kerr), frontman for seminal Canadian New Wave/Punks, TEENAGE HEAD, has passed away from Cancer, at the incredibly young age of 51.
I was fortunate enough to see Teenage Head play many times over the years, and have great memories of Frankie getting completely looney! I still remember clearly the first time I saw them play back when I was 17 (snuck in to the bar.. Shhhhh!). It was a total mindfuck for such a small town... I was completely blown away at these freaky looking dudes wailing 3-chord garage rock at full speed, while jumping all over the stage and breaking shit.
I never got to see the Ramones back then, but I didn't need to... this was my Ramones... and I'm sure a lot of other kids felt the same way.
I was impressed with their relentless touring and the fact that Teenage Head kept on keeping on for so many years. It showed their dedication to music and doing the thing they loved.
Frankie, cheers to you!
ENJOY THESE SONGS... but please go out and buy their records!
Teenage Beer Drinking Party
Disgusteen
Let's Shake!
3 comments:
Nice words. Hey -- could I use that nice jpg you created for my website?
http://www.thelastpogo.net
cheers,
colin
...I'm going to keep working on an obit for Frankie...it's only a daily blog...but I think this one should be up for a few days...
thanks in advance
colin
Hey Colin... WOow.. sorry man, I haven't checked in on this for a while... I'm sure it's probably too late now, but use anything you want from this, any time you want!
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