The Punk Vault

Archive - January 2005

Selections from The Punk Vault [Sin 34]

Sin 34 – Die Laughing 7″ (1982 Spinhead Records) You’ll never guess where my first exposure to Sin 34 came from? If you guessed a compilation, you’d be correct. They were one of the bands on what...

Pelican and Seven Days of Samsara

I just got back a little while ago from seeing Pelican play a show at Bottom Lounge. I went after work and missed the first band and most of the second. The second band was called Envy and they played some emo-ish stuff...

Selections from The Punk Vault [Underground Hits 2]

Various Artists – Underground Hits 2 LP (1983 Aggressive Rock Produktionen) Since so many of my stories start with how I discovered a band through compilations, I figure I should probably start featuring some. In...

Selections from The Punk Vault [The Bags]

The Bags – Survive 7″ (1978 Dangerhouse Records) When I was a young teenage punk, I had a bias against bands with female vocals. I am not sure why I did, but the fact was that I did. The only band I really...

What happened to the Daghouse?

Does anyone know why the Dag Nasty message board has been down so long and why? I am going thru withdrawl not being able to read it and chat with my friends there.
Share this:Tweet

Selections from The Punk Vault [Shattered Faith]

Shattered Faith – I Love America/Reagan Country 7″ (1981 Posh Boy Records) Shattered Faith were a Southern California punk band that started in 1978. It would be 3 years before they put out their first...

Subscribe to The Punk Vault

Thanks to the MT-Notifier plugin, and some help from RAT, you can now subscribe to this blog. This means you’ll get an email notification every time this site is updated or there are new comments added. If you...

Frontier colored vinyl

Back in the summer, I interviewed Lisa Fancher, owner of Frontier Records, for the Spontaneous Combustion site. We got to talking about records and I suggested to her that when she has to repress some more records that...