Right from the starting gun this comp is quite awesome. The first band here, POISON PLANET opens with a song called “The Victim,” which bears a postscript on the lyric sheet that reads, “Drugs and alcohol taken willingly do not make you any less culpable for your actions.” Right fucking on. I see my opportunity, […]
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My creepazoid lurking around rad old punkers’ Facebook profiles (what?) is always bearing fruit, but never more so than today. It appears obsessive archivist and collector Dwayne “Bonedog” Mileham has uncovered quite a gem! This is a long lost, three-track SADO-NATION basement recording from 1982/83. Details are hazy but it seems these snarly Portland ragers […]
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Mark Zweck (aka Mark of the Beast) sent in these great shots of Melbourne, Australia’s STRAIGHTJACKET NATION playing Berlin’s Koma F, on October 8, 2010… If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send to: photoblog@maximumrocknroll.com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your […]
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If you prefer to get your philosophy from inside a dead dog’s asshole like I do, then you need to know about Dennis Worden. In addition to contributing hilarious comics to anthologies like Weirdo or punk fanzines like Flipside in the early ’80s, he made a variety of minis about some old favorite things, like […]
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FIRESTARTER — Saturday Night (Is the End of the World) / Rock’n’Roll People 7″ Fuck yeah!! This is brand-fucking-new material from the incredible Japanese powerpop/punk band FIRESTARTER!! For anyone who is not familiar with them, they the group that rose from the ashes of TEENGENERATE with Fink at the helm. FIRESTARTER is as fucking amazing […]
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