Incredible Kidda Band – B*tch! 7″
Back when the Incredible Kidda Band (also known as just Kidda Band) was an active band, they went largely overlooked despite making some great power-pop singles that fit in well with the sounds of the early punk scene at the time that it was just starting to emerge. The band not only recorded and released [...]
Joe Hebert Band – I Don’t Want to be a Preppy 7″ reissue
In 1981 a fellow by the name of Joe Hebert who would later become a comedian, graduated from a Rhode Island high school and decided to make a record. He enlisted some musicians from a local band called The Tits and released a two-song single. They made very few of them and it wasn’t even [...]
The Mentally Ill – Strike the Bottom Red LP
The Mentally Ill was one of the earliest punk bands from Chicago and they were easily one of the most demented and twisted punk bands ever. They put out one 7″ which became a KBD classic a decade or so after its release (and after the band vanished) and back when they released it they [...]
The Normals – So Bad So Sad LP
The Normals was a band from New Orleans that formed in early 1978 and is largely regarded as the first punk rock band from New Orleans though the band themselves never had aspirations of being so, it just sort of turned out that way. The band only stuck around for a couple of years and [...]
Kidda Band – Fighting My Way Back 7″ reissue
Kidda Band was a British power-pop band that formed in 1976. They put out a handful of singles that never really set the world on fire but were good in their own right. Of course not every band gets the appreciation they deserve when they are still around and actively putting out records, sometime 20 [...]
The Nubs – I Don’t Need You 7″ reissue
New Hampshire wasn’t known for producing many punk rock bands. In fact other than the fact that GG Allin originated from there I can’t think of any other bands from that state that I have ever heard of. Before GG Allin though there was a band called The Nubs who put out a 7″ way [...]
The Features – Floozie of the Neighboorhood 7″ vinyl reissue
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in three decades of collecting punk records is that for every great record I’ve heard or owned, there are dozens that I’ve never heard of or missed out on due to their obscurity and rarity. The sad result of this is that a lot of great records flew [...]
Critical Mass – Silver Screen 7″ reissue
Critical Mass – Silver Screen 7″ reissue Last Laugh Records Critical Mass was a band from Florida that started around 1973 but it wasn’t until 5 years later when the band discovered punk rock that it would release its first (and only) record. You probably never heard of the band before (and neither did I [...]
Hammer Damage – Laugh/Automatic Lips 7″ reissue
Hammer Damage formed in 1978 in the Akron, Ohio area when Mike Hammer and Dave Zagar left the Rubber City Rebels. They put out a 7″ single and later a 12″ EP, their “Laugh/Automatic Lips” 7″ single going on to KBD rare status decades after the band’s demise. The 7″ is a great slice of [...]
The Mentally Ill – Gacy’s Place 7″ reissue
Way back in 1979 a little-known punk rock band from the Chicago area (Deerfield to be exact) had the distinction of being one of the earliest punk bands from the Windy City (the actual first Chicago punk band title is widely accepted as belonging to Tutu and the Pirates). The band was called The Mentally [...]
