Selections from The Punk Vault – White Flag
The first place that I ever heard of White Flag was in one of two places: the We Got Power compilation or Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume One. A much younger me would have been able to tell you which of the two it was but the current me isn’t as sharp as he once was. [...]
Dazzling Killmen live at Lounge Ax
I was digging through the Spontaneous Combustion office last night and pulled out my boxes of DATs of shows I recorded. In the early 1990s I used to go to a ton of shows and I used to audio record them. I first had a Sony Professional Walkman D3 but one year after a big [...]
Robotic Empire offer free sampler compilation
It has been a long time since the last free Robotic Empire sampler (over four years, in fact) and while there’s no physical version this time around, the label is still excited to announce its latest 18-track sampler for 100% FREE download! 18 tracks over 52 minutes within 101 megabytes, with cover art and heaps [...]
Rik L Rik Lost Album available for free download
Those of you who are fans of the first wave of Los Angeles punk rock likely know who Rik L Rik is. Rik was in F-Word, he was the second singer in Negative Trend, and then had a brief solo career that had a couple of starts and stops. If you want to catch up [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault – Dazzling Killmen
Back in the early 1990s, I spent a hell of a lot of time going to shows at Lounge Ax in Chicago. That place was one of the best clubs ever in the world and at that time they were getting the coolest bands. During the late 1980s/early 1990s I was splitting time between listening [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Toothpaste]
Toothpaste – EP (1983 Schwa Records) Toothpaste were a band from my own city that I really didn’t know anything about until recently. I had heard the name mentioned a couple of times over the years but never gave it much thought. It wasn’t until the end of last year when the band along with [...]
A new episode of LFCM (two seasons later!)
It only took the passing of two seasons and the unfortunate ending of my relationship with the girl I was in love with since I was 15 (a story I may write about in the near future if anyone gives a shit about reading about me and not just the punk rock) to bring you, [...]
New LFCM site
Yesterday while staying inside avoiding the arctic cold I re-did the LFCM site. I personally think it is much better than the old site which I wasn’t really very happy with. Go over and check it out and please let me know what you think, and be sure to download the latest episode of the [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [The Matchheads]
The Matchheads – Cadillac 7″ (1981 Artiste Records) My first exposure to The Matchheads didn’t happen until about 20 years after this record was released. In fact if it wasn’t for a couple of songs from this single being included on a compilation, you wouldn’t be reading this right now and I could possibly have [...]
A new LFCM show just posted
I just updated the LFCM site with the latest episode. Go on over and check it out and let us know what you think. If you want to subscribe to the podcast feed, you can do that here.
LFCM Emergency Broadcast
There is a new episode of LFCM that is now available to download. This is a special emergency episode all about the big 30 Years of Punk show we are putting on June 3rd. What is the 30 years of punk show you ask? Well, click the image below and find out. Provided I survive [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Love Canal]
Love Canal – It’s a Dogs Life so Blow it Out Yer Ass LP (1985 National Trust Records) I forget which compilation appearance it was that I first heard Love Canal on. It was either Clockwork Orange County, Covers, or the Half Skull (Insane Industries) compilation, regardless of which it was, I thought they were [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Neon Christ]
Neon Christ – EP (1984 Social Crisis Records) Like many bands on the monster-sized list of ones I like, my first introduction to Neon Christ came from a compilation. I had to be maybe 15 years old when the P.E.A.C.E. compilation was released on R Radical Records. This double LP was chock full of more [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [F-Word]
F-Word – Shut Down 7″ (1978 Posh Boy Records) Note: Since this originally “aired”, F-Word founding member, Dim Wanker, contacted me and wanted to share his story of the F-Word history, as it is much different than the Posh Boy version. I being the one of the belief everyone should have their say, I was [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [DYS]
DYS – Brotherhood LP (1983 XClaim! Records) I can’t recall how I first heard of DYS (short for Department of Youth Services). I imagine it was either through reading about them in a fanzine, or it was the simple fact that they had a record out on XClaim! and being a fan of The F.U.’s, [...]
New LFCM episode!
I just posted the newest episode of “Live From Combustion Manor” up on our radio site. This is the first episode from the November recording session and I truly feel it is our best one so far. There is quite a diverse selection of tunes and entertaining stories. You can download the episode right here. [...]
A new year and a new episode of LFCM!
In an effort to start the new year right, I just posted the newest episode of our radio show, Live From Combustion Manor. This is the last episode from the October recording session. Coming soon is the first one from the November session. You can download the newest episode here. As always, we welcome your [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Xmas 2005]
SSD – Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 7″ (1992 Taang! Records) Since I’m pretty sure I didn’t do a Xmas themed selection last year, I wanted to do one for this xmas. It came to me the other night what to pick and here you go. I’m not going to do a full blown history on [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [999]
999 – Wild Sun 7″ (1982 Albion Records) 999 was one of the first two punk bands I ever heard (the other being the Sex Pistols) and started me on a path that forever changed my life. It is safe to say that without 999, you wouldn’t be visiting this site today as who knew [...]
LFCM 10.2005 episode 4!
The new episode of LFCM (Live From Combustion Manor) is now available for download. This one ended up being a bit shorter than other parts due to some mysterious technical difficulties. There is plenty of great old punk music to be heard, as the serums continue to flow. Download the podcast here. Visit the LFCM [...]
LFCM October 2005 episode 3 now available!
I just posted the newest episode of our “Live from Combustion Manor” (or LFCM for short) radio show/podcast (or punkcast as I’d like to call it). Lots of great old punk tunes and some (hopefully) entertaining stories and whatnot from myself and my beloved Klowns from Destroy Everything. Click the image below to download the [...]
New “Live from Combustion Manor” show posted!
I just posted part two of the recent “Live from Combustion Manor” radio show! You can download the show right here. You can visit the site for the LFCM show at http://radio.punkvinyl.com. We’d appreciate any feedback on these shows, so if you love them, hate them, etc, leave a comment of send an email to [...]
