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Aug 18, 2023 · Minneapolis punk scene has long intersected with LGBTQ+ community. DIY punk has also become an inclusive space for queer and trans people because of its culture of acceptance.
- Nicole Ki
I’m 60 years old, so the scene has changed, but Minneapolis has always had a thriving music life. I also quit heroin and it was such a good decision, so I’m rooting for you. I never hit bottom, but it was like I was living next to my life, instead of being a direct participant.
Jan 11, 2021 · For punk rock fans, one of the best binges of late has been producer David Roth and Twin Cities Public Television’s newly released documentary “Minnesota Hardcore,” which chronicles the loud,...
Mar 6, 2023 · Courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Opening its doors on April Fools’ Day, 1994, Extreme Noise Records is a volunteer-run music store that has remained a staple of the Twin Cities music and punk communities for nearly three decades.
- The Suicide Commandos
- Twin/Tone Records
- Hüsker Dü
- The Replacements
- Your Flesh Fanzine
- Soul Asylum
- The Magnolias
- Halo of Flies
- Amphetamine Reptile Records
- Babes in Toyland
Really, Twin Cities punk begins here. Jesperson remarked that he and the rest of Oar Folk’s staff were deeply puzzled when they received a promo record of the first Ramonesalbum: “We all thought it was oddly similar to what the Suicide Commandoshad been doing.” Even the Commandos — singer/guitarist Chris Osgood, eventually guitar tutor to locals ra...
Jesperson, local recording engineer Paul Starkand St. Paul Pioneer Press music journalist Charley Hallmanbegan Twin/Tone Records in 1977 to release local singles and generally boost Minneapolitan punk and new wave. “We were there super early and did a lot to help it develop,” Jesperson recollected in a 2005 Magnet magazine Minneapolis retrospective...
Alongside the Replacements, Hüsker Düare one of the two incandescent talents that put Minneapolis on the map in the ‘80s, Princenotwithstanding. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Mould, singer/songwriter/drummer Grant Hartand bassist Greg Norton possessed a scary work ethic, constantly touring, and had a nonstop compositional rigor. They helped put hardc...
One drunken night walking home from work, a janitor named Paul Westerbergwho wrote songs and played a little guitar overheard a band called Dogbreath rehearsing in a basement. They played Ramones-speed covers of odd things such as Yes’ “Roundabout.”Impressed, he introduced himself to 19-year-old dipsomaniac guitarist Bob Stinsonand his 12-year-old ...
Peter Davisand Ron Clarkbegan Your Fleshin 1981 to cover the rise of hardcore in Minneapolis. Which at the time numbered not just Hüsker Dü but artists such as Todlachen, Rifle Sport, Red Meat, Loud Fast Rules, Man Sized Actionand other denizens of local hardcore palace Goofy’s Upper Deck. Davis in particular wrote in a comically abrasive style fil...
Beginning as hardcore trio Loud Fast Rules in 1981, the evolution into Soul Asylumsaw lead vocalist/drummer Dave Pirner assuming rhythm guitar duties, vacating his drum stool for Pat Morley. Guitarist Dan Murphyand bassist Karl Mueller stayed put. Finding a home at Twin/Tone, they developed their own swaggering rock ‘n’ roll sound that seemingly fo...
Singer/guitarist/songwriter John Freeman formed the Magnolias in 1984, and he still leads a version of the band to this day. They were certainly exemplars of the mid-’80s Minneapolis sound, though they betrayed more the influence of such first-wave Britpunks as the Clash, the Jamand Buzzcocks. Hart produced their 1986 Twin/Tone debut Concrete Pillb...
Larger-than-life ex-Marine Tom Hazelmyer had been through Todlachen and Otto’s Chemical Loungeby the time he unleashed the abrasive grind-punk of Halo Of Fliesin 1986. The highly physical, anti-intellectual, rampaging post-hardcore that screamer/guitarist Hazelmyer produced with bassist Tim Mac and drummer John Anglim stood in complete opposition t...
Begun by Hazelmyer out of a hand grenade crate kept under his Marine Corps bunk while stationed in Seattle, Amphetamine Reptile Records was initially intended to release Halo Of Flies records. (Hazelmyer: “It was tens of dollars involved in it, at that time.”) Soon friends’ bands began asking him to release their records — friends such as Mudhoneya...
Begun by singer/guitarist Kat Bjelland, drummer Lori Barbero and bassist Michelle Leon in 1987, Babes In Toylandalways sounded like a band who should have been on AmRep. They created a delightfully hideous caterwaul centered around Barbero’s tribal pounding and Bjelland’s grimy, ultra-fuzz guitar and tonsil-shredding roar. Their corrosive blast and...
- Tim Stegall
May 2, 2022 · Minneapolis is a city to watch live music & it is rooted with punk rock music since a long run. Read more about the history of the city, its punk scene in the blog.
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Aug 14, 2023 · Sanam Sadeghi has been involved in the punk scene for more than 20 years and said that shows such as Friday night's at the house on the 2200 block of 16th Avenue S. were commonplace.
