Selections from The Punk Vault [Hates]
Hates – No Talk in the Eighties 7″ (1979 Faceless Records) Hates were one of the first punk bands to come out of Houston Texas. They put out 3 singles and a 12″ EP during their heyday. Later when they went out of print they’d sell them on cassettes that they made themselves. My first [...]
Make that 2 replacement phones!
So I had one of the original Motorola V710 cell phones that had the misaligned camera and crappy earphone volume. Last week I called Verizon and requested my replacement since the recalled them. I got it, only to have this new phone get all screwy just 3 days later. It kept resetting and freezing up [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Stiff Legged Sheep]
Stiff Legged Sheep – 7″ (1985 Smudged Records) The year was, I believe, 1985 and I would ride my skateboard over to my friend Keith Lyons’ place for a punk show they put on at Keith Garage. It would be The Faction, The Drab, God (formerly Dead Fink) and some other band I’m forgettting at [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Sacred Denial]
Sacred Denial – North of the Order LP (1987 Forefront Records) Sacred Denial were another one of the bands around for the heyday of NJ punk/hardcore. My first exposure to them was on the New Jersey’s Got It compilation on Buy Our Records. Those tracks were raw and powerful and I immediately made a point [...]
You sick freaks!
While looking thru the stats for this site, one of the search terms that led someone to this blog was: buttholes from girls that i can see up close and even look inside and their in movies What in the blue hell kind of weirdo types that as their search term?!
Isis, Pelican, These Arms Are Snakes, Sweet Cobra 11/26/04
Last nite was the first time I’ve been to the Metro in like 3 years or so. It is smaller than I remember it being. There are few things that would make me go there, and this show was one of them. A stellar lineup of bands, and the only reason for having more than [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Necros]
Necros – IQ32 7″ (1981 Touch and Go Records) The Necros were a Midwest punk band that I believe started in OH and moved up to MI somewhere in their career. They were responsible for Touch and Go becoming a record label and they put out some of the best Midwest hardcore records in their [...]
Let the leftovers begin!
Thanksgiving feast at the Manor was a big sucess. This was the first time since my sister moved away that there was Thanksgiving cooking at the Manor. I was pretty nervous about it because I had high expectations for my favorite meal of the year, but I have to say that they were met, much [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Lost Cause (IL)]
Lost Cause (IL) – LP (1987? Pravda Records) Because I’m not at home when I write this, I can’t double check the year of this release so I’m going by memory. Chicago’s Lost Cause formed sometime in the mid 1980s by Joe Kelly and a couple other local punks. They seemed to have friends in [...]
4 days off and my favorite meal of the year
I am really looking forward to having 4 days off in a row from work, I can’t tell you how much I need it. I have a laundry list of things I want to get done over the next few days, one of which is laundry! Tonite is the Since By Man show. They are [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Big Apple Rotten to the Core]
Various Artists – The Big Apple Rotten to the Core LP (1982 Sin Records) When I was a small teenager, I would listen to Kathy Chyna (I probably spelled that wrong) and Shrub’s radio show on WDGC, our local high school radio station. They played a song called “Moon the Moonies” by a band called [...]
Neon Christ reunion report
I got an email and photo from Randy of Neon Christ who had this to say about their reunion show last week. Just thought you might want to see this. I will send more if you like. This past Friday, Neon Christ played a reunion show in Atlanta to benefit the family of Atlanta music [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Angry Red Planet]
Angry Red Planet – Gawkers Paradise 7″ (1985 Touch adn Go Records) Among the many bands that the midwest produced, one of the more overlooked bands, despite them having a single on Touch and Go, was Angry Red Planet. They were a more melodic punk band from MI that was around for a few years [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [The Germs]
The Germs – What We Do is Secret 12″ EP (1981 Slash Records) I don’t think The Germs needs much introduction, they along with The Weirdos are my two favorite bands from the first wave of L.A. punk. The band started out really bad, and in their short life, became really good, and became the [...]
How about trying something new guys?!
I’m watching NWA TNA Impact from the other day on my Tivo, and the first segment is a pretty much exact recreation of an old WCW NWO segment where they beat up guys outside and someone jumped off the stairs and Nash catches them and chucks them like a spear into the trailer. This TNA [...]
Skinny Puppy Milwaukee pix
Here’s a couple of the pix taken with my phonecam. The camera pretty much sucks on the V710 unless you are out in the sun, and it turns out I have one of the faulty cameras and Verizon is shipping me a replacement phone this week.
Selections from The Punk Vault [Life Sentence]
Life Sentence – LP (1986 Walkthrufyre Records) Life Sentence were a Chicago hardcore band from the mid ’80s that had a fairly sucessfull run but not without its share of drama. They played tons of shows in the city and opened for a lot of bigger touring bands. They recorded a demo tape that was [...]
Skinny Puppy returns Day 2
Just got back a little while ago from the second and final Skinny Puppy show for me of this tour. The show got off to a shaky start, and Ogre was bitching up a storm about the overabundance of red lights for some reason. Once they got to “God’s Gift” though, everything came together and [...]
Skinny Puppy returns, day one
Yesterday couldn’t have been a better day. After running some errands and paying a surprise visit to Lady Combustion at her work, I met up with Ryan to head north to WI for the Skinny Puppy show. We left quite early to beat traffic and give us time to go record shopping, but not before [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Big Black]
Various Artists – Happiness is Dry Pants 7″ (1986? Chemical Imbalance) I don’t think Big Black really needs much introduction. Unless you have been living in a cave the last 20 years, chances are you have heard of them, or at least the man who started the band, Steve Albini. Big Black started as a [...]
New reviews on the Spontaneous Combustion site
I’m finally starting to catch up on the reviews for the SC site. The first batch is up, check them out if you like.
Selections from The Punk Vault [Rights of the Accused]
Rights of the Accused – Innocence 7″ (1984 Little Farmer Music) Rights of the Accused (or ROTA) for short were a hardcore band from Chicago. The band featured Michael O’Connell (not the same person as my good friend, Mr. O from DG), Anthony Illarde, Jay Yunger, and a couple other fellows whose names escape me [...]
