Відео

Hearing Casey talk about the guy in Florida that turned him on to good music... he paid that forward tenfold. I remember being at Amoeba with Casey, and him telling me "You gotta buy this album... and this band is just fucking killin' it.... and get this one..." and I know plenty of people who have similar stories. Casey was an encyclopedia of great music and eager to share with anyone willing to absorb his knowledge.

Casey, my brother.... you will be missed.

Casey, damn you’ll be missed!

Rest in Punk Casey Chaos! Punk and love forever!

Went to school with Rob, in Fulham, London, from the age of 5 until we were 11, even back then he had a guitar and was a tremendous pencil artist, joined hin in a scout hut when the first band was started...... was in contact with him recently on Facebook, went to the first gigs with Gen X at the Fulham Arts Centre the support band was the Meteors, they were a Psychobilly band mental days!

super slick intro & cheesy + name dropping & then no audio

Did Casey skate for Flite skateboards??

As a 15 year old in 1978, Derwood’s guitar playing in Generation X was what lead me to take up the guitar. I’m 61 now and still play……and I’m still shit!

Chris and Jonny are the mans

I love Chris’ voice and smile. Beautiful.

Johnny & Chris

Ha. 3 cameras set up... Great video. Audio... "I got this old computer mic I'll plug in"

Derwood's an awesome guitarist

How long ago was this? Anyone know if Casey is okay these days?

someone in this comment section should mention the audio quality

Idol's ego totaled Generation X & Gen X, which had the potential in 1980 to be a seriously big unit artistically & commercially. He wrecked the career potential of his band mates & ended up prostituting his own not inconsiderable musical talent on making cleverly packaged schlock pop music for undemanding audiences for 2nd tier money & fame. He was an idiot who seriously underachieved in the end & betrayed the other guys in the band with his selfishness & stupidity. Harshly expressed maybe - but the truth often is.

All my friends were big Generation X fans, I got to see most all the first wave original punks bands live. The interviewer is right, its the first two albums that made their legend not the packaging of billy Idol later. Having said that I met Billy many times over the years and he worked hard and got what he wanted so I was happy for him.. People seem to forget now how small punk was when it started and in the big cities there was maybe a hundred or so into it and we all new each others faces. Very few people were cool enough to choose their own music back then or god forbid stand out. It took guts to do it. We got threatened and into fights every day and it was quite chaotic really. People today have no idea as society is the opposite now but back then being your own individual or being different was not acceptable at all, unlike today where this is now accepted or celebrated. I think it was the punk attitude and DIY ethic that helped this happen but it took decades for the seeds to spread and the nexus is not easily seen. Derwood was amazing on guitar on those records and his style was far ahead of his time. The top bands back then definitely were the Ramones, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Generation X and the Damned. Of course hundreds of bands followed weeks months and years later but those are the ones that musically caused the biggest ripples.

This could be the greatest interview ever, two legends like Buzz and keith, members of influential bands, great video quality. but ruined by the audio. Genius

3 cameras but you recorded the audio on a potato INSIDE a washing machine.

out of 3 cameras this was the best audio source?

great audio

Wow what a amazing sound quality!

I love Derwood, he's awesome, but he's also wrong. I grew up in nowhere Pennsylvania and I was listening to Generation-X and a fan a good 2-3 years before Idol hit the U.S. as a solo artist. I will say this, UK punk music was friggin' HARD to find in the U.S. during that time. Most record shops only carried a very small selection of UK Punk albums. In the entire shop you were lucky to find 20-30 punk albums by various bands. I scoured record shops for YEARS trying to locate rare and exciting punk material. When I attended college in Philadelphia I finally located some record shops that carried a decent selection of UK punk, even then the selection was lacking. The fans were there, we just didn't have access to the music.

Name drop all you like a decent microphone wouldn't have gone astray....!

Seems like a good interview but the sound is awful

Since I'm not a native English speaker I couldn't understand almost anything... what a shame, I'm a huge Melvins fan. It would be great to add some subtitles.

The audio sounds terrible!! WTF!