The Punk Vault

F.U.’s – Death Squad Nostalgia

F.U.’s – Death Squad Nostalgia EP Yankee Vandal Records F.U.’s are a legendary hardcore band from Boston, MA. In the early 1980s, Boston had a really great hardcore punk scene back when that genre was just starting to spread across...

The Berzerkers – Can’t Stand Still LP

The Berzerkers – Can’t Stand Still LP Hostage Records Hailing from the punk rock hotbed known as Orange County, CA, The Berzerkers present us with their debut album on Hostage Records, a label with impeccable taste. The Berzerkers play...

Pezz – More Than You Can Give Us LP

Pezz – More Than You Can Give Us LP Truant Records Hailing from Memphis, TN, Pezz has been around since 1989. While they haven’t been as active recently as they were in the past, they seem to surprise us every now and then with new...

Spider – Energy Gone Wrong 7″

Spider – Energy Gone Wrong 7″ Cpryt Cntrl Records Spider is a fairly new Southern California punk rock band and this three song 7″ is their debut release. While you may not be familiar with them, if you are a fan of early...

Channel 3 – The Bellwether 12″ EP

Channel 3 – The Bellwether 12″ EP Hostage Records It is amazing to think about that next year, Channel 3 will celebrate 40 years of being a band! Four decades! It is scary to think how fast that time has flown by if you have been a long...

Hotlips Messiah – Disco Miscarriage LP

Hotlips Messiah is one of the best and most underrated Chicago punk bands of the last 15 years. They’ve been around a long time and have played a ton of shows in the Chicago area but somehow they aren’t the household punk rock name they...

Channel 3 – Put ‘Em Up LP

Channel 3 – Put ‘Em Up LP TKO Records Few things make me happier than great punk bands I grew up listening to still playing and making music. It is even better when the reason the is still at it is that they are still friends and...

Sorex – Portrait Of a Prisoner LP

Sorex – Portrait Of a Prisoner LP Radio Raheem Records By the mid 1980s, hardcore punk was spreading like wildfire and there was a punk scene in pretty much every major city in the United States, and many in the suburbs too. While the genre...

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Brick and Mortar and Love DVD

[amazon_image id=”B00BLXAURI” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Brick And Mortar And Love[/amazon_image] A documentary about Ear X-tacy Records in Louisville and...

Nashville Pussy – Up the Dosage

I really wanted to like this album… Nashville Pussy – [amazon_link id=”B00GTSVKEC” target=”_blank” ]Up the Dosage[/amazon_link] Steamhammer/SPV Seventeen year old me would absolutely...

In Heaven There is No Beer DVD

[amazon_image id=”B00D3LA7F6″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]In Heaven There Is No Beer[/amazon_image] A documentary on the Kiss or Kill scene in Los Angeles...

The Damned – Tiki Nightmare DVD

[amazon_image id=”B009H3LO74″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Damned – Live Live Live: Tiki Nightmare[/amazon_image] A great live document of one of the...

Sweet Cobra/Get Rad – Split 7″

Two of the midwest’s finest current bands team up to knock one out of the park. Sweet Cobra/Get Rad – Split 7″ Underground Communique Records The midwest has always been a hot spot for great punk rock...

Doro – Raise Your Fist

Metal’s original “iron maiden” continues her reign as the genre’s long-standing queen. Doro – Raise Your Fist Women in metal are in a precarious position. They’re either noted more...

Ultra Bidé – DNA vs DNA-c LP

Quirky and noisy indie rock/punk ala the Amphetamine Reptile or Skin Graft style bands in their heyday. Ultra Bidé – DNA vs DNA-c LP Alternative Tentacles Records Ultra Bidé Have been around in one form or another...