Jun
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death.
Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early ’70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death’s music— and band name—too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A Band Called Death chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of the attic and found an audience several generations younger. Playing music impossibly ahead of its time, Death is now being credited as the first black punk band (hell…the first punk band!), and are finally receiving their long overdue recognition as true rock pioneers.
Jun
UNLOCKING THE TRUTH IS TWO COOL KIDS!
If this doesn’t put a smile on your face and warm your heart, then you’re already too far gone to save.
Jun
HEY COMIC BOOK WEIRDOS, JUST SAW THIS ON THE PORK BLOG.
LIKE IT SAYS, MARK YOUR CALENDERS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS.
PHONO DUDES
LAST GASP UNDERGROUND COMIX MEGA SALE!!! JUNE 26TH!!!
OUR CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS AT LAST GASP OF SAN FRANCISCO HAVE plumbed the depths of the Last Gasp vaults and emerged with a mind-boggling array of vintage underground comix, spanning the 60s through the 90s, each one more weird and spectacular than the last. NOW IS THE TIME TO SEIZE THE MOST FUCKED UP COMIX OF HAZY DAYS GONE BI!!!
Weirdo, Lonely Nights, too many of my favorite comics are represented in these bundles and I’m filled with horrible panic to think of our stock being plundered by brutish comics fans – but don’t let that stop you. Many of the best comic artists of all-time can be witnessed within these collections in their tender beginnings. Some of them went on to have life-long comics careers and others remain obscure, a memento of forgotten genius.
Artists include: Robert Crumb, Dan Clowes, Spain Rodriguez, Dori Seda, Lynda Barry, Gilbert Shelton, Diane Noomin, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Peter Bagge, Jay Kinney, Dennis Worden, Kaz, Trina Robbins, S Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Bill Griffith, Ted Richards, Mats?!, Krystine Kryttre, Shawn Kerri, Justin Green, Terry Boyce, Joyce Farmer, J Bradley Johnson, and many, many more.
Underground comics aficionados can choose between several different bundles, including: Zap, Young Lust, Weirdo #1, Weirdo #2, Sexy Strange, Sex and Dope, Firkin, Last Gasp, Strange Undergrounds, Political Undergrounds, Wimmen’s Comix, Zippy, Fantasy Sci Fi #1, Fantasy Sci Fi 2, Adults Only, Classic Underground, or the highly recommended GIANT BUNDLE, which includes 74 comics and will make you instantly cool. JUST ADD DRUGS. These bundles will be available on fab.com for a limited time starting on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th! Mark your calendars!
Jun
THE PLUGZ - HOMBRE SECRETO
Cool fan video for our favorite version of the 1964 TV show theme song Secret Agent Man originally by Johnny Rivers.
Jun
SURF PUNKS- MY BEACH 1980
Jun
LET”S GO TO THE BEACH
It’s suppose to break a 100 degrees here in Sacto, we suggest everybody head out to a beach of your choosing.
Here are some righteous surf jams to get you moving this morning and to inspire you to get that vehicle packed up and ready to go pronto like!
May
We’re not the first, hope we’re not the last
Cause I know we’re all heading for that adult crash
The time is so little, the time belongs to us
Why is everybody in such a fucking rush
Make do with what you have
Take what you can get
Pay no mind to us
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
I was early to finish, I was late to start
I might be an adult, I’m a minor at heart
Go to college, be a man, what’s the fucking deal
It’s not how old I am, it’s how old I feel
Take your time
Try not to forget
We never will
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
We’re just a minor threat
That’s a promise
May
POLYROCK - ROMANTIC ME 1980
Polyrock was an American post-punk/New Wave band formed in New York City in 1978 and active until the mid-1980s. Strongly influenced by minimalism, the group was produced by the composer Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi. The band, led by singer/guitarist Billy Robertson (formerly of the group Model Citizen), had a keyboard-heavy, pattern-based sound strongly reminiscent of Glass’s work; in fact, Glass performed on their first two albums.
May
1979 Promo poster for Rock N Roll High School.
Don’t let it be another boring day at the office. Instead bust out the headphones and watch the movie at your desk using the link above.
What are your favorite Rock n Roll movies?
Enjoy!
May
MICHAEL MONROE - BALLAD OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE
Check out the new video from Michael Monroe’s upcoming album “Horns and Halos”, which should be out August 2013.
A rockin tune with a cool punky edge reminds us of his time with Demolition 23.
