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Snub

August 5, 2026 /

Snub was formed in Philadelphia Pa in the fall of 1991 out of the ashes of the local combos Derelict Hotel, Grisly Fiction and Scab Cadillac. Doug Anson of Derelict Hotel fame played guitar and sang while Roger Bodine formerly of Grisly Fiction contributed bass and vocals and Paul Hazlet of Philly legends Scab Cadillac played the drums. Familiar with each other from the Philly scene and eager to collaborate, Doug and Roger brought in songs that the combo expanded upon, developing a very unique and individual sound. They debuted live at The Khyber Pass on March 18th 1992, opening for The Afghan Wigs. This was followed by several other shows at the Khyber, culminating in their final performance opening for Pavement on July 30th 1992. Doug moved to Arizona in August of that year and eventually formed the Gelcaps. Roger would next join Underraga while Paul would go on to play in Mel’s Rock Pile.

Snub – Live Khyber Pass

Underraga

90s Philly band with 2/3’s of Grisly Fiction Jeremy Sustare – drums (Flower Girl, Grisly Fiction, Skeeter & the Itch, Angus Khan) & Roger Bodine – Bass (Grisly Fiction, DTO,…

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Gelcaps

The Gelcaps began as a solo project in 1993 with Derelict Hotel alumnus Doug Anson making improvisational music on a cheap guitar, Casio keyboard and effect pedals. In ’94 he…

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Mel’s Rockpile – Live on WKDU 03/17/95

Mel’s Rockpile from Marina’s show on WKDU March, 17, 1995. 00 – Intro 01 – Unknown 02 – Unknown 03 – Providence 04 – Unknown 05 – Sick 06 -…

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The Scraggs

October 8, 2025 /

As in most “music scenes,” everybody who is anybody knows everybody else. In Philadelphia, the same story rings true: we all play shows together, screw each other, get fucked up together, fight with each other, break up, splinter off, form new bands together, and hopefully somewhere along the way have some fun and actually make some cool music. The Scrags are proof positive of that last statement. Made up of lead singer William “Billy Taz” McGarvey (formerly of Philly legends the She-Males and Mama Volume), guitarist John Malloy (Flower Girl, Suktub), bassist Rick Wright (Crankcase), and dummer Jeremy Sustare (Flower Girl, Grisly Fiction, Underraga, Skeeter & the Itch, Suktub); the Scrags have all been around the block more than a few times, paying their dues in full, and their debut album shows it in spades. One With Everything comes off like a mixture of early Soundgarden and one of my all time favorite overlooked bands, The Fluid. This is hard and heavy, distorted psychedelic riff rawk with catchy-as- all-hell-hooks-and-melodies. Brian McTear (who had recorded and produced such bands as locals-turned-international-touring-rock-band the Burning Brides) turned the knobs on this scorchin’ slab o’ sound and this album just has that B-I-G rock sound that is missing in so much music today. Nothing is compressed on any of the songs, it was just recorded live in a big room with some talented rockers who got chops and know how to play. ’Nuff Said. This is the best debut album I have heard from any Philly band in many a year.
-Peter Santa Maria ©2004

Below is the One with Everything cd and their 1st release Ghetto Diamond. Thanks for the cds, flyers, etc Jeremy

01 – Swinging Chad
02 – Slow Fizz
03 – Wire
04 – Blur
05 – Ghetto Diamond
06 – My Hair

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01 – The High Kid
02 – Bad Party
03 – I Feel Fine
04 – Stripper
05 – In The Band
06 – Rollover
07 – Mother Mary
08 – Love Money Pussy

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Suktub

Suktub was Roger Bodine (Grisly Fiction, Underraga, DTO) on bass and vocals, John Malloy (Flower Girl, The Scraggs) on guitar and vocals and Jeremy Sustare (Flower Girl, Grisly Fiction, Underraga, Skeeter & the Itch, The Scraggs) on drums. Butkus Demo Tape They are recordings we did with Chuck Hanning who was the first Grisly Fiction…

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Grisly Fiction

Formed in late 1985 by guitarist Rob Coye and bassist Roger Bodine (aka Food-Gas) in their hometown of Syracuse, NY, Grisly Fiction is a band that has weathered many changes and continues to progress. Originally using a drum machine and additional guitar by Jeremy Richards, the band played at clubs and parties in and around…

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Doomed To Obscurity (DTO)

DTO had a sound that was kind of a mix of old Hardcore and Garage rock. Probably because of the influences of all the past local bands the members were in. DTO is made up of Roger Bodine (Grisly Fiction, Underraga, Suktub, Heroics) – Bass  /  Chris Hunter (Red Paint People, Mothra) – Guitar  / …

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Underraga

September 17, 2025 /

90s Philly band with 2/3’s of Grisly Fiction Jeremy Sustare – drums (Flower Girl, Grisly Fiction, Skeeter & the Itch, Angus Khan) & Roger Bodine – Bass (Grisly Fiction, DTO, Heroics) and 2 WKDU DJ’s Mark Andryczyk – Guitar (Yeezhak, Kavune, Hot Rods to the Gods) & Alex Fielding – Vocals (Hot Rods to the Gods, Via Satellite). This is their 5 song demo tape which one of the songs was on the Scrapple compilation. Plus some pixelvision videos from a WKDU band bash. (Thanks for the tape & info Jeremy & Roger for the video)

Underraga – Khyber Pass (01/1993)

01 – Classico
02 – G Litter G
03 – What Is A Number
04 – Ufo Crawling Out Of H2o
05 – If I Had A Hifi

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If-Live on WKDU

October 20, 2022 /

If Live on Jackie’s show on WKDU from 1990. If at the time was Chaz (Unloved) and Chris Hunter on guitar (Little Gentlemen, Goats, Mothra &  DTO  ) and Stroller from Red Paint People.

Thanks for the Tape Jackie

00 – Intro
01 – Unknown
02 – Unknown
03 – Unknown
04 – Unknown
05 – Unknown
06 – Unknown
07 – Unknown
08 – Unknown
09 – Unknown
10 – Not My Friend
11 – Unknown
12 – Unknown
13 – House of Detention
14 – Outro

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Kitschchao

April 5, 2022 /

Here is a great description of the band stolen from Nice Popper fanzine (I think)- Kitschchao were thee best punk band in Philadelphia during the early nineties. They released one 7″ single on Compulsiv Records and have an unreleased album floating around the East Coast on CDr. Singer Tristan Egolf went on to write 3 well known novels. Members of Kitschchao ended up in the bands Woodland Fruits, More Fiends, Apollo Creed, Dagobah System and D.T.O..

For my part in 1992 I attempted an ill-fated / not anywhere near enough cash to move – move to San Francisco which later called a vacation with all my stuff. In those maybe 2 months I was gone Kitschchao had started getting everyone’s attention and were reinvigorating the philly scene with some much needed influx of punk and fun. They were a great band to see live and you never knew what was going to happen. If you don’t believe me hopefully the pictures and video below will give you a glimpse of it.
Tristan Egolf -Vocals
Dan Gill – Bass
Jason Clouser – Guitar
Dave Stauffer – Drums

A – Peter Stumpe
B – Gone Sane

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From Scrapple comp

Kitschchao – Magdaline

Gone Sane Video

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Doomed To Obscurity (DTO)

February 8, 2011 /

DTO had a sound that was kind of a mix of old Hardcore and Garage rock. Probably because of the influences of all the past local bands the members were in. DTO is made up of Roger Bodine (Grisly Fiction, Underraga, Suktub, Heroics) – Bass  /  Chris Hunter (Red Paint People, Mothra) – Guitar  /  Jason Clouser (Kitschchao) – Guitar  /  Jason Ranck – drums  /  Billy Taz (Mama Volume, Angus Kahn) -Vocals (2005-present) / Tristan Egolf – Vocals (2002-2004)

Doomed To Obscurity CD
01 – Better Days
02 – Matador
03 – Canyon Call Woman
04 – Shooting Spree
05 – Shitbeast
06 – Liv Rundgren
07 – The Twelfth One
08 – Dirty White
09 – Trolls
10 – Vernon Howell
11 – Wrecked Your Pickup
12 – $1561
13 – Rikki Tiki Tavi

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Drug Lick
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Pipe Bomb

One More War b/w Pipe Bomb 7 inch
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Live Videos from Tritone

This video was shot at the last Doomed To Obscurity (DTO) (of this lineup) show which was at the Tritone.  At the bottom of the videos I put a music video for the song Better Days with animation by Judith Schaechter which is my favorite song from the lineup with Tristan. He was also the singer for Kitschchao and an author – sadly he died in 2005. Below the videos I made mp3’s of the audio from the video if you want them.

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Better Days Animation by Judith Schaechter R.I.P. Tristan Egolf

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