Rikk Agnew - OC Life

[13greensocks]

i know rick now and well he dosent exactly look the same



[vylkyl1]

sAN cLEMENTE . YEA WAT BRAH ?

[bosscogg]

Kid's asleep in the other room, wife's out with the girls, and this creaky old punk is skanking around the place like it's '83 again. Posting this from the heart of Fullerton, btw. We're not all tools.

[Misfits655]

i bought the blue album at good will. it came with this as bonus tracks and i fell in love with it. its amazing.

[triforce1121]

1 person just got crabs



[anderson97692]

CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLE!!! LIFESTYLE!



[stuttgartrockpromo]

Achtung: RIKK AGNEW & Band spielt zusammen mit JINGO DE LUNCH im Universum Stuttgart: Sa., 15.10.2011, 20.00 h

[henryvamp]

CHRISTIAN DEATH BABY!! man i love those sounds he makes with his fingers, and you know what hes still more bad ass and original in my opinion at least, than fucking k roq bands. if you listen to this and lived in southern cali than you know what i mean

[SSBMstuff]

Very interesting. I first heard this song from Zebrahead to be honest. o_o

[H1N1777]

hi im allergic to shellfish, and i might have accidently ingested 30-40 pounds of clams last night while drunk, could i die?

[13socalmizuno]

OC Life man, from Anaheim!!!

[13greensocks]

@13socalmizuno well he says for fullerton

not anahiem

[blinkgreen129]

Sure there's more crime in the OC now with gangs. For the most part most of Orange County is fine except for like Santa Ana. I live in LA in the San Fernando Valley in Northridge, but I know the geography of Southern California very well. I may love Green Day and Blink 182 and Rancid or NOFX, but I also love old school stuff like the Adolescents, Black Flag, Circle Jerks etc... They really kicked ass back in the day.

[09demilove]

@blinkgreen129 i live in SANTA ANA ITS CHILL IF YOU KNOW AROUND!!!!!714 santa ana

[BarrioPunkRock]

best guitarist of the OC ...

and he lived around my dad back in the 80s-90s

[SpideyBats8]

This entire Album is one of my favorites ever. But I can't find my favorite song on here so would you please add Everyday I would be forever grateful :)

[powertoolsrule]

i would definately agree that this song still stands true to OC today but not so much fullerton or anaheim anymore. mostly the south orange county areas. irvine, laguna, mission viejo, aliso, most of newport...

[SonofMrPeanut]

@powertoolsrule Well yeah, but that's North Orange County. That area's fine.

[SonofMrPeanut]

This is still the best version of the song, period. I'm glad other bands have covered it, but I'll always come back to the original.

If you don't live in or around Orange County, I'll assure you this song is just as true today.

[SATANICODEMONICUS666]

SOMEDAY YOU LIL CHILDREN WILL GROW UP AND ALL LIFES ANSWERS WILL JUST COME TO YER STUPID FAT ASSES WHILE YER TAKIN A SHIT...PUNK AINT A SOUND THAT CAN BE COPIED AND MIMICED LIKE A PARROT...IF IT IS IT AINT PUNKROCK TRUST ME...FUCKIN GOOGLE IT GOONBALLS

[OhsNosIsBeenHit]

Saw him live not too long ago. Played at the 30th Anniversary of Frontier records show.

[mthai66]

Most emulated guitarist of our time. He invented that octave thing all the "punk" bands use today. And yet, most of them don't even know who he is.

[BarrioPunkRock]

@mthai66 he invented what ?

[mthai66]

@BarrioPunkRock He invented a certain kind of dual lead guitar that is synonomous with "punk" today. Back then it was only synonomous with OC bands that Agnew played lead for.

[mckinnez]

@mthai66 Dude, totally. He's one of my favorite guitarists. I've gotten so much of my playing from learning Adolescents/D.I./Social Distortion songs on guitar.

[mthai66]

@mckinnez Not sure if (either) Agnew ever actually recorded with SD. Maybe "Lewd/Lude Boy".

[MrChadthemonkey]

@mthai66 what octave thing? what do you mean?

[mthai66]

@MrChadthemonkey If you play guitar I can explain. If not it would be kind of hard.

[MrChadthemonkey]

@mthai66 sorry.. haha im a vocalist.

[mthai66]

@MrChadthemonkey Basically the songs are full of melodic lines that are played on 2 seperate tracks of guitar, each an octave apart. It is an extremely common sound for todays bands, but back then it was signature Agnew.

[MrChadthemonkey]

@mthai66 Oh I see what you mean bro, basic harmonies though haha

[mthai66]

@MrChadthemonkey It's become a signature "punk" thing. I remember when the D.I. version of this came out and I was the only punk in Boston that listened to it. It was *not* the popular form of punk in 1984-5

[TehGav]

@mthai66 Hey, I was ripping off Agnew's octave thing in 1985. Back then you could almost build a whole punk rock career out of being the local guy who did the octave thing.

What Agnew could do that most guitarists can't, was to think in long phrases instead of short, repeating riffs. Almost every great Agnew moment has the octave moving against the chords, then sticking somewhere until the chords catch up, and magically resolving from a 4th to a maj 3rd. He's like an ambush predator.

[BrianMcGooch]

what I want to know is, who's fullerton?

[oclifeisnotformitch]

@BrianMcGooch lol

[BarrioPunkRock]

@BrianMcGooch dude its a  city in Orange County , California ...

im from Anaheim :) he mentions it

[aaronwanker1]

this is for you Fullerton...

[narcoleptickid]

fucken rick...... tweeken in his tinker bells pajamas



[suicidebag666]

@BarrioPunkRock that sucks. my condolences

[BarrioPunkRock]

@suicidebag666 but i dont live there so i guess its not as much as bad

condolences ?

[MordaciousFilms]

I can hear both Adolescents and Christian Death-style influences. This is a great album if you like either bands. Great stuff!

[methodairmoshpit]

fucking love this

[SerpentineZERO]

awesome song!

[StupidChicagoPunk]

fuckin a! rikk is fuckin sikk! awesome with the adolescents and awesome on his own!

[keymaster2]

LOL!!! Guitarest for SD, DI, and The Ad has his own solo project?

[punkCDsampler]

Yup, and even more surprising than that, it's good.

[keymaster2]

@punkCDsampler

Do you listen to it?

[punkCDsampler]

Not on a daily basis...

[ric1977]

@punkCDsampler in my eyes better than every mentioned band he took part.

[Afrosamurai532]

@punkCDsampler did Alfie or Frank do a solo?

[Afrosamurai532]

@keymaster2 TSOL

[BarrioPunkRock]

@keymaster2 dont forget the detours !!!