Video Footage

This is footage from the lineup that created the Away Awhile CD. Jason rockin’ the drums, Erik & Scoot.

Practice video footage

Before Tom left the band they experimented with lineup changes.  I seem to remember a second guitarist, with Erik still playing drums too, but I could be wrong.  For me personally, this was as dark period for the band.  The songs seemed to slow down, the guitar solos seemed to get longer, and I heard that someone was listening to a lot of Steve Miller!  I remember one show in the Entry with one of them wearing a cowboy hat.  That was it for me.  My love for the band didn’t really change, but I had to stop seeing them live at this point.   It wasn’t as fun any more, and I was way too critical of them.

At their core, the PB’s were a power trio.  Yes, its true that they started as a 4 piece (with Erik playing guitar and someone else playing drums…Brian maybe…damn that was a long time ago??), but for me, the attempt to go back to four was a failure.   They were ultimately at their best as a three piece, and the CD, I think proves that point.  Scott never agreed with me….at least not openly.

For those that don’t know, I’m a long time friend of Scott.  Scott even played once with my crappy band before he got involved with the Dellwood kids.  I helped record a few of those early PB demo tapes, and at one time planed to release an awesome PB’s live show that I had recorded in the 7th St. Entry.    That never happened for one reason or another.  A solid decade later, I did finally edit it down and master it, but at this point only Scott & I have copies of it (and I hear he’s lost his).  One of these days I’ll get around to posting it because it really is an awesome document of the power of this band.

More pb’s Monday!

Video footage  provided by the drummer.  Comments below from the YouTube page.

Jan 2/1991 Porcelain Boys rehearsal
Erik Kaiser
Scott Cook
Tom Spence
Darren Achorn
I found this old footage in storage. I was drumming in the PB’s for a short time, commuting back and forth from Winnipeg and Minneapolis. Almost 20 years ago!

The Tsetsee Split

This is a split 7" from Dellwood’s pop-punk masters, the Porcelain Boys and Mankato’s Marble.  Released in 1996, this is an excellent document of mid-90’s melodic punk.  No one in Minnesota did it better than the PB’s.  Marble’s CD is also posted here, so check that out too.

This one comes complements of our friends at Wilfully Obscure .

Get it here .

If you were real 7"

Relive 7"

Compilation tracks

Wilfully Obscure did a great job of compiling some of the earlier recordings, featuring the original line up.    The first EP, If you were real, was the bands first taste of fame.  It was reviewed in Rolling Stone magazine, and because of that, they sold a ton of these.  The release was followed up by the Relive/Squeaky Clean single.    The collection is rounded out by a few tracks from compilations.  Everything here is with the original lineup.

I’ve got much more of the old stuff, so stay tuned for that in the coming days/weeks, including a live show that I had intended to release on my label back in the day, but for one reason or another, it never happened!

Get it here !

Away Awhile

It’s Porcelain Boys week @ MNPunk.com!

It should be no shock to anyone that knows me that the PB’s were my favorite local band back in the day.

This is the second incarnation of the PB’s.  Tom moved to Duluth, Erik switched to guitar, and Jason Knutson took over on drums.  So they suck right?  Reunions…especially with different band members…never work out, right?  Wrong.  This one CD gives a proper recording to many of the songs from the original lineup.  They even made note of Tom and included a picture of him in the CD.  Class act.  Musically it’s true to the original lineup if you account for the natural growth of the band.  Great mid-tempo melodic punk.  Pick this up now!

As a bonus, the link to the site below has also posted the Jettison CD, which is really the same band with a different drummer.  Quality pop-punk!

More PB’s tomorrow!

Get it here .

Best Friends

More Ferd Mert.  Odd.  I went from knowing little about this band, and never seeing them play, to finding out a lot about them, and linking to several of their recordings.  I remember seeing this one all over the place in the mid-90’s.  Now you have a change to check it out too.

This one is posted at the One-Sided War blog, which has some great posts, and has become one of my favorite blogs to follow because of the great stuff he posts over there.

Get it here .

Sorry about the lack of posts recently.  It’s been a busy time at work, and my home computer died, which has slowed down my ability to rip some of those old cassettes.  I should resume the cassette archiving in the next couple of weeks.  Until then, I’ll be linking to other stuff periodically, so keep checking in.

No music today, but rather a great way to play all that old vinyl you’ve got sitting in your basement because you sold your turntable years ago.   Plus it’s ultra portable!!!  Very stealth, so you could keep it on your desk at work, and no one will have a clue that you’re rockin’ old school at work.

Read about it here .

Live in the 7th St. Entry ’81

Hüsker Dü rocking the 7th St. Entry in 1981.  Right on!

Track List:

Another link from the Down Underground blog.

Get it here .

Green Cat Island

I believe this was the final release by these on again, off again Minneapolis rockers.  1990, TwinTone Records

(as a note, you might want to seek out the music player on the linked site, and pause it….not very work friendly)

Get it here .

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Another Impact Wrench demo from 1991.  This one ripped by Strad over at Lockjaw.  That brings the total to 3 of demos by these guys.  I had no idea.

After finding the MySpace page, I realized that I knew Josh.  Nice guy.  Also, after visiting the MySpace page, I see that they must have had at least one more recording out there because there are a couple of songs posted there that I don’t have in my demo collection.

Myspace

Get it here .