Second only to a great punk compilation, split releases are a great way to discover work by new bands, or else bands that might have slipped under your radar. This particular split release is a great primer for two acts who fit firmly under the Ramones-core banner, both geographically opposed but united in their love of simple and direct punk-pop. Issued via Swamp Cabbage Records (home to Caffiends, Up For Nothing and Gnarly Whales), the ‘Smile of the Tiger’ EP brings four fantastic previously unreleased tracks from Austria’s DeeCracks and Eastcoast US punks The New Rochelles.
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Tommy Ramone (January 29, 1952 – July 11, 2014)
On July 11th 2014, legendary drummer/producer Tommy Ramone lost his fight with bile duct cancer at the age of 62. As a founding member of the pioneering punk band Ramones, Tommy helped usher in a whole musical movement, his band launching a wave of copycat acts throughout the decades that followed.
The REAL GONE 2013 advent calendar
The countdown to Christmas has begun at Real Gone Towers. What better way to celebrate than with a few clips? Below, you’ll find a new link to open on each day leading up to the big event. It may involve a band you’ve read about here previously, it might not. It might be something classic, it might be something dubious…you won’t know until you click!