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Angry Samoans/Runny/Globe @ Gold Sounds, Brooklyn, NY 3/21/26

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  Bill: Angry Samoans/Runny (Globe was last band on early show headlined by Imposters) Venue: Gold Sounds , 44 Wilson Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 3/21/26 Door: $25 12am Angry Samoans Active: 1978 (Los Angeles, CA) Latest Release: Fuck The War (Triple X, 2005) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlis t AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 11pm Runny Active: 2011 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: California Uber Phallus (Baynestudio, 2017) Bandcamp   YouTube Spotify 10pm Globe Active: 2025 (New York, NY) Latest Release " Pretend " (Globe, 2025) Bandcamp  I nstagram   YouTube Spotify After  checking out Jonny Couch at Sleepwalk, I walked over to Gold Sounds, a little under a mile away.  Angry Samoans I haven't seen since 1987 in Boston.  Only the drummer Bill Vockeroth remains from that band.  Metal Mike and Greg Turner aren't in this touring lineup.  Initially Bill toured as Angry Samoan but he reverted to touring under the band name in 2025....
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Jonny Couch/Jasno Swarez @ Sleepwalk, Brooklyn, NY 3/21/26

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Bill: Jonny Couch/Jasno Swarez Venue: Sleepwalk , 251 Bushwick Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 3/21/26 Door: Free 9pm Jonny Couch Active: 2016 (Jersey City, NJ) Latest Release: " Sweet Charlene " (Jonny Couch, 2023)  Mystery Man  (Damaged Sofa, 2019) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   AllMusic   YouTube   Spotify 8pm Jasno Swarez Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: I f You Listen To This You're Gay (Jason Suarez, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram    YouTube S potify Jonny Couch had a last minute Saturday night show at Sleepwalk so I took advantage of the open bar 7-8 then hung out for the show.  Jonny had full room and as usual it was good to catch up although I split after the show for the Angry Samoans at Gold Sounds.  Jonny asked if Jeff Dahl was still in them.  Not only was he not, but the only original member was the drummer. Speaking of drummers Jonny is one, but in his band he...
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Benefit For Jeff Conolly Battle of the Bands featuring Mission of Burma, Dogmatics, Unnatural Axe, Classic Ruins, Nat Freedberg Joint, Hilken & Melissa Band @ Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA 3/12/26

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  Bill: Mission of Burma, Dogmatics, Unnatural Axe, Classic Ruins, Nat Freedberg Joint, Hilken & Melissa Band Venue: Middle East Downstairs, 472 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA Date: Thursday 3/12/26 Door: Sold Out (bought advance tickets $30 plus fee) 9pm Mission Of Burma un Latest Release: Unsound (Fire, 2012) Active: 1979 (Boston, MA) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 9:30 Dogmatics Active: 1981 (Boston, MA) Latest Release: Nowheresville (Rum Bar Records, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 10pm Unnatural Axe Active: 1977 (Dorchester, MA) Latest Release: Unnatural Axe/Nasties split 7" (Lawless, 2010), Unnatural Axe Is Gonna Kick Your Ass  (Lawless, 1997) Bandcamp Facebook   Discogs Setlist AllMusic   Punk Wiki YouTube Spotify 10:30 Nat Freedberg Joint Active: 1982 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: The Flies, The Titanics, The Satanics, Upper Crust Bandcamp Facebook...
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Acid Bath/Baroness/The Skull @ Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ 3/7/26

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  Bill: Acid Bath/Baroness/The Skull/Blood Vulture Venue: Starland Ballroom , 570 Jernee Mill Road , Sayreville, NJ Date: Saturday 3/7/26 Door: $95 (had a comp) 10pm Acid Bath Active: 1991 (Hourna, LA) Latest Release:  Paegan Terrorism Tactics  (Rotten Records, 1996) Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist     AllMusic   Wiki   YouTube   Spotify 9pm: Baroness Active: 2003 (Savannah, GA) Latest Release: Stone (Abraxin Hymns, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic WIki YouTube Spotify 8pm The Skull Active: 2012 (Chicago, IL) Affiliated: Legions Of Doom , Trouble Latest Release: The Endless Road Turns Dark (Tee Pee, 2018) Bandcamp Facebook   Discogs Setlist AllMusic WIki YouTube Spotify Did a Tee Pee road trip with Kenny yesterday to the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ about 40 away from NYC but still considered "New York Market."  I hadn't been there since Motorhead about 20 years ago...
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The Spits/Prison Affair/Times New Viking/Snooper @ Knockdown Center, Queens, NY 3/6/26

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  Bill:  OUTLINE: The Spits/Prison Affair/Times New Viking/Snooper/The Serfs Venue: Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: Friday 3/6/26 Door: $35 (had free ticket from DoNYC) 11pm The Spits Active: 1993 (Seattle, WA via Kalamazoo, MI) Latest Release:  VI  (Thriftstore, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs  AllMusic   Setlist   Wiki   YouTube   Spotify 10pm Prison Affair Active:  2018 (Barcelona, Spain) Latest Release: Demo IV (Under The Gun, 2025) Bandcamp Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic    YouTube Spotify 9pm Times New Viking Active: 2003 (Columbus, OH) Latest Release: Over And Over (Siltbreeze, 2012), Dancer Equired (Merge, 2011) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Snooper Active: 2020 (Nashville, TN) Latest Release: Worldwide (Third Man, 2025) Bandcamp Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify MIssed: The S...
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Zebra/Anything But Human @ Sony Hall, New York, NY 3/1/26

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  Bill: Zebra/Anything But Human Venue:  Sony Hall ,  235 W 46 St . , New York, NY Date: Sunday 3/1/26 Door: $55 (had a free pair from DoNYC) 9pm Zebra Active: 1975 (Long Island, NY via New Orleans, LA) Latest Releae:   IV (Frontiers, 2003) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Anything But Human Active:  2019 (Dallas, TX) Latest Release: " Life " (Anything But Human, 2025) Facebook   Instagram Discog s Setlist   YouTube Spotify Zebra are doing 50th anniversary dates and coupled with getting a free pair of tickets, no time like the present to finally check them out.  I really only know their first record which I wrote about a couple years back on the other blog.  My friend Kenny had said they were good and when I heard "Who's Behind The Door" I instantly remembered it from 1983 more so than "Tell Me What You Want" and Kenny's favorite "Bears."  Those songs seem like established hits now when they we...
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Blues For Greeny @ The Cutting Room, New York, NY 2/28/26

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  Bill: Blues For Greeny Venue: The Cutting Room , 44 E 32 St. , New York, NY Date: Saturday 2/28/26 Door: $25 (had a +1) 9pm Blues For Greeny Affilliated: Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac cover band, Daniel Cervantes (Howlin' Rain, Chest Fever), Dylan Donovan (Sacri Monti), Ryan Grenda, Justin de la Vega (Warish)   Facebook Instagram   Setlist   YouTube   Dylan from Tee Pee band Sacri Monti was in town from San Diego with his Peter Green cover band Blues For Greeny, so I met up with Kenny at his local Tradesman and when subwayed it L to the 6 to 33rd St. to go to the "new" Cutting Room which opened in 2013 after the previous room went down in 2009.  Cutting Room always had low key industry showcase band and revival tours.  This particular Saturday night was dedicated to cover bands.  We got there when Fleetwood Macked were doing their final run of hits to a packed room. Bands like Howlin' Rain and Sacri Monti don't usually play the Cutting Room and thi...
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