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Talking Toxic Reasons with Stuckey / Feature story
 Bruce Stuckey hammers it out at TT the Bear's in Cambridge, MA on Dec. 27, 1985. Photo by Rocco Cipollone for the cover of Al Quint's Suburban Voice #18.By Andy All Bruce Stuckey could do was keep an...
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Pezzati chats about new Naked Raygun album, band's history / Feature story
Jeff Pezzati lets loose during a Naked Raygun gig. Courtesy of MXV Photography. www.punkvinyl.com. By AndyJeff Pezzati probably wouldn't be surprised if a raccoon poked its head into the room while he...
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Descendents go old school in present day with '9th & Walnut' album
                         Cover Art: Chris Shary; Graphic Design: Jason LinkBy AndyWhenever I think of the Descendents, my mind immediately whizzes back to when I watched them...
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Skids blast through covers album, 'Songs from a Haunted Ballroom'
 Richard Jobson during the Skids' recent streaming gig. TSHIT screenshotBy AndyThe Skids absolutely blast through the Ultravox raucous classic "Young Savage" to kickstart the Scottish band's upcoming...
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Full speed ahead: Dischord Records to reissue first six EPs as box set
Photo from the Dischord Records website.By AndyHas it really been 40 years since our trusty mailman wearing a pith helmet delivered several Dischord Records EPs to our Redondo Beach, CA, home? I bought...
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K.K. Barrett of the Screamers, who finally have a record out / Interview
 Logo designed by Gary PanterThis interview originally appeared in the Los Angeles Beat on April 20.By Bob LeeThe Screamers have not stopped being ahead of their time since their formation in 1976. A...
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The rock returns with Toe Tag and Brain Cell Genocide
Toe Tag. (All Cat Rose photos)By AndyIn the immortal words of Bon Scott, "Let There Be Rock!"It's been about 16 months since we at TSHIT Central have set foot in a club to attend a gig, and like every...
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Frank Agnew's back on guitar and walking down The Lonely Streets with Greg...
Frank Agnew. (Photo by Rob Wallace)By AndySurely at that juncture in their lives, the Adolescents weren't scout material.Yet, there they were, strolling -- or ramming? -- through the doors of the scout...
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The Sinister Six, The Shaking Fists, Penny Blackbelt / Cat Rose photos
The Sinister Six in your face. (All Cat Rose photos)As the rock continues to roll these days, we checked out the scene at Slim's Last Chance Saloon in Seattle on July 23 with The Sinister Six, The...
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Monolord teams up with Blackwater Holylight for 2021 European tour
 Thomas V Jäger of Monolord in Bellingham, WA, in 2016. Cat Rose photoIt's been a while since people have been sledgehammered by Monolord.Well, the time will soon come for the Gothenburg, Sweden,...
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38 Coffin, The Shaking Fists and The Shaken Growlers / Cat Rose photos
38 Coffin (All Cat Rose photos)In the latest installment of TSHIT invades a Seattle-area rippin' rock-and-roll rumble, we checked into Darrell's Tavern in Shoreline on Aug. 7 for 38 Coffin, The Shaking...
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Agent Orange, Thee Deception and their punk-rock comrades blast Seattle/ Cat...
Agent Orange.Because TSHIT calls the shots, we are showcasing five bands out of 10 in this photo entry from the Aug. 14 El Corazon/Funhouse punk-rock slugfest in Seattle. Part two will come soon, so...
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Scream recording new album, 'DC Special,' will begin Kickstarter campaign on...
The Scream team of (clockwise from upper left) Kent Stax, Skeeter Thompson, Pete Stahl and Franz Stahl blast away at the Funhouse in Seattle a decade ago. Andy photosBy AndyI can still vividly recall...
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Let's get loud with The Convictions, WORWS, Dreadful Children and The...
The Convictions unleashed. (All Cat Rose photos)By Andy How did the poor stage at the Funhouse survive the massive trampling it endured from the 12-footed unhinged beast known as The Convictions?From...
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Road rage: Circle Jerks, 7 Seconds and Negative Approach set for 2022 tour
Keith Morris, Kevin Seconds and John Brannon are ready to rip it up on tour. (All Cat Rose photos)Get your voices ready and your bodies in gear for the three-pronged punk-rock attack of the Circle...
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Vitriol, Re-Buried and Goat Sanctuary shred Seattle / Cat Rose photos
Vitriol. (All Cat Rose photos)It was a growling and blistering eve of death metal from the titanic trio of Vitriol, Re-Buried and Goat Sanctuary on Oct. 22 at the Clock-Out Lounge in Seattle. All three...
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UltraBomb's Canadian dates are postponed; 'Time To Burn' album in the can
UltraBomb: From left, Jamie Oliver, Finny McConnell and Greg Norton. (Joite photo)By AndyUltraBomb will have to refrain from lighting its punk-hardcore-power-trio fuse for now.On Nov. 9, two days...
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Punk flashback: Black Flag/Ramones/Minutemen, Nov. 17, 1984, Hollywood Palladium
 Cops photo: Gary Leonard; flier: TSHIT archivesBy Cat RoseToday, we're reposting Cat Rose's reflections of this legendary and chaotic gig from 37 years ago."After seeing Henry flip sweat off his then...
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Heaps of fucking metal: tinnitus on the way / Cat Rose photos
 Succumb. (All Cat Rose photos)When the stage smoke wasn't enveloping the Substation in Seattle on Nov. 12, the metalists in attendance could get a glimpse of the rippers, sludgers and doomers who were...
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Warish, Deathchant and The Bobby Lees in Seattle / Gig review and photos
Deathchant, top, Warish, middle, and The Bobby Lees. (All Cat Rose photos)By AndySometimes, the bonus band puts a gargantuan stamp of approval on an already stellar bill. When two bands become three by...
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