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SFU

Posted on February 19, 2012 | Leave a comment

SFU – Dublin Street Punk

SFU / Never First

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The GC-5

Posted on February 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

The GC5 (Grady Coffee Five) was a punk rock band from Mansfield, Ohio, formed in 1997 and split in 2003.
The GC5 provided a political charge to their music comparable to that of The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers. Lyrics included themes of social and political discontent, leftist politics, and the struggle of the working class. In 2000, The GC5 released their debut album Kisses From Hanoi, and in 2001, the band released the EP Horseshoes and Handgrenades. In 2002, the band released the album Never Bet the Devil Your Head. While most definitely presenting the sound of the streetpunk genre, the album was noted for not relying on the street fighting, hard-drinking themes that overruns many of the genre’s songs. In 2003, Thick Records re-released their two albums Kisses From Hanoi (which was out of print) and Horseshoes and Handgrenades (which was originally only available as an import) on one CD. It was the final release from the band…READ MORE

The GC-5 Live in Chicago

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The Sultans of Ping FC

Posted on January 30, 2012 | Leave a comment

The Sultans of Ping FC are an Irish band formed in 1988 by Niall O’Flaherty, Pat O’Connell, Paul Fennelly and Ger Lyons. The band’s name is a play on the Dire Straits song “Sultans of Swing”, dating from a time when “it was sacrilege to say anything whatsoever funny or nasty about Dire Straits”.

Following a number of line up changes the band came to the attention of the UK and Irish music press, when the humorous pop-punk song “Where’s Me Jumper” was released. After several other independently released singles, the band signed to Epic Records, through a deal organised by Rhythm King Records’s Martin Heath.

With Epic, the band released their debut album Casual Sex In The Cineplex, and its follow up Teenage Drug. Already a cult hit in the UK, by this time The Sultans Of Ping were also becoming popular in Japan, with many tracks gaining release in that market only. The latter album was called Teenage Planet Sexy War in Japan, and included the single “Michiko”…Read More

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Sultans of Ping – veronica, Limerick December 2010

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Pussy Riot

Posted on January 27, 2012 | Leave a comment

All-girl Russian punk band rages against Putin
Jan 26 01:45 PM US/Eastern

Wrapped up against Russia’s midwinter in vivid balaclavas, brightly coloured minidresses and not much else, eight members of an all-girl punk group stood on a platform in Red Square and started an impromptu show.
“Riot in Russia!” they screamed, before taunting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and urging Russians to hit the streets in protest.

The band, Pussy Riot, has been gaining Internet notoriety after their January 20 gig of sorts, the latest in a string of impromptu performances to protest Putin’s candidacy for the presidency.

The radical feminists’ eyecatching show in front of Saint Basil’s Cathedral lasted mere minutes, but long enough for them to let off smoke flares, wave a flag and strum an unplugged guitar. Police let the women play a short song lampooning Putin — twice — before detaining them…READ MORE

Группа Pussy Riot жжет путинский гламур

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1983 Series on the Punk Rock Movement

Posted on January 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

1983 Punk Rock Series on KTTV Channel 11 News. 5-day look at the Punk Rock Movement from England to Los Angeles starting in the late 70′s. This is part 1 of a 5-part series aired nightly one week in 1983 on the Los Angeles Channel 11 News.

1983 Punk Rock Series On KTTV Channel 11 – Pt. 1

 

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The Flatliners

Posted on August 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Flatliners are a punk rock/ska punk band from Richmond Hill and Brampton, Ontario, Canada.[1] Since their formation in 2002, The Flatliners have been a growing influence in the Toronto punk/ska scene as well as other areas of the Greater Toronto Area. They are currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords[2] and Stomp Records (Canada). As well, they won the inaugural, annual “Best Band Ever” award given by the Edmonton Vinyl Blog DigitalIsDead. The small publication has also named their third LP, “Cavalcade” the front runner for their annual “Record Of The Year” award for 2010…read more

The Flatliners – Freds Got Slacks

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The Hanson Brothers

Posted on April 21, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Hanson Brothers are a Canadian punk rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia and led by John and Rob Wright and Tom Holliston, all members of the punk rock band Nomeansno.

The Hanson Brothers’ band name references characters in the cult ice hockey film Slap Shot. Heavily influenced by the music of the Ramones and the sport of ice hockey, the band appears to be a self-conscious attempt to construct a set of simplistic Canadian male personas and accordingly simple music that alludes to the sorts of deeper philosophical issues NoMeansNo is prone to tackling. The band’s music is frequently referred to as “puck rock.”

Hanson Brothers – 02 – We’re Brewin’




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American Steel

Posted on April 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

American Steel is an American punk rock band formed in 1995 in Oakland, California. When offered their first show, the group took their name from the block-long sign on the warehouse across the street. After playing at parties and smaller venues around the Bay Area for over a year, and undergoing several lineup changes, the band bought a van and embarked on their first tour of the US, lasting 32 days and covering 12,000 miles…read more on Wikipedia and visit the band’s facebook Page

American Steel “Old Croy Road” LIVE


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Wild Flag

Posted on March 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

WILD FLAG is a Portland, Oregon and Washington DC based quartet consisting of Carrie Brownstein, Mary Timony, Rebecca Cole, and Janet Weiss. The members of WILD FLAG have played in numerous and notable bands, including but not limited to: Helium, The Minders, Croissant Cocktail, Feeble Knees, Quasi, Dogz, Sleater-Kinney, @@@, The Consortium, Asia, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks…read more

Update: September 6, 2011 – Video: Wild Flag: “Romance” – Lunch hour hijinx from this indie supergroup

Wild Flag on Facebook

Wild Flag – Future Crimes – 11/13/10 (Portland)


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The Steam Pig

Posted on January 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Steam Pig began at Halloween, in Dublin, Ireland in 1994.  According to Boz, the Bass player, they began as a unit of agents on special commission to weed out two bit ideology peddlers and mental incompetents at local punk gigs. The band specialized in fast and furious punk and hard core with “blood curdling vocals, fuzzy speeded up guitars and car crash drumming.”

Steam Pig CDs, including the few remaining copies of Deep Fried Obedience on the planet, are available at Rube Records

THE STEAM PIG – Live 17/6/2000 Dublin Part 1


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