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 way to link just the media, but here’s a link to episode 1 of the series. I’m posting this on a Monday morning because I know you have nothing better to do at work on a Monday. Get your punk on.
Setlist:
01. Shock Appeal (Set 1)
02. Attacking The Beat
03. Judy
04. Premature
05. Take A Dive
06. It Doesn’t Matter
07. title unknown
08. My Little Red Book [Love]
09. Call Of The Wild
10. I Think Of You
11. Semi-Smart
12. I Don’t Get It
13. You Can’t
14. I Need A Torch
No music posted here. I just thought I’d help spread the word about this new (very old) release on Garage D’or Records. It’s out in a couple of weeks, so go get it!!! Those that frequent this blog know that i don’t knowingly post stuff that is readily available, so even if tis were to get posted somewhere on the interwebs, I won’t link to it….you’ll need to buy this one.
Garage D’or is proud to return after a year long absence. Our new release is L7-3, MEN OF DISTINCTION. This band was the direct descendent of the Suicide Commandos, featuring Dave Ahl, Chris Osgood and new member Steve Fjelstad on bass. The album was recorded late in 1980 and early 1981 at the legendary Blackberry Way Studio in south Minneapolis. Produced by Fjelstad who was soon to produce both the Replacements and Husker Du. L7-3 were a more complex and brainy version of the Commandos with a twist. Lots of vocals and layered guitars with a unique approach to songwriting. The album contains 18 songs, all available here for the first time ever and lovingly re-mixed for this package by Terry Katzman and Tom Herbers. Here is a lengthy glimpse of a classic Minneapolis band who predated the college rock sound by a good two years. Lots of exciting notes, data and song lyrics. Available November 17 2009.
Garage D’or 020 | $14 postage-paid
Match/Mismatch 7”
Minnesota’s first punk band, with what I believe to be the first release on the label soon to be knows as TwinTone. If you don’t know of the Commandos, then you haven’t been paying attention. A lot of people credit Husker Du and the Replacements with being some of the earliest punk bands, but they were still in Jr. High when there guys started rocking it. Must own for anyone that likes 70’s punk. Must own for any punk-rocker Minnesotan that wants to know where it all started.
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 .
Suicide Commandos – 1977 – Mark He’s A Terror 7”
Suicide Commandos – 1976 – Emission Control 7”
I just keep stumbling on Commandos stuff. Here’s two very long out of print Commandos 7" EP’s. posted on the isksp blog. Both very much worth your time to check out.
The Burn it down video! Suicide Commandos were probably the earliest MN Punk band. I can honestly say that I love just about everything they’ve recorded. My most recent favorite is the Live CD from Sound 80 that aired on KQRS a million years ago. I honestly just don’t see ol’ KQ92 taking a chance on the Commandos, but it’s a great recording. It was released to go along with the reunion show they did at the MN State Fair a couple years back (when Joan Jett dropped off the bill making the show FREE!).
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