Cockney Rejects- Nathans Pies and Eels

Just got his today. You can either get the box set that this comes in or you can get individual discs of each album spanning The Wild Ones to Lethal. This disc is the extras and demos recorded during this time. Being that I am such a huge fan of the album Wild Ones this was a no brainer for me. Yes I do like some hard rocking stuff ala Motorhead, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo etc. This disc has some damn good tunes. Keep mind that not everyone is going to dig this, but I do. Probably for completest out there.

Generation X- Perfect Hits Bootleg and Perfect Hits Vol. 2....Does anyone have these???

I would just love to hear these two bootlegs. Does anyone have these two??? I have also read that Generation X may, just may reform for a tour...thoughts?????

The Enemy-All Guns Blazing

Hoy cow is this red hot! Seriously it brings you back to 1982...and that is a very good thing. This song (which is free by the way) can be downloaded on The Enemy's website. This is something that you cannot pass up. Please do yourself a favor and go over to: http://www.theenemyderby.co.uk/News.html and download this sucker. Just click on the artwork and the web does the rest. Stunned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Straps- Brave New Anger

Been a Straps fan for some time now....some time meaning that I am 49 and got into them in the early 80's. That is a long time! I own all of their vynil as well as I have their cd that Capt. Oi! put out that had all of their recorded material as well as their excellent and hard to find In Love With The New World Order. This however is a different animal entirely. From what I have had the pleasure of hearing, knocks me off my feet. Interesting note here, I do hear MGE or Black Album era Damned creeping in.....and that is a good thing. Funny that a band exist for so long and all of sudden have a bonafide classic on their hands, not that their earlier material was bad, on the contrary, it was heads and shoulders better than many of their counterparts....legendary stuff really. I will be getting a copy of this as soon as it comes out. This WILL be in my top 10 list this year, no doubt! And that is heady praise since 2013 really seems to be a great year for punky tunes. This will be available by the time Rebellion roles around in Aug. Please get this, you will not be disappointed in the least.

Does Anyone Have Chron Gen's Puppets Of War..The Collection????? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I have really messed up. Saw this available when it was in print but never picked it up as I always thought it was a collection of songs from their career (well it is). Since I did not check the tracklisting I did not know that their unreleased last album is on it. I have a few demos from this but not the album. I am freaking out right now traveling around the internet trying to find this double cd and I cannot find it anywhere for sale. DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS AND IF SO, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ME??????????? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I want is the second disc with the unreleased album. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ruts DC Rhythm Collision Vol. 2

To say I am a massive Ruts fan is a understatement. In fact I love most of the UK 76-79 punk bands. LOVE! When I heard that Ruts DC were recording an album and playing out again, I was very happy! Here we have an album of dub tinged punk with the help from Leigh Haggerty of The Price (touring guitar), and some folks from the Alabama 3 and Misty In Roots, as well as others. This is really friggen good!!!! For me, the best song is One Step Forward that Segs sings. In fact, the only minor complaint that I have is that Segs does not sing on more of the tracks...... only TWO! But hey! That is just being a bit picky! This is kinda had to find and I have seen it priced a bit high, but it is worth it!

The Empty's (Ex The Forgotten) Debut!

ahhhhh my bands first gig! I have not stepped onstage in nearly 14 years, it is a long time coming. Back then I was playing bass in a band called The Forgotten. We were riding high with tours, singles, albums, comp. tracks being released, high profile tours and shows. I played bass and back up vocals. Everything was flying high, or so I thought. After putting so much into my prior band, Slip with Gordy (vocalist for both Slip and The Forgotten), I was hitting burn out. I decided to walk away at the most in-opportune time as the band was just about to really take off and be what they are today. Regrets? Oh yeah, some for sure. But hey, I had to move on. I was 35 and finishing college, tiring of living in a shit hole where the band practiced and the world revolved around. I was bartending and just getting the bug to.....well, grow up. Fast forward, and now I am married, have a great stepson, live near Santa Cruz (near the beach) and have a good job (that I hate) and have settled into middle age. I turned my hobby pursuits to other things, mainly outdoor pursuits that I still dig to this day. Backpacking, snowshoing, cross country skiing, etc. Though, there was one thing bugging me. I just cannot get music out of my blood. I am born to play. Well there I was sitting around one Thanksgiving weekend when my wife presented me with a real nice acoustic guitar purchased from our friend Greg Lisher of Camper Van Beethoven. Certified rock guitar!!! All it took was some strumming and the fire was ignited once again. This leads up to the here and now. I now play guitar (rather poorly) and sing (rather poorly) in a band with 3 other unsuspecting bandmates. We're called The Empty's. I would say our sound is akin to The Ruts, Clash, SLF as well as some more modern American punk bands like Swingin Utters, Workin Stiffs, Social Distortion. This is for fun. All smiles and no pretense. The best part is I will be on stage again in July. Smiling my life away! A kid in a candy shop!