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The Clash – Give 'Em Enough Rope
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Clash – Give 'Em Enough Rope Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978 / Punk / UK Punk / London Matrix #: 35543 Condition: NM Cultural Facts: Band Drama The Clash hired American producer Sandy Pearlman hoping to crack the U.S. market, but some early fans felt the cleaner production softened their raw punk edge. Personal Struggle Joe Strummer was under intense pressure to follow the band’s explosive debut while ...
$30.00
Bad Brains – Bad Brains (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bad Brains – Bad BrainsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Rock, Hardcore Punk, Washington, D.C.Condition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Before hardcore, they were a late-’70s D.C. jazz fusion band called Mind Power—serious players who pivoted fast and shocked the local scene. Media Narrative: As Black Rastafarian punks in a mostly white hardcore world, they were both revered and othered—reshaping who pu...
$27.98
Stiff Little Fingers – Complete Chaos 1979 (Sta...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Stiff Little Fingers – Complete Chaos 1979Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1979, Rock, Punk Rock, Belfast, Northern IrelandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Belfast punk operated under real risk—shows and youth culture collided with sectarian tension, policing, and curfews during the Troubles. Media Narrative: Live/document releases like this helped SLF travel globally when UK media often flattened N...
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DRAIN – Is Your Friend (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: DRAIN – Is Your FriendYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2023, Rock, Hardcore Punk, Santa Cruz, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Built out of the Santa Cruz skate/surf + Bay Area hardcore corridor—small rooms, fast bills, and constant weekend touring. Media Narrative: The “friend” branding flips hardcore toughness into something disarming—violent music culture framed with humor and welcome signs. ...
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Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of DenialYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, Rock, Indie Rock, Seattle, WACondition: New Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Matador recalled and destroyed early vinyl/CD runs after Ric Ocasek rejected a Cars lyric interpolation; the song was rewritten as “Not What I Needed.”Studio Lore: Their first full album made in a proper studio with an outside producer—Steve Fisk at Seattle’s Soundhouse...
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Siouxsie And The Banshees – Once Upon A Time/Th...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Siouxsie And The Banshees – Once Upon A Time/The SinglesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Rock, Post-Punk, London, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Came out of the Bromley Contingent orbit—early UK punk’s fan-to-band pipeline where style, zines, and gigs formed a whole ecosystem. Band Drama: Early years had constant drummer churn; keeping Siouxsie/Severin as the fixed core became the ban...
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The Pogues – Any Port in a Storm (Green Vinyl!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Pogues – Any Port in a Storm (Hamburg)Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985, Rock, Celtic Punk, London, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Captured live in Hamburg during their early club years, when sets traveled fast via taped swaps and word-of-mouth. Media Narrative: They started as “Pogue Mahone” (Irish slang for “kiss my arse”); shortening the name helped them get booked and aired wider....
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Misfits – Famous Misfits of Filmland 7"
Title: Misfits – Famous Misfits of Filmland 7"Year/Genre: 1980, PunkMatrix #: N/ACondition: New C...
Title: Misfits – Famous Misfits of Filmland 7"Year/Genre: 1980, PunkMatrix #: N/ACondition: New Cultural Facts: Title riffs on horror magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, key to the band’s mix of B-movie imagery and DIY punk. Misfits originally moved most 7"s through the Fiend Club, a mail-order fan network run from New Jersey P.O. boxes. Releases under this banner usually trace back to early-’80s material with tiny runs and tangled pressing histories prized by collectors.
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D.R.I. / Circle Jerks – Split LP (Rare) Staff P...
Title: D.R.I. / Circle Jerks – Split LPYear/Genre: 1980s, Hardcore PunkCondition: New Cultural Fa...
Title: D.R.I. / Circle Jerks – Split LPYear/Genre: 1980s, Hardcore PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Brings together Houston’s D.R.I., who helped coin the term “crossover” by fusing hardcore with thrash, and L.A. veterans Circle Jerks from the early Hermosa Beach scene. Circle Jerks formed when original Black Flag singer Keith Morris split from the band, carrying West Coast hardcore’s speed and sarcasm into his own project. Pairing these two groups on one record mirrors classic ’80s pu...
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Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Title: Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!Year/Genre: 1978, New Wave/Post-PunkCondition: Ne...
Title: Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!Year/Genre: 1978, New Wave/Post-PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Produced by Brian Eno in Cologne, Germany, linking Devo to the experimental krautrock scene.2. The title references a line from the 1932 film Island of Lost Souls, reflecting the band’s mix of satire and pop culture critique.3. Initially polarizing, the album later became a touchstone for both punk minimalism and the emerging new wave aesthetic.
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Title: Rikk Agnew – All By MyselfYear/Genre: 1982, Punk RockMatrix #: FLP 1009Condition: New Cult...
Title: Rikk Agnew – All By MyselfYear/Genre: 1982, Punk RockMatrix #: FLP 1009Condition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded after Rikk Agnew’s exit from the Adolescents, with him handling almost all instruments on his own. Released on L.A. indie Frontier Records during the chaotic early-’80s Orange County punk boom. Became a cult solo document for OC punks, often shelved alongside Adolescents, D.I., and Christian Death in local collections.
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Rancid - Give 'Em The Boot (Demos '92-'94)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Rancid – Early DemosYear/Genre: 2024, PunkCondition: NEW, repackaged at Power Plant Cultural Facts: Pre-major era Bay Area tapes from the Gilman/924 circuit, where “no major labels” wasn’t a slogan—it was door policy and scene law. Shows were tied to squat-life and street-kid survival; the band’s early image came from real East Bay and SF punk infrastructure. Demo comps like this exist because originals ...
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The Cramps - Off The Bone(Colored Vinyl+3D Glas...
Title: The Cramps – Off the BoneYear/Genre: 1983, RockCondition: New (colored vinyl; 3D glasses i...
Title: The Cramps – Off the BoneYear/Genre: 1983, RockCondition: New (colored vinyl; 3D glasses included) Cultural Facts: Assembled from early 7-inch and EP material, it became the way a lot of non-U.S. fans first grabbed the band’s early singles on one LP. The 3D cover art and glasses riff on ’50s drive-in horror and cheap theater gimmicks, matching the band’s B-movie and trash-cinema obsession. Front couple Lux Interior and Poison Ivy weren’t just bandmates—they were married for rough...
$36.98