Comments on: Harvey vs. the record industry http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36586 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:38:18 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36586 Bloc Party is definitely rock, yeah.

]]> By: SFitall http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36581 SFitall Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:16:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36581 “Half White Jew” is my side project.

]]> By: Cranky Old Mission Guy http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36578 Cranky Old Mission Guy Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:35:40 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36578 “Does it count if just the frontperson is black?”

Not really. Well, OK, some.

BTW, my apologies to Vernon for misremembering the name of Living Color*. He has had a pretty incredible career, and went on to produce one of my favorite albums for James “Blood” Ulmer, Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions, which any lover of “the blues” should try.

Bad Brains were fucking awesome. You want to hear some black fucking rock, you should get their shit.

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*Whaddaya want?! I’m OLD. I got atherosclerosis of the brain!

]]> By: scum http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36576 scum Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:57:23 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36576 The metal band Hirax has been fronted by a black dude from 1984 to the present. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_VfDAFS5n4

]]> By: Delegate Nerd: Eternal Narcissist of White Privilege http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36562 Delegate Nerd: Eternal Narcissist of White Privilege Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:21:02 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36562 Everyone in Apollo Heights was black, by the way. They were a good band, although, they only released one CD and I’m pretty sure they aren’t together anymore.

]]> By: Delegate Nerd: Eternal Narcissist of White Privilege http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36559 Delegate Nerd: Eternal Narcissist of White Privilege Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:15:03 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36559 I don’t know if Bloc Party counts as rock, but at least it’s thematically congruent.

]]> By: Delegate Nerd: Eternal Narcissist of White Privilege http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36554 Delegate Nerd: Eternal Narcissist of White Privilege Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:52:43 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36554 Body Count duh, The Knux aren’t terrible:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knux

All rap is actually evolved from funk which evolved from rock, so it’s not totally separate.

You guys want to talk about some left wing racism, go to a Metallica show. A lot of rock n’ roll bands are more racist then you would imagine, it’s just all in the margins so nobody notices.

I saw TV on The Radio in 2004 because my friends band was opening for them and this other band Apollo Heights. Apollo Heights smoked me out in their van and told me how they loved Godspeed You Black Emperor. Go figure.

]]> By: chalkman http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36543 chalkman Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:41:50 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36543 The Specials and The Untouchables, but then ska was always more inclusive….

]]> By: Maybe http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36541 Maybe Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:52:08 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36541 Lenny Kravitz is a half white jew FYI.

]]> By: Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36527 Allan Hough Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:03:39 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36527 Lenny Kravitz

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36525 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:57:21 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36525 TV On the Radio

]]> By: Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36524 Allan Hough Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:34:29 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36524 Does it count if just the frontperson is black? The Dirtbombs were my favorite band like 10 years ago, and Secret Twins are my favorite band now.

]]> By: SFitall http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36522 SFitall Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:21:45 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36522 Don’t forget Living Color they kind of broke big in the later 80′s but ’88 is still the 80s also Fishbone, not exactly straight ahead rock but neither were the Chili Peppers. I had some friends in 90′s Seattle that were an all Black heavier rock band fronted by a female no less, and they had lots of label attention. Then again in the early 90′s the labels were in a feeding frenzy over the Seattle scene. Major labels are weird, trust me, I have stories.

]]> By: Cranky Old Mission Guy http://www.missionmission.org/2011/07/14/harvey-vs-the-record-industry/#comment-36513 Cranky Old Mission Guy Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:38:39 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=29878#comment-36513 “Was this an example of racism in the music industry?”

Please name a currently active, primarily African-American rock ‘n’ roll band before you accuse the ’80s of racism. I’m not saying there isn’t one — I would just like to know of a counter-example; there isn’t one here.

The 80s had Bad Brains and Primary Colors, too. What have we got?

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