Metal Blade Records to reissue two King Diamond albums
King Diamond has to be the most unique character in the world of heavy metal. Having a career that has spanned a quarter century and divided between time in Mercyful Fate and his self-titled band, the man shows no sign of letting up. Metal Blade Records will be reissuing two classic King Diamond albums on [...]
The Accused – The Curse of Martha Splatterhead
The Accused – The Curse of Martha Splatterhead CD Southern Lord Recordings In the mid to late 1980s, The Accused were one of the premier “crossover” bands and probably played a large part in forming that style of music that became so popular back then, and later went on to influence such genres as grindcore. [...]
Weirdos – Weird World pink vinyl
The Weirdos were one of the first and one of the absolute best punk rock bands ever in the whole world. I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad Weirdos song and their Dangerhouse single is one of the best slabs of punk vinyl ever to be pressed. When Frontier Records first [...]
Rikk Agnew clear vinyl LP
Those wonderful ladies over at Frontier Records sent over a couple of new colored vinyl releases, the first of which is the first solo album by punk rock legend Rikk Agnew. Rikk Agnew – All By Myself LP on clear vinyl For those who don’t know, Rikk Agnew is a punk rock guitar pioneer who [...]
Flipper – Love
Flipper – Love CD MVD Audio I can’t believe it has now been 30 years since the band Flipper started, which means I’m really starting to get up there in age! Of course it also means so are they as the members of Flipper all have about ten years on me but they don’t seem [...]
Riot Fest secret show w/Pegboy
Friday night was the third in the series of secret Riot Fest shows leading up to the rapidly approaching biggest Riot Fest ever. This time the show was to feature Chicago punk rock superstars, Pegboy! I thought this would be a pretty good followup to the last show which featured Naked Raygun. Off With Their [...]
R.I.P. Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll, punk poet, passed away Friday at the age of 60. He passed away at his desk of what was believed to be a heart attack. Back when I was in high school we had his song, “People Who Died” on cart in our school’s radio station and I played that song on nearly [...]
Flipper – Fight
Flipper – Fight CD MVD Audio Flipper was one of the earliest San Francisco punk rock bands and practically invented the genre of “noise rock”. While most bands of the time were playing faster, harder and shorter songs, Flipper played slower, noisier, and longer than just about everyone. Many people didn’t really get it and [...]
Johnny Thunders Who’s Been Talking DVD
Johnny Thunders – Who’s Been Talking? DVD MVD Visual Johnny Thunders lived too short of a life but left behind one hell of a musical legacy before his untimely death. Between his time in the New York Dolls and then later with The Heartbreakers, the man was a goldmine of great music. His contribution to [...]
New Pelican song posted from their upcoming album
Chicago instrumental heavyweights, Pelican, have just posted a new track from their upcoming album, What We All Come to Need. The album will be released on Southern Lord on October 27th and will be the band’s first full-length for the label after spending their entire career thus far on Hydra Head Records. The song is [...]
