Last spring my wife and I took a trip to Las Vegas. It was my first time there. Got nothing against it or anything, but being neither a gambler nor golfer I've never really felt the necessity to visit. For that trip, though, my wife found us the Punk Rock Museum (she's pretty awesome that way)(and in most other ways). Now, I'll admit I was dubious. I mean, what kind of glitzy, sanitized silicone version of punk rock would a place like Vegas present? But my suspicions were erased immediately. Our tour guide was Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks, Bad Religion), which was some good OG cred and he was a really cool guy as well. And then we stepped into the first chamber, which was a shrine to the New York punk pioneers (Velvets, Dolls, Suicide, that whole Mercer Arts scene). They even had Johnny Thunders' red leather jacket - the one he was wearing outside of Gem Spa on the back cover of the Dolls debut album. It just got better from there, moving across the US, UK, and Canada (only major omission was Art Bergmann, which is almost unforgivable, given his "Bound For Vegas" should be their theme song). I don't promote much other than songs I like on this site, but I heartily recommend a visit if you're ever in the area. Punk rock people are the best.
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