Bands:
The Bronx
(hardcore punk rock n' roll, my new favorite band,
oh yea, they're from L.A.)
The Nerve Agents
(one of my all time favorite Bay Area horror
hardcore bands. R.I.P.)
X-Possibles
(shredding NYC rebels, with Tibbie-X,
punk rock girl-fiend, on vocals)
A.F.I.
(major label goth punks)
The Deep Eynde
(Hollywood, CA horror punks)
Midnight Creeps
(east coast goth punk rock)
Pitch Black
(Bay Area, CA horor punks, includes
ex-members of The Nerve Agents)
Blackout Shoppers
(bringing back the old school punk rock sound,
the shoppers are fast and furious)
The Wrecking Dead
(punk rock New Jersey psychobilly,
originally from Denmark)
Legs Up!
(Long Island/Brooklyn based hardcore
punk band with influences from the Nerve
Agents and The Bronx)
Another Dying Democracy
(All female grindcore/metal band from NYC)
The Challenged
(local punk boys)
Stockyard Stoics
(Brooklyn's very own hard-nosed political
punks with a message. Kind of reminds me
of early day Propagandhi)
Lady Unluck
(lovely ladies of New York punk rock)
Robot Has Werewolf Hand
(Hard hitting hardcore punk from Brooklyn, NY)
Banana Fish Zero
(NYC rock n' rollers)
The New York Rel-X
(NYC punk rockers. If you loved U.K.'s Vice Squad,
you will love The New York Rel-X)
The Turbo A.C.'s
(NYC surf guitar, greased up punk rock n' roll)
The Distillers
(Now a major label group, hard hitting punk rock with
plenty of hooks. Puts Courtney Love and all female fronted
hard rocks bands before them to shame.)
Rancid
(Godfathers of Oakland/Bay Area, CA punk scene)
Death By Stereo
(Angry hardcore/metal suburban youth from Los Angeles.
Check out the new album: "Into the Valley of Death" - one
of the best hardcore albums of 2003, recorded and mixed
by D.B.S.)
Swingin' Utters
(Bay Area, CA folk punk rockers. Some of the best lyrical
content of any punk rock group anywhere.)
The Fleshies
(Punk rock n' rollers from Oakland, CA. The most berserk
punk
band you will ever see live.)
Labels:
Nekro Records
(Our very own D.I.Y. record label, no managers,
no execs., no agents, no bullshit.)
Hell-Cat Records
(Tim Armstrong from Racid's label.)
Epitaph
(Started D.I.Y. by the boys from Bad Religion)
Nitro Records
(Dexter from Offspring's label, includes original albums
from A.F.I. - "Askin' For It")
Go Kart Records
(Brooklyn, NY punk rock label. Includes early albums from
NYC's Lunachicks)
Fat Wreck Chords
(Fat Mike's from NOFX punk rock label based in S.F.)
Revelation Records
(Southern, CA punk/hardcore label includes an early
release by the Nerve Agents - "Days of the White Owl")
Clubs:
ABC No Rio
(One of the last all-ages punk rock and hardcore
venues in NYC. Check out the punk rock matinee
every Saturday afternoon in the Lower East Side.)
CBGB's
(NYC punk club made famous by the Ramones, Blondie,
and New Wave acts in the 1970's)
