Another embarrassing story. This one is about how I learned and began to love The Ergs. Yeah, I know. They are some punk band, not core. Not straight edge (or are they? I don’t know, I wouldn’t guess they are). Not crucial. But fuck, so catchy. I’m a sucker for catchy.
So my embarrassing story. I was helping a user on thecollectionspace.com get his pics up. It was still very beta and there were a few issues and hoops. I was helping him jump, but it was taking a while so we were shooting the shit about records and shows. He was telling me about how he still gets out to a lot of shows despite being the father of a teenager. That impressed me. It can’t be easy. He began telling me about this band he wasn’t into but his teenage daughter was. They were going to the final show together, and he was psyched for that father / daughter bonding time. The band turned out the be The Ergs. Based on this conversation, I hit up their site and was shocked how great it was.
I’m not sure how many shirt designs they did over the years, but I’m guessing you can’t go wrong with a logo tee. And destroynewjersey is selling two of them. The first one is one of the first, and the blue one is newer. You’d never know either way, right? Good stuff.
as a lifetime fan, i am looking for copies of New Jersey’s Best Dancers, and this fucking album always throws me off when i’m diggin in them crates
As another down for the core Straight-edge dude I also love love love The Ergs, Baltimore was a secret bastion of HC kids loving this band. The first time I saw them was in My friends Basement I had no idea what they were about but they blew me away by playing a note perfect version of “black Coffee” before heading into their own set. This video kind of sucks quality wise but about halfway through the kids really start going crazy. This was from the Last Baltimore Ergs show and the 2nd Anniversary of my store. I saw them a hundred other times but this my favorite set of theirs by far!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9n955ieuMg
That’s awesome dude! Great set.