Toxic Holocaust "Gravelord"

These fellas worship the Gravelord. I don't know who the Gravelord is, but by looking at the cover of this album I'd imagine he's a couple of wolves

Bouncing Souls "Manthem"

Hailing from New Jersey since '87 is the Bouncing Souls! Reigniting the pogo in punkers, these guys are just a good ol' boy punk band. They're fast, sometimes rude, they'll eat your food!

GWAR "I Hate Love Songs"

GWAR is a shock rock band. Chances are if you've seen or heard of them on the news or radio, it's not been in a positive light

Dillinger Four "Ode to the North American Snake Oil Distributor"

I saw these guys live and it was rather gnarly. If I had to describe their music, I'd say it is magical.

Swingin' Utters "Five Lessons Learned"

This Californian band formed in the later '80s are heavily influenced by Irish folk and country music. It's rather apparent in some of their other songs. This one's off the album Five Lessons Learned, duh!

Pinhead Gunpowder "Cabot Gal"

This made me laugh, and I copied it from Wikerpdia: "The band's name comes from a brand of "high octane" green tea served at the Arcata co-op and discovered serendipitously by Aaron Cometbus during one of his many dumpster diving adventures." These guys are from the East Bay and are notable for having Billy Armstrong from Green Day as a guitarist.

Hüsker Dü "I'll Never Forget You"

Not to rag on hardcore bands, but most of them just seem generic and uninspired to me. Hüsker Dü are the epitome of the exception to me. This Minnesotian band started in 1979 and did some stuff. To be honest, I had a hard time just putting the dots over the u's.

Daycare Swindlers "Heroin Beach"

Here's another band I really don't know much about, nor seem to have much info about them on the internet. I do know that drummer Reiter had this to say about the band's current status: "So, yeah... What the fuck are those ancient losers in the Daycare Swindlers doing? The simplest answer is that we're a band again. We settled the alimony. Stevie only wants to kick Reiter's ass 50% of the time and Mike's doctor says the cocktail is working and he can get on stage again. We'll be found on the odd local stage and the much odder out of town stage from time to time. We've got a rack of tunes that we're pretty proud of and we're keen to play them out and record. You can catch us at Black Cat on 9/6 and there will be some more shit after that. Please make it out if you can. We miss the fuck out of you guys."

Naked Raygun "Soldier's Requiem"

If you're delivery's late, it's free of charge; that I can promise you. I'd like to take this time to inform you who don't already know that Captain Drunkass is not an alter ego of mine, and I appreciate his input over the time I took away from this 'ere blog

Important things: Naked Raygun were a Chicago based punk band active '80 to '92. Starting off, they were a hardcore band, but around the early '90s started incorporating a more melodic edge. They did it pretty well I think.

Men's Recovery Project - Normal Man

Damn, I went a bit overboard with the Project, eh?

Fuck It.

Go Hard!

-Captain Drunkass Drinks Whiskey Alone

Men's Recovery Project - Get Your Dick Out of My Food

Could there be a better song title out there? Think so? Well what is it then?

Douchebag.

-Captain Drunkass

Men's Recovery Project - Why We Are Lazy

More from the Men.

-Captain Drunkass

Men's Recovery Project - Million Man March

If you can find weirder shit than Men's Recovery Project, then I guess you're a more fucked up person than I am because this band takes the cake. Try listening to their discography for more than a few songs without thinking you're on another planet. Yeah, can't do it? No shit. The Project will melt your mind.

-Captain Drunkass

Say a Prayer

I don't know if prayer is your thing or not, but when shit gets hectic I think everyone prays to something or someone in their own personal manner. I'm only posting these songs for a minute as Stephen recently suffered a loss of a loved one, so send the man some love, however you want to do it.

-Captain Drunkass

Brutal Dildos - AIDS

Hey, I know the bass player from the internet! Total scumbag, but in a most endearing way. Fucking great performance with a nifty stage light-up stage prop to boot! I don't know if these guys are around anymore but this is some excellent shit here. Totally juvenile and offensive punk rock from Beer City

-Captain Drunkass

Leatherface - Watching You Sleep

The greatest band on the planet - Leatherface. A few things that come to mind when I think about these guys are honesty, intricacy and an attention to metaphor not usually heard of in punk rock. Leatherface is the smart man's choice to get wistfully piss drunk to and if you don't have any of their records you're really missing out on one of the true great bands of our era.

I Heart Leatherface so very, very much that I would leave my wife for Frankie Stubbs.

-Captain Drunkass

Dear Landlord - I Live in Hell

Boots, braces and coneheads! Fuck yes! What a great show! Good recording of what looks like an great performance by these new jacks. Cop "Dream Homes" and you won't be disappointed. Short, fast, jaded and oh what a bright fucking future for Dear Landlord.

-Captain Drunkass

Bikini Kill - Liar

From Olympia, Washington to Washington, DC, these girls (and a boy)were about the hippest shit back in the early nineties, right alongside the late, great, Nation of Ulysses. In fact, I got to see both in some shitty church basement right around the corner from where my friend used to buy crack. Not to sound misogynistic here, but this was about the only band I've ever seen that if you even bumped into a girl wrong you'd get throttled by about 15 angry Riot Grrrrls in babydoll dresses and combat boots. Fun times.

-Captain Drunkass

Off With Their Heads - Die Today

Off With Their Heads live on a city bus full of punks! These guys are one of the best things going today - crunchy, angry and waaaaay too full of self-loathing to have any positive effect on anyone. Straight from one of the most fertile scenes around today, the fine, fine town of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Git some!

-Captain Drunkass

Murphy's Law - Quest for Herb

The world's greatest party band, Murphy's Law! Jimmy Gestapo and company have been doing this shit for a loooooong time, singing politically incorrect hardcore anthems for the every day boys and girls who just want to get stoned and drunk and laid and there ain't a fucking thing wrong with that. It sure beats 99.9% of the the straight-edge and Krishna-core that was coming out of NYC when Murphy's Law was in their heyday. This song was the anthem for my teenage years.

"10 bucks in hand, herb's in demand!"

-Captain Drunkass

GG Allin - Gypsy Motherfucker

"GG Allin, I've got news for you, man, and it ain't good news."

Well, no shit. There's something inherently gratifying about someone as utterly devoid of pretentions, as GG was in life and in death. What a complete pile of shit, but he walked it liked he talked it and the motherfucker was always real. He lived how he wanted to live and died because of it. All Hail GG Fucking Allin!

-Captain Drunkass

The Offspring "Bad Habit"

I think this song is most recognized by the vocal solo in the bridge. I remember geeking out to it as a child...still my favorite song from this album....

Toys That Kill "Amphetamine St."

This DIY band was formed from a previous band called Five Year Plan. Started in '89, they had a good ten year streak of it.

Avail "Done Reckoning"

Originally formed in North Virginia in '87, Avail moved to Richmond in '90 and released their first album in '92. A one Captain Drunkass had this to say about the band: "Fun facts about Avail? Well, everyone thinks they are a Richmond, VA band, which, I guess it's fair to say they are. But, on a more grassroots level, they are actually from ...Reston, VA, the next town over from where I grew up. They used to play these benefit shows called "Jam For Man" when they were still very, very young. I got to see some of their very first shows at the Reston Community Center at Jam For Man, circa '88 or '89. I remember not remembering punching some dude in the face for pushing my girlfriend at one of these shows." This is the first song from Front Porch Stories

Fugazi "Great Cop"

Fugazi is a DC band formed by ex-members of Minor Threat and Rites of Spring. The band is lead by legend Ian MacKaye who chose the word "fugazi" from Vietnam War stories. The word means "fucked up, ambushed and zipped into a body bag." This song's called "Great Cop" and it's from the 1993 album In on the Kill Taker.

Adolescents "No Way"

Adolescents are a hardcore supergroup comprised of members from Agent Orange and Social Distortion. Their self-titled album is considered one of the more influential punk albums from the revival era. This song's from that album.

Rudimentary Peni "Cosmetic Plague"

Rudimentary Peni is a British band lead by guitarist/singer Nick Blinko. Blinko did all the artwork for their albums, and was at one point admitted to a psychiatric hospital. It is rumored that while in the hospital, he wrote the album Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric. This one's from The EP's of RP.

The Cramps "Garbage Man"

Cramps are unpleasant, often painful sensations caused by muscle contraction or overshortening. THE Cramps are a psychobilly/horror punk band who's career spanned from '76 to '09... ending abruptly after suffering the death of their lead singer, Lux Interior. This one's off the album Bad Music for Bad People

Samhain "November Fire"

This song is off the third Samhain ablum called Samhain III: November Coming Fire. Samhain is a Celtic holiday, but happily for me, this isn't the place for a history lesson. Formed in '83 by Glenn Danzig immediately after his departure from the Misfits, Samhain were more the bridge connecting Misfits and Danzig. If I had to guess, I'd say they listened to the Doors in large amounts.