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 [...]
Government Issue – Fun Just Never Ends vinyl reissue
Doctor Strange Records just released the newest chapter of its Government Issue vinyl reissue series! Government Issue’s third full-length, The Fun Just Never Ends, has just been reissued on vinyl for the first time in about 25 years. The Fun Just Never Ends was originally released way back in 1985 on Fountain of Youth Records. [...]
Government Issue – G.I.’s First Demo purple vinyl
After being out of print for a few years now, the Government Issue – G.I.’s First Demo 7″ EP is back in print for a limited time. Released on my own label, Spontaneous Combustion Records, this EP features a pre-Legless Bull Government Issue and is a true DC Hardcore artifact. All the songs on this [...]
Win a Government Issue Joyride test pressing!
The good doctor, he being Doctor Strange Records, has just reissued one of the finest punk rock albums of all time, Government Issue’s Joyride. You may be aware of this from a post I made about it last week. In honor of this monumental release, Doctor Strange was generous enough to provide this test pressing [...]
Government Issue – Joyride LP reissue
One of the finest punk rock records ever to come out of Washington DC just got a long overdue reissue on vinyl and that is the masterpiece titled Joyride by Government Issue! This was the band’s second album which originally came out in 1984 on Fountain of Youth Records and is easily one of their [...]
Government Issue test pressing contest!
In honor of the newly released reissue of Make an Effort, the good Doctor (Strange that is) graciously gave me an extra test pressing of it to give away to one lucky visitor of this site. All you have to do is fill out the form below. The rules are simple. Limit 1 entry per [...]
Government Issue – Make an Effort reissue
One of the most essential and perfect hardcore punk 7″s of all time just got yet another reissue. I am talking about Government Issue – Make an Effort. This four song piece of perfection has been reissued perhaps more times and on more labels than any old punk record I can think of (I think [...]
