Punk Rock Monday

Perhaps no other band was more "of its time" than Reagan Youth. From their brief AMG entry:

Be forewarned: The story of this early-'80s New York punk band does not have a happy ending. Reagan Youth got their start in 1980 while founding members Dave Rubinstein -- later known as Dave Insurgent -- and Paul Bakija, aka Paul Cripple, were in high school.[...] The band released a few singles and a couple of albums during their existence, which ended appropriately enough with the exit of Ronald Reagan from the White House. By the end, the band was worn down from excessive touring and heavy drug use. Insurgent developed a serious heroin addiction, and after losing his mother in a car accident and his girlfriend to serial killer Joel Rifkin he committed suicide in 1993.

Stark.

Here's Reagan Youth captured at Tompkins Square Park in 1988, before Avenue A was a hipster nirvana of dive bars and brunch spots. "U.S.A"


"Go Nowhere"

Being from the West Coast, I'm always shocked when I see white guys with dreads and tie-dyes thrashing so hard.