Curl Up And Die
7/28/05 in DeKalb, IL
Last nite, youngdave and I made the trek out to DeKalb, IL to see Curl Up and Die play. It was a band we had been waiting two years to see again. Young came out from the city and we met up and my place and hit the road for a long drive out to [...]
More Frontier colored vinyl
Lisa Fancher, owner of Frontier Records, sent me a little care package in the mail. In it was the latest 3 colored vinyl reissues of some of the classic punk albums on the label. Not only do they come on sweet colors, but they all contain inserts, which many later pressings had omitted throughout the [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault
[Grant and the Geezers]
Grant and the Geezers – Monster Stomp 7″ (1982 self-released) Grant and the Geezers was a band I came across almost by accident. A few years ago, a fellow I know from Phoenix sent me a video of an old show from Mad Garden. The show was TSOL, JFA (the reason he sent it to [...]
A new address and a new system
Note: the URL now for The Punk Vault is simply http://www.punkvinyl.com . Please update your bookmarks and links if you’d be so kind. Under the suggestion by my good friend Thor, I made the switch from Movable Type to WordPress. It was largely due to his telling me how taxing the MT blogs are on [...]
R.I.P. Lord Alfred Hayes
Wow, this week isn’t a very good one. First we lose Scotty, and now Lord Alfred Hayes! Koga just IM’d me to let me know and pointed me to this link. I never got to see Lord Alfred wrestle as far as I can remember. I remember him as an announcer on the old WWF [...]
Goodbye Scotty
Actor James Doohan, most famous for his role as Scotty on Star Trek, passed away. I used to watch the show when I was a little kid and saw all the movies. More recently, while still gainfully employed, I picked up the DVD sets of the original series and the first three movies and watched [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault
[United Mutation]
United Mutation – Fugitive Family 7″ (1983 D.S.I./Dischord Records) United Mutation was a band I hadn’t heard of until their label, D.S.I., sent me one of their 7″s in the mail to review in Spontaneous Combustion. I liked it and eventually went backwards and found myself a copy of this record, partially because I liked [...]
The many flavors of: Adolescents – Welcome to Reality 7″
Another record I am particularly fond of, the Adolescents 7″ on Frontier Records, had its share of variations over the years and it is even still in print to this day. This little 3 song slab of wax is a mandatory part of any punk rock record collection, so let’s get down to business shall [...]
New items in the Spontaneous Combustion shop
On top of the newly released green vinyl Government Issue 7″s, there now is a plethora of classic hardcore CDs for sale in the Spontaneous Combustion online shop. Please buy some of the stuff so I can eat this month.
Government Issue 7″ out now on green vinyl
The green vinyl Government Issue 7″ is now out and ready to order. There was 100 made and you can order them right here. Also there is a new Paypal shopping cart system for the online shop for US customers and for all customers, I can finally accept credit card payments via Paypal.
Selections from The Punk Vault [Toxic Reasons]
Toxic Reasons – Ghost Town 7″ (1981 Risky Records) NOTE: Since this originally was posted, Ed Pittman contacted me and shared a little bit of history of how the band started, which will be at the end of this original post. Toxic Reasons started in Dayton, OH in 1979. The founding members were Bruce Stuckey [...]
Subhumans, From Ashes Rise, I Attack 7/10/05
Last night I went to the Logan Square Auditorium for a show. It was the Subhumans (UK), World Inferno Friendship Society, From Ashes Rise, and I Attack. Senor Citizen was supposed to go with me, but due to his being swamped with work and having a deadline looming, he no-showed. I’ll forgive him though as [...]
Still plenty of Gmail
I still have plenty of Gmail invites to give away if anyone wants one. Just leave a comment or email me at punkvault[at]gmail[dot]com if you want one.
Will work for food!
Still no luck on the job hunt. It is getting scary and I may have to seriously consider changing careers as moving is not an option. The thing is, I have no idea what else I’d rather be doing aside from writing for the WWE or something like that. I keep watching the bank account [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [The Savages Are Loose]
Various Artists – The Savages Are Loose LP (1986 Mystic Records) In the mid to late 1980s, Mystic Records, having already put out countless compilations, decided to start a series of compilations from different cities across the USA. The first one was a compilation of mostly obscure Washington DC bands. Aside from Madhouse who already [...]
The many flavors of: Peace Corpse – Quincy EP
One of my all time favorite hardcore records came in a few different variations in the years that is was in print. I’ll save the history for when I do a “selections from the vault” on this record (which I would do sooner if Bill Sassenberger from Toxic Ranch would get back in touch with [...]
