Bleeding Through
The Truth
Label: Trustkill Records
Released: 2006
Brandan Schieppati - lead vocals, guitars
Brian Leppke - guitars
Dave Nassie - guitars
Ryan Wombacher - bass, backing vocals
Marta Peterson - keyboards
Derek Youngsma - drums, percussion
1. For Love and Failing -3:33
2. Confession -2:39
3. Love in Slow Motion -4:35
4. The Painkiller -2:36
5. Kill to believe -3:57
6. Dearly Demented (feat. Nick 13 from Tiger [...]

Agression
Don’t Be Mistaken
Label: BYO Records
Released: 1983
Mark Hickey - vocals
Henry Knowles - guitar
“Big” Bob Clark - bass guitar
Bruce. W – drums
1. It Can Happen
2. Brain Bondage
3. Non Person
4. Body Count
5. Money Machine
6. No Mercy
7. Don’t Be Mistaken
8. Intense Energy
9. S.A.T.C.
10. Locals Only
11. Insomnia
12. Secret Sex
13. Stop the Clock
14. Cat Killer
I read an article recently about a [...]

I am basing this on two factors, one band’s name was chosen for pure shock value only, no statement, no true meaning or thought was behind the name, and second by choosing a stupid name for shock value, you have guaranteed no main-stream success ever.

Number 10
Nip Drivers
Stupid name, racial stereotype. Forgotten band.

Number 9
Tar Babies
Stupid [...]

Social Distortion
Greatest Hits
2007 – Time Bomb Recordings
Produced by Various
Mike Ness - Vocals, Guitar
Dennis Danell - Guitar (tracks 1-9)
Brent Liles - Bass (tracks 1- 2)
Derek O’Brien - Drums (tracks 1- 2)
John Maurer - Bass (tracks 3-10)
Christopher Reece - Drums (tracks 3-9)
Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham - Guitar (tracks 10-12)
Charlie Quintana - Drums (tracks 10-12)
Brent Harding - Bass [...]

My Top 10 Photographers
Number 5
Alison Braun (Mouse)

I met her once, through a friend. She was the subject of many crazy Flipside letters, but produced a huge amount of great images for Flipside, and that crappy ‘zine Maximum Rock & Roll. She once dated a friend of mine, and took all the pictures for [...]

The Exploited
Punk’s Not Dead
1981 – Secret Records
Produced by Dave Leaper and The Exploited
Wattie Buchan - vocals
Big John Duncan - Guitar, Vocals
Gary McCormack - Bass guitar, Vocals
Dru Stix - drums
1. Punk’s not Dead – 1:51
2. Mucky Pup – 1:42
3. Cop Cars – 1:52
4. Free Flight – 3:35
5. Army Life, Pt. 2 – 2:37
6. Blown to Bits [...]

Sex Pistols
Pretty Vacant (single)
1977
Warner Brothers Records
Producer Chris Thomas, Bill Price
John Lydon - vocals
Steve Jones - guitar
Paul Cook - drums
Glen Matlock – bass (and feet-washing)
01 Pretty Vacant
02 No Fun
In the past couple of years I’ve written a couple of times about Wayside, and some of the characters I met there. As I was preparing to [...]

Plasmatics
Butcher Baby (7 inch single)
1980
Stiff UK Records
Wendy O. Williams - Vocals,
Richie Stotts - Lead guitar
Michael David - Bass
Stuart Deutsch – Drums
01 Butcher Baby
02 Fast Food Service (Live)
03 Concrete Shoes
Years ago, a little while after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, my Brother and I had a roommate named Jeff. Jeff was a really good guy. [...]

Royal Flush
Issue: 5
Released: Summer 2008
Featured:
Patton Oswalt
Chip Kidd
Slash
Danzig
Henry Rollins
Mindless Self Indulgence
Back in 1984, I was hanging out with a girl whose name I won’t mention, because this story is a bit too specific, and a bit strange.
Anyway, we were sort of going out for about three months (my maximum back then). One day after school [...]

Bad Religion
New Maps Of Hell
Label: Epitaph Records
Released: 2007
Produced: Joe Barresi
Greg Graffin vocals
Brett Gurewitz guitar, background vocals
Greg Hetson guitar
Jay Bentley bass, background vocals
Brian Baker guitar
Brooks Wackerman drums
01. 52 Seconds
02. Heroes & Martyrs
03. Germs of Perfection
04. New Dark Ages
05. Requiem for Dissent
06. Before You Die
07. Honest Goodbye
08. Dearly Beloved
09. Grains of Wrath
10. Murder
11. Scrutiny
12. Prodigal Son
13. The [...]