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Album of the Week:

2008-10-23T19:14:00.000-07:00

Deathkiller - New England is Sinking

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Tracks:
1. Take Me to Your Bleeder
2. Man Alone
3. Idle Worship
4. Call in the Airstrike
5. Dead Art
6. Fear & Loathing in DC
7. New England Is Sinking
8. You Know the Drill
9. Celebrity DJ
10. Let the Good Times Fold
11. You Don't Win
12. Carlos D Is in My Top 8
13. Bonus Track 1

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Pubs and Bars

2008-10-20T18:16:00.000-07:00

1st and 2nd Church - Marlboro Street

The (Fishtown) Artspace - [closed]

Avalon - [closed] Located on Lansdowne Street next to Axis, and is prime location for many bands. It generally serves as a night club on weeknights, but on weekends hosts more rock-oriented artists.

Axis - [closed] A Gothic night club that would host the occasional hardcore band.

Baby Safe Haven - Current basement space in Somerville. Two Blocks away from Bloodstains.

Thunderdome - Vomitorium somerville basement venue short lived but incredibly chaotic .

Bill's Bar - A bar on Lansdowne Street with cheap beer where bands will sometimes play. It is in contrast to the huge dance clubs that surround it.

Bloodstains across Somerville - [closed]

Brighton Elks - Late 90s venue in Brighton Center

Bunnratty’s/Local 186 - Now The Wonder Bar on Harvard Ave in Allston

Cantone's

Cambridge Elks Lodge - Number one D.I.Y. venue in the greater Boston area, this hall is booked by many different individuals and holds shows nearly every weekend

Castle Grayskull - [closed]

The Channel - [closed] One of Boston's earliest locations that would allow hardcore bands to play. The Club would headline local bands such as Gang Green, Slapshot and The F.U.s as well as out of state bands like Butthole Surfers, Gorilla Biscuits, Pantera, Waltham, Fugazi, Hüsker Dü and The Dead Boys. It was well known for its mosh pit.

The Club - Central Square, Cambridge.

Club Lido

The Cuntree Club - All-female punk house in Brookline, MA, bar in basement and shows happened most weekend. Eventual eviction in early 2007.

Feed Your Head - [closed] The basement of this independent bookstore in Salem, Massachusetts is the center of the North Shore punk scene. It opened right before the Artspace closed, and the basement is generally booked about twice a week. Closed late 2007.

Gallery East - Art Gallery by day, venue for all-ages shows in the early '80s, it was demolished during the gentrification of the leather district by South Station.

Great Scott

Green Street Station - Venue in Jamaica Plain was dirty and rickety with cheap beer and great local bands now closed.

Harpers Ferry

The House of Suffering Succotash (HOSS) - Raging house venue in Boston's Brighton neighborhood that provided a home for hardcore and way beyond. [closed]

The ICC (International Community Church)

Johnny D's

Karma Club - [closed]

The Kells Basement - on Brighton Ave in Allston

The Library - [closed]

The Middle East - Located in Central Square Cambridge they have two venues Middle East upstairs a smaller venue and Middle East Downstairs a larger venue.

O'Briens Pub

The Paradise - not to be confused with the gay bar in Central Square (Cambridge), this venue is on Comm. Ave. in Boston, and -- like Axis -- is also a dance club.

The Rat - [closed] Located in Kenmore Square. In the basement was a bar where the music was loud and the sweating concrete floors were always sticky and smelled of stale beer. The bathrooms were quite often frankly terrifying to those that needed to actually use them for purposes more in-depth than re-applying eyeliner (for perspective, The Rat has most often been compared to CBGBs). Many bands got their start at the Rat and it had one of the best jukeboxes in Boston. If a band did not play there they would wind up there for beers later. The club flooded in 1997 during torrential rains and was closed soon after.

Reflections

Romans (Tigers Den)

The Roxy

St. Jean's Church - hosted by Seth Putnam, and the venue itself later made infamous by defrocked priest Paul Shanley.

TT The Bears

YWCA - The basement. 1982 Freeze, COC, 6ft Under. Skinheads showed up and the security detail left.

Scraphouse - April 2007 - July 2007 (aka Cuntree Club) No longer !

Contact Boston Punk:

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Email: garretdrive@yahoo.com

Upcoming Shows - Courtesy of BostonPunk.org

2008-10-20T17:33:00.000-07:00

-- Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 --
Jay Reatard, Cola Freaks, The Tampoffs, Vancougar9:00pm @ Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge,MA)Cost: $10 adv./$12 dos. - 18+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: Garage Punk Revival!
WONDERTWINS ACTIVATE! #7 - KEN CMAR AND DUNCAN WILDER JOHNSON SPIN METAL, PUNK, DISCO, SOUL, AND YACHT ROCK!10:00pm @ The Model (Allston,MA)Cost: FREE - 21+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact:

-- Thursday, October 23rd 2008 --
THUNDERCOCK (Reunion!!!), Wreckoning, Evil Slave Class, Refuse Resist, First Strike8:00pm @ Ralph's Chadwick Sq Diner (Worcester,MA)Cost: $5 - 21+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: http://www.myspace.com/dj_matthew_griffinThis show was put together (by Brice, drummer of First Strike) in the memory of the late Jeff Pinto. Worcester punk and hardcore kids crew of '88, get together to play to help Jeff's family pay for the funeral. We are going to blow the roof off this fuckin' bitch!!!

-- Saturday, October 25th 2008 --
STREAK, Forever Autumn7:00pm @ Zeitgeist Gallery (Pittsfield,MA)Cost: $7 - All Ages - Demon summoning METAL - Contact: Early Halloween Show!
Planned Communities, Horsepants, Tugboat, Elizabeth Butters, Iraqnophobia7:00pm @ West End Theater (Gloucester,MA)Cost: $7 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: First show at this place, so come and don't be a stupid asshole...if you are incapable of accomplishing either, well then fuck you...nobody likes you anyway...
MOB HIT(Ex-The Freeze & Wargasm), LESSER EVILS, US VS THEM, and More!8:00pm @ Abbey Lounge (Somerville,MA)Cost: $?.?? - 21+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact:
Aggrolites, Everybody Out, Roll The Tanks, The Swaggerin' Growlers9:00pm @ Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge,MA)Cost: $12 - 18+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: cnut or SwaggerHey, we're opening for Everybody Out and the fucking Aggrolites!!! Come on out and join us! There's a good chance you might hear some new material from us, too.....

-- Sunday, October 26th 2008 --
Eternal Embrace, Lucretia's Daggers, The Shadows Smile, STREAK7:00pm @ Cantab Lounge (Cambridge,MA)Cost: $10 advance, $15 day of show - 21+ - Demon summoning METAL - Contact: Mass Morgue Halloween show, also with DJ and Gothic bellydancers, contact bands/performers for advance tickets

-- Thursday, October 30th 2008 --
MISFITS, Mongrel, and more tba7:00pm @ Webster Theater (Hartford,CT)Cost: $18 adv/22 day of show - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: mongrelband@yahoo.com

-- Saturday, November 1st 2008 --
Big D and The Kids Table, Have Nots1:00pm @ Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge,MA)Cost: 15$ - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: patton.st@gmail.comBig D and The Kids Table ALL AGES Halloween show w/ Have Nots, Ashers and Void Union. Have Nots on at 1 PM!!!
The Homosexuals5:00pm @ Tufts University (,MA)Cost: $?.?? - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: 70s UK Wire-ish Punk!
Sisters Of Mercy7:00pm @ Palladium (Worcester,MA)Cost: $33 maybe? - All Ages - Beggin for spilt blood (emo) - Contact: your local liqour store.. Drinks Are EXPENSIVE at that place!
Welch Boys CD RELEASE, Death and Taxes, Refuse Resist, Burning Streets8:00pm @ Abbey Lounge (Somerville,MA)Cost: $?.?? - 21+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact:
Milo's Syndicate, Cheech, Zombie Reagan, more tba...9:00pm @ O'Brien's Pub (Allston Rock City,MA)Cost: $8? - 21+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: milossyndicate@yahoo.com Milo is back and we are totally going to destroy your ear drums. Wait til you hear this shit....fuckin' a.

-- Sunday, November 2nd 2008 --
Polysics, Jaguar Love, Black Gold9:00pm @ Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge,MA)Cost: $13 - 18+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: Japanese DEVO...yes, it's as crazy as it sounds...

-- Saturday, November 8th 2008 --
No Illusions, Planned Communities, Negative Insight, Kill Andrade3:00pm @ All Asia (All Ages) (Cambridge (Central Sq.),MA)Cost: $5 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: www.myspace.com/noillusions2008Local D.I.Y. Punk, help make this a good turnout and lead to other shows there!
SLAPSHOT, FIRST AND TEN (TEN YARD FIGHT), STEP FORWARD, WORD FOR WORD (LP RELEASE)3:00pm @ Anchors Up (welfare records) (Haverhill,MA)Cost: $?.?? - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: http://www.myspace.com/welfarerecords Big bad Slapshot's first US show in god knows how long.
Dwarves, The Uprising8:00pm @ Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge,MA)Cost: $15 - 18+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: The Dwarves Are Young And Good Looking...

-- Monday, November 10th 2008 --
Holly Golightly & The Broke-Offs, Delaney Davidson9:00pm @ Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge,MA)Cost: $12 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact:

-- Wednesday, November 12th 2008 --
Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Reckless Kelly9:00pm @ Lupo's (Providence,RI)Cost: $20 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: Holy shit...what a ridiculous show...

-- Friday, November 21st 2008 --
Agnostic Front,Outbreak,Death Before Dishonor,Wisdom In Chains7:00pm @ Club Hell (Providence ,RI)Cost: $13 adv./$15 d.o.s. - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: chrisxxxri69@aol.comwww.myspace.com/degeneratebooking

-- Sunday, November 23rd 2008 --
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, The Asthmatics, Billy Raygun, Georgia4:00pm @ Dover Brickhouse (Dover,NH)Cost: $?.?? - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: The first of many shows OWTH is playing in the area, but so far the only confirmed date/venue...it's gonna be awesome!
The Rydells, Jonee Earthquake Band, Burning Streets, The Fake Boys, The Zookeepers4:00pm @ Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain,MA)Cost: $8 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: awesome show!

-- Friday, November 28th 2008 --
The Murder, PBR9:00pm @ O'Briens Pub (Allston,MA)Cost: $7.00 - 21+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact:

-- Saturday, November 29th 2008 --
26 Beers, Disaster Strikes, Suburban Showdown, Kill Andrade and No Illusions!3:00pm @ Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain,MA)Cost: $8 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: www.myspace.com/killandradeAWESOME SHOW! ALL AGES!

-- Thursday, December 11th 2008 --
Mouth Sewn Shut, Lesser Evils & The Murder9:00pm @ The Cantab Lounge (Cambridge,MA)Cost: $5.00 - 21+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact:

-- Saturday, December 13th 2008 --
The Casualties,Mouth Sewn Shut,Eddie & The Louvers,Two Man Advantage,Smartbomb5:00pm @ Club Hell (Providence,RI)Cost: $14.00 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: chrisxxxri69@aol.comwww.myspace.com/degeneratebooking / www.myspace.com/clubhelllive

-- Sunday, December 14th 2008 --
Ducky Boys, Far From Finished, Pinkerton Thugs, Morgan Knockers7:00pm @ Harper's Ferry (Allston,MA)Cost: 10.00 - All Ages - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact:
-- Sunday, January 4th 2009 --
THE DAMNED, Theo & The Skyscrapers, Electric Frankenstein7:00pm @ The Paradise (Allston Cock City,MA)Cost: $?.?? - 18+ - Punk Fuckin' Rock - Contact: I'm fucking going god-damnit!

***Courtesy of BostonPunk.org***

Boston Bands

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Boston Punk:
Big Bad Bollocks
Damn Personals
Darkbuster
Death Before Dishoner
Deathkiller
Drexel
Dropkick Murphys
Everybody Out!
Kings of Nuthin'
Mission 120
Street Dogs
The Blue Bloods
The Brusiers
The Ducky Boys
The Goonies
The Jonee Earthquake Band
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Proletariat
The Pug Uglies
The Welch Boys

Boston Hardcore:
Blood for Blood
Converge
D.Y.S.
Gang Green
Give Up The Ghost
Have Heart
In My Eyes
Jerry's Kids
Mental
Negative FX
Panic
Ramallah
Righteous Jams
Shipwreck A.D.
Siege
Sinners and Saints
Slapshot
SS Decontrol
The Carrier
The F.U.'s
The Freeze
The Hope Conspiracy
The Suicide File
The Yard Fight
Toxic Narcotic
Vitamin X

Boston Ska-Core:
Beat Soup
Big D and the Kids Table
Bim Ska Bim
Black Market Madallions
Jaya the Cat
Kicked in the Head
Lovewhip
Mass. Hysteria
Plan 17
Pressure Cooker
Roots Nation
Skavoovie and the Epitones
Steady Earnest
The Agitators
The Allstonians
The Boston Jolly Pirates
The Brass Monkeys (R.I.P.)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Popgun Seven
Westbound Train

Other Bands:
The Pills - Pop/Punk
The Raging Teens - Rock
The Shods - Rock/Pop

Boston Ska-Core Bands

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Beat Soup
Big D and the Kids Table
Bim Ska Bim
Black Market Madallions
Jaya the Cat
Kicked in the Head
Lovewhip
Mass. Hysteria
Plan 17
Pressure Cooker
Roots Nation
Skavoovie and the Epitones
Steady Earnest
The Agitators
The Allstonians
The Boston Jolly Pirates
The Brass Monkeys (R.I.P.)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Popgun Seven
Westbound Train

Boston Hardcore Bands

2008-10-18T10:55:00.000-07:00

Blood for Blood
Converge
D.Y.S.
Gang Green
Give Up The Ghost
Have Heart
In My Eyes
Jerry's Kids
Mental
Negative FX
Panic
Ramallah
Righteous Jams
Shipwreck A.D.
Siege
Sinners and Saints
Slapshot
SS Decontrol
The Carrier
The F.U.'s
The Freeze
The Hope Conspiracy
The Suicide File
The Yard Fight
Toxic Narcotic
Vitamin X

Boston Punk Bands

2008-10-18T10:50:00.000-07:00

Big Bad Bollocks
Damn Personals
Darkbuster
Death Before Dishoner
Deathkiller
Drexel
Dropkick Murphys
Everybody Out!
Kings of Nuthin'
Mission 120
Street Dogs
The Blue Bloods
The Brusiers
The Ducky Boys
The Goonies
The Jonee Earthquake Band
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Proletariat
The Pug Uglies
The Welch Boys