New items in the Punk Vault store
I just updated the store with some new items, all vinyl including the new Dr. Know and Ill Repute reissues. Check it out right here and please tell your friends.
D.I. reissues
Last year Nickel and Dime Records did the punk rock and vinyl worlds a service by reissuing D.I. – Horse Bites Dog Cries on colored vinyl. The record had been out of print in the vinyl format for something like a decade, possibly more. I believe when I featured that on this site I mentioned [...]
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 [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex pink vinyl
The ladies at Frontier Records sent over the latest color vinyl pressing of one of the best hardcore punk albums of all time. Circle Jerks – Group Sex The first Circle Jerks LP is now appealing to its feminine side by now appearing on opaque pink vinyl. As with the other recent color vinyl pressings, [...]
The many flavors of Crime – Hot Wire My Heart
Crime were one of the first punk rock bands in San Francisco and in their short career they only put out three singles before breaking up. Their first single, Hot Wire My Heart ended up being a pretty influential little piece of plastic despite the fact that to this day is not an easy record [...]
Suicidal Tendencies 25th Anniversary LP
It’s hard to believe that the first Suicidal Tendencies LP is now a quarter-century old. It is also equally hard to believe that I bought this album for myself 24 years ago, and that my punk rock youth was so long ago. I have no idea where the time went, but sometimes it feels like [...]
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks – Beirut Slump/Shut Up and Bleed
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks – Beirut Slump/Shut Up and Bleed CD Atavistic In punk rock’s infancy, one of the more interesting scenes going on was the No Wave scene happening in New York City. The No Wave compilation is one of those mandatory punk records that should be found in every record collection and [...]
New Christian Death and Adolescents colors
Once again my two favorite ladies in the punk record business, Lisa and Betty from Frontier Records, have made my day by sending over the latest in color vinyl goodness. The first of which just so happens to be my new favorite variation of the particular release. Christian Death – Only Theatre of Pain on [...]
