[SamAdams76]

The Punk Rock era occurred during my time of adolescence, roughly the 1976-1980 period. I was into all those bands at the time. Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, New York Dolls, The Clash, even early Blondie before they went all commercial with "Heart Of Glass."

My parents wanted to throw me out of the house! Then I joined the Marine Corp in October of 1979 and went out of the house on my own.

It's hard to listen to that music today without getting a headache. I guess I outgrew it. But much of the other music of that era still fascinates me, such as Talking Heads, The Police, Gary Numan & The Tubeway Army, Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello and the "Berlin" era of David Bowie.

[lee martell]

“Berlin” is my favorite Lou Reed album. Some might say it was consumate Lou at his most creative. I stumbled upon it at a used record store.
I like all of the cuts, but I think I will never forget the sound of the children crying in courtroom scene of this song

“The Kids”.
It starts out ‘They’re taking her children away
Because they said she was not a good mother
Because she was making it with sisters and brothers
And every one else, all of the others...”