Punk / Hardcore / Emo

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Bad Brains – Bad Brains

Title: Bad Brains – Bad BrainsYear/Genre: 1982, Hardcore PunkMatrix #: ORGM-2179Condition: New Cu...

Title: Bad Brains – Bad BrainsYear/Genre: 1982, Hardcore PunkMatrix #: ORGM-2179Condition: New Cultural Facts: First issued only as a mail-order cassette in 1982, it spread mainly through hand-to-hand tape dubbing rather than standard record-store distribution. Recorded in New York at a moment when the band had strained relations with many D.C. venues, capturing them essentially in exile from their home scene. The members began as a ’70s jazz-fusion group called Mind Power; their later ...

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X - Los Angeles (Staff Pick!)

Title: X – Los AngelesYear/Genre: 1980, PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Debut full-length by...

Title: X – Los AngelesYear/Genre: 1980, PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Debut full-length by Los Angeles band X, released on local imprint Slash Records and produced by former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. The group rose from the same late-’70s L.A. punk circuit as Black Flag and Germs, but pulled in rockabilly and beat-inspired poetry rather than strict hardcore minimalism. Manzarek’s involvement linked the record to L.A.’s 1960s counterculture, and it is widely cited as a foundat...

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Adolescents - Adolescents

Year/Genre: 1981 Hardcore PunkMatrix #Condition: Brand New (sealed) Description:Born in Fullerton...

Year/Genre: 1981 Hardcore PunkMatrix #Condition: Brand New (sealed) Description:Born in Fullerton, California in 1981, Adolescents—also known as the “Blue Album”—captured the raw spirit of Southern California’s hardcore scene. Recorded in just four days, it channeled youthful urgency, working-class angst, and melodic anarchism through signature tracks like “Amoeba” and “Kids of the Black Hole.” As one of the first widely distributed SoCal hardcore albums, it helped shape a generation of punk ...

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