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No Knife
SW: I saw No Knife perform with Jimmy Eat World and Seam at TRAMPS in NYC in the 90s. I wish that I could’ve seen the band rock SD.
JH: Funny that you say that: No Knife always felt like an East Coast band to me.
SW: Pizza > Tacos
JH: Are we talking Chicago pizza or New York pizza?
SW: I have a short term memory: I’ll pick New Jersey pizza.
JH: ANYWAY, No Knife was one of those bands that I thought sounded “fresh” in the 90s. The band was certainly doing something different for the local San Diego scene, AND for music in general.
SW: Agreed. This band is total “cred” band. I wish that it was as large as the movie “Titanic”.
JH: No Knife certainly blew your hair back.
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Cattle Decapitation
SW: Better than having your head cut off, amirite?
JH: Sure.
SW: Dude, you’re such an earthling. I don’t need these one word answers.
JH: Sorry. (pauses) I think that CD deserves inclusion on this and every list because of the band’s longevity, thematic and distinct viewpoint, and general rockness.
SW: The rockness monster?
JH: Sure.
SW: (groans)
JH: Brutal. Grindcore. Epic.
SW: BRING BACK THE PLAGUE!
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Delta Spirit
JH: BRING BACK THE INDIE ROCK!
SW: Oh it’s back.
JH: I love the vocals in this band. I love the band’s instrumentation. I love The Delta Spirit.
SW: I’m definitely not running away from its inclusion here. (pauses) Get it? (pauses) Like the song “Running”? (pauses) From “The Walking Dead”? (pauses) Get it?
JH: Sure.
SW: Fall into a trashcan, bro.
JH: SURE!
SW: Wow.
JH: This band doesn’t get enough love. I’ll hold my end up here.
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Buck-O-Nine
SW: I’ll hold my horns down here.
JH: I saw Buck-O-Nine in 1993.
SW: All of these numbers are confusing.
JH: I heard “I Don’t Want to Be No (J.B.J.)” and I was hooked immediately.
SW: I heard the band’s Joe Jackson cover and I was hooked immediately.
JH: Bro, you’re the man.
SW: Bro, I can’t believe that you said that.
JH: Ska.
SW: Ska.
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Pierce The Veil
JH: Speaking of ska, here’s Pierce The Veil.
SW: Before today, I may have agreed with you. Today I don’t.
JH: I love Pierce The Veil. I love Vic’s voice. It has phantom power and ludicrous speed.
SW: I could talk in circles about how talented this band is; it hit me from the first punch.
JH: The Beautiful Mistake had the chance to tour with Before Today over ten years ago.
SW: All of these numbers are confusing.
JH: I also like the song “Million Dollar Houses (The Painter)”.
SW: I see what you did there. My love for you is still bulletproof.
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Pinback
JH: Shots fired: It’s good to sea this band listed so high here.
SW: I have a request: Can you grab me some Pinback vinyl at a local San Diego shop?
JH: I can make that dream a reality.
SW: (fist bumps Josh)
JH: Pinback has a massive amount of cred in San Diego. One might say that Pinback is entrenched in cred.
SW: That’s a solid album name: Entrenched in cred.
JH: Proceed that album name to memory!
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Stone Temple Pilots
JH: Fuck yeah.
SW: Fuck yeah.
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Unwritten Law
JH: Fuck yeah, Unwritten Law.
SW: Bro. BRO! Bro. The singer of this band stole my name.
JH: Poway gets a lot of love on the latter half of this list.
SW: Respect. I’ll love this band for the rest of my life.
JH: When I think about Unwritten Law, I’m definitely not seein’ red. (pauses) I’m seeing blue.
SW: I’m blue da ba dee da ba daa.
JH: (puts his face in his hands)
SW: Josh, stop being such a mean girl.
JH: K.
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Rocket From The Crypt
SW: RFTC.
JH: Two words: Scream, Dracula, Scream.
SW: Wait. What?
JH: Are your livers too young to get the joke?
SW: Unlike you I was born after ’69.
JH: SHUT UP, SCOTT.
SW: Sorry. I’ll break it up. (pauses) I’ll drop out. (pauses) I’ll run kid run.
JH: SHUT UP, SCOTT.
SW: (Scott shuts up)
JH: Rocket From The Crypt is the ULTIMATE band. It is what rock and roll should always be forever more.
SW: (nods)
JH: I know.
SW: (nods more feverishly)
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Blink-182
JH: Blink.
