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Polygraph, The Reckoning, Your Arsenal, Silver Snakes, Therapy Session Mr. T's Bowl, Highland Park, CA Friday, February 11, 2011 Admission $5.00 Time: 8:00 PM Like every show I go to, it seems like all the real drama seems to happen outside of the club. From the moment we got off the freeway, on some dark little side street, next to a 7-11, the neighborhood starts going downhill. We make a right on Figueroa, and as we drive further, and further down Figueroa, the city turns into a ghost town. [...]

Number 10 The Decline of Western Civilization III Studio: Spheeris Films Director: Penelope Spheeris Released: 1998 In some ways this film is a bit better than the first Decline, in that there is a stronger message (homelessness, and the lack of true political impact the initial 1980's Los Angeles punk movement had), but the first Decline will always have a sentimental place in my heart. Performances by four bands were filmed: Final Conflict, Litmus Green, Naked Aggression and The Resistance. Rating: *** three out of three stars. [...]

Dropkick Murphys The Meanest of Times Label: Born & Bred Records Released: September 18, 2007 Al Barr – vocals Marc Orrell – guitar, accordion, vocals James Lynch – guitar, vocals Ken Casey – bass, vocals Matt Kelly – drums, bodhran, vocals James "Scruffy" Wallace – bagpipes Tim Brennan – mandolin, tin whistle, acoustic guitar Spider Stacy – vocals on "(F)lannigan's Ball" Ronnie Drew – vocals on "(F)lannigan's Ball" Rick Barton – additional guitar on "The State of Massachusetts" 1. Famous For Nothing [...]

Rat Music For Rat People Vol. 1 Label: Go! Records Released: 1982 1. DOA - America the Beautiful 2. DOA - Fucked Up Ronnie 3. Flipper - Life 4. Circle Jerks - Live Fast, Die Young 5. Bad Brains - How Low Can A Punk Get? 6. Bad Brains - Don't Bother Me 7. Crucifix - Steel Case Enclosure 8. Dead Kennedys - Forward To Death 9. Dead Kennedys - I Am The Owl 10. Black Flag - Scream 11. TSOL - Weathered Statues [...]

If you're looking for a good time, you should try to make it out for The Liquor Store Tour featuring Symbol Six, Soul Trash and Off By An Inch . The tour is making it's way through California, Washington, Oregon, and possibly a few dates in Canada. Dr. Strange Records just announced the re-release of Symbol Six's classic Posh Boy EP, make sure you catch them on tour. Check out the Facebook page !

Time Again (naked) Drop-Out Records Released: 2009 Daniel Dart - Vocal Elijah Reyes - Guitar Kris Idol - Guitar Jake Margolis - Drums Oren Soffer - Bass 1. Lines Are Faded 2. Cold Concrete 3. Black Night 4. Broken Bodies 5. Never Give Up 6. I Go Back 7. T.V. Static 8. Me And You 9. Lucky 10. Outcast 11. Karen's Song In their first album released outside of the Hellcat/Rancid label(s), (naked) is a [...]

Oi: A View from the Dead-End Of the Street By Garry Johnson (with Garry Bushell) Babylon Books 1981 I had been a fan of British Punk and Oi for a little while before I came across this book at Moby Disc in Sherman Oaks one Friday evening. This was the first time I was able to see pictures of what these guys looked like, prior to this book I could only get a glimpse of these bands under two conditions: 1. If they put their picture on their singles/albums [...]

Million Kids, GFP, Symbol Six, The Gears Molly Malone's, Los Angeles, CA Saturday, January 15, 2011 Admission $10.00 Time: 8:30 PM Every once in a while you luck out, and you get to hang out with, and meet some of your childhood heroes, well this night was one of them. As I've said a million times before, some of the best memories I have of shows always tend to be the stuff that happens outside of the clubs. The small talk, the drama, and friends you make, this night [...]

Weasel Music Valley West, Tarzana, CA April 1982 (unsure of exact date) Admission $7.00 Time: 8:00 PM ? - Vocals Chris Wahl - Drums ? - Bass Randy Clark - Guitar In my tenth grade year, 1981-1982, I was attending Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, CA. One afternoon, as I was leaving school, I walked into the back parking lot, where all the kids were boarding their buses, and as I walked by one of the buses there was a bus driver with real long [...]

I had the pleasure of seeing The Briggs live this past summer (Saturday, July 10, 2010), and have to say they are an incredible live band. A week later I bought their 2008 album Come All You Madmen, and it has been on heavy rotation ever since. Since then vocalist Joey Briggs has put out an EP, and done several small club appearances. Overall, a very creative guy, read on: 1. First off, I want to thank you for agreeing to do this interview. I wanted to ask you about [...]

Blitz All Out Attack 73 EP August, 1981 - No Future Records Carl Fisher - Vocals Charlie Howe - Drums Neil "Mackie" McLennan - Bass Alan "Nidge" Miller - Guitar 1. Someone's Gonna Die – 2:29 2. Attack – 1:38 3. Fight to Live – 1:59 4. 45 Revolutions – 1:40 This was the first release from the mighty Blitz. I first heard Blitz on the 1982 Posh Boy album Punk and Disorderly. Someone's Gonna Die. This was exactly the type [...]

Hudley Flipside Presents: Panic Movement, Pretty Mess, The Black Widows, Rikk Agnew Weber's Place, Reseda, CA Saturday, January 8, 2011 Admission $8.00 Time: 9:30 PM Every once in a while get the privilege to attend a show that is so perfect that you wonder if you're going to get to see a better show. This was the first of a series of shows put on, and promoted by the legendary Hudley Flipside. I have to say, she knocked this one out of the park. [...]

Battalion of Saints Second Coming Nutrons Records Released: 1984 George Anthony - vocals Terry "Tezz" Bones - guitar Ken Ortman - bass Mark Bender - drums 1. My Mind's Diseased 2. Animal in Man 3. Right or Wrong 4. Holy Vision 5. Buddies and Pals 6. No More Lies 7. Second Coming 8. Beefmasters 9. Fair Warning 10. Too Much Fun 11. Intercourse 12. Solitary is Fun 13. No Time 14. Doomed World 15. [...]

About a week or so back we did a readers poll of the top 10 of 2010, well. . . . I couldn't keep my opinions to myself. So, with further ado here is my top 10: 10. Against Me – "White Crosses" 9. GBH – "Perfume and Piss" Great political punk rock that everyone should check out! 8. Bad Religion – "30 Years [...]

Bad Brains Pay To Cum 73 Bad Brains Records Released: 1980 Producer - Jimi Quidd H.R. - vocals Dr. Know - guitar Darryl Jenifer - bass Earl Hudson - drums 1. Pay to Cum (1:33) 2. Stay Close To Me (2:29) When it comes to the Bad Brains I am definitely in the minority here, never been a fan. Whenever they would come to Los Angeles everybody, including my Uncle, would rush to see them. Over the years I've gotten used to [...]

Flogging Molly Float Released: March 4, 2008 SideOneDummy Records Producer: Flogging Molly Dave King – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán, banjo, spoons Bridget Regan – fiddle, tin whistle, uillean pipes, vocals Dennis Casey – guitar, vocals Matt Hensley – accordion, concertina Nathen Maxwell – bass guitar, vocals Bob Schmidt – mandolin, banjo George Schwindt – drums, percussion 1. Requiem for a Dying Song - 3:30 2. (No More) Paddy's Lament - 3:24 3. Float - 4:53 4. You Won't Make a [...]

Strange Reaction Readers Poll The Top 10 Albums of 2010 All right, back on December 30, 2010, we posted a call for your favorite albums of 2010. And here are the results! If you don't like them . . . well, you should've voted! OFF won with a landslide vote, and then the rest came in with some strong votes. Enjoy, and vote again next year! 1. Off!: First Four EPs 2. Devo: Something For Everybody [...]

These Boots Are Made For Kickin' Liberula Barriguda January 2007 Producer Various 1. 7 Seconds - Fuck Your Amerika 0:49 2. 100 Flowers - Reject Yourself 2:29 3. Agent Orange - Bloodstains 1:53 4. Angry Samoans - You Stupid Jerk 0:23 5. Bad Brains - Attitude 1:27 6. Black Flag - GimmeGimmeGimme 1:46 7. Circle Jerks - Wild in the Streets 2:33 8. Code of Honor - What the Price Will Pay 1:58 9. Conservatives - Suburban Bitch 1:20 10. Controllers - Jezebel 3:01 [...]

2010 is just about over, so before Mike E. can do another Top 10 list (featuring albums by Bruce Springsteen, and Meat Loaf), we want to hear what your favorites were. Voting has already started on our Facebook page. So far we've had votes for: Off - First Four EP's Devo: Something For Everybody and mentions of Street Dogs self-titled album, Symbol Six 's Monsters 11, or Your Arsenal (demo). So, what's [...]

Time Again Darker Days Released: February 19, 2008 Hellcat Records Producer: Mike Green Daniel Dart - Vocals Elijah Reyes - Guitar Oren Soffer - Bass Ryan Purucker - Drums 01. Day Like This - 2:00 02. Soon It Will Be - 2:46 03. One Way Or Another - 1:56 04. Lines Are Faded - 2:33 05. Darker Days - 2:34 06. Lucky - 2:06 07. Montreal (Street Kids) - 2:00 08. Lookin' Back - 3:08 09. Movin' On - [...]