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The Suicide Commandos
Why do we record hunt and dig through racks, boxes and crates of albums? Sometimes it’s because we’re out there looking for “the one”. “The one” you’ve missed and “the one” masterpiece you haven’t...
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Alice Donut
Having lived most of my life in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I’ve only met about 4 or 5 people who knew about Alice Donut before I would start talking about them. I knew about them because Dead...
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Norman Bates & The Showerheads
When I spotted this record, I was already familiar with the band name from a cassette comp I had called New York Scum Rock Live at CBGB’s that was released on the Roir label. Other bands on that comp...
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Bizarros & Rubber City Rebels: “From Akron”
If it weren’t for The Candy Snatchers covering “Such A Fool” by Rubber City Rebels on their Human Zoo (1998) album, I probably would’ve passed by this record. From Akron (1977) is a double shot of...
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Anti-Nowhere League
Anti-Nowhere League is an English punk band that got together in 1980 and it wasn’t long before they released their first single “Streets of London.” The B-side is a song called “So What” that was...
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The Standells
I once read their music described as “primordial punk” and it’s a description that really fits. The term “punk” is used and abused so much that it doesn’t really mean anything anymore. When a...
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Angry Samoans
“Lights Out” was featured on the Rhino Records punk comp Faster and Louder: Hardcore Punk. That two volume series, along with the Alternative Tentacles Let Them Eat Jellybeans comp were the “big bang”...
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My Top Ten Favorite Albums Part 1
Around the late 1970′s/early 1980′s The Medved brothers had written a series of books on “so-bad-they’re-good” films. When I was younger I used to pour over those books, along with Danny Peary’s...
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Record Store Spotlight: Vertigo Music
Around 1998 I was dating a girl who lived in the Reading area of Pennsylvania. I remember the first time she took me to this record store that was right down the street from where she lived. That...
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PAGANS
Sometimes people ask me how I’ve heard of the music that I listen to. ”How did you hear of these guys?” There’s a lot of ways to find out about music – impulse purchases, reading liner notes of...
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The Punk Comp That Changed My Life
…. Okay, so maybe it didn’t change my life but it played a critical role in shaping my musical taste. I grew up in a dull, sterile suburb outside of Philadelphia. There was no music scene going on and...
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