And since then I've been so good at vanishing

Things I learned today about 90s screamo bands:

Hassan I Sabbah (aka The Old Man in the Mountain) was a missionary who ended up leading the Assassins, an Islamic mystery cult, in the late 11th century. I never would have thought that some random punk band would look up shit like that to find a name for their band. I don’t even know where you start digging to find stuff like that out, although the presence of the Assassins in his story probably had something to do with it.

Shai Hulud were named after the sandworms in Dune. I already knew that, but I still have no real idea what Dune is. I think I have it confused with Tremors in my head.

Saetia weren’t named after anything, but some of the guys from that band are in Interpol now. I can’t say I remember ever hearing a Seatia song, but I do know Interpol and they are really the furthest possible thing I could think of from screamo. Apparently the rest of the band is in Hot Cross or something who are still kicking the screamy thing.

Cobra Kai is impossible to look up due to the fact that they stole their name from Karate Kid.

And that is about all there is to know about these bands. It used to be way easier to find their music online, but now all that seems to come up is a compilation called Death To False Screamo! The exclamation point is part of the name. I don’t do that kind of punctuation.

I had some shit typed up about how these bands names were better than the super long bands names and song names people come up with these days, but it was all disjointed and shitty. Needless to say the only band who gets a free pass on the long name train is Congratulations on Your Decision to Become a Pilot. That name is wicked, and so is the band playing behind it.

I have also decided today that my long term goal is to own a zeppelin and fly around in it. I can’t think of anything cooler or more fulfilling to do with my time. I’m going to spend some time reading up on this.

Peace.