Kyle Trocolla of Two Fisted Law on how he got into Punk and how it has shaped his life

Kyle Trocolla of Two Fisted Law on how he got into Punk and how it has shaped his life

Kyle Trocolla plays guitar in Connecticut punk act Two Fisted Law.  Here’s the story on how he got into Punk Rock & how it shaped his life.

My earliest memories of music where of listening to whatever my parents listened to. While today I have a huge appreciation for the music my parents introduced me to, it was never really my music.

The first cassette tape I ever chose for myself was Licensed to Ill by the Beastie Boys and although this was not an underground diy punk album by an obscure band that could only be obtained if your friend had an older brother who was screaming anarchy in the UK on the back of the school bus, it was for me the beginning of finding my own music. I lived licensed to Ill, I studied the Beastie Boys and discovered they got their start playing hardcore punk taking their inspiration from some band called the Bad Brains. So I had to find the Bad Brains somehow, and in a pre-internet world this was harder than it sounds.

When I did finally find a copy of Rock for Light I had finally found music that I could call my own. This wasn’t my parents music, this was mine. That first album hunt was quickly followed up by a hundred others, countless shows, and the discovery of a scene that, most of the time, accepted me for the awkward little smartass that I was.

Why punk rock still? Growing up punk teaches you to think for yourself, question authority and accept good people for good people, regardless of how they may be different from you, and that is as good a reason to dedicate your life to something as I can find.

Kyle
Two Fisted Law

photo by Leslie Aufieri.

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