My name is Dave, and I grew up in Minnesota listening to the many punk & hard core bands that I'm featuring here. More important though, is that I'm not just posting the stuff that like, but I'm making an attempt to document every band that had something to do with the punk scene in Minnesota. From your Husker Du & Replacements to Dirt Poor & the Kung Fools. Bands that played bars, and bands that played basements and garages. I'd like it all represented here.
I'd also like your help. I can't possible do it all by myself, so if you want to see something here, let me know. If you see something on the net that deserves a mention here, let me know. If you'd like to contribute, let me know.
If you are in a band that I've posted here, and you want your stuff removed, just ask, and it will be removed. Most of my posts are links to other people's posts. Some of it is from my personal record collection. It is my intent to only post stuff that you can not otherwise buy. Long out of print stuff. If I link to stuff that is in print, I will try to include a link to actually purchase it. That won't happen very often though, since I try to post only stuff that I know to be out of print. If the band has an official website, I'll try to post a link to it. If I get something wrong, or you'd like to contribute something, let me know.
All I ask is that you enjoy the crap I post and if you have any suggestions, send me an email at: webbastard at mnpunk.com
No Statik is a bay area band but with one important tie to the land of 10 bajillion Mosquitoes. Mark Wilcox. Old folks like me will remember him from Destroy! & Impetus Inter. I know him as my former roommate at the THD house. That bastard used to pull his loose hair out of his dreads while showering and leave them hanging on the shower curtain rod for the rest of us to enjoy. Oh, and the only guy in the house to send his clothes home to mom to wash and fold for him. True story. However, Mark is also one of the nicest guys on the planet. The Mark I knew would bend over backwards to help out a complete stranger, and I’m guessing that has not changed.
So while this band may not be from MN, Mark is, and for that I gladly link up this video of their entire set at Chaos in Tejas 2011.
This is another band that used to shake the walls practicing at the THD House in Minneapolis. Mark lived there, and was in this band at the same time he was in Destroy!. Of course Erik was also in D4. Dave Hake always struck me as a very quite, very nice guy. Then he’d go down the basement and scream his lungs out.
From LastFM:
Impetus Inter were an emo /hardcore band, a ctive from 1994 to 1996.
History and Members:
Summer of 1994 – The West Coast Tour
“Classical” Impetus Inter:
Mark Newman – Guitar
Mark Wilcox – Guitar
Amanda Huron – Drums
Ian Rhoades – Bass
David Hake – Vocals
Valerie Taylor – Roadie and Artistic Consultant
Andy Upright – Roadie
The West Coast Tour culminated in the recording of both the “Youth Jihad” 7” (Bloodlink) and the Self-Titled 7” on Three Speed Records. During Impetus Inter’s stay in San “Don’t Care Much About Places” Diego. Punctuated with van breakdowns and back breaking financial losses, Impetus Inter became a vehicle of resolve rather than dismay enjoying consecutive shows with emo movers and shakers who were the best and finest of their day. Impetus Inter continued to push forward. Ian left for Ecuador, and the long line of bass players began.
Patrik Dousa, Tara Anderson, and Tim Canan played bass in this interim period.
February and Summer of 1995 – The Ten Day Tour and North American Tour
“Empire” Impetus Inter:
Mark Newman – Guitar
Mark Wilcox – Guitar
Amanda Huron – Drums
Eric Funk – Bass
David Hake – Vocals
Valerie Taylor – Roadie
The fabled Ten Day Tour with Cerebellum label-mates Dillinger Four covered the Midwest interior, crystallized the “Candy Bars Are Easy” concept (petty theft is to be encouraged), and moved the ground for our grand constituency, with a great initial send off from the fabled Detroit Festival of 1995.
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