“The Lysdexics were a high-school-aged four-piece with a socio-political, sloppy hardcore spirit. Their loudmouthed lead singer, Nic, was a fun spaz to watch.”

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The Offset was a St. Cloud-based pop punk three-piece with members coming from previous bands New Flower Horizon, Jerry’s Aquarium, Sgt. Carter and others. They self-released their debut 7″ in 1997 and went on to release just one more EP in 2002 before fading from the live show scene for several years. In 2012 and 2015 they reunited and played sets for each of two Java Joint (RIP) Reunion shows in St. Cloud. A collection of songs recorded in 2005 was released via Bandcamp ahead of the first of these reunions. It’s still unclear whether the band has actually broken up, and as of 2016 guitarist/singer Mark Monn is still playing (Generic Jack).

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Curbside Dentistry

In Defence are back with another classic video. I’m old, so In Defence always reminds me of classic goofball punk outfits like Crucial Youth or Quincy Punx. The music is solid, but its the lyrics that set them apart from the crowd (Blind Approach reference there). Funny, goofy, with a heavy twist on mockery. Their albums are great, but it’s in video format, where the lyrics come to life, that these guys really shine.

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Published on Jul 11, 2013

Live at Mc Caferty’s in St. Paul 1983

Civil Defense….After 30 years…. vintage film of Civil Defense has been discovered. They just got out of a recording studio after recording Gun Control… their first EP. They were playing that night with Sonny Vincent and the Extreme at Mc Cafertys in St.Paul, MN 1983.

Old Wild Hearts

Stream the album, then buy it from their Bandcamp page!

Home (video stream)

Home is the bands second album for Epitaph, and it definitely has that Epitaph polish going for it. Strong effort with all the polish you’d expect from a bigger label, yet maintains all the gruff edge you’d expect from OWTH.

This is the full album stream, and currently features videos for 3 tracks.

Sometime To Return – 1988 – Live

Probably the most commercially successful band to come out of the Minneapolis punk scene, eclipsing Husker Du & The Replacements. After all, they never played a Presidential Inaugural Ball!

Still. I’ve always been a fan of the early Soul Asylum stuff. Every since the mega-hits of the 90s they have pretty much been written off as one of the anchors of the MPLS punk scene in the early days. But go back and listen to those Twintone and A&M albums and you’ll see that it still stands up even into the mid-2010s.

This Is How I Kiss

I know nothing about these guys, but they keep asking to be added, so here you go. Straight out of Robinsdale (home of the late Kurt Hennig).

Sunday

I’m not sure how I manager to NOT post anything by these guys before now. The album is awesome!

Just stumbled on this in-studio clip. Great song!

A few tracks from early 2000’s

I know nothing of this band, but I certainly like what I hear! Tim Fool has promised to fill me in though.