For the WPRB Fall Silent Drive I talked with ethnomusicologist Evan Rapport about his book Damaged: Musicality and Race in Early American Punk (University Press of Mississippi).

Our in-depth discussion was interspersed all evening with myriad sonic examples of the bands, musical models, forms and styles we examined.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Black Flag – Damaged II – Damaged

Black Flag – Thirsty & Miserable – Damaged

The Stooges – No Fun (Full Version) – S/T
The Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion (Original 1969 mix) – The Velvet Underground – 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Disc 4: 1969 sessions

Bo Diddley – Pills – The Bo Diddley Collection 1955-62, Vol. 1
New York Dolls – Pills – S/T

Ramones – Bad Brain – Road To Ruin

Germs – Forming – Soul Jazz Records Presents PUNK 45: Chaos in the City of Angels and Devils – Hollywood From X to Zero & Hardcore on the Beaches: Punk in Los Angeles 1977-81 – [C]

Circle Jerks – Red Tape – Group Sex
The Plugz – Mindless Contentment – Move 7″

Bad Brains – Pay To Cum – Black Dots

The Stooges – 1970 – Fun House
The Damned – I Feel Alright – Damned Damned Damned

The Damned – Neat Neat Neat – Damned Damned Damned
The Weirdos – We’ve Got The Neutron Bomb – Weird World – Volume One 1977-1981

Black Flag – Damaged I – Damaged

Minor Threat – Minor Threat – First Demo Tape
Wire – Three Girl Rhumba – Pink Flag
Germs – Lexicon Devil – GI
Death – Politicians In My Eyes – …For The Whole World To See
Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown – The First Four Years
Downtown Boys – A Wall (radio edit) – Cost Of Living