16 May
Total Noise
Released 1982
Total Noise Records
1. Blitz - Voice of a Generation
2. The Business - Loud, Proud, ‘N’ Punk
3. The Gonads – TNT
4. Dead Generation - Francine
Many times in life, whether you’re listening to music or watching a movie, or maybe a TV show, you get crazy, unexpected flashbacks of people you were with when you […]
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09 May
Punk and Disorderly
Released 1982
Posh Boy Records - PBCD 131-2
1. Vice Squad - Last Rockers
2. The Adicts - Straight Jacket
3. UK Decay - For My Country
4. Disorder - Complete Disorder
5. Peter & the Test Tube Babies - Banned From the Pubs
6. Disrupters - Young Offender
7. Red Alert - In Britain
8. Blitz - Someone’s Gonna Die
9. Dead […]
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02 May
The top 10 punk artists as picked by Mike E.
(all pictures are linked to larger versions, just click ‘em)
Number 10
Fred Tomaselli
Fred Tomaselli’s was all right. Very abstract, but the stories were either very weird or pretty funny.
Rating: *** ** three out of five stars.
Number 9
John Crawford
John Crawford had a very distinct jaggy style. […]
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25 Apr
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Studio: First Look Pictures
Released: 2003
Director: George Hickenlooper
Run Time: 94 minutes
Tori Amos
Green Day
Beck
David Bowie
Clem Burke
Belinda Carlisle
Dramarama
Exene Cervenka
Cher
Alice Cooper
Elvis Costello
The Runaways
Michael Des Barres
Pamela Des Barres
Henry Diltz
John Doe
Corey Feldman
Kim Fowley
Oasis
Jed the Fish
Debbie Harry
George Hickenlooper
Mick Jagger
Davy Jones
Kato Kaelin
Lance Loud
Courtney Love
Annabella Lwin
Ray Manzarek
Johnny Marr
Chris Martin
Paul McCartney
Mackenzie Phillips
Poe
Monique Powell
Keanu Reeves
Paul Reubens
Brooke Shields
Nancy Sinatra
Phil Spector
Gwen Stefani
Danny Sugerman
Pete Townshend
George […]
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18 Apr
Human Hands
Trains Vs Planes
January 1981 – Faulty Products
Producer: Human Hands
David Wiley Vocals
Juan Gomez Guitars
Rick Potts Bass & Sax
Bill Noland Keyboards
Dennis Duck Drums
1. Trains Vs Planes - 4:00
2. Blue Eel - 2:50
Some time in January 1981, I was at Moby Disc in Sherman Oaks for my weekly trip with my Mother and Brother. When we […]
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04 Apr
Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Staircase (Mystery) Single
Label: Poyldor Records
Released: March 23, 1979
Produced: Nils Stevesson
Siouxsie Sioux- vocals
John McKay - guitar
Steven Severin - bass
Kenny Morris - drums
1 The Staircase (Mystery) – 3:06
2 20th Century Boy – 1:59
There was a time between 1977 or 1978 to 1979 when I was a bit unclear of the definition […]
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28 Mar
Back in High School (Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, CA) I had a friend I met on my first day of school. I was already into the punk scene, and this guy Rob L. was completely the opposite, straight-laced business major. Anyway, on the first day we kept bumping into each other in different classes, […]
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07 Mar
Germs
Lexicon Devil
1978 – Slash Records
Producer: Geza X
Darby Crash - vocals
Pat Smear - guitar
Lorna Doom - bass
Nicky Beat - drums
1. Lexicon Devil
2. Circle One
3. No God
First off, I have a bit of a gripe! Once in a while I mention my old band, Cold War, in this column. Back when I put the band […]
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15 Feb
Various Artists
Wasted: A Tribute to Black Flag
October 10, 2002 - Sanctuary Records
Producer Various
1. Exene Cervenka & Henry Rollins - Wasted (0:53)
2. Driller Killer - Rise Above (1:56)
3. Ice-T - Police Story (1:33)
4. Henry Rollins - TV Party (3:33)
5. Jeff Moreira - I’ve Heard It Before (1:37)
6. Mike Patton - Six Pack (2:15)
7. Pennywise - […]
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08 Feb
Samhain
Initium
1984 – Plan 9 Records
Producer: Glenn Danzig
01 - Initium / Samhain
02 - Black Dream
03 - All Murder All Guts All Fun
04 - Macabre
05 - He-Who-Can-Not-Be-Named
06 - Horror Biz
07 - The Shift
08 - The Howl
09 - Archangel
Glenn Danzig- Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums on Archangel
Eerie Von - Bass
Steve Zing - Drums on all songs except Archangel
Lyle Preslar […]
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