Adrenalin O.D. – Let’s Barbeque reissue
In the 1980′s, New Jersey was a hotbed of quality hardcore bands. The kingpin of the NJ hardcore scene that revolved around the Buy Our Records label was Adrenalin O.D. who also happened to be one of the best bands that state ever produced. These guy played some great hardcore and had a wonderful sense [...]
Adolescents – Welcome to Reality mixed color vinyl
Way back in the 1980s I got an Adolescents 7″ in a record trade from a good friend of mine. This single was called Welcome to Reality and it quickly became one of my favorite singles at the time and is a record that still gets played regularly whenever I’m listening to old punk records [...]
Government Issue – GI5 vinyl reissue
Government Issue was one of the two longest running punk rock bands from Washington DC (Fugazi being the other one) and they were certainly one of the best bands to ever come from that area. The band was rare in the fact that they got better as the years progressed while most bands got worse [...]
Adolescents – The Complete Demos purple vinyl
It has been awhile since we’ve seen some new colored vinyl action from Frontier Records. Some distributor problems and the summer saw a vinyl drought from one of the longest running and finest punk labels from the west (best) coast. That drought has finally ended with a new color vinyl pressing of an Adolescents LP, [...]
The Undertones LP vinyl reissue
The Undertones were a punk rock band that actually started before the first wave of punk rock and quickly found their calling after hearing bands like the Ramones and Sex Pistols. They were from Ireland and were together from roughly 1975 – 1983 with their first album being released in 1979. They were a band I [...]
The Clash – Black Market Clash vinyl reissue
Way back in October 1980, Epic Records in America released an EP that collected a bunch of Clash songs that weren’t available on any releases domestically. This EP was a 10″ vinyl record that was part of Epic’s line of EP’s called Nu-Disk. Cheap Trick was another notable band to have a 10″ on Epic [...]
Suicidal Tendencies LP smoke colored vinyl
Much like the changing of wardrobes from winter to summer clothes, the Suicidal Tendencies LP (I’m talking about the only Suicidal Tendencies LP that matters, the first one) went and got itself all dolled up for the summer time. This new color is easily one of the best looking variations that this LP has ever [...]
Christian Death – Only Theater of Pain 30th anniversary remastered edition
The first Christian Death album was a masterpiece and a very influential piece of vinyl that was way ahead of its time. Nothing sounded like it when it came out and honestly while it certainly helped to pioneer the movement known as goth, I can’t think of any band that really sounds like Christian Death [...]
The Briggs – Back to Higher Ground LP
The Briggs are a Los Angeles punk rock band that is celebrating their tenth birthday this year. The band has built up quite a following with not only putting out some very strong albums but also through a lot of touring. They have been on a few Warped Tours over the years and have also [...]
The Wake – Harmony vinyl reissue
The Wake were a post-punk band from Glasgow that formed in 1981 and ended up joining the Factory Records label alongside many bands of similar ilk. The Wake stuck around a lot longer than most and even recently have been recording and playing occasional gigs or special events. They released their first LP, Harmony, way [...]
Crispy Ambulance – The Plateau Phase vinyl reissue
Crispy Ambulance was a band from Manchester, UK that formed in 1977 but didn’t release their first album until 1982. They were label mates with Joy Division on Factory Records and left only a few singles and this one album in their wake before disbanding the same year their album, The Plateau Phase, was released. Crispy [...]
Section 25 – Always Now vinyl reissue
Section 25 was a post-punk style band from the UK that formed in the late 1970s. They quickly became label mates with Joy Division on Factory Records which was no coincidence as the two bands shared a somewhat similar sound. Section 25 put out one 7″ before recording their debut LP, Always Now, which was [...]
The Exploited – Troops of Tomorrow vinyl reissue
The Exploited were quite prolific in their early years. In the same year as their debut LP was released they also released a live album and the following year, 1982, saw them release another new studio album, Troops of Tomorrow. Just like the first album, this one was also originally released by Secret Records. Musically the [...]
The Exploited – Punks Not Dead vinyl reissue
While I was never a fan of The Exploited, I knew plenty of people who were. The band was an early point of entry for a lot of punks in the early 1980s and turned on a bunch of people I knew to British punk rock. Their music wasn’t overly original for the time but [...]
Chicago Thrash Ensemble reissue
The Chicago Thrash Ensemble 12″ EP was one of the best records to come out of Chicago the past couple of years. On top of the great music on the record, the packaging was really cool too and so was the price (especially when compared to what some labels are charging for their releases these [...]
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – Smashed Hits vinyl reissue
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry was a band that formed in the UK in 1981 and lasted about ten years in various incarnations before calling it a day back in 1991. In their wake they left a bunch of singles and a couple of albums. Their first two albums did so well for being on a [...]
Adolescents LP turquoise vinyl
Spring means spring cleaning and there was some cleaning going on over at the pressing plant. They cleaned out the plates of the old color of the first Adolescents LP on Frontier Records and they poured in a brand new color just in time for Easter. Much like the Circle Jerks LP I wrote about [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP rootbeer vinyl
It is officially spring which means the grass turns green again, the weather hopefully warms up, skateboarding season has begun, the birds start chirping, and legendary punk rock albums get pressed on new colors of vinyl! Yes, with the changing of the seasons so comes the changing of the vinyl colors for the first Circle [...]
Motörhead first LP vinyl reissue
In 1983 Chiswick Records (who had the good taste to sign The Damned after they left Stiff) released the first Motörhead LP and a metal/rock and roll institution was born that still lives on today. Motörhead is one of the longest running metal bands in history and they were certainly one of the more influential [...]
The Clash – Give ‘Em Enough Rope vinyl reissue
A year after they released their first album (in the UK at least), The Clash followed it up with a second full-length titled Give ‘Em Enough Rope. It was released way back in 1978 in both the UK and the US and as far as the US went it was the first Clash album released [...]
The Cheifs – Holly-west Crisis LP
The Cheifs were one of the best of the early Southern California punk rock bands that many of you may not have heard of. The band’s output consisted solely of one 7″ and two compilation appearances. The band came and went almost in the blink of an eye but man did they leave behind some [...]
The Clash first LP vinyl reissue
The Clash were one of the first UK punk bands in the 1970s and one of the more diverse. The band achieved some mainstream success too with a few of their later records before the band splintered apart and members went their separate ways (or put out one final album under the Clash name which [...]
Agent Orange – Living in Darkness vinyl reissue
Way back in 1981 the legendary Posh Boy Records released the first LP by Agent Orange which is easily one of the best Southern California punk rock albums of the decade it was released in. Living in Darkness featured eight songs that blended surf with melodic punk. While everyone started playing hardcore, Agent Orange stuck [...]
The Meatmen – War of the Superbikes vinyl reissue
When I was a teenage punk rocker all I cared about was skateboarding, records, and video games. Now that I’m a middle-aged punk rocker most of that is still true as well. Back when I was a lot more resilient and skillful on a board, I borrowed the first Meatmen LP, We’re the Meatmen and [...]
