06th Apr 2004
I miss ‘em all
The generation before me had John Lennon. I remember exactly where I was on the night of December 8th, 1980.
A month ago I walked by Joey Ramone place, near CBGB’s, and flashed back on a Ramones show I’d seen at The Warfield in San Francisco in the very early 80’s.
I never got to see Nirvana. Kurt was a candle that burned so brightly amongst the forest of 20 watt bland commercial pop bulbs.
They were all pivotal, John & The Beatles leading the British Invasion, the Ramones kicking off Punk (read the excellent book Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk), and Nirvana shaking up complacency.
It’s been 23 years since John passed on, 10 years for Kurt, and nearly 3 for Joey.
And I miss them all.
