#ThirtyDaySongChallenge #NowPlaying #PunkRock #JazzRock #IndependentRock
Day 30: A song that reminds you of yourself
"We Became Snakes" - #SaccharineTrust (1986)
All those confrontational, genre-busting bands who originally recorded for #SSTRecords back in the 80s (#BlackFlag, #Minutemen, #SaintVitus, #MeatPuppets, #Slovenly etc etc) did more to shape my aesthetic sense than any other group of artists, before/since. But it was Saccharine Trust - with their awesome musicality, far reaching poetics, and deeply felt human spirit - who embodied that aesthetic like no other. This song reminds me not only of why they once blew my mind, but also why I still love all those slithering snakes (read: people) we writhe around with day-in/day-out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmzw9jYWD-8