Dot Dash singer-guitarist Terry Banks remembers once when his band was recording at Inner Ear, the studio most associated with the local punk rock label Dischord. “There was this Japanese thrash band there. They were taking pictures of doorknobs and the sofa. Like, ‘Brian Baker probably sat on that sofa. Get a picture!’”
Someone else who cherished Dischord from afar is Celebration Summer bassist Greg Raelson, organizer of a new tribute album, “Yesterday and Today: DC Does Dischord.” Celebration Summer and Dot Dash are two of the 27 local acts that contributed a cover of a song from Dischord’s catalogue to the record. The two groups are also among the six that will perform at a record-release show this weekend at the Black Cat.A Southern California native, Raelson moved to the D.C.
Banks wasn’t a punk follower as a teen, preferring what he calls “more the Tommy Keene, Slickee Boys side” of local indie rock music. But Dot Dash does have a direct link to the early-1980s Dischord scene. Its drummer is Danny Ingram, once a member of Youth Brigade, whose debut EP was released by Dischord in 1981.Dot Dash is one of only two acts featured on the tribute album that includes a member of an early Dischord band.
Two other intriguing links to Dischord history are the covers by Don Zientara and J. Robbins. Zientara, who owns Inner Ear and recorded many Dischord sessions, offers a de-punked version of Soulside’s “Reconstruction.” Robbins does a radical electronic reworking of “I’m James Dean,” an early track by Government Issue, a band he joined five years after that song was released.
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