Selections from The Punk Vault [JFA]
JFA – Mad Garden 12″ EP (1984 Placebo Records) JFA (short for Jody Fosters Army) formed in the deserts of Phoenix Arizona in 1981. Four skateboarders got together and decided they wanted to form a band after being inspired by seeing DOA play a show that same year. The band’s goal was to play fast [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Defnics]
Defnics – 51% 7″ (1981 Terminal Records) My first exposure to this band was on the Cleveland Confidential LP. All it took for me to buy a compilation back when compilations were good and not the watered down worthless things they are today, was for there to be either one band I liked on there, [...]
Store busted for modding game consoles
Here’s an interesting story about some arrests for modding video game consoles. They don’t mention what system but by the description it was obvioulsy the Xbox they were referring to.
Selections from The Punk Vault [Political Justice?]
Political Justice? – Stating the Truths and Healing the Wounds 7″ (1985 Landmind Records) I wrote this one up on 11/14/04 but set it to “draft” and never realized that I never published it! I correct that mistake now and the intent was to have this come out at the same time as all the [...]
They attack once more
Here I was recently thinking that I haven’t been bothered by comment spammers lately. Well not bothered in the sense that MT Blacklist was catching them all, but lo and behold some new assholes are at it. Its nothing major, just a few here and there but it is still irritating. Someone really needs to [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [The Young and the Useless]
The Young and the Useless – Real Men Don’t Floss 7″ (1982 Ratcage Records) The Young and the Useless were a very short lived band from New York City circa 1982. The stayed together long enough to put out this lone 7″ and then fell apart and called it quits in 1984. The band consisted [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Mentors]
Mentors – Get Up and Die 12″ EP (1982 Mystic Records) I’d be surprised if any fan of punk rock has not heard of the infamous Mentors. They were the kings of what they called “rape rock” which translated means goofy songs with misogynist lyrics and cheap shock value. Anyone who took the band seriously [...]
A new addition to The Vault from the most unlikely place
Over the years I’ve gone to some odd places and way out of my way to buy records, but this is the one that is proof positive of just how much times have changed. While perusing erape (ebay) for punk records to see if there is anything that I need and can afford, I noticed [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Christ on Parade]
Christ On Parade – Sounds of Nature LP (1985 Pusmort Records) I was in high school when a girl I was friends with told me about this band called Christ on Parade who played at a show she saw at Metro. They opened for a bigger punk band, but I forget which. I remember not [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Group of Individuals]
Group of Individuals – Destroyer of Fun 7″ (1984 Single Records) In all my participation in the older punk scene, I don’t think I ever ran into anyone nicer, or more active than Mike Lazuka of Group of Individuals. He was always supporting some thing, partaking of putting on shows, handing out flyers, and of [...]
Things to do this weekend
1. Finish NOFX CD booklet for Mystic 2. Catch up on reviews for the Spontaneous site 3. Begin Xmas shopping 4. Try and make a dent in the backlog of DVDs I haven’t watched 5. Go to the gym Chances are I get sidetracked and maybe finish half the above list. There is just not [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [S.N.O.T.]
S.N.O.T. – Slaughterhouse 7″ (1986 KML Records) Back when I was doing my fanzine (Spontaneous Combustion) there was a little label called KML Records that started sending me records to review. The label was run by one of the guy in Maggot Sandwich, and of course I was sent their records to review, along with [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Eddie and the Subtitles]
Eddie and the Subtitles – Fuck You Eddie 7″ (1980 No Label Records) Eddie and the Subtitles were a band that got their start in the late 70s in Southern California. They would last a few years and play lots of shows around CA but as far as I know, never ventured out past there. [...]
