Documenting Minnesota Punk Rock - One post at a time!
Documenting Minnesota Punk Rock - One post at a time!
Shock Rock 25th anniversary show at The Rock in Maplewood, MN
Folk Song @ The Fest 8
Awesome Snakes this is one of my new favorite local bands right now. Yet, I’ve never seen them, and have no idea if this is a serious thing or not. Who cares. I like the music!
SURPRISE YOUR FRIENDS!! (Split with White Frogs) 2001 Perhaps one of St. Paul’s longest lasting unknown pop punk bands. I can honestly say that I never saw Ferd Mert play. I never heard their records. And I just don’t know…
Minneapolis talk show from 1985 attempting to find out what is up with all those nasty punkers! 6 part video…watch them all. Thank Ollie for this amazing piece of history!
Shoot Your Way to Freedom EP I remember seeing these at Garage D’or back in the day. All the covers had bullet holes in them. Hell yes! Get it here .
The Last Days Of Pompeii Long out of print LP from the former Husker Du drummer. I can’t think of many folks with as bad of luck with record labels as Grant Hart. Just about everything he has done post-Husker’s…
Catch a Falling Star EP (1983) Take It LP (1986) Not really punk, but a Twin Cities mainstay from the era. I know the LP was on TwinTone, but I don’t know much about the EP as this would be…
Mindreader EP Hands down one of my favorite local bands. Garage punk before most people knew what punk was. This was from the poorly produced (muddy) Treehouse Records LP, with a bonus non-LP track. Get it anyway because these guys…
Three great Hüsker Dü tribute records! Du Huskers The Twin Cities Replay Zen Arcade 1993 Content: Something I Learned Today (Hammerhead) Broken Home, Broken Heart (The Mighty Mofos) Never Talking To You Again (Prest Asbestus) Chartered Trips (Muskellunge) Dreams Recurring…