
I grew up in a household where I was constantly exposed to the daily musical nerd rhetoric. Both of my parents are extremely talented classical musicians and this being the story of my childhood I was raised to be a classical musician at a very young age. Instead of studying music theory after school like I was supposed to be, I was using my leftover 60 cents from the soda I didn't get at lunchtime to bus with my friends to the record stores a few miles down Mill Avenue to spend my parents money on records. This was a common youthful adventure which eventually came to an end when we decided we'd rather spend money on beer.
A lot of people don't understand my mentality on punk rock. I think Heroin is one of the worst bands I have ever heard. I was trained to play concertos with symphony orchestras, not crappy power chords to the same monotonous punk beat. Maybe that makes me an overly condescending music snob in worst of ways, but there is no passion in playing music written in the 18th century by dead dorks who wrote in the key of G flat because they wanted to make my life a living hell. Heroin is probably the most disgusting bands I have ever listened to. Heroin is emotion. It might be crappy, but that is genuine.
Heroin - Discography









