The Middle Class – Out of Vogue The Early Material LP random colored vinyl
The Middle Class were a Southern California punk rock band from the late 1970′s who are often credited with putting out the first hardcore 7″ EP with their legendary and extremely valuable Out of Vogue EP. It was the band’s first release and they’d go on to put out another excellent 7″ and a less [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
The Gun Club – The Las Vegas Story LP vinyl reissue
The Gun Club was a blues and country infused post-punk band from California that was around in one form or another from 1979 – 1996. The band was founded by guitarist/vocalist Jeffery Lee Pierce who the band OFF! has a song about that they play at every show as Jeffrey was Keith Morris’ best friend. [...]
The Dicks – These People LP reissue
Around the time that the first Dicks LP, Kill from the Heart, was released that version of the Dicks ceased to exists. In 1983 Gary Floyd packed up and left Texas and moved to San Francisco. It wasn’t long after his arrival that he started a new version of the Dicks with all new members. [...]
The Dicks – Kill from the Heart LP vinyl reissue
In 1980 punk rock was still in its infancy throughout most of the United States and in some places it was actually dangerous to be a punk rocker. Unlike modern times, back then punk rockers were regularly threatened and attacked for looking different and not conforming to the masses. People didn’t get it and the [...]
Poison Idea – The Fatal Erection Years 1983 – 1986 LP
Poison Idea – The Fatal Erection Years 1983 – 1986 LP TKO Records/Southern Lord Poison Idea was a hardcore band from Portland Oregon that started in the early 1980s. They were probably single-handedly responsible for putting Portland on the punk rock map. They put out a couple of EP’s and a compilation on their own [...]
Various Artists – Dangerhouse Volume Two LP orange vinyl
When Frontier Records released Dangerhouse Volume One it made a whole lot of punk rock fans happy because they finally could get their hands on some one the music from the legendary Dangerhouse label at an affordable price. The problem however was that it didn’t contain everything. Quite a few years after they released the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP mixed color vinyl
This weekend it will be time to change the clocks ahead so it will no longer get dark out before you get home from work/school and along with the changing of the clocks comes the changing of the colors… of vinyl. Frontier Records, home of some of the greatest early punk rock album of all [...]
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 [...]
New arrivals in the store
I just updated the store with a lot of older/rare punk records along with a couple of new releases. Check out out right here and pick up some vinyl for your loved ones for Xmas!
Adolescents – Welcome to Reality mixed color vinyl
Way back in the 1980s I got an Adolescents 7″ in a record trade from a good friend of mine. This single was called Welcome to Reality and it quickly became one of my favorite singles at the time and is a record that still gets played regularly whenever I’m listening to old punk records [...]
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 [...]
