[Read this post with Whitney's punk playlists as the soundtrack.]
Scream was one of the pioneering bands in the legendary D.C. punk scene of the early 1980s. You may be more familiar with Minor Threat or Government Issue, but the very first full-length LP released by Dischord Records was Scream's. Dave Grohl was the band's drummer for a time late in the decade.
But their original (and current) drummer is named Kent Stacks. And when he was stricken with cancer recently, the D.C. punk community did what it does, and came together.
Scream will be headlining a benefit show on June 2 at Black Cat. Ian MacKaye is going to be there, as will seven other bands spanning the 40+ years of punk in the nation's capital.
And so will my kid. By herself. I sent her the link to the story above and she bought tickets. She also bought tickets to see The Circle Jerks at Black Cat in July. I'll join her for that one. She's got a half-dozen Richmond-area punk shows on her calendar later in the summer. (And if we can count Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels as punk-adjacent, I'm seeing them with Mark and the Teej in August.)
The moshing scars are gonna be real.
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