Rocco Roll, singer for KBD legends The Absentees, has been sentenced to 55 years to life in prison for the attempted murder of a police officer. You can read the whole story right here. Judging by the article, it sounds like Rocco isn’t really playing with a full deck these days. Seeing as how Rocco [...]
Mar 27, 2008 | Categories: Music News | Tags: 100 Years, Attempted Murder, Full Deck, KBD, Legends, Life In Prison, music news, Police Officer, punk rock, Rocco, Roll Singer, The Absentees | 2 Comments »
The fine folks over at Nickel and Dime Records have released a couple of old Orange County punk albums on vinyl that is well worth noting. First and foremost they have released the second full-length album from punk legends D.I.. D.I. – Horse Bites Dog Cries LP on blue vinyl This was the band’s third [...]
Mar 24, 2008 | Categories: Records | Tags: Blue Vinyl, Bonus Track, Casey Royer, D.I., Dime Records, Excuse, Full Length, Hardcore, Nickel And Dime, OC Punk, Orange County Punk, Pervert Nurse, punk, Punk Albums, Punk Legends, Punk Tunes, Punk Vinyl, record collecting, Stock, Team Goon, Two Colors, vinyl | 2 Comments »
Flipper – Live DVD Target Video/MVD Visual Flipper were one of the most bizarre and challenging bands in the history of punk rock. To say they were unique would be an understatement and I’m pretty sure the term, “acquired taste” was invented for the band. For those who “got it” however, there was and never [...]
Mar 20, 2008 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: Acquired Taste, Art Punk, Audio Options, Berkeley Square, Bonus, Cable Tv Show, Camera Footage, Cameras, Crowd, DVD reviews, Flipper, Gig, Hardcore, History Of Punk Rock, Hometown, Live Video, Multi Camera, punk, san francisco, Song Structure, Sound Quality, Spectacle, Target, Target Video, Understatement | Leave A Comment »
It has been reported that vinyl is once again become popular amongst music fans and has even been outselling CD’s in certain cases. Record collecting is becoming a lot more popular especially in the independent music world. It should come as no surprise that new record labels have started popping up, some of them putting [...]
Mar 16, 2008 | Categories: Records | Tags: Beware of Safety, Black Haze, Black Vinyl, Caspian, colored vinyl, Emotional Roller Coaster, Flavors, If These Trees Could Talk, Independent Music World, Instrumental Bands, Interesting Music, Music Fans, New Releases, Pelican, record collecting, Record Labels, Song Construction, Style Of Music, the mylene sheath, Vinyl Colors | Leave A Comment »
Last night I updated the Punk Vault Store with some new items including some original copies of the Toothpaste 7″. I hope to have some more items in stock soon and look for a new pressing of the JFA/Faction 7″ in the not too distant future. I’m still trying to figure out options for overseas [...]
Mar 14, 2008 | Categories: Music News, Records | Tags: Distant Future, Faction, Mail Order, music, Punk Store, Punk Vault Store, Records, Stock, toothpaste, Vault | Leave A Comment »
My two favorite people in the record business (Lisa and Betty of Frontier Records) sent over the latest color vinyl reissues of their fine punk rock classics. There’s nothing like coming home to find a box waiting for me full of pretty colored vinyl! Suicidal Tendencies LP on orange vinyl Adolescents – The Complete Demos [...]
Mar 11, 2008 | Categories: Records | Tags: adolescents, Blue Vinyl, Clear Vinyl, color vinyl, colored vinyl, Coming Home, Compilation Lp, dangerhouse records, Demos, frontier records, Hardcore, Limited Edition, New Frontier, New Releases, Orange Vinyl, punk rock, Record Business, record collecting, red kross, Rock Classics, suicidal tendencies, vinyl, Vinyl Reissues, Volume One, Yellow Vinyl | 1 Comment »
The Meatmen’s first album, We’re the Meatmen and You Suck! was one of the albums I practically wore holes through in high school from repeated plays. A tape I made of that album accompanied me and my friends on our many skateboard journeys back in the old punk days. After a long hiatus, The Meatmen [...]
Mar 07, 2008 | Categories: Music News | Tags: detroit, Hardcore, hate police, meatmen, MP3, punk, tesco vee, touch and go, washington dc | 3 Comments »
God I hate writing these, but this one is among the worst. Mike Conley, singer of M.I.A. who were among the many old punk bands I grew up loving, was found dead here in Chicago yesterday. What’s worse is it appears he was murdered. There is a story about it on the Daily Pilot. I [...]
Mar 01, 2008 | Categories: Music News | Tags: chicago, M.I.A., Mike Conley, music, punk | 1 Comment »
