Reunion Show

very brief video of my old band, the Kung Fools, reunion show in September 2005. – Tim Fool
Kung Fools myspace page:
Old man and the Sea

Sorry about the poor quality. It was optimised for dialup connections back in the 90’s on BasementShows.com.

Interview with Paddy & Eric

Here’s a great interview with Paddy & Eric. Paddy does an excellent job in this interview of describing the mid-late ’90s punk scene. There are a lot of things he says in this interview that are right on the money, and he does a good job of articulating the state of things back then.

Call More Dudes – Live at Taco Johns

Eau Claire, WI – 10/26/07:
When Friday night’s show at Nate’s Dungeon was shut down by the cops, we somehow ended up loading the gear into Taco John’s. Thanks to the help of Taco Sean, history was made.

"Theres a whole lotta hardcore goin on, goin on at Taco John’s!"

Impromptu punk shows are kind of a novilty.   Punk fans of th 90’s will remember Dirt Poor doing a simillar thing in the back of a U-Haul at the Uptown Bar.  That’s pretty punk rock!

Lung Cookies Compilation

Smoke Seven/Your Flesh

The influence of Your Flesh was pretty heavy since almost half the bands are from Minnesota.  Classic early 80’s Minnesota punk from Final Conflict, Otto’s Chemical Lounge, Willful Neglect, Boy Elroy, Red Meat & Ground Zero.  Check this one out!

Get it here .

Self Titled 7" from 1983

One of the oringal Refelx Records.  Only one track here, but worth a listen.  Also worth the history lesson over at MVX’s Punk Vault.

The lineup for this 7″ was:
Dale Nelson: vocals
Paul Osby: guitar
John Anglim: drums
Tom Hazelmyer: bass

Get it here .

(me)
This was the 7" that started it all! Local kings of the drunk punx, these guys knew how play some classic style punk rock with a sense of humor. Great record. Great band. If you don’t own it, you need to!
I hear they still play an occasional show now and then.
Get it here .

Get the Humans
Second EP. 1992.
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Dumpster diving at the abortion clinic
Split with Blanks 77. 1995
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If you didn’t know where the band got it’s name….check this out.

Shot in 1996. A 5 piece here (I don’t ever remember a 2nd guitarist), with Frank on Bass.

"Beaten Man" (by Outcry)

In the early 80’s Outcry was my favorite HC band. I got to see them a few times, and they had that awesome record on Positive Force. Outside of that EP, and the “Another Shot for Braken” comp, that was about it for them in the 80’s. Long after they broke up, Red Decibel released “The Buffalo” EP, which was tracks from what I understand to be an unreleased album worth of material. Sadly, it wasn’t the same sXe HC. Anyway, Beaten Man is from that first EP, and covered by one of the best late 80’s early 90’s punk bands to come out of this state. The Libido lineup is also in the classic and far superior lineup that featured Dustin on Bass.

Make a Record
What can I say about the band largely credited with starting the whole MN Punk scene? Released in 1978 on Blank Records, these guys were the godfathers of MN Punk. Just a short list of bands that were influenced by them: Husker Du, Replacements, & Soul Asylum. Um, those bands, and their contemporaries pretty much laid the groundwork for everyone else that followed.
The album has been re-released on CD by (I believe) Garage D’or Records . You need to buy it!
You can get a rip of the old vinyl here .

Restless Nights

The first release by these St. Paul skinheads.  3 songs on black vinyl.   Hardcore with some serious asperations for metal.  I shot video of these guys back in 1989, just before they broke up in the 7th St. Entry.  You can see that video over at BasementShows.com .   Guitarist Matt Henderson went on to join Agnostic Front & Madball.

Get it here .