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Stiff Little Fingers are rolling, drummer Steve Grantley talks new album, 'No...
From left to right, Ian McCallum, Jake Burns, Steve Grantley and Ali McMordie (Courtesy of Ashley Maile)By AndyStiff Little Fingers are still hammering away while infusing infectious melodies into our...
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Tony Reflex's top-10 singers ... from an Adolescent to grown-up
Tony Reflex, courtesy of artist Brian Walsby.(Whenever There's Something Hard in There co-editor Andy received a new punk rock album for Christmas in the early '80s, his uncle would reach his hand out,...
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New Zero Boys album, 'Monkey,' is on the way
Zero Boys, from left: Dave Lawson, Mark Cutsinger, Paul Mahern and Scott Kellogg. (Courtesy photo)By AndyThe Zero Boys' new album "Monkey" is ready to be unleashed and singer Paul Mahern can't wait for...
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Austin Powers up a Stellar Vacation
Bishops Green brings the power of Oi! to The Lost Well.Yellow Jacket Social Club.By CatAustin is one hell of a cool town.The weather may be a little too hot for us wimpy Seattleites -- so glad we went...
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Fu Manchu / Electric Citizen / Ancient Warlocks in Seattle
Fu Manchu's Scott Hill. (All Andy photos)By AndyFu Manchu's ride was not so kind to the band during the opening round of its recent U.S. tour.While driving to Reno, the Fu's longtime trusty van took a...
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Zero Boys go all 'Vicious Circle' on us in Seattle ... the new 'Monkey' tunes...
Paul Mahern of the Zero Boys.Andy, text -- Cat Rose, all photosYou knew you were gonna get it.Not just a few songs, but the whole damn thing.I'm talking about the Zero Boys' crucial "Vicious Circle" LP...
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My Mom and Peter Criss
By AndyWhen I was in grade school in the mid-1970s, KISS was usually on the tip of my tongue whenever I talked rock with some of my classmates.A handful of us at Our Lady of Guadalupe School (OLG) in...
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Catching up with San Jose's Ray Stevens II of The Faction, Los Olvidados,...
Ray Stevens II with The Faction in San Jose on May 10. (All Chris Shary photos)By AndyRay Stevens II: Solid player of bass, skater, upbeat and positive guy ... and DJ at my cousin Eric's wedding to...
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Bl'ast! and Destroy!
Bl'ast! off in Seattle: Clifford Dinsmore, top, and Mike Neider, below.Andy: text -- Cat Rose: photosIt would be too easy to let the expletives fly when describing the two gigs Bl'ast! rampaged through...
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Singing along with 7 Seconds
The crowd goes off to 7 Seconds in Seattle.Andy: text -- Cat Rose: photosAs the guy in front reached up onstage and pulled the microphone stand down into the crowd last Saturday in Seattle, I couldn't...
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Seaweed in Seattle
The pride of Tacoma -- Seaweed in action.Cat Rose, text and photosMore than 20 years later, Seaweed still gets you tangled up in exhilaration.Who says you can't rock out like it's 1994? ...(or...
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Reviews: Silver Screams, Expired Logic and Voice of Addiction
Artwork by Chris SharyBy AndySilver Screams -- "Creep Joint Scratch"The Washington, DC punk scene had its "Revolution Summer" in 1985, and Silver Screams from the Cambridge/Somerville area of...
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'What Have We Wrought?' -- get this essential punk compilation
Darby Crash was never at a loss for words.And here's a Germs gem after the band rages through "Out of Time," a rare live cut off the essential "What Have We Wrought?" compilation:"Thank you … or fuck...
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Corrosion of Conformity: Guitarist Woodroe Weatherman weighs in on band's new...
COC's Woodroe Weatherman in Seattle. Andy, text -- Cat Rose, photos"Is that a rooster?"That's me asking Woodroe Weatherman of Corrosion of Conformity what's the racket in the background while we...
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Sham 69 'That's Life' adverts... have a laugh
Sham 69's sophomore album "That's Life" is one of our faves, not just for the tunes, but for the banter in between the songs on this concept album released in 1978 on Polydor Records. You've got...
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Warning! Corrosion of Conformity, Bl'ast! and others coming at you
Top, Mike Dean of COC; bottom, Clifford Dinsmore of Bl'ast! (Cat Rose photos)There's Something Hard in There friends, colleagues and partners in crime Corrosion of Conformity and Bl'ast! will pair up...
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A screaming good time with Shattuck and The Muffs
The Muffs' Kim Shattuck at the Burger Boogaloo in Oakland, Calif. Andy, text -- Cat Rose, photosKim Shattuck missed her band.When she was playing bass for the Pixies and was glancing at drummer Dave...
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Heart: Straight On in Redmond, WA
The There's Something Hard in There staff crossed another rockin' band off its bucket list with a stellar Heart gig on July 1 at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA.Armed with her photo pass, Cat Rose snapped...
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'It's Germany's Cup!': Interview flashback with Toby Charles of Soccer Made...
Finally, we get a chance to celebrate Germany's World Cup victory.For a year now, Cat has been proclaiming to everyone she knows that, "It's Germany's Cup!"It truly is... and she'll soon be collecting...
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Punk-rock mailbag: Bob Mould, Mike Ness, Paul Mahern and Jeff Nelson
By Andy Just digging through the collection in the garage today and I came across a few letters sent to me by punk-rock band members in the early '80s. With the exception of Jeff Nelson of Minor...
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