Dave Grohl

Though I felt no pain, I felt hers.

YOU PICK YOURSELF UP OFF THE GROUND. YOU WALK HOME. THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

TRACEY WAS NOW A PUNK ROCKER.

the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains, Germs, Naked Raygun, Black Flag, Wire, Minor Threat, GBH, Discharge, the Effigies

THIS WAS A FEELING OF FREEDOM THAT I HAD WAITED FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND NOW THAT

THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK.

I’D BEEN BAPTIZED BY SPIT AND SWEAT AND BROKEN GLASS,

bought my first punk rock record: Naked Raygun’s “Flammable Solid” seven-inch single. One of only a thousand made

They’ll rip your skin off

They’ll flay you alive

You try to keep breathing

On this ride of your life

I got gear

I got gear

I got gear

I can use it

UNTIL ONE DAY THEY BECAME THE AIR THAT I BREATHED.