Ready to stage dive into The Punk Rock Museum
The Punk Rock Museum intro fanzine featuring Milo of the Descendents in 1983. Photo by Kevin SalkBy Andy While we were raging the night away by wedging our way up front at raucous, sweat-soaked and...
View ArticleTSHIT's Quotes of Note for 2021
Bruce Stuckey.By AndyAs There's Something Hard in There rolled into its 11th year in 2021, we eased up on the gas pedal a bit due to time constraints and COVID limiting our show intake. It's been a...
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View ArticleChelsea's October and Austin dig into 'Meanwhile Gardens,''Evacuate (Revisited)'
From left, Steve Grainger - drums, Nic Austin - guitar, Gene October - vocals, Mat Sargent - bass and Rob Miller - lead guitar. Photographer - Hayley Jupp.By Andy  Gene October gripped the microphone...
View ArticleRollins digs into his hardcore past to discuss Dischord 200 box set / Interview
Henry Garfield (later Rollins) rages with SOA on the cover of their EP.By AndyMy brother Ed and I asked Henry Rollins heaps of questions when we visited with him at the SST Records office on Phelan...
View ArticleMonolord, Firebreather and Year of the Cobra / Cat Rose photos
Monolord: fucking heavy (All Cat Rose photos)Another round of pummeling from Sweden's Monolord is always on the TSHIT docket and we indulged once again on March 6 at Chop Suey on Seattle's Capitol...
View ArticleCircle Jerks, Adolescents and Negative Approach / Cat Rose photos
Keith Morris leads the charge with the Circle Jerks. (All Cat Rose photos)Keith, Tony and John: The Three Punk Tenors.That's what you got with Morris, Cadena and Brannon when the Circle Jerks,...
View ArticleJawbreaker, Jawbox and Team Dresch / Cat Rose photos
Jawbox, top, and Jawbreaker, below. (All Cat Rose photos)The power trio of Jawbreaker, Jawbox and Team Dresch stormed into Seattle and wedged their slashing, crunching and intricate tunes firmly into...
View ArticleMark Sullivan delves into The Slinkees and DC punk / Interview
From left to right on the back of The Slinkees "Who Cares?" EP, guitarist Geordie Grindle, drummer Jeff Nelson, bassist Ian MacKaye and singer Mark Sullivan.By Andy Mark Sullivan was as surprised as...
View ArticleRedshift into high gear in Seattle/ Cat Rose photos
Redshift in action. (All Cat Rose photos)Well, Redshift gave The Kraken a downright proper rattling on April 8.The Creature on the Seattle gig flyer would surely have emerged from the depths of the...
View ArticleUnearthed Marginal Man photos from 1985 in Sun Valley, CA
 Marginal Man going off. (Photos by John Dieter and Dave Benson)What we have here is pure punk rock gold: Unearthed photos of a raging Marginal Man gig from June 28, 1985 at the Sun Valley Sportsman's...
View ArticleCircle Jerks tour dates galore
Circle Jerks in Seattle in March. (All Cat Rose photos)With the Circle Jerks' man behind the mic, Keith Morris, back in the saddle after recovering from COVID, the band has a plethora of gigs on the...
View ArticleCorporate Citizen: Pure punk at the Pour House/ Gig Review
Corporate Citizen (Bridget photo)By BridgetWatching this band last night (May 12) took me years back when Cat Rose and I would go to punk gigs in the '80s and early '90s. Corporate Citizen is an...
View ArticleAmyl and the Sniffers git rowdy in Seattle / Cat Rose photos
Amyl and the Sniffers.Text and photos by Cat RoseIf there ever was a gig to attend on a "school night," this was surely the one.We didn't mind being a bit slow the next day after rippin' it up with...
View ArticleAvengers announce 'The American in Me Tour'
Penelope Houston of the Avengers. (TSHIT photo)Forty-five years down the line, and the Avengers are still belting out their razor-sharp and meaningful punk tunes. They'll hit the road for "The American...
View ArticleC.O.F.F.I.N. at the Crocodile in Seattle on May 11, 2022/ Cat Rose photos
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View ArticleActionesse at the Crocodile in Seattle on May 11, 2022/ Cat Rose photos
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View ArticleBlackwater Holylight, Spirit Mother and Weep Wave, June 10 at Chop Suey in...
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View ArticleStill having their say: SS Decontrol and Trust Records exclaim it's rerelease...
By AndyI wanted this record so bad that I called Zed Records and asked if they could hold one for me.When I arrived the following day with my friend John at their punk vinyl wonderland in Long Beach,...
View ArticleThree-pronged attack with Thee Deception, Burien and The Shaking Fists/ Cat...
Thee Deception (All Cat Rose photos)Thee Deception, Burien and The Shaking Fists feverishly hit you from all angles with scorching and stomping hardcore punk, blues and razor-sharp rock and roll at...
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