Scene kids worth blogging about: Dropping A Popped Locket

Greenwood, Indiana is apparently the crunkcore capital of the world, with Dot Dot Curve, Scene Kidz, and now Dropping A Popped Locket all hailing from one of Indianapolis' lamest suburbs. Of course, all three bands are basically the same people, kind of like how Internal Bleeding, Pyrexia and Suffocation were an incestuous family back in the early 90s. There must be something in the water over there in Indiana that's inspiring all these kids- my guess is lead or industrial waste.

I have no clue what "Dropping A Popped Locket" means, but I read this bro's MySpace and felt very sorry for him. He moved from Queens to Indiana specifically to be a member of Dot Dot Curve... oof! I don't love Queens, but jesus fuck, voluntarily moving to Indiana is like using a time machine to travel back in time and raping yourself as a child.

After watching DAPL locket live, my head is spinning just like the scenebro in the empty lot in the image above! Watch this video in which he stands on a stage in some park in Ohio and screams over prerecorded music while 10 or so entry-level scene kids mosh like they have traumatic brain injuries.



I will give him credit, though, he has some really hot scene girls in the fan art album on his MySpace. Do yourself a favor and take a look through it. As always, though, the most interesting thing about these bands is their less attractive, socially functional fans. Here are a few of my favorite DAPL groupies.

He is disarmingly earnest, urging viewers of this image to listening to DAPL in the kind of broken, repetitive language I usually associate with the homeless or religious cultists. Also, what's the skeleton all about?? Keep an eye on this dude, I'm pretty sure you'll be seeing him soon on a postcard notifying you that a sex offender has moved into your neighborhood.

This bro is equally sincere, but takes a much more direct approach in his advocacy. OK, man, I'll listen!! Don't hurt me! It's fuckin' crunk dude, now stop twisting my arm!!

I would love to use this image as evidence in a custody dispute, I can't think of a better trump card than laying this down on the judge's desk. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case."

In this image, DAPL preens himself in the bathroom mirror of his $300 a month apartment

Uh... I really don't know what the fuck to say about this... but I would like some of whatever the artist was taking when they made this!!

Their live show looks like it is as electrifying as Scene Kidz' stellar performances at Tha Plaza. You can feel the energy crackling in the air in the images below, with nearly a dozen dumpy scenebros standing behind the OfficeMax card tables.

They had to be done by 3PM to make way for the Greenwood Senior Center's Thursday bingo night. Also, it looks like he is wearing flared jeans... not just bootcut, but straight up FLARED. Maybe they were having a sale on LEI at Dillards?

Perhaps most amazingly of all, he covers the, er, "legendary" punk band Blanks 77! This is truly a high water mark for mash culture, as he explains in a MySpace blog:

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Why I covered Blanks 77 Current mood: artistic cuz everyone should have heard of them, they are an old school punk band from new jersey who is not getting enough credit, http://www.myspace.com/blanks77 , they we're a huge inspiration while growing up and starting music, I have seen them live and performed vocals live for one song on stage with them. Also been fortunate enough to play some shows with them with my old punk band.

Dropping A Popped Locket on MySpace
SYWH's post on Scene Kidz
Coverage of DAPL, DDC and Scene Kidz in some shitty Indiana paper

(I would just like to take a moment to point out that I LOLd just now because I am listening to the 90s moshcore band Conviction as I type this, which struck me as pretty funny for some reason)