'DIE KREUZEN LIVE ON CABLE ACCESS: 1983 & 1991' w/ Sahan Jayasuriya

This week, my guest is Sahan Jayasuriya, musician & author of Don't Say Please: The Oral History of Die Kreuzen, who discusses the influential but polarizing band, DIE KREUZEN, as we look at the two legendary cable access performances that bookended the band's career in 1983 & 1991.

We discuss how Die Kreuzen is beloved by musicians such as Neko Case, Thurston Moore & Ian MacKaye; why fans often don't want their favorite band to ever change musically and how Die Kreuzen struggled with that, the band's origin story and what led to their first EP Cows And Beer, their devastating first s/t LP and how some listeners were not ready for the follow-up October File, Maximum Rocknroll, how Die Kreuzen were a chemistry band not unlike R.E.M. or Cheap Trick, how a single photo of Keith from the band moved Chris to start dressing and performing like him, the 1983 Milwaukee cable access show: Who Am I: The Punk Rock Attitude & the roundtable discussion in it plus the band's blistering 17 minutes set, how the sound of pain resonated from the band sonically on all their records, Corey Rusk and Touch & Go Records, working with Butch Vig, the artwork of Richard Kohl, Chris witnessing a punk audience turn on the band at their live show, fog machines, Pink Flag, the band working with Steve Albini, why they disbanded shortly after their 1991 cable access performance, and the great story of Lou Barlow freaking out backstage because "Die Kreuzen are right behind that door!"

Whether you know Die Kreuzen or not, this is a fantastic story about whether or not audiences are willing to go where a band wants to go. All this and more on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie.

SAHAN JAYASURIYA:

https://www.instagram.com/diekreuzenbook/

DON'T SAY PLEASE: THE ORAL HISTORY OF DIE KREUZEN:

https://feralhouse.com/30258/

DIE KREUZEN:

https://www.instagram.com/diekreuzenbook/

THE CABLE ACCESS PERFORMANCES:

1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN3hwQ3gOP8

1991: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbaOoxvdtMw

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