In the early to mid-1970’s my Mom owned two different Oldsmobile ‘98’s, A gold one, and then a green one. These two cars were music central growing up. Both cars had an 8-track player, and depending on what music my Mom was into at the time, that’s what we were exposed to. I had a [...]

Spoken Word, featuring Henry Rollins/Jeffrey Lee Pierce/Therese Covarrubias Bebop Records, Reseda, CA Tuesday, May 8, 1984 Admission $5.00 Time: 8:00 I agreed to go to this thing with a friend of mine, Matt Karlsen. I wasn’t really into spoken word shows. It was still some years off before I would get turned onto Charles Bukowski, [...]

Blitz Never Surrender 45 1982 – No Future Records Carl Fisher – Vocals Charlie Howe – Drums Neil “Mackie” McLennan – Bass Alan “Nidge” Miller – Guitar 01 – Never Surrender 1:33 02 – Razors in the Night 1:53 I first discovered Blitz on the 1982 Posh Boy album Punk and Disorderly; it was the [...]

The Gaslight Anthem The ’59 Sound SideOneDummy Records Producer Ted Hutt Released August 19, 2008 Brian Fallon – lead vocals, guitar Alex Rosamilia – guitar, backing vocals Alex Levine – bass, backing vocals Benny Horowitz – drums, percussion, tambourine 1. Great Expectations – 3:05 2. The ’59 Sound – 3:09 3. Old White Lincoln – [...]

Adolescents Adolescents (The Blue Album) 1981 – Frontier Records Tony Cadena – Vocals Casey Royer – Drums Rikk Agnew – Guitar Frank Agnew – Guitar Steve Soto – Bass 01 – I Hate Children 02 – Who Is Who 03 – Wrecking Crew 04 – L.A. Girl 05 – Self Destruct 06 – Kids of [...]