Remote Outposts

   Even if you're a casual reader of this blog, I'm sure I don't need to explain the importance or impact that HICKEY made o...

     Peter Stubb has gone by many names in his life: Gary League, Dewayne King, Cannibalistic Retard, Gary Lee Austin, Gary Spit and many...

   For long time readers (or those of you paying attention), this one will be familiar because I've already posted this tape. The reas...

   If you're at all familiar with this blog and many of the artists that I've shared on it, I don't need to tell you why HICKE...

     In the first part of 1998, I spent a lot of time driving between Birmingham, AL and Starkville, MS, sleeping on floors, working in a...

    I grew up in a tiny town in the middle of Alabama and discovered punk when I was in 6th grade through a tape of the MINUTEMEN's ...

   Longtime readers of this blog may ask "Haven't you already uploaded this demo?" The answer would be "Yes...sort of...

   SHOTWELL started back in 1994 (as SHOTWELL COHO) and they continue to (sort-of) exist as a band to this day. To me, and many others, they...

   Iggy Scam put out this tape in 1997 and it brought to life a ton of bands that I had only read about (mostly in SCAM, the zine) or hear...

   In 2005 or 2006, I hitched a ride to Louisville, KY to go see  IMPRACTICAL COCKPIT  play at a little neighborhood bar. They were the on...

   I bought a drum set from my cousin for $100 in 1988 when I was 12 years old. I didn't know how to play it, but I banged on it every...

   Previously, I have rattled  on  and  on  and  ON  about 50 MILLION being the best band in the world, so I will keep my ramblings short ...

STUN GUNS live at Churchill's in Miami. Photo by ??    This very recording right here, which is legendary and almost mythical in my...

   I think it was  my friend, Angie  who first stumbled across this 7" at  American Beat Records  in Birmingham, AL back in 1994. I p...