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March 16, 2025

Jeff Conolly
Jeff Conolly Benefit - Jeff with MOB
Photo: Decibel Dennis

The Middle East was jammed for Jeff Conolly’s Benefit show. - totally sold out. People got their early, setting up in the restaurant until the 7PM doors. Then it was immediately packed. It was an amazing night! SO many people there to help someone who has been vital in making Boston a scene that has produced some incredibly great music! And the funny thing is Jeff is notoriously difficult with a capital D but despite that...everyone was there.

The on-stage antics began with Pat McGrath (who organized the benefit) kind of roasting Jeff. And there's a lot of fodder for that! Among the things Pat said was (to paraphrase) "I know Jeff's gonna be OK because when cancer realizes it's in Jeff Connolly's body it's gonna get the hell out fast!!" Pat's band The Wheelers & Dealers followed with a set of a few songs. After that The Modifiers were on, they sounded really great!!

Modifiers
The Modifiers and the sold out crowd
Photo: Courtesy of the Modifiers

Most of the bands included at least one song done by the Lyres at some point. Mission of Burma was up next. The crowd went nuts... and they sounded great of course. They did a couple songs then Clint Conley talked about how he and Jeff went to school together in Connecticut. The band did The Stooges' "1970 (I Feel Alright)" and out came Jeff wearing a black wig and a hot pink vinyl jacket. He was in crazed form, running around the stage singing! At one point he fell backwards but immedicatley got up and continued like it was nothing!

MOB was followed by The Dogmatics. They opened with The Hangmen's "What Girl Can't Do" a song covered by the Lyres over the years. They did a few of their originals "She's The One" "Sister Serena" etc then DMZ's "Bawl Me Out". As if that wasn't enough they were followed by Unnatural Axe.

Dogmatics
Dogmatics
Photo: Decibel Dennis
Unnatural Axe
Unnatural Axe
Photo: Decibel Dennis

Again a great set of Axe tunes ending with Hitler’s Brain (I think). The Flies came up next. They were followed by Hilken & Melissa's band with guests Kelly Knapp and Thalia Zedek. The night closed with The Classic Ruins. And most notably Jeff wanted to change things up so he came out and played drums while Clint Conley played bass and Frank Rowe played guitar!

MilkinMancini
Hilken Mancini, Thalia Zedek and Melissa
Photo: John Keegan

Jeff certainly illustrated how much of a true musician he is, nothing's gonna stop him! He nees to be up there. We wish you the absolutely best outcome Jeff and look forward to cancer saying "Holy shit I'm in Jeff Connolly? EEEK, get me outta here!!

Jeff on Drums
Frank Rowe, Jeff on drums and Clint Conley
Photo: John Keegan

Meanwhile Jeff’s GoFundMe page has also shown how people are coming out to help Jeff. It has continued to grow and increased its ceiling. You can still give HERE. .

The Globe had a page and a half dedicated to Jeff’s story in the Sunday Globe for March 8. Writer Mark Shanahan gave a run down of the Lyres/DMZ history and quoted some fellow musicians and others, like Clint Conley, Hilken Mancini, Peter Zaremba (Fleshtones), Oedipus, Peter Greenberg, Bret Milano and Lili Denison. Here it is if you can get by the paywall.

RIP Joseph Slater

Joeseph SlaterJoseph passed away March 3. There's been an outpouring of emotion and expressions of gratitude on social media. Joseph and his brother Nabil made the Middle East a Boston musical landmark. When you think of the amazing amount of shows that happened in that club ... and continue too .. it’s truly awe inspiring.

So many people offered up stories of how Joseph helped them in hard times by offering them a club residency that supported them, or giving them a place to stay for a few days. You don’t often hear stories like that. That’s special.

Joseph was a hands on guy he made some of the tables in the Middle East. One story had him fixing the chairs at The Armory, the other club that was taken from the Slaters by the city of Somerville. The Middle East has plans with Cambridge to expand the club to include a new building with residences. What will happen to that now? A lot of times it takes just one person with a vision to make a difference and Joseph was that sort of person.

Wake: Monday, March 16, 2026, 4-8 PM at Carroll-Thomas Funeral Home, 22 Oak St, Hyde Park, MA 02136. Funeral: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 11 AM at Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon Church, 61 Rockwood St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.


Newvo Tristram Lozaw died last week. He was a writer for Boston Rock and the bassist for Someone & the Somebodies and the Molls. Someone & the Somebodies opened for U2 at the Paradise. You can hear Tristram excellent bass playing on the band’s 1982 single “Newvo”/”Ian”. Here it is on YouTube. The bass work is the focus in sections of “Newvo”.

Bandmate Kennebunk Moon, who plays electronic music now, has a tribute song posted on Bandcamp. “Grazing Up At The Milky Way On A Clear Night” is a soft pensive electronic piece.


Philip Kaplin has died. He was guitarist for Men & Voltz. That took a unique talent as the group blazed their own way with a unique sound. David Greenberger, who worked with Philip for fifty years, had some remarks on his Facebook page.


Former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra was rushed to a hospital after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke, causing the left side of his body to go completely numb. Jello is 67 now. A few days later he seemed to recover a bit and posted on Instagram, “I still have a lot of great stuff in me, but right now I gotta lotta of rehabbing to do.”

wow...Ok on to other stuff.....

Local punks Stress Balls had their new album Wildcat Sessions released on March 13. You can hear it on Soundcloud. They started a New England tour on March 7. They're hitting NJ, NY, WV, VA, CT and VT and will play Cambridge on April 16 at the Cambridge Community Center.

The ShirtsFor those that were around in the early years of punk in Boston you probably remember The Shirts. They were a NYC group but played the Rat a lot. They were the group that shared the bill with The Damned when they played the Rat. Lead singer Annie Golden went on to act on Broadway and in Orange is the New Black.

The group have a CD coming out on Record Store Day. It's a live set at the Paradise. Boston loved the Shirts!! You can preorder the record for Record Day here. You can see the song list on SoundTrax and order it there too. Shirts have a Fan Page on Facebook.


VIDEOS......

Powhida

John Powhida has never been shy about singing about public figures including rock celebrities. His current song/video is titled “Elvis’ Voice (Has Left the Building)”. The Elvis he’s singing about is Costello. John mentioned on Skybar’s Rising show that he had seen Elvis and he had some vocal issues.

The kicker is that John sings the song with Elvis’ voicing. He puts that recognizable quaver in the voice. The music also has an low key Elvis piano arrangement. When you know what’s going on it gets more and more fascinating. There’s fear in the lyrics as the voice is gone and home remedies are tried. John’s performance (wearing thick Elvis glasses) is effective. At the end he seems stunned and drained about the whole situation as he stares over the keyboard.

Stop Codon Linnea

Linnea’s Garden has a new song/video titled “Stop Codon”. It's about taking control of your life. The video is simple with basically one scene of Linnea in front of a very colorful graffiti column.

Linnea is done up in black pants, black top, black guitar, black glasses and red hair! She’s kicking her leg up while skateboarders are rolling behind the shot. It keeps your attention. We listened to the song a few times before but it made a bigger impression with us in this video version than on the radio. It happens that way sometimes.

Loosey

Loosey, an NYC group, are releasing their first album which is a collection of recordings from 2023-2025. They have a video for the included song “There You Were (Alligator Song)”.

The heavily tattooed singer makes you think it will be a blast of hardcore, but even though Loosey plays with hardcore acts, they have other things going on. They sound like more traditional punk to us. Others say they hear Slade, AC/DC and even Teenage Fanclub. It’s worth checking out this hard to peg group.

The video has the band playing a rooftop show that looks like a neat scene – until the cops break it up. A little more info on the Brooklyn Vegan website.

Eep oop

EEP-OOP! is an odd name but it's a pop punk a group from Seattle. They do have a synth in the group which makes them sound different. The singer however has that nasal nerd voice that screams pop punk.

The video is a live performance of “Don’t Waste Away With Me” from their new Sorry album. They have a fun time on stage which makes you want to see them live. The drummer has a boss snare slam. The video did the job for us, we will check out their album. You can buy the digital album Sorry on Bandcamp. The CD version can be bought on Mom’s Basement Records.


RADIO......

WRPSA reminder for South Shore punks to spin that dial to 88.3 (right above WMBR 88.1) for that WRPS - punk and alternative music all day long.

Every day at noon they have an hour of local rock. As we listened on Sunday 3/8 we got stopped short hearing Brad Marino’s “First Stone” being played. We listen to Brad all the time but to hear it over the air is wonderful thing. Earlier they played Classic Ruins and The Del Fuegos. After it was Stop Calling Me Frank, The Real Kids (“Baby Blue”), Reducers, Lenny Lashley, Street Dogs, Reducers, Big Dipper and they finished with the Wynotts.

We even heard a throwback that amazed us. It was “General Hospital” by Planet Street. How did they even find that? The group included noted photographer BC Kagan. It was a local hit in 1980 but the TV show put a stop to it because of copyright infringement. The TV show then went on to release a song of their own to capitalize on the obvious interest in the song idea. Here’s “General Hospital” on YouTube.

Online you can listen from their webpage.


Skybar RisingSkybar had Linnea Herzog of Linnea’s Garden in to talk about all her new plans. Those involve a new tour that she's lining up. She was talking up her Middle East show that has already happened. That had Endation, Adi Sun and Happy Little Clouds on the bill. Endation has a new song that Skybar played. We hve that reviewed below in the New Music section. Linnea’s Garden has a new song called “Stop Condon”.

Linnea says that the phrase is a term for an off switch for your DNA and metaphorically means taking control of your own destiny. Linnea is a research scientist, that’s how she comes to that knowledge. This is the first song of an upcoming EP that will be out in June. We have the “StopCondon” in the video section above.

Skybar's Rising show is on Tuesday at 7 to 9pm. To listen go to the WMFO webpage and hit the Rising show listing on Tuesday at 7pm and then hit ARCHIVE.


PODCASTS......

Steev Ricardo had Michael Des Barres on Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico. Des Barres of course has the stories. Steev asked and Michael confirmed that Andrew Lloyd Webber was responsible for getting Silverhead going. There were a few Steve Marriot stories because he and Michael were actors before they started rocking.

Michael reveals that he was into the occult thing with Jimmy Page, and later his Detective group ended up on Page’s Swan Song records. Des Barres admit to a drug period but has been sober since 1981 and tells others to stay away from drugs now.

Sonic OVerloadAlways up on the latest news AL Quint played “World War Three” by the Nuns to begin his 3/2 Sonic Overload show. Let’s hope it’s not too predictive.

Al started a punk set with a Transplant song in memory of Jordan Kratz who we memorialized last issue. That was followed by songs by Brian James, Police and Wire. He played a Gang of Four song off the Solid Gold album to mark its release 4 years ago. Then it was Department S with “Is Vic There ?” That was played to death back in 1980 but haven’t heard that in so long. It seemed so cutting edge then.

Al played the Circle Jerks song “Golden Shower of Hits (Jerks on 45)” in memory of Neil Sedaka. We had forgot that “Love Will Keep Us Together” is in the medley and that was written by Neil. We have that below.

I WILL EMBED You can hear the Sonic Overload shows on the web blog. Al has logged all the shows since 2009.

Elastic Glam showThe Elastic Glam Show 2/20 started with T. Rex “Sunken Rags” which is a song we didn’t know. It’s a good one too.
There was a contest for the Glammy award for the Best Glam Song of the Year. Sethyspice had nominated Star Collector’s “The Best Thing” and Dandy Star Dust Drive nominated “Ceasers Palace” by Creem Circus. Creem Circus won but you can hear both songs on the show.

More new glam to enjoy came from The ExBombers, Star Collective, The Black Keys, Vienna Vienna, Star Crazy and the new Michael Des Barres. There’s a whole new world of glam music out there if you didn’t know!

Glam classics that always brighten our day were from Sweet, Slade, Bowie and NY Dolls.

On the 3/13 Elastic Glam show after the T. Rex opener (“Ride A White Swan") we find Suzi Quatro has a new album titled Freedom and will have a tour in April to support it. Read more about it on the Gold Radio website. “Little Miss Lovely” is loud and glam rocking.

Glam throwbacks were Harpo with “Baby Boomerang”, Smokie playing “Oh Carol” and Showaddywaddy doing “Sweet Little Rock n’ Roller”. They played locals Peppermint Kicks, Girl With A Hawk, Jennifer Tefft and Michael Des Barres (local via Rum Bar Records).


NEW MUSIC/CD’s ......

Ape Hangers The Cavedogs

The Ape Hangers officially returned to active duty in 2025 via a Rum Bar Records. They have a new single; “She Comes Again”/ “I Don’t Mind” “She Comes Again” starts slow and calm with a strumming acoustic guitar. The electric accents are added and then halfway through the group cranks up. The tempo stays the same despite the added decibels. The effect of a slow burn is strictly in the dynamics.

“ I Don’t Mind” has a glorious din to it. There’s some magic in it. These three guys get a classic sound with minimal overdubs…it seems to us – we know there are some. On top of the instrumental awesomeness are the vocals which do the same thing. Those vocals in the chorus of “I don’t mind at all” are killer. Even though there are garage music characteristics to this, it doesn’t sound like they are shooting for that. It sounds like they are just playing the way they do and the influences are just part of their band sonics naturally. It’s just genuine goodness.

We have “I Don’t Mind” on our Top Ten Songs.

The Cavedogs are up to their eighth single prerelease from their album Go Deep. That seems like a lot but the album has 17 cuts. If you've been paying attention, and we hope you have, these songs have been top notch.

"Flea Market Ashtray” comes on strong. Loud guitars slot into an insistent chugging beat. Initially it seems like a lot of steam for what, an ashtray? That’s the word that jumps out at you at first listen. It reminded us of the commotion that Screwcart worked up over a “Cheese Wheel”. Bandcamp has the lyrics and they reveal that the ashtray was a precious flea market find of the singer’s significant other. The ashtray is now hostage. Trash day is coming. The final warning, “Repent, or the ashtray gets it”. The ashtray now is a symbol for the out of control mindset of the singer.

Sourpunch Miracle Blood

Our favorite RI rocker Jenn Lombari has a new single with her group Sourpunch. “Rebound n’ Down” is a fast rockin’ gas. It’s speedy punk taking Chuck Berry and Little Richard for a ride.

The lyrics come flying out in double time and jammed in as tight as possible. Then they stop/start rapidly in the chorus. There’s some Little Richard piano pounding in there. In the second half of the song there is some change ups to add some variety. This is as cool as it is unexpected.

Miracle Blood have a single out and with their rockin’ rage style the name “Blazing Entrails” should not surprise. The lyrics are up on Bandcamp.

The If Its Too Loud website quotes Andrew Wong who states that the song is about the existential threat we all are living though now. Everything seems to be falling apart but we continue to go along and try to live our everyday lives. We agree and your traditional protest song seems much too polite for the eviscerating stress we are under. The intense rage bath from Miracle Blood however feels like it is equal to the threat.

The song release comes in tandem with the group’s tour . The list of cities is on the If It’s Too Loud website. They are going from Maine to Kentucky and 11 cities in between.

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Adventure Set Endation

It’s another classy performance by Adventure Set. An album of all these singles would make an impression. We’re sure that will happen.

“Fault Lines” is so well done. The piano/synth background by Pothier is seamless and inviting. It’s a balm for the ears. Ken Scales proves again why he wowed the city back in the day. He keeps his voice calm as the lyrics work their way through a dicey personal situation. We love how he double times the line in the chorus, “You put your name in bold and quotes/tore it up and then you wrote” and then changes to slow and soft singing for “I’m sorry”. It’s like acting in song. His whole performance here is lesson for any singer.

We love hearing that Endation recording and gigging again. Their latest song is “Carry Me” and it digs deep. You can hear it in the singing by Penelope Alizerin Conley. It’s a gem of a performance. The beauty is that the guitar and bass are right there with the voice reinforcing it all the way. Then there’s the drumming by Matt Graber. It’s next level work. We listened to it over and over and it is such a visceral experience. Intense stuff.

Woggles

The Glimmer Stars on Rum Bar Records has a new ten song album Sometimes a Long Time is out on May 8. Two songs are streaming now.

It took about three seconds to get hooked on Mini Mendez’s voice in “Run Away” all over again. There’s both vulnerability and stamina in the vocals. The group as a perfect mix of punk and pop and they do it with their own sound. “I Need It Now” was released on its own a while back. It has the repeat of “I need it now, neh, neh, neh, now”. It’s a classic ear catcher.

We have “Run Away” on our Top Ten Songs.

The Woggles have a single “Love Tick” that is preceding their album Stop And Take A Minute which is collection of rarities, faves and b-sides. They have thirty years of recordings to pick from.

“Love Tick” which is the primo garage that The Woggles are known for was written by Mighty Manfred of the group and Peter Greenberg of DMZ/Lyres/The Customs/Barrence Whitfield fame. We love the Boston connection. The Woggles have a link tree that shows where the album can be preordered.

Grade 2 Mal Thursday

Grade 2 are from Ryde, UK. They have lots of fans in Boston because they tour here regularly. We’ve seen them in Quincy at Maggie’s Lounge and O’Brien’s. Their new album Talk About It will be out April 3. They have four songs streaming now on Bandcamp.

We zeroed in on “Hanging On To You” because is has a warm feeling to it. He loves his partner and says, “I promise I’m hanging on to you”. The song is not a ballad or wimpy though, it uses the rock to solidify the message. “Standing in the Downpour” is another good one that rocks straight out. To hear that and the other streaming cuts go to the Grade 2 Bandcamp page.

If you like garage music, and have another life, you can go to Mal Thursday’s podcast and get lost. Mal Thursday knows his garage and that makes his new album Mods & Gods by his Mal Thursday Quintet a study in the whole movement. It’s heavy on Seeds and Music Machine style classic garage. We also heard Byrds and Yardbirds in there.

It’s also heavy on fuzz and organ. As much as it sounds like the sixties it’s all original music. “The Defiers” has a B Movie soundtrack quality to it. Very neat. In the Bandcamp notes there are hints of guest musicians and you can hear some tasty riffs and solos that beg to be identified. It’s on Misty Lane Music.

The Darts Morning Noise

The Darts’ Halloween Love Story album was a great idea on the face of it. Garage rock fits the Halloween season naturally. The Darts deliver it all in this thirteen cut album.

Halloween Love Story shows them at their best with organ riffs a plenty, on the nose fuzztone guitars, and it’s not just the instruments, it the riffs and sonic palate they create. The music and lyrics never fail. Just the titles work on their own: “Haunt Me”, “Vampires in Love”, “The Devil Made Me Do It” and “Blood Run Cold”.

Then with lines like “Baby bring me back to life/Gonna be your undead wife” everywhere it all is a creepy lovefest. When you are listening you think, I wish it was Halloween, but as one of their titles suggests “Every Night Is Halloween”.

Lead singer and organist Nicole Laurenne had a discussion with Steev on Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico a while ago. Here it is on the podcast.

Morning Noise started 45 years ago in Lodi, New Jersey. They released an album and disappeared. Now they're back, reimagined and have an album Serpent Lip Service to be released on April 17 on Cleopatra Records. Here it is on Bandcamp.

The prerelease single is “Live and Die for You”. This is a different beast. It gets loud and thumping but the vocals are very melodic and the lyrics are sort of touching. The vocalist, Robby Bloodshed, navigates a lively melody with simple and effective embellishments. The guitars do a twin lead that is satisfying.

Catch that bass line in the intro that connects the two chords and that is used to transition other times in the song. We even hear the old doo wop progression in there near the end. It’s got everything! We absolutely got hooked. There is a video for this if you want to see the band. The drummer is Zing who has played with Samhaim/Danzig.

Lethal Weapons Blondie Brad Marino

Lethal Limits from Oakland is basically one guy, Jeff Corso, who plays everything. He's got a new four song EP. There are many influences you can hear. We like “Love Bleed” that has an intro that sounds like Thin Lizzy and then the song hits like Husker Du. We have that embedded below. We also like “Along the Way” which has some interesting sounds going on too.

Blondie has an album out of all live performances. It's a 10-CD anthology, a compilation of live FM broadcasts from 1977 to 1990. There are recordings from CBGB’s and an early one from Boston’s Paradise. This is going to be a limited quantity item. You can order it on Oldies.com.


Brad Marino’s album Agent of Chaos is just about out, you can preorder. It’s fully out on April 3. It’s on Bandcamp with four songs streaming (13 cuts in total). and on Spotify. You can order the vinyl/CD on the Spaghetty Town Records webpage.


Here's some good shows coming up ....

Deep Cuts March 19, 2026 (Thursday) Celebrity Sighting, Nice Guy, Whyte Lipstick, Merry Merry at O'Brien's

March 19, 2026 (Thursday) The Len Price 3, The Chelsea Curve, Stars Like Ours and DJ Sherman at The Stone Church Music Club, New Market NH. FB page

March 20, 2026 (Friday) Angry Samoans at The Middle East Up FB page

March 20, 2026 (Friday) The Len Price 3, The Chelsea Curve, Muck & the Mires, Pop! at Deep Cuts, Medford, MA FB page

March 20, 2026 (Friday) Consumer Culture, Fat Randy, Bedtimemagic, Deprogrammer Cult at O'Briens

March 20, 2026 (Friday) TELL, Torch Red, Pleasure Wheel at The Square Root

March 20, 2026 (Friday) The Gobshites at Boland's Bar and Patio in Worcester FB page

The Bags March 21, 2026 (Saturday) The Bags and Trinary System are at The Crystal Ballroom. TIX

March 21, 2026 (Saturday) Galaxy Cake, Lions & Lavendar, Robbie Dean Rhodes, Lowest Rung of Showbusiness at The JUngle

March 21, 2026 (Saturday) Long Stories, Phantom Ocean, Happy Little Clouds, The Jake Wasson Malpractice at The News CAfe Pawtucket

March 25, 2026 (Wednesday)  Neighborhood Shit, Darcy, Care Fore, Moniument Grill at The Silhouette

March 27, 2026 (Friday) Worm will be shooting a music video of "Life Is Short" off their New Album "SlaveDriver" You can be in the video audience! WORM, The Rocket Gods, The Woods, The Wax Skulls, Cheryl's Boys 21+ Doors @ 730 Pm 10$ Adv Tix/ $15 @ the Door The C Note, Hull FB page

March 28, 2026 (Saturday) Electric Street Queens, Humanoids, Orange Whip, Sherman at The Midway

JungleApril 2, 2026 (Thursay) KENNE HIGHLAND BIRTHDAY BASH with Still Sedated, Cherry Crisis, The Leftovers, Remo W - Kenne will join Still Sedated for a few songs! at The Jungle

April 3, 2026 (Friday) Osis, Tension Scale, Static Friction at Moon Base1 in Salem, MA, 24 New Derby St.  https://www.moon-ns.org/

April 4, 2026 (Saturday) The Black Souls, Thee Sonomatics, The Starlings at Underbones

April 5, 2026 (Sunday) Pledge Pins, Hambone Skinny, Cryin' Caleb

at The Jungle

April 11, 2026 (Saturday) Crank-tones and The Fathoms (Record Release) at The Midway 4PM matinee show

April 11, 2026 (Saturday) Sidewalk Driver, Silver Screams, The Wynotts, Duck and Cover at  Faces Brewing, Malden

April 11, 2026 (Saturday) Spackles, Jay Allen and the Archcriminals, The Mesos at The Square Root

SpacklesApril 12, 2026 (Sunday) The Cynz, Little Billy Lost, Stop Calling Me Frank at Worthen Attic, Lowell, MA, 4PM matinee

April 15, 2026 (Tuesday) Chameleons, The Veldt, Lovina Falls at Crystal Ballroom

April 15, 2026 (Wednesday) First President of Japan, Bedtimemagic, Linnea's Garden, Diane Young at The  Silhouette

April 17, 2026 (Friday) Slamdinistas One night only at the Square Root with  Sado Domestics- FB page

April 18, 2026 (Saturday) Hotel Saturn, Cold Expectations, Tiger Bomb at Underbones

April 25, 2026 (Saturday) Cock Sparrer, Haywire, Lower Class Brats, Yellow Stiches at  Roadrunner

April 26, 2026 (Sunday) Screening of "Life on the Other Planet", and Nervous Eaters at The Cut, Gloucester, MA  4PM

Rock show posterMay 2 & 3, 2026 (Saturday & Sunday) The Oddities & Curiosities Expo Boston -Hynes Convention Center- 900 Boylston St, Boston- 10AM - 5PM - the world's largest traveling oddities event showcasing hand selected vendors, dealers, artists and small businesses with all things weird. You'll find items such as: taxidermy, preserved specimens, original artwork, horror/halloween inspired pieces, antiques, handcrafted oddities, quack medical devices, creepy clothing, odd jewelry, skulls/bones, funeral collectibles & much more. We truly have something weird for everyone at our shows. All items you see at our shows are legal to own and sustainably sourced. Outside of our curated vendors, we host sideshow performers on stage all throughout the day. Check the Website and FB page for more info and TIX

May 9, 2026 (Saturday) Whyte Lipstick, Puke Pisstols, The Lithophones (ex-spits ex-Tampoffs) at The Square Root.

May 9, 2026 (Saturday) The Long Wait, WORM, Catching Hell, The Ungraded, A.P.E. Mark Martin (Marko Bruiser Acoustic Set) at Ralph's Rock Diner Worcester

May 10, 2026 (Sunday) Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico 7th Anniversary with Black Helicopter, The Long Wait, Hammered Saint, The Black Souls at Sonia TIX.

SlamdinistasMay 14, 2026 (Thursday) TRAITRS, Pilgrims at The Middle East Up

May 16, 2026 (Saturday) The Dogmatics and The Gypsy Moths at Boston Harbor Distillery, Boston, MA, 8:30p

May 21, 2026 (Thursday) Kerosene Heights, Dear Maryanne, Ogbert The Nerd, Blame it on Whitman at The Middle Uast Up

June 11, 2026 (Thursday) Echo & The Bunnymen at Roadrunner TIX

June 11, 2026 (Thursday) The Gruesomes with Muck and The Mires at The Burren, Somerville, MA, 6p

July 31, 2026 (Friday) Jonee Earthquake, In Shreds, BAABES, Typhoid Mary at Koto Salem

September 28, 2026 (Monday) The "Sex Pistols" at The Royale

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The Rat Room
   Johnny Angel writes a mystery novel Looking for Lady Dee steeped in Boston punk and Thrills history. It's no apologys given for the punk lifestyle. ....
Johnny Angel talking about his Book
   Just ahead of the big punk show at the Middle East we have an interview with the outspoken Paul Cripple of Reagan Youth......
Paul Cripple of Reagan Youth Interview
   It appeared before us like a chimera and it's still growing...it's the Pipeline 25th Anniversary celebration. We interview mastermind Bob Dubrow about his background and search for what motivates him as well as Pipeline history and the show....
The Bob Dubrow Interview
   A look at a notable summer Wednesday. We start at the LRC Summer Party and bar hop to the Sonny Vincent show at Radio......
LRC Summer Party/Sonny Vincent
   The Boston punk community comes out for a good cause. Neighborhoods, Upper Crust, Dents, Dogmatics, Roy Sludge Trio, Ed Moose Savage, Downbeat 5 and Classic Ruins raise some money and rock the house at......
The Viva La Eva Benefit
   He's legendary and his surprise birthday party was legendary in turn. Only in your Boston Rock and Roll dreams could you come up with a night like this.......
Willie Loco's 70th Birthday Party
   In a case of reverse outsourcing Carl Biancucci of the Classic Ruins also plays bass in the English group Shotglass Killers. He tells us about a gig at the 100 Club with a reformed Damned....
Carl Biancucci in London
   Ralph Fatello gets into reporter mode and gives us a look into the Cars reunion gig with some great back stage photos too at. ......
The Cars reunion gig at the House of Blues
   The scene gets together for Charlie Chesterman and we get to see Scruffy the Cat reunite......
The Charlie Chesterman Benefit
   The Domatics and The Neats Band 19 and Last Stand reunite...for a benefits for cancer research.... ......
Dogmatics Reunion show at the Paradise
    The Konks' hypnotic bashing was a smart mindlessness that you got addicted to. They are calling it quits and we'll miss 'em and there's no free clinic out there to help us either...........
The Konks Final Show
   We were so thrilled with the La Peste DVD we had to talk with Jan Crocker and while we were at it, get his story too......
Jan Crocker/La Peste DVD Interview
Thank god for 110 Instamatics or we wouldn't have a lot of our early Boston punk photos. Kathy Flynn used hers to get some pics of the Rat and The Club and she sent them to us to share with you..........
Kathy Flynn's Photos
One of the interesting things in the early days of Boston punk was seeing the attention grow around us. One watershed moment was when we heard that a Time Magazine reporter was going to visit the Rat. We didn't like the resulting article. But you can decide. Take a look at the .... ...
Time Magazine Article on Punk 1977
Let's get real. We are all getting older and will die. Do you ever consider how you will be remembered? I'm talking about your tombstone. It's morbid, it's in poor taste, it's .....
Future Tombstones
Crotch biting...head bleeding...dick jiggling...it's all in Miss Lyn's report (with photos to prove it) from the GG Allin 10 Year Memorial Tour at the Middle East....
"R.I.P. GG!!"
Everybody wants to know where everybody else is. To help keep track of the wild, the beautiful and the damned we have set up ....
Then and Now
Punk started 25 years ago. Did any of us think we would ever make it this far? Probably not, that was punk; nihilistic, "no future!". Here is a place to remember, and give a moment of thought to, those who didn't make it this far...
In Memoriam
The minute she hit the scene she was every male punk's heart throb. She was beautiful. She had a winning personality. She had a ...well...a...glow. That could be my heart talking because I, Blowfish, confess: I too am Judy's love slave. We didn't just love Judy, we worshiped her. So, now all of us members of Judyism have somewhere to meet and offer our prayers of unrequited love.
The Judy Map Shrine
1977-The Damned were ready to piss on Blowfish and started to undress Miss Lyn! And people seemed to like it!! This interview IS outrageous...for then AND now!
The Damned Interview

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