The English Beat Preview: 2010 Western United States Tour

One of the earliest and critical Ska revivalist groups, The Beat formed in Birmingham, England in 1978. However, to avoid confusion for Phil Collins’ band of the same name, in the United States they are classified as The English Beat. Possibly why the band is so well-liked among fans of various genres, the band manages to create a distinctive Read more

Off! – First EP

Everything is alright in the world when Keith Morris is fronting a new Hardcore band. It certainly doesn’t hurt that the members of the band backing him up are guys who have done time in Redd Kross and the Hot Snakes. These four songs are just about as stripped down as you can get, with the longest track clocking in at just over a minute long. Read more

The Reactionaries – 1979

For any die hard fan of the Minutemen these Reactionaries recordings would no doubt be seen as absolutely essential listening. With that being said I am just about as casual of a Minutemen listener as anyone could be. However it is clear from these original practice recordings that Mike Watt, D. Boon, and George Hurley had already been tinkering with aspects of a sound Read more

PTL Klub – Complete Discography

Sometimes you hear about bands that other bands would get nervous about playing with and usually because they would blow any other band off stage. However with PTL Klub it was not the music that people were intimidated but rather the members of the band who were notorious for intimidating people who got in there way. Allegedly these guys gave 7 Seconds a decent scare Read more

Ultra Violence – Brick Rain

The first half of this C.D. is made up of new recordings of old Ultra Violence songs and the second half presents the old, more raw and lo- fi recordings that the band did in the 1980’s. Ultra Violence definitely had the New York mosh thing going on and it’s not hard at all to picture these guys sharing bills with Agnostic Front or The Mob while gnarly skinheads bashed each others heads in on Read more

Traveling around Europe with The Adicts – 2010 European Tour

Big Wheel overseas photographer Dod was sent out with The Adicts as they travel around Europe to a bunch of Gigs. Dod brings back his storys and photos of what went on. Read more

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