The Accused

This is live shot from The Accused reunion show at Rckcndy. I love how I caught Tommy in a flying leap, and even if Blaine is pretty washed out, his long hair is standing upward!

Plywood

My friend Charlie lived in a house in the CD around 18th and Cherry in the mid-'90s. He had one big party with bands, included the one pictured: Plywood. At some point the party got out of hand. A Jak's skater dude graffitied the Jak's logo on his kitchen wall and Charlie had to kick him and his buddies out. Then the cops showed up from a noise complaint and threatened a $250 ticket if they had to come back. They then backed their car into the driveway across the street and parked, waiting to bust the party if the bands started up again. So we cleared everyone out of the house. Charlie, David, Karen, Amy, me and a couple other people all cruised over to Rick's apartment on Republican to party more. I'm pretty sure this was the night David lit his hair on fire smoking pot and Charlie put it out, which is an incident that just came up in conversation last weekend and prompted this post. Fun night despite the cops. I know nothing of what became of Plywood or the band members.

Quiverpuss

Quiverpuss was an arty/gothy rock band from Seattle that played around town in the late '80s and early '90s. They were fairly unique, the band included a sax player and scantily clad female singer up front. As far as I can tell they only had one release, a 7" single entitled "Conjure Up A Man" that was released on Facebat Records in 1991. This photo is of the band playing at the Vogue.

The Hollowpoints

I'll do a proper entry on The Hollowpoints in the near future, but I came across a fairly early photo I loved of them playing live at The Blue Moon Tavern in the U-District I wanted to post.

Scathed

Scathed was a fun, but fairly short-lived Seattle band in the latter half of the '90s. Fronted by PV Jacquie, they had crusty screamed female vocals backed by hardcore/grindcore music. These shots are from a show at The Blackcat Cafe. As far as I know Scathed only had one release, a split 7" with Decrepit on Un-Yelliman Records. They were also featured on the compilation LP "Abscess Operandi" put out by Aborted Society Records in June of 2000.

Submachine

I met Doug "Dick Thinker" Fedinik through the national Punk-List email list about 15 years ago. He was the bass player for this band in Pittsburgh called Submachine, who I'd never heard of. When he sent me their first 7" I was hooked, they were crass, funny, and had a great Poison Idea feel to them. Great old school punk and unashamed drunks. When they toured out to Seattle I hooked them up with Cameron for an all-ages house show at the Radio House and they rocked the joint. They played the Lake Union Pub later in the evening too... I remember them trying to score meth through bartender so they could get more fucked up at the end of the night. Doug later left the band and got married and became a dad, but the band continued on. They've put out a slew of great releases and I'm amazed they still are fairly underground and haven't gained the notoriety they deserve. You can hear them on their MySpace page.

Current line-up: Alex Peightel on vocals, Jeff Cherep and Rick Budway on guitar, Greg Mairs on drums, and Jay Nulph on bass.

Discography:

• Mindless Device -7" ( 1991:, Rust Records)
• This Is Why We Are The Drunks 7" (1992, split w/Filth)
• Sex Deterrent 7" (1993)
• Now That I've Given Up Hope, I Feel Much Better LP (1994)
• Split 7" w/Pink Lincolns (1994)
• Shooting Blanks 7" (1995, split with Blanks 77, Six Weeks Records)
• That Hurt - 10" (1997, C.I. Records)
• Anthology Of Vinyl LP (1998, C.I. Records)
• Fresh Outta Give-A-Fucks LP/CD (1999, Radical Records)
• Cut on "Nevermind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Tribute" CD (2000, Radical Records)
• Live Fast Die Dumb LP/CD ( 2002, Six Weeks Records)
• Carpe Crochum 7" ( 2002, Republic of Chesterfield Records)
• Submachine "Loose At The Moose" DVD w/audio CD (2005, Da' Core Records)
  

Scared of Chaka

The top photo is of Scared of Chaka, one of my favorite punk bands from the '90s, playing their first Seattle show at the Lake Union Pub (well technically second, I think they played at the Radio House the same day, then we all cruised down to the Pub to watch them again for their 21 and over show). Recognize the singer/guitarist? Yup, that's Dave Hernandez, the guy on the far right in The Shins photo below it. Scared of Chaka were fantastic, they played melodic "pop punk" but did it with such speed and energy that you could in no way compare them to a pop punk band like Green Day or Mr. T Experience. Wanna hear 'em? My friend Pete the Sticker Guy put out a lot of their music and has MP3's up, as well as their old CDs for sale at the 702 Records website.