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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45 Grave – Pick Your Poison LP

A diverse album with its foundation true to the 45 Grave death rock style. Well worth the 27 year wait for a new album! 45 Grave – Pick Your Poison LP Frontier Records Back in the early 1980s 45 Grave was one of...

All Ages The Boston Hardcore Film DVD

[amazon_image id=”B008J79ELW” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]xxx ALL AGES xxx the boston hardcore film[/amazon_image] An excellent documentary on the original...

Spokanarchy! DVD

[amazon_image id=”B005Q50V0S” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium”]SpokAnarchy![/amazon_image] A nice document of the 1982 punk rock scene in Spokane, WA that...

Avengers – Self-titled deluxe reissue

A reissue more than two decades in the making of this seminal punk album. One of the best punk albums of all time and a true classic in a nicely packaged reissue that only loses points for not including the lyrics in...

Public Image Limited – Live at Rockpalast 1983 DVD

Public Image Limited – Live at Rockpalast 1983 DVD WDR/MVD There’s no question that the first three Public Image Limited albums are post-punk masterpieces. They will go down as legendary in the annals of...

Beware of Safety – Leaves/Scars

It was a long time coming but it was worth the two year wait for Leaves/Scars is even more diverse and layered than the band’s previous (and excellent) output. A must-own for post-rock fans! Beware of Safety...

Beneath Oblivion – From Man to Dust

Doom metal with more complex song structures and post-rock/post-metal influences that result in a very interesting and heavy album that gets better with each successive listen. Beneath Oblivion – From Man to Dust...