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Selections From The Punk Vault – The Bees

Way back in 1986 I had a promo copy of the first Skulls album, Dress Up and Die, sent to me from Buy Our Records. They used to send me records to review in my fanzine, Spontaneous Combustion. I played that record and became an instant fan. While it...

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Selections from The Punk Vault – White Flag

The first place that I ever heard of White Flag was in one of two places: the We Got Power compilation or Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume One. A much younger me would have been able to tell you which of the two it was but the current me isn’t as...

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Dazzling Killmen at Lounge Ax. Photo by MXV in 1993?
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Dazzling Killmen live at Lounge Ax

I was digging through the Spontaneous Combustion office last night and pulled out my boxes of DATs of shows I recorded. In the early 1990s I used to go to a ton of shows and I used to audio record them. I first had a Sony Professional Walkman D3 but...

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Selections from The Punk Vault – Dazzling Killmen

Back in the early 1990s, I spent a hell of a lot of time going to shows at Lounge Ax in Chicago. That place was one of the best clubs ever in the world and at that time they were getting the coolest bands. During the late 1980s/early 1990s I was...

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Selections from The Punk Vault [Peace Corpse]

This particular feature has been a long time coming. When I was a freshman in high school I heard a Peace Corpse song on Kathy and Shrub’s radio show on our high school radio station. The song was called “Jocko Macho” and I was an...

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Selections from The Punk Vault [Toothpaste]

Toothpaste – EP (1983 Schwa Records) Toothpaste were a band from my own city that I really didn’t know anything about until recently. I had heard the name mentioned a couple of times over the years but never gave it much thought. It...

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Selections from The Punk Vault [Seattle Syndrome]

Various Artists – Seattle Syndrome Volume One (1981 Engram Records)  It has been ages since I’ve done one of these and of course when inspiration strikes, it ends up being a record on a label that I know very little about and was unable...

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Selections from The Punk Vault [The Matchheads]

The Matchheads – Cadillac 7″ (1981 Artiste Records) My first exposure to The Matchheads didn’t happen until about 20 years after this record was released. In fact if it wasn’t for a couple of songs from this single being...

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Selections from The Punk Vault [Kid$ for Ca$h]

Kid$ for Ca$h – No More Walls 7″ EP (1985 Town of Hardcore Records) I don’t recall how I heard about this band initilally, it was either a review in something like MRR or I simply bought this record in...

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April 21, 2006

Selections from The Punk Vault [Love Canal]

Love Canal – It’s a Dogs Life so Blow it Out Yer Ass LP (1985 National Trust Records) I forget which compilation appearance it was that I first heard Love Canal on. It was either Clockwork Orange County...

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April 5, 2006

Selections from The Punk Vault [Pillsbury Hardcore]

Pillsbury Hardcore – In a Straight Edge Limbo 7″EP (1985 Fartblossom Records) I can’t recall how I came to hear of Pillsbury Hardcore, it was either from a compilation or it was just by reading the...

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March 13, 2006

Selections from The Punk Vault [Neon Christ]

Neon Christ – EP (1984 Social Crisis Records) Like many bands on the monster-sized list of ones I like, my first introduction to Neon Christ came from a compilation. I had to be maybe 15 years old when the P.E.A.C...

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February 15, 2006

Selections from The Punk Vault [F-Word]

F-Word – Shut Down 7″ (1978 Posh Boy Records) Note: Since this originally “aired”, F-Word founding member, Dim Wanker, contacted me and wanted to share his story of the F-Word history, as it is...

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February 6, 2006

Selections from The Punk Vault [DYS]

DYS – Brotherhood LP (1983 XClaim! Records) I can’t recall how I first heard of DYS (short for Department of Youth Services). I imagine it was either through reading about them in a fanzine, or it was the...

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January 25, 2006

Selections from The Punk Vault [Xmas 2005]

SSD – Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 7″ (1992 Taang! Records) Since I’m pretty sure I didn’t do a Xmas themed selection last year, I wanted to do one for this xmas. It came to me the other night what...

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December 25, 2005

Selections from The Punk Vault [999]

999 – Wild Sun 7″ (1982 Albion Records) 999 was one of the first two punk bands I ever heard (the other being the Sex Pistols) and started me on a path that forever changed my life. It is safe to say that...

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December 14, 2005

Selections from The Punk Vault [The Catatonics]

The Catatonics – Hunted Down 7″ EP (1984 Anorexic Nympho Records) The Catatonics were among the many standouts on the Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume Two compilation. Their song, “Descending in E”...

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November 28, 2005

Selections from The Punk Vault [I Braineater]

I Braineater – Artist Poet Thief LP (1985 More Records) Being more than a huge Skinny Puppy fan, I would take notice of such things as the people who were doing their artwork and all kinds of other things related...

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November 1, 2005