Mischief Brew was an American band from Philadelphia, which played DIY anarcho-punk music, incorporating a variety of styles including American folk, swing, and Gypsy-punk. It was started by Erik Petersen as a solo project and was fairly unique for the time, blending anarcho punk with folk and medieval imagery. Eventually, the project would become a band and record acoustic and electric tracks. Sadly Erik Petersen passed away in 2016, but he left behind some great folk punk with some brilliant thought provoking and clever lyrics.
I have gone with "Thanks, Bastards!" which is a fairly simple yet fun song. If you haven't heard them then I feel that this is a good intro to them as well.
A vision of walking around and imagining my Walkman headphones were actually giant speakers accompanying me forcing the world into dancing and performing their tasks to my music. If I had giant speakers up in the sky blasting my own music then everywhere I went people would have to listen to my music and the world would have a uniform emotion, a sort of interconnectedness. Like an unrelenting soundtrack to which everyone must acquiesce… These are my speakers in the sky.
Saturday, 3 October 2020
Mischief Brew - Thanks, Bastards!
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