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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 much about them at all.

I have heard the name a million times, and they used to advertise like crazy.  They seem to on a million comps.   Somehow, I still have no idea who they are.

Make this your introduction to them.  If you like them, they have a bunch of music available on iTunes, and CD Baby.

01 Easy Words (White Frogs)
02 Changes (White Frogs)
03 Summer Days (White Frogs)
04 Censorship (White Frogs)
05 What it Takes (White Frogs)
06 Doce de Leite (Ferd Mert)
07 Just do Something (Ferd Mert)
08 Dogface (Ferd Mert)
09 I Feel Like Shit (Ferd Mert)
10 Lori (Ferd Mert)

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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!

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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 is out of print because the labels have folded, and The entire Husker Du catalog it tied up in a court battle between the band and SST.  Sucks.

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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 the first I’ve heard of it.  This website lists them as "Ska" but the only similarity to Ska with guys guys was that they had horns…..at least that’s my memory of them anyway.

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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 know how to rock!

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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 (Lies Incorporated/TVBC)
Indecision Time (Superball ’63)
Hare Krsna (Dogfight)
Beyond The Threshold (God’s Favorite Band)
Pride (Pseudonymphs)
I’ll Never Forget You (Salbando)
The Biggest Lie (Dylan Hicks & 3 Pesos)
What’s Going On? (Janitor Joe)
Masochism World (Vertigo)
Standing By The Sea (ZuZu’s Petals)
Somewhere (Walt Mink)
One Step At A Time (Flour)
Pink Turns To Blue (The Blue Up?)
Newest Industry (Balloon Guy)
Monday Will Never Be The Same (Willie Wisely Trio)
Whatever (Arcwelder)
The Tooth Fairy And The Princess (Teenage Larvae)
Turn On The News (Big Trouble House)
Recurring Dreams (TVBC)
Eight Miles High (The Hang-Ups)

Land Speed Sonic
Husker covers by an assortment of Italian bands.
1997

Contents:
Punch Drunk (CrippleBastards)
First Of The Last Calls (Kina)
Ice Cold Ice (Lomas)
Too Much Spice (Shock Treatment)
I’m Not Interested (Acredine)
Signals From Above (Sottopressione)
Find Me (Punch Line)
Something I Learned Today (Tempo Zero)
In A Free Land (Kina)
I Apologize (Burning Defeat)
All Tensed Up (Acredine)
The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill(Cripple Bastards)
I’ll Never Forget You (Sottopressione)
Standing By The Sea (Burning Defeat)
Flip Your Wig (Lomas)
Celebrated Summer (Punch Line)
Everything Falls Apart (Tempo Zero)
New Day Rising (Shock Treatment)

Case Closed
1993

Contents:
In A Free Land (NRA)
Dead Set On Destruction (Terry Hoax)
Target (Sick Of It All)
Out On A Limb (Alloy)
Tell You Why Tomorrow (Mink Stole)
I Apologize (Rubbermaids)
Something I Learned Today (Jonas Jinx)
Too Far Down (Only Living Witness)
New Day Rising (Motorpsycho)
The Biggest Lie (DI)
It’s Not Funny Any More (Upset Noise)
Turn On The News (Brzeszinski)
What’s Going On? (2Bad)
Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely (Richies)
Hardly Getting Over It (Baysix)
Celebrated Summer (Big Drill Car)
Makes No Sense At All (Balance)
Green Eyes (Gigantor)
Diane (The Strangemen)
Never Talking To You Again (Alison Ate)
Ice Cold Ice (Vanilla Chainsaws)
I’ll Never Forget You (Engrained)
No Reservations (Medfield M.A.)

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Combat Boot Camp

Despite what Warner Bros. claimed, this Boot Camp EP was Powermad’s first record.  Of course, you can’t blame Bugs Bunny from wanting to ignore it.  The production quality is poor, and the band has a much more raw sound than the polished WB release…..oh, and most of the songs on this EP were on the 2  WB records.

Anyway, I’m sad to call these guys MN’s most accomplished metal band, because there were so many better metal bands out there, but that seems to be what happened.

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