Not one but two classic American punk bands with roots in the 1980s coming up at the New Cross Inn next month. August 1st sees the appearance of MDC - initials that over the years have stood variously for Millions of Death Cops, Multi Death Corporation and Millions of Damned Christians among other things. In their early years they were active in Rock Against Reagan and released the classic 'John Wayne was a Nazi'. My personal favourite lyric of theirs, from their track Selfish Sh*t is 'Socialism for the rich, Capitalism for the rest of you' which often comes to mind when I hear about already wealthy people receiving freebies like the Oscars Gift Bag
Supports on the night include Left For Dead and Spider
Then a week later on Sunday 7th August, Flipper are playing. Starting out in San Francisco, they were a big influence on Nirvana among many other bands. The line up on this tour includes founding guitarist Ted Falconi and founding drummer Steve DePace, with bassist and vocals from some time member Mike Watt (also bassist with the Minutemen).
[update the Flipper gig did not take place this time as the tour was postponed due to Covid]
I was going to see them ig Glasgow but Unfortunately Flipper have cancelled their European tour due to Ted's health problems and the dreaded covid plague rearing its ugly head this side of the pond again.
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