Comments on: AVENGERS- s/t 7″EP (Dangerhouse Records, USA, 1977)

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:30:30 +0000

“white Nigger” is one of my all time favorite punk anthems of this era. I think I might go out on a line and say that the Avengers are one of the best, if not the best, punk band of this era. As far as the “far leftist” lyrics and illusions of grandeur, isn’t that part of the allure of youth music?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:38:29 +0000

I got to hang out with Penelope for a few minutes in San Diego when they did their reunion a few years ago. She was very nice and friendly with me and is still very cute.

By: NOVAK: The Story Behind Dumb Records | The Last Days of Man On Earth

NOVAK: The Story Behind Dumb Records | The Last Days of Man On Earth — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:37:52 +0000

[...] never really got that friendly for some reason; they were nice enough. Other punk bands like the Avengers pretty much avoided me; I said Hi to Penelope a few times but she was really chilly; I got the [...]

By: Dloadmp3

Dloadmp3 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:46:42 +0000

now… this is what called an award winning post!

By: Agraiders

Agraiders — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:17:53 +0000

Good Stuff

By: kountchokula

kountchokula — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:04:10 +0000

The Avengers are playing Sat 26th @ the Fillmore in San Francisco with Flipper, the Mutants and Negative Trend. Anybody want to go?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:49:59 +0000

Another incredibly important band. I actually saw the Avengers a few years ago and and they were really great.

By: justin

justin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:15:56 +0000

So busy in my world right now, I’m really glad I stopped here to check things out. Very cool post Erich, especially on the heels of your comment on mine. Whenever I do one I try to look around the other blogs and see what else is available from the same band. Sadly the Avengers were not well represented in the blog world and I don’t do P2P so I don’t know what’s available there. Thank you so much for this addition and especially your thoughts on the band. I hope JB up there wasn’t talking about me as far as paying outrageous prices for records and then posting them. I have never paid more than about $15 for any music I own. I might pay that much though for that SAS 7″ you have though Erich

By: Nikolas Sims

Nikolas Sims — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:04:57 +0000

Great post….Classic stuff..Your blog just keeps on kicking ass..
Thanks man. Thanks..

By: Admin

Admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:46:06 +0000

Lucy: The idea of a “new man” (and let’s for a second think that that’s what the Avengers are singing about) seems to be a very common topos in context of revolutionary ideologies and the french philosophers of enlightenment set the pace and direction of what was to follow. The worst that I know of (apart from the fascist conceptions) can be found in Che Guevara’s books. Real scary stuff.
What I still like about the Avengers text is the sparkling megalomania. In retrospect one often seems to forget how much the early years of any forceful, aggressive and explosive youth movement gives its participants illusions of grandeur. As pitiful as this may seem 30 years later, in this last of the 20th century youth movements – there’s still something about it that I find catching and compelling, like the playing through of different ideologies, identities and such, as here.

And as for giving me a big head: I already have that. And the other sounds good too.