![]() I still had to wear the bellbottoms all year. Certainly wasn't making me any more popular, though. So, hanging a poster of Cliff on the bedroom door was like a shield against some of the laughter. It might be cool to be an "Outsider" (DJ Shadow) now, but that shit was "Laughing Stock" b/w "Village Idiot" back then. wtf? You can't believe how hard it was to go to school wearing bellbottoms (bellbottoms, for fuck's sake!) while absolutely everyone in the world was pegging their pants. Plus, one year for school, my mom went out and bought me 5 pair of jeans at the local discount spot, and only after she ripped the tags off and washed them did I realize they were bellbottoms. ![]() ![]() Being a 14 year-old who was the uglies kid in Secretion After-Birth (yea, that was our band name, what?), playing bass with zits was easier knowing Cliff was around. Especially being the bass player, as the bass player is the notorious 'weird' band member. He was less the Metal Rock God and more the I-Got-A-Third-Cousin-Who-Lives-In-Freemont-Who-Can-Sell-Us-Some-Smoke type of dude. Jeans jacket (usually in combination with a flannel-? la John Bender) instead of the fashionable '80s leather. ![]()
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