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...

Category - Reviews

Sienna Nanini – Pants Down Time LP

The first new Dangerhouse release in more than three decades is every bit as genre defying and quirky as you’d expect from this cast of eclectic musicians. Not for the closed minded. Sienna Nanini – Pants...

Dead Ending – Dead Ending II

A five-song EP of hardcore that is as good as it gets and comfortably familiar. Fans of Articles of Faith will find this EP especially appealing! Dead Ending – Dead Ending II 12″ EP Alternative Tentacles...

Claw Toe – 12″ EP

Experimental post-punk with a hint of indie rock and industrial effects make for an interesting and entertaining record despite its cheap packaging. Claw Toe – 12″ EP Criminal IQ Records Claw Toe is a band...

Circle Jerks – My Career as a Jerk DVD

[amazon_image id=”B009ES41TK” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ] Circle Jerks – My Career As A Jerk[/amazon_image] An excellent documentary that pulls no...

The Crowd – No Other 7″

The Crowd – No Other 7″ Hostage Records It’s a rare thing when a good punk band from the old days sticks around for a decade, let alone three of them. It is even more rare when a band can stick around...

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. Burning...

Channel 3 – Land of the Free 7″

Two new songs from these punk rock veterans that are as good as it gets. Powerful, catchy mid-tempo songs that will be stuck in your head for days. Great packaging and free bonus tracks in the download! Channel 3...