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There’s something about the 15th Century Black Adder thing that makes you look superior to everyone. Especially people that want to get laid.
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This is the kind of thing that happens when a kid grows up somewhere so white and rural that the only chance he has of becoming a wigger is to cobble something together from old episodes of Good Times and his parents' Commodores records. He may get the living shit laughed out of him when he visits Harlem, but you're looking at the Eminem of East Missoula. Comments/Enlarge | See all






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OFF THE PIG

The Never Ending Brutality of Panthers

Published November, 2002



Panthers is one of the fucking hardest bands in Brooklyn right now. They sound like James Brown, MC5, and Nation of Ulysses gave birth to a squealing little baby with guitars for arms. Their shows are like a chaotic and danger-charged sociology lecture. A couple of them are also in the hardcore band Orchid, and they rule too.

VICE: Are you copping a Black Panthers thing or something with your name?

Jayson (vocals): The word “panther” actually has a pretty varied political history. There’s black, gray, weird, and pink ones. It’s kind of like saying that this is how we’ve read against the text of the usage of “panther” by standing it on its own.

That’s a bit rich.

Well, it’s also just fun to go onstage and say, “We’re panthers.” All bullshit aside, that was the reason.

Do people in the audience ever give you a hard time?

I’m more often verbally harassed at gas stations while we’re on the road. A tour hasn’t really started until I get called a “pussy homo” at an Exxon in Tennessee. I wish I had some crazy Bad Brains-esque story, but most of the kids who come to see us cried at I Am Sam, so I don’t think they’re really the fight-starting type.

But you must get hurt just from playing, right?

Sure. I’ve chipped a tooth on the mic, tumbled off the stage and then had the monitor pushed on top of me, fallen into the drums multiple times resulting in cuts and bruises, been hit in the head with Justin and Geoff’s guitar headstocks, and choked on confetti.

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Anonymous, on Feb 23, 2009 wrote:
Not D-o-w-N
Anonymous, on Jan 28, 2009 wrote:
Never heard these cunts, but based on the description mentioning three of my favourite bands/musicians, i’m going to check them out. Thats setting the bar a bit high methinks.

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