What happened to music that meant something?

The Who at the Kingdom or a kiss at the Coliseum?

Where is the Misty Mountain Hop? Where is the smoke on the water?

Where is the Iron man of today. Hey, this is not a test musical risk- taking and freedom.

I'm Greg Kott.

And I'm Jim De Regattis.

Members of the Meekons join us for a special acoustic performance

and we'll review the new album from Dorn Reachard.

That's all coming up on sound opinions. When I was buying you a drink well with you.

When I was trying to hunt in bed where were you.

This is sound opinions and this week's guests are the meekons. No hype Jim.

It is the longest running transcontinental punk band in the world.

That's true. I don't know if there's any competition in that field.

Certainly in the top five, right?

Forty years formed at the height of the punk era, contemporaries of the sex pistols in the clash.

The clash just came out with White Riot. These art school students from Leeds

England say hey let's form a band and let's do a song and let's call it never been in a riot.

Right, right. Contrarians to this day 40 years later.

Yes, they've been fighting against the man and various other things ever since.

These working class routes though that they've spoken to really came to the fore when they

started performing benefit shows for the British Miners strike in the early 80s.

And then exploring American country music.

...