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1976 / 2026 - CBGB PSALM

V6

[Intro - Dry 1976 snare no reverb + 2 inch tape hiss + Safety pin clicks as hi-hats + Bic flick click whoosh + Sub-bass siren low +3] [Click — whoosh] Same Bic, 50 years. [Verse 1 - 77 Buzzsaw + CBGB + Bass about to blow amp - bass +3 fat front] 1976 floor sticky beer and piss at 【entity-CBGB¦canonical_name=CBGB】 (1976 / 2026) 【entity-Ramones¦canonical_name=Ramones】 four downstrokes, Johnny never missed (1976 / 2026) 2 inch tape hiss on a 4-track in Queens (dry snare no reverb) I wasn't born but the Bic was in my genes (same Bic 50 years later) [Pre-Chorus - 1977 UK Sneer Pink Not Angry + Oi!] Pink not angry, just a sneer with glitter (1977 UK pink) Safety pin clicks counting like a sinner (pin percussion hi-hats) [Click — whoosh — Bic transition] [Chorus - All 18 Genomes + Oi! Gang + Sub +3 Siren] 1976 / 2026 — SAME FLAME! 【entity-CBGB¦canonical_name=CBGB】 PSALM! PINK CATHEDRAL PREACH! DRY SNARE! NO REVERB! STILL REACH! SAFETY PIN CLICK! BIC FLICK! SAME SPEECH! 1976 / 2026 — WE STILL TEACH! [Verse 2 - Black Flag 1981 Distorted Bass About To Blow] 1977 London called, I called back pink (sneer pink not angry) 1979 boredom killed, but safety pins linked Black Flag 1981 bass about to blow the amp (distorted bass) My bass now fat +3 same bomb, same stamp [Bridge - 【entity-Joy Division¦canonical_name=Joy Division】 Cold Reverb Guitar for the Bridge + Half-time + Vocal Doubles Clean/Shredded] [Cold reverb guitar, space, sub siren hum] This is the church where we first bled... Dry snare, tape hiss, pink instead... One voice clean — "we were there" — one voice shredded — "we still care" — (pink hair dye doubles) [Click — whoosh] [Breakdown - 1980 Hardcore 180 BPM D-Beat that switches to Half-time] 180 D-BEAT! [D-beat fast] 1976! 1977! 1978! 1979! HALF-TIME BREAKDOWN! [chug + slap + sub +3 + hard kick punchy wide + pin clicks] CBGB! TO BLACK FLAG! SAME BIC! SAME TAG! [Final Chorus - Full Sermon + Gang + Choir] 1976 / 2026 — SAME BIC! SAME FLAME! CBGB PSALM! FIRST SERMON IN THE CHURCH! PINK CATHEDRAL! 50 YEARS OF DIRT! 1976 / 2026 — WE NEVER LEFT! WE LEARNED! [Outro - Bic flick click whoosh + Safety pin clicks fade + Sub siren + Tape hiss] [Click — whoosh] Amen. [pin click...]