Hardcore Podcasts
September of 2010 I put together eight Hardcore Podcasts. You can check them out here if you are interested. For more insight into how I came up with the years 78-90 for the First Wave you can read about The Hardcore Superiorty Myth.
Category Archives: Punk Rock
The Sturgeons – Punk Rock Virgins
Sturgeons – Punk Rock Virgins // Forward Disorder (Social Blemish Records) 1980. Here’s an old KBD single from Canada that has a Skinnies, Normals, Bureaucrats, maybe even Stiff Little Fingers feel to it. What was it with those Canadians? So … Continue reading
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Normal Man – That Joyless Vibe
Normal Man – That Joyless Vibe (self-released cassette) 2010. I can’t begin to describe how good this Normal Man release is. In a fair world, Normal Man from Leeds, UK would be wearing Meat Dresses to the VMAs while Lady … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Rock, UK, post-hardcore
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Von Beat – Nuke Wave Music
Von Beat – Synthetic Environment // Of Course I Care (VVV Records) 1981. I’ve finally gotten around to uploading some more stuff so I should have a string of posts here for a bit. Hmmmm….what colossal, epic extract of musical … Continue reading
Stun Guns – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Murder
Stun Guns – I Can’t Believe it’s Not Murder, Brand New Year // Hitman, Bullet in the Head (Starcrunch Records) 1995. Y’know something that is just totally under-represented on this site is punk rawk from the 1990′s. Why is this? … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, Punk Rock
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The Endtables – Process of Elimination
Endtables – Process of Elimination (Drag City Records) 2010. A lot has already been said on various interweb sources about The Endtables recently. See, Drag City has recently released a compilation of the bands material that includes all six songs … Continue reading
Posted in Louisville, Punk Rock
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Lubricated Goat – Shut Your Mind!
Lubricated Goat – Shut Yer Mind // In The Wrong Hands (Sympathy For The Record Industry) 1992. I was just reading last night about Eric Davidson’s new book We Never Learn – The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001. It looks like … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Gunk, Punk Rock, Sludge
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The Scabs – So Called Friends
The Scabs – So Called Friends // Frozen Faces (Refused Records) 1981. I first became aware of The Scabs on the great Bloodstains Across Belgium comp that came out back in the 1990s. The A-Side of this single is on … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, New Wave, Punk Rock, Uncategorized
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Ice and the Iced
Ice and the Iced – Rock’pn’Roll, Polyschyzophrenya // We’ve Had Enough, Freezer (Trux Records) 1980. As I may have mentioned before, there is punk and then there is PUNK. Ice and the Iced fall into the latter category. The dude … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Punk Rock
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Marquis De Sade – Air Tight Cell
Marquis De Sade – Air Tight Cell // Henry (Terrapin Records) 1978. How about a little French New Wave? Marquis De Sade were a proto-New Romantic band from Rennes, France that went from being a noisy post-punk act to a … Continue reading
Posted in Art-Punk, Cold Wave, France, New Wave, Punk Rock, Uncategorized, post-punk
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Rocky Mountain Low
A great companion (precursor really) to the Local Anesthetic compilation from a few years ago, Rocky Mountain Low captures the early punk rock days of the Denver/Boulder scene and shares them for posterity. In fact, Rocky Mountain Low presents itself … Continue reading
Posted in Denver, Punk Rock
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