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Big Dipper – Live JC Dobbs

February 27, 2026 /

Big Dipper’s backstory is about as common as 4/4 time: First, they built a fierce local following, recorded some albums on an indie label and toured like mad. Second, they signed with a major label and cut a heavily produced LP that was a dramatic departure from their original sound. Third, the disc fell short – MMONE, the Music Museum of New England

Two show tapes from JC Dobbs (and some video I found on Youtube) from the end of 1989 and beginning of 1989. Thanks for the tapes Don Sheluga

JC Dobbs Nov 6 1988

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All Going Out Together (3/3/1988)


Full show (3/3/1988)


JC Dobbs Jan 22 1989

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Volcano Suns – Live

April 18, 2025 /

Volcano Suns were founded in Boston in 1983 by former Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott. In 1985, the band, with Jon Williams on guitar and Jeff Weigand on bass, released their debut album, The Bright Orange Years, and followed it up a year later with another classic, All-Night Lotus Party. Both albums were originally released on Homestead Records.
2 live tapes from Philly from the late 80’s Arch Street Empire and Khyber Pass. (Thanks for the Live tapes Don Sheluga) Not sure if I was at these particular shows or not – Volcano Suns played a lot in Philly and I think one time I saw them at Swarthmore College. They were always a great band to see live. I included the live tape they released on bandcamp from City Gardens. Although City Gardens was never my favorite place this show was amazing – Squirrel Bait, Volcano Suns, Agent Orange and the Descendants.

Live Arch Street Empire 5/25/1989
01 – What’s Happening To Me!
02 – Barricade
03 – Animals
04 – Dot On The Map
05 – Unknown
06 – Come on Baby Let’s Go Downtown” (Neil Young cover)
07 – Magic Sky
08 – Meat and Potatoes
09 – Engine-Unknown
10 – Greasy Spine
11 – Peal Out/Testify
12 – Unknown
13 – Action (Sweet Cover)

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Live Khyber Pass 6/2/90
01 – Fastest Man Alive
02 – Needles In The Camel’s Eye
03 – Sea Cruise
04 – Unknown
05 – Unknown-Greasy Spine
06 – Unknown
07 – Sounds Like Bucks
08 – Unknown-White Elephant
09 – Unknown
10 – That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate
11 – Unknown
12 – Unknown

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Old Pain(t): Live at City Gardens

Jeff Wiegand of the band offered some background on the release:
This show was recorded at City Gardens in New Jersey during July of ’86. We had just finished up the final mixing of All-Night Lotus Party in June and went back out on the road for a bit.
The original cassette tape was restored by Bob Weston and Jon Williams. Bob tells me the whiz-bang technical term for this is “audio restoration.” Whatever it might be called, they did a great job.

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Boston Love Hall Show

D.Y.S. – Love Hall, Philadelphia 5-28-83

November 29, 2020 /

The DYS show is from Boston Night at Love Hall. SS Decontrol, Jerry’s Kids and F.U.’s played. DYS took its name from the Department of Youth Services.
After DYS broke up. co founder Jonathan Anastas became a founding member of Slapshot. Dave Smalley went on to sing for Dag Nasty, ALL and Down By Law, before founding Don’t Sleep.
Thanks for the tape files Brett Noise Addiction II

01 – City to City
02 – Circle Storm
03 – Open Up
04 – Insurance Risk
05 – More Than Fashion
06 – Title Unknown
07 – Brotherhood
08 – Wolfpack
09 – (The Girls Got) Limits
10 – Title Unknown
11 – Escape
12 – Stand Proud

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Buff Hall Flyer

SS Decontrol – Buff Hall, Camden 11-20-82

November 21, 2020 /

Happy Belated Buff Hall Day (11-20) to all the people lucky enough to have been at that show. I saw lots of fb posts about the anniversary of that show and since I recently got these files (Thanks Brett) I wanted to get this up as soon as I could. So here they are- Boston’s SSD (Society System Decontrol) Live at the famously insane Buff Hall show in Camden. It was an amazing lineup – Minor Threat, SS Decontrol, Agnostic Front, along with Crib Death and F.O.D. from Philly. Added to all that it was F.O.D.’s first show ever. It was before my time in Philly and big of my list of shows I regret not being at. Scroll down for links to some great books with first hand stories from the show.

01 – No Reply
02 – Get it Away
03 – Boiling Point
04 – Police Beat
05 – Nothing Done
06 – Glue
07 – Under the Influence
08 – Whos to Judge
09 – How Much Art
10 – Force Down Your Throat
11 – Fight Them
12 – Headed Straight
13 – X – Claim
14 – Fun to You
15 – The End

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Books

For first hand stories about this show and much more get Nancy Barile’s book “I’m Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion” and George Hurchalla’s Going Underground: American Punk 1979–1989.

Also more on the show, including an interview with Ian MacKaye, from the Double Cross online fanzine.

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