The Scene Report

  From G to Shining C – East coast Punk An Album Review Know Who Your Friends Aren’t – The Follow Ups The Scene Report By Ken Moir   I listened to the first song, “Freak’n Out” from the Follow Ups, first Full-length album, “Know Who Your Friends Aren’t” at least 3 or 4 times before I was able to review the whole album. Not that it was a bad song It’s that something was missing. And it had nothing to do with the band. Truthfully, I really didn’t know them or their music. I usually go down a rabbit hole and try and find out as much as possible about a band before I write anything about them. I didn’t do that, in this case. In fact, the only thing I knew, was that, they were billed as the East Coast Ramones. “That’s lofty”, I said to myself. Now when I review or write something I sit in my office and clear my mind. A mental “please be seated, as it were, before I begin to express my thoughts on paper. But in my opinion, you cannot review a punk record sitting down…you got to mov