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. [...]
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 [...]
Flyboys – Crayon World
The fine folks at Frontier Records have a brand new release under their belts. This one comes in the form of a reissue of a long out of print 7″ that totally deserved to be brought back to life. Flyboys – Crayon World 7″ The Flyboys had the distinction of being the very first release [...]
Selections from The Punk Vault [Peace Corpse]
This particular feature has been a long time coming. When I was a freshman in high school I heard a Peace Corpse song on Kathy and Shrub’s radio show on our high school radio station. The song was called “Jocko Macho” and I was an instant fan. I used to record their shows because my [...]
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 [...]
