SPOT, RIP

SPOT getting a kiss from D Boon.

Who the hell was SPOT? Spot was just one name you saw on almost all the records you bought for a certain moment in Time. Early 80's punk rock that flew at the highest of altitudes. So many bands I loved and records that to this day spark magic in thyne ears. He was the house producer at SST records for many years. Look at this list of master works.

Black Flag - Jealous Again EP (August 1980)
Descendents - Fat EP (1981)
Black Flag - Six Pack EP (June 1981)
Minutemen - The Punch Line EP (Nov 1981)
Black Flag - Damaged (December 1981)
Saccharine Trust - Paganicons (Dec 1981)
Big Boys - Fun, Fun, Fun (July 1982)
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (September 1982)
Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets (1982)
Hüsker Dü - Everything Falls Apart (January 1983)
Minutemen - What Makes a Man Start Fires? (January 1983)
Big Boys - Lullabies Help The Brain Grow (July 1983)
Hüsker Dü - Metal Circus (October 1983)
Minutemen - Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat EP (Nov 1983)
Misfits - Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood (December 1983)
Black Flag - My War (March 1984)
Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II (April 1984)
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (July 1984)
Black Flag - Family Man (September 1984)
Black Flag - Slip It In (December 1984)
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (January 1985)

“People have always asked, ‘When you’re recording a band, how do you make that moment happen?’ No, you don’t make that moment happen. You just set things in motion that will allow the thing to happen. It’s like theater I guess: Something is going to happen on that stage, but you’ve gotta make that stage invite the moment. And when it happens, you’ve got to recognize it.”

Here is one of my all-time favs from Zen Arcade:

[This way] Whatever

[Spotify] Whatever