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as I grow up a group of fiends are all I need
and 7 plies of wood so I can succeed
so no more cold stares, enough bad vibes
let's see some smiling faces, it's good to be alive
rat pack, we can be one!
rat pack, having fun!
rat pack, a scene wide crew!
rat pack, for me and you!
rat pack, so more tudes!
rat pack, we're brothers dude!
rat pack, it's been a while!
rat pack, since I've seen you smile!
this isn't society, this is me not a thought put in my head but something I believe
that we can all be one by a sacret bond
skating without heart you'll never progress
living without passion you'll only regress
so grab your board and sing with me
gleam the fuckin' cube if you want to be free!
skating in a tight line, let's drink some cokes and have a good time
kick in windows and busting heads
fuck with us and you'll be dead
it's time the good times had begun
it's time that this song had been sung
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A BAND OF FOUR YOUNG Beantown punks, Bones Brigade, named its first record I Hate Myself When I'm Not Skateboarding. What else do you need to know about them?

First off, some people have pads older than these guys, who range in age from 18 to 22. The youngest—singer Brian—is still in high school and has to work band practice around little things like homework and taking out the trash. It's a big decision: Harvard or hardcore? For Brian, the school of hard knocks is the logical choice.

"It's pretty sick," says Brian. "My parents are going crazy with me touring, but whatever."

The band got together when guitarist Charlton Hessian and Phil "Skulls" Harwood, the band's bass player, met at Northeastern University. The pair took daily trips on the train to skate downtown Boston where they met Mullet, their drummer. All three had been in bands before, so it seemed natural to get something going. All the bad music they were hearing on skate videos made it pretty easy to decide what to play.

"There's just not enough punk in skating anymore," says Skulls.

Like a lot of skate rock bands, the kids in Bones Brigade didn't have much of a plan other than skating and playing punk rock. In fact, they say they only had three goals when they started the band—to have people listen to them while they were skating, to get kids into skating, and to get written up in Thrasher. Congratulations boys, you've made it to the top!

"We can all die now," says Skulls. Actually, these guys probably have quite a bit ahead of them, judging by what they've accomplished so far.