After revolutionizing the rock music scene in the late 1970s, punk rock evolved in several directions in the 1980s. Some punk went pop and some went hardcore, while influencing heavy metal and progressive music to launch what some today call post-punk. The original punk movement disappeared, and very few true punk bands exist today. Meet the Minor Cuts, perhaps New York’s best punk rock band. Two best friends, vocalist Alysson Venom and guitarist Mohawk Dave, after performing in other short-lived New York bands, formed the Minor Cuts with bassist Ryan Nixon and drummer Bre Plaza in Queens, New York in 2010. The band is playing the local bar circuit.
At the Bowery Electric tonight, the Minor Cuts lived up to the band’s motto of being “loud, fast and fun.” Venom is a commanding front woman, using the entire room as her stage as she spat her angry and often vulgar lyrics. Dave enhanced her singing with lightning-fast power chords, volume and rock star posture. The rhythm section provided the band’s primal, speed-driven power. Together, the sound is explosive. Welcome back, punk rock. We missed you.
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