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Spock are truly legendary in this particular upside down under lad’s eyes and for the indie community as a whole, these punk rockers are definitely legendary figures. Always feel a sense of gratitude when I think of all the amazing artists I’ve found out about or discovered through being pointed in an artist's direction by others in our scene-either by indie Facebook groups or artists I’ve come to know in our community. There is an astonishing array of brilliant music all around our global indie music community and our planet as a whole and the camaraderie which exists-hey have you heard these guys? Check this band out-that is something which is deeply profound and moving about our community and the artists within it…this is certainly not denying there are people within our community who do not display these traits or show kindness and support towards one another, we can be grateful for these people too(I’ll also reiterate-as long as there is no actual physical harm being committed)- for their actions do help shine a spotlight on just how many artists in our community there are willing to show kindness and support one another-all these good traits which exist in our scene are highlighted.
We are talking here about a band called Spock who are artists ultimately worthy of the recognition and being celebrated- and this song “Tony Hawk Ate My Skateboard” has been one track of many within Spock’s repertoire which has seemingly ALWAYS been running through my mind- a wonderfully catchy piece of punk rock which always delights no matter how many times it’s heard. The imagery in the lyrics are rather absurd to imagine yet definitely add good humor and display all round brilliant songwriting skills as it’s so damn catchy, and you do wonder what you would say if a guy like Tony Hawk decided to walk up and eat your skateboard (you’d definitely have “nothing left to say…” as the lyrics come to that conclusion) - this may be a lost in translation thing here (I am upside down as they say…) but for myself personally-this is what draws me to this song and keeps me listening through it. Brilliant guitars, solid and epic drums and an awesome vocal with a lyric which has me imagining a skateboarding superstar casually eating your skateboard in front of you, you’re left rather speechless and in a bit of a mind fog… Did that just happen? Evidence of another extraordinarily gifted songwriting group of mega talented musicians with a punk ethos…and evidence that our indie community full of differing styles and genres contains a helluva lot of gifted human beings we can be grateful to share this planet with.