Show Notes
My guest this week is Tony Rettman (author of the books NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990; Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History & Why Be Something That You're Not: Detroit Hardcore 1979-1985), who chose to discuss the incredible music doc We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!
We talk about the NYC hardcore scene, suburban NJ wise-ass punk bands, the letter that Henry Rollins wrote about how "soft" the NYC scene was, what the rest of the country thought of NYHC, LARPing it for hardcore punk, City Gardens, the mindset of Twisted Sister living in Long Island, playing Black Sabbath records at 45RPM, the metal scene creeping into the punk scene, how we both initially heard about Twisted Sister, the band's iconic independent label 7" releases, Lemmy of Motörhead coming to the band's rescue, the band's fanatical fan base, New York Dolls, The Sweet Jane Drink Until You Puke Gong Show, Dee Snyder being an outsider in his own band, The Dictators, headlining The Palladium without any record released or radio airplay, Poison Idea, bands playing amusement parks, the Twisted Sister hotline, zine culture, punk advertising and Tony cracking Long Island (where he once lived and will never return) by watching this documentary!
TONY RETTMAN: rettman.substack.com/ @no.idols.hc
REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film, or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.
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