I was thinking the same thing. They say “never meet your heroes.” After this, I’d love to ask Fred if there’s some truth to that statement or if he enjoyed every minute of being with his punk rock idols.
3:03 “The punk rock scene was trying to restore the lifeblood, the enthusiasm. That’s what I was trying to do when I wrote I Don’t Care About You, Fuck You”
This feels like a trailer for the best documentary series ever. Please have Marty Scorsese direct 8 hour-long episode limited series based on this premise. Where are the old punks now? What are their lives like? How do they see the world as it is now? What advice do they have for young people? The world needs this so bad!
Reminds me of Fred's "punk historic home" sketch on Portlandia. And the one where Jello Biafra played a punk who was in a coma for decades and woke up in a world full of yuppies 😂
You know they may look older, and maybe physically feel older, but they are still the kickass kids I knew and loved all those years ago. Too bad Darby couldn’t be there. He was a flipping poet. My favorite.
Dj bonebreak and Exene, wow. and the Mike Watt + George, jeezuz. so many great shows, so many stories. One thing, though, glad Henry wasn't there to spoil the fun. 😄
It’s too bad they didn’t get Billy. And Don fuckin Bolles. I’m amazed the dude didn’t die 40 years ago from his bad habits. He looks great, and it makes me happy to see him.
Wow! What a line up. And amazing that young guys Mulaney and Armisen got this in the show. Not exactly on point for what Netflix may have expected. Loved seeing this group together, especially Exene, Mike Watt and George Hurley.
I’ll say it again…WE NEED A NEW TYPE OF ASSISTED LIVING FOR OLD PUNKS! Something like the old punk houses in the 80’s, but with safety features. Black painted walls, silver graffiti, stickers, great music, art and music studios… oh, and a full on barn with gardens. Being interred into a standard elder living space (light blue, soft music, people playing nice nice) would make most of us old punks want to pull our own plug. Time is of the essence!
I just keep writing and sharing this idea with the hopes that someone cool with the $ and connections rolls with it. I mean, John Lyden cared for his wife who had dementia… it is on the horizon. I swear I would end it all if I got stuck with a bunch of easy listening normies with no creativity!
There's a place some of us choose to live. Gated community - cops can't come in. A neighborhood for punks over the hill, we'll spend our golden years in Mattersville.
Lee Ving is 74? Man, time has flown by. This snippet has a vein of 6° of separation. The stories they could share would be interesting. It saddens me that this will probably be the last time we see these people center stage again. I'm glad they had another moment in the spotlight. Minus the spit.
Even older than that, in fact. Lee Capellaro was born Oct. 1946; he's 77. The oft-cited birthdate of April 1950 is incorrect. He frequently lied about details of his personal life, which is fine by me. Interesting, very highly-intelligent man. If you can't tell: I'm a big Ving fan.
OMG, the fIREHOSE album Ragin', Full On is one of my favorite albums of all time. I play it in my head a lot. It's up there with all the great albums and songs that play in my head all day long.
When I saw that one guy hitting a scooter with a hammer I thought this would be a satirical, discomfiting sketch out of Portlandia (like the one where they go the restaurant and harangue the waitress about how ethically-sourced the meat is), but it was actually very straightforward and very charming. I liked it a lot
"never before in recorded history have we had old punks"" I love it!!! And for Reagan I would have said "the beginning of the end of america as we know it"
@@tomcarl8021 defeated the Soviet Union? Yes that same Reagan. That was the end of prosperity and the beginning of CEOs hoarding money, not paying fair wages to workers and allowing greed to ruin everything. THAT Reagan. although lots of great punk came from his reign.
@@tomcarl8021 The 'prosperity' based on plastic cards, and 30% interest rate on houses. Gorbachev being the architect of glasnost and Perestroika, while Reagan took false credit. Yes, that RAYGUN.
@@janetkriegl6720 His economic boom lasted 92 months without a recession. Longest sustained peace-time growth rate in US history.The economy grew by about 1/3 in real inflation-adjusted terms. GDP growth was 3.5% from 1983 to 1990. Average American GDP was 1.9% before him. Federal revenues increased even with his tax cuts. His sound monetary policy contained inflation. 35 million jobs added. Cold War was ended by Gorbachev? Yeah, right... I won't even bother addressing that myth because I'm sure you were devastated when the Berlin Wall came down.
@@tomcarl8021 trickle-down economics, support of outsourcing jobs to China, and union busting led to our current income inequality not seen since the French Revolution & Gilded Age, that isn’t disputed. It never trickled down as he promised. The War on Drugs was an abject failure, that isn’t disputed. Leading to the overcrowded prisons and militarized police forces of today. Deinstitutionilaztion (getting rid of asylums). The mentally ill are now on the streets (US homelessness crisis) or in prison. There’s no options for them. National debt TRIPLED under Reagan leading to more foreign borrowing. Reagan was great for stock brokers and the wealthy investors/special interests yes, but his policies decimated the middle and lower classes. Not to mention how he embraced the Southern Strategy and ignored the AIDS epidemic.
They should turn this into a reality show. Have all these old punk legends live together in a big house for a week or two. Film it all and make sure there are plenty of jams and recording sessions. It could be called “Old Punks Home”.
I saw Fear in Athens once. One promotion, no posters, just word of mouth that, oh by the way, Fear as playing at this burger place tonight. We were so doubtful that it was true until the minute they came onstage. They were amazing. At one point, though, someone threw a PBR tallboy can at Lee Ving and he screamed, “WHO THE FUCK THREW THAT?!?”. I was like, “It was Colonel Mustard in burger place with a can!”. He told me to shut up or die. It was a foundational experience for me.
@@magnusbooth4719 Incorrect. It was 1981, the Bad Seeds didn't even exist yet (Cave was still in The Birthday Party). Kid was actually in The Cramps at that time.
Even older than the age written on the screen. Lee Capellaro was born Oct. 1946; he's 77. The oft-sited birthdate of April 1950 is incorrect. He frequently lied about details of his personal life, which is fine by me. If you can't tell: I'm a big Ving fan.
Jackal here. Because Fred Armisen is Fred Armisen, and because i’m under the influence, i thought this was a sketch and hired actors for way too long into the video. Went to look at the comments, realized this was just really good journalism
Just the other day I was telling my 82 year old father how I have truly eclectic taste in music, appreciate all genre's, and that they all have value. Now while I will admit to Punk's inherent value in the culture of the time, I just fucking hate punk music. Dad will appreciate my evolution when I share this with him :)
Love how their song was written using the same methodology as back in the day. It was always people making random noise & then sculpting it down to something resembling an actual song.
I agree with some other people...do a documentary! I'm 35 and I just started realizing that once you find punk (and you get something from it) it never leaves you no matter how old you are.
