Adolescents LP gravy colored vinyl
This year the first Adolescents LP turns 32 years old. When it came out it was a breath of fresh air and over three decades later it has still held up as one of the greatest punk albums of all time. They were considered a hardcore band at the time when that style of music [...]
Various Artists – The Worlds Lousy With Ideas 7″
Five years ago, Almost Ready Records put out this compilation 7″ featuring three bands and that started a series that is up to its ninth volume (in a variety of formats). For the fifth anniversary of this record it has been reissued with new cover art. First up is Home Blitz. They are a noisy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Burning Sons – Reflective Confessions 7″
The only new Mystic Records recording artist returns with a new EP that is better, stronger, faster (on two of the three songs anyway). Three excellent hardcore/thrash tunes that will remind you of yesteryear. Rating: Burning Sons – Reflective Confessions 7″ Mystic Records Burning Sons is a hardcore band from WI whose claim to fame [...]
Channel 3 – Land of the Free 7″
Two new songs from these punk rock veterans that are as good as it gets. Powerful, catchy mid-tempo songs that will be stuck in your head for days. Great packaging and free bonus tracks in the download!Rating: Channel 3 – Land of the Free 7″ Hostage Records Channel 3 (CH3 for short) has been around [...]
Various Artists – Dangerhouse Volume One LP pink vinyl
Dangerhouse Records was one of the first punk rock labels in the United States and it was easily the best and most influential of all time. In its short lifespan the label put out a handful of great and now legendary records from some of the best bands of the time. The label’s look, logo, [...]
Rikk Agnew – All By Myself LP gold vinyl
Rikk Agnew is probably one of the closest things you’ll find to a punk rock superhero. The man helped form and played in some of the best and most influential bands of all time. His resume includes The Detours, Adolescents, D.I., and Christian Death (a band largely responsible for the invention of Death Rock and [...]
More new arrivals in the store!
The store was updated again with a lot more rare vinyl. This round includes some colored vinyl SE/youth crew rarities as well as some old comps and Misfits records. There’s a lot of really good stuff in there that you don’t see around very often. There’s also a sale now on some Mystic Records CDs [...]
The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette LP vinyl reissue
The Damned is a rare band that not only have they enjoyed a ridiculously long carer (longer than probably any punk band ever) but they also never really put out a bad record. Even their major label records of the mid 1980s where they had a more accessible sound were good (especially Phantasmagoria). One of [...]
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 [...]
Suicidal Tendencies – LP mixed color vinyl
One of the best-selling albums in punk rock history got itself a multicolored tan for the spring. The album I refer to is the first (really the only great) album by Suicidal Tendencies, an album that had no title but had some of the finest songs from the time on it. This classic album has [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume Three
Two new songs in the trademark Naked Raygun style proving once again the band still has it in the songwriting department. Rating: Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume Three 7″ Riot Fest Records As we are about to embark on the fall of another year Naked Raygun deliver the third installment of their 7″ series. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
