The Punk Vault

Archive - December 2007

Anarchy Music: The Germs picture disc

The Germs are my favorite punk rock band of all time. They were one of the earliest bands I’d heard of when I first got into punk rock and I instantly fell in love with them upon the first listen. The Germs were...

Naked Raygun DVD screening 12/22 at Reggie’s

Saturday night I went over to Reggie’s Rock Room for the Naked Raygun DVD screening. The premise of the event was to show the Naked Raygun DVD that was just released and then the band would give a “festive...

Anarchy Music: Sid Vicious picture disc

When I was a young boy discovering punk rock for the first time at the age of 13, the Sex Pistols was one of the two punk bands I first heard and they changed my life. I have since that day had such a soft spot for the...

Anarchy Music: The Damned Live LP

Next in the series of Anarchy Music releases I received was a very limited LP by one of my favorite bands of all time, and the band I have more records of than any other in the entire vault. The Damned – Live at...

My Thrill Jockey anniversary show photos on Spin.com

Saturday I shot the Thrill Jockey 15th anniversary show for Spin Magazine’s website. I didn’t bother writing a show review of it for this site because going into it, I was only somewhat familiar with...

Anarchy Music: Anti Nowhere League LP

With there being a vinyl resurgence of late, many labels have started going back and reissuing old material on the superior format, sometimes for the first time and sometimes for the first time on said format for many...

The Sword 12/13 at Reggie’s

Thursday night was a deviation from the punk rock and a trip to the land of metal! I went to see The Sword at Reggie’s Rock Club. Having only been a fan of The Sword for about two weeks, I wasn’t sure what...

Cro Mags The Final Quarrel DVD

Cro-Mags – The Final Quarrel: Live at CBGB 2001 DVD Music Video Distributors The Cro Mags were a New York hardcore band that started in the 1980s and were kind of a big deal during the NYHC heyday in the mid to...