Nirvana

This will be the last of my music musings for awhile. Jeff and I are working on a 120 page story called, Boom. When that wraps up, I will get back to B-Sides.

This was the first time I saw Nirvana. That's Dale Crover of the Melvins playing drums.

It really went down this way. I contend that the self-abuse was very real. We just took it for punk rock exuberance. I remember their opening song, "Love Buzz," was such a relief after STP. I had no photo reference for STP. I don't remember the song that drew me into the pit though, probably "Scoff" or "Floyd."

Panel one features my old concert-going comrades, Aric Vance (in the Butthole Surfers shirt) and Travis McKenney (in the plaid).

Here is a link to an audio recording of the show and photos. The actual set starts at 11.20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8OV-DE_v3w

Everything by me.
Jeff did his usual cleaning-uppering. Thanks, dude.

Hair

My ruminations on punk hair and how it changed over time, thank god. The idea that your hair or music preference could get you beat up seems absolutely silly now, as it did then, but, trust me, it was very real.

Everything by Dean Westerfield
Clean up by Jeff Guarino

Banned in DC

Here is the next post by Dean of his music musings. He's staying with the Bad Brains for this one. These drawings are based on one of his strolls around Long Beach. Each DNA a real tag he found.

Everything by Dean.
Clean up by Jeff.

Next up: Hair

My First Time

Honestly, the show was way more crowded than I depicted, but you get the idea.  You can find a full video of the show at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-HmtGv-0M. I jumped in at 29:11, when "I Against I" kicks in.

Fun fact: The Country Club used to be a grocery store and is now a church.

Everything by me. Jeff cleaned it up. Thanks, bro.

Shared Alienation

Here is the second installment of Dean's music musings.
Dean actually rented Hüsker Dü's New Day Rising from the Huntington Beach Public Library for 25 cents. That record changed his life.
Dean drew and wrote the thing. Jeff coined the last line and cleaned up the pages.
Next up: Slamming at the Bad Brains

In On The Know

While between big projects, Dean drew short comix stories based on his experiences with music. "In On The Know" is the first of these stories.

Dean did a lot of visual research to draw the Central Huntington Beach Library for this piece. It, in fact, wore him out.

Jeff played editor and cleaner upper.

Blessed

This will be the last of "The Cave Man Speaks" stories for a bit.
This one is dedicated to Rebekah W.
Next up, we will be posting Dean's ruminations on music.