Entertainment

Understanding the dynamics of any scene so far removed from time and place that we’re all accustomed to is difficult. It’d be hard to even name more than a few bands from Boston’s halcyon punk days before the hardcore kids took that place over. Richie Parsons, though, is a name that’s bound to come up over and over again. Founding Unnatural Axe, which we’ll get to in a few days, the guy apparently was thought of in pretty high regards, garnering approval from the Burma guys. Even if that wasn’t the case, one of Parsons’ latter day groups, Future Dads rank pretty high in their appropriation of punk and pop.