Category Archives: Seattle

The Beakers – Red Towel

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Joe

The Beakers – Red Towel // Football Season is in Full Swing (Mr. Brown Records & Tapes) 1980. Wow, all that hardcore put me in a skronky mood and you just can’t get much more skronkorific than this excellent band … Continue reading →

Posted in New Wave, No Wave, Seattle, post-punk | 2 Comments

Art Object – Ride The Metro

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Joe

Art Object – Ride The Metro (Constant Motion Records) 1980. This is an excellent slice of US Art-Punk weirdness that spans the gamut from total experimental no wave noise to a proto-hardcore song. Along with Chinas Comidas, it’s also another … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Punk, New Wave, No Wave, Seattle | 4 Comments

Chinas Comidas – Peasant/Slave

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Joe

Chinas Comidas – Peasant/Slave // Lover Lover (Exquisite Corpse Records) 1978. Chinas Comidas were a very early new wave/punk band from Seattle. Labelling them as anything is kind of ridiculous because in reality bands like Chinas Comidas just did what … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Punk, New Wave, No Wave, Punk Rock, Seattle, post-punk | 4 Comments

The Fluid

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Joe

My favourite band of the original Sub Pop grunge explosion did not even come from Seattle. They came from Denver. And they really weren’t grunge either. The Fluid were for all intents and purposes, a garage punk band but they … Continue reading →

Posted in Denver, Garage Punk, Punk Rock, Seattle | 15 Comments

The Accused – Martha Splatterhead EP

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Joe

The Accused – Martha Splatterhead, Distractions, Martha Splatterhead // Slow Death, Take My Time, Fucking 4 Bucks(Condar Records) 1986. The Accused will be releasing their back catalogue shortly and in honour of that I thought I would post their very … Continue reading →

Posted in Metal, Seattle, hardcore | 4 Comments

The Melvins – Oven

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Joe

The Melvins – Oven | Revulsion/We Reach (Leopard Gecko) 1989. Jaysus! Does anyone remember when Ozma came out? I do that’s fer shure. I know, I know…Gluey Porch Treatments was the first LP but let’s face it, unless you were … Continue reading →

Posted in Metal, Punk Rock, Seattle | 18 Comments

The U-Men

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Joe

I believe I was living in Tulsa at the time and I was pretty far removed from what was going on in the Pacific Northwest. I knew this girl who had the Sub Pop 2000 Box Set and it blew … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Punk, Punk Rock, Seattle | 7 Comments