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 also much like the Sex Pistols in that they really only released [...]
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 performance” after it was over. I reviewed the DVD recently and was really a fan of [...]
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 band that I have collected tons of [...]
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 Woolwich 1985 LP This is a live album from The Damned. [...]
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 years. A new label subsidiary of Cleopatra Records called Anarchy Music was recently started and are offering [...]
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 to expect as far as this type of show went, or even [...]
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 late 1980s. They put out a few records but it was really just [...]
You Weren’t There premiere
The Saturday after Riot Fest saw the premiere of You Weren’t There which is a documentary about the Chicago punk rock scene from 1977-1984. The premiere was shown at the Portage Theater and after the movie there was a special reunion show at Beat Kitchen with a few bands from the old days that were [...]
R.I.P. Mario Valencia
It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Mario Valencia, best known for being a member of the Flower Leperds, passed away last week. In the 1980s the Flower Leperds were among the many bands living in Hollywood and recorded a bunch of material for Mystic Records. The band just so [...]
Destroy Everything 11/20 at Ronnys
A couple days after Riot Fest I found myself once again at a show with my camera in hand. The reason I was out late on a “school night”? To see Destroy Everything yet again. How can I deny going to see and shoot some of my best friends’ band? The simple answer is no [...]
Riot Fest 2007 Day Two
My goal on day two of Riot Fest was to get to the venue around the time Flatfoot 56 were playing so I could check them out again. Once again my plans didn’t work out so well but traffic was a lot better this time at least. I completely missed out on Flatfoot 56 though [...]
