"A guitar, backpack and something to sing about are pretty much all you need, which fit in well with the punk-rock background that the majority of us come from." "I've definitely noticed that the 'old-timey'/'folk-punk' genre has gotten really popular over the past few years, and it makes a lot of sense, since much like train hopping, it doesn't take much to get started," he says. "He writes really inspiring music with lyrics about revolt, nomadism and the like."ĭerrick said it's easy to see why hybrids of folk and punk music are popular with these travelers.
" Erik Petersen has been around since the beginning of the folk punk genre and has probably inspired a billion different folk punk bands," Derrick says. His site promotes seeing "what the world has to offer when you torch the picket fence and set out for a life of adventure." His first selection is Pennsylvania's Mischief Brew.
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Together, we came up with these ten groups no homebum should leave home without:ĭerrick is a traveling filmmaker, professional adventurer and founder of Squat the Planet, an online community that has explored nomadic lifestyles since 2001. They shared their thoughts on the bands that keep these travelers moving down an endless road. Matt Derrick of Squat the Planet and "D.J.," from Look at This Fucking Oogle, chronicle the travel lifestyle on their respective Web sites. Rocks Off asked a couple of experts to help put together a list of musical acts these modern-day hobos enjoy. Like their tramp forefathers, these new vagabonds turn to music to celebrate their way of life. Some are looking to escape the conformity or comfort of the suburbs others are on one long city-to-city party. The 2013 model of the American hobo goes by different names - traveling kid, gutterpunk, oogle - and isn't necessarily looking for work. Our recent economic woes and general unrest have people once again exploring the country by railways and highways. History repeats itself, Meemaw often said, and she may have had a point. Those travelers became known as hobos, whose lifestyle was romanticized in songs of the period like "Big Rock Candy Mountain" and "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" They carried all they owned from place to place, stopping here and there to do odd jobs for dinner and a place to sleep. My mother-in-law was a Depression-era kid, and she shared stories of the rail-riders who would pass through her small Louisiana hometown looking for work. I was interviewed for the article along with DJ from LATFO. Just wanted to repost this and see what people thought about it.
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