Scirocco High School

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (marc_scirocco@xxxxxxxxxxxx)]

Yeah, Henry Rollins and all of his many projects. Hardcore Punkrock the way it was, and it has nothing to do with these cute emo kids crying all over the damn place.
<<http://www.deadcityny.com/Posters/BadBrainsRitz11x17.jpg>>

But what comes to my mind would be:
DRI => Dealing with it tour ;-)
<<http://www.scannerzine.com/DRI%20Icon.JPG>>

Cheers.

Marc

> 
> De: "Chris Bennett" <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2007/09/21 ven. AM 12:08:28 EDT
> 
> Well... in High School I had hair halfway down my back, and hung out
> with the heavy metal crowd.  I didn't smoke though so I was not in the
> norm.  If you have ever heard or read Henry Rollins monologue "I know
> you" that was very much like me back then.  I wrote alot of Science
> Fiction, read alot of science fiction, and gasp played RPG's.  Mostly
> Cyberpunk because it was gritty and realistic.  I was supposed to get
> my Dad's 79 Scirocco for my 16th birthday but I got a single D and he
> sold it for $500.  Bastage.
> 
> I drove alot in high school mostly my friend's cars--my Dad wouldn't
> let me get a license, but wasn't legal until I was 21 and in the Navy.
>  I went to see alot of weird bands in concert when I was in High
> School.  Meat Beat Manifesto, The Supreme Love Gods, 808 State, Front
> 242, and the like.  I did see Pantera my senior year (Cowboys from
> Hell Tour) and got my ass ROYALLY kicked in the mosh pit during
> Cemetary Gates.  It didn't help that I weighed about 120lbs and my
> cousin who's 6'6" 250lbs threw me in the middle.  I broke a few bones
> in my hand (boxer's knuckle) with someone's face.
> 
> I met Pearl Jam at the Rock Burger in Myrtle Beach just before they
> released Ten.  They were practicing "Even Flow" and I remember
> thinking that it jammed but they sounded rough.
> 
> I didn't actually get a Scirocco until I 1999 when I got the 85.  I
> drove it like I stole it for a couple years and found an 88 that had
> been rear ended and decided to do a front end swap.  The rest as they
> say is history.
> 
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