Blue Scholars

These photos are from about 20 minutes ago. Nothing is better on the University of Washington campus, save for maybe when the cherry blossoms are in bloom, then a warm sunny Friday and the Blue Scholars playing for free in front of the HUB. It's a tradition for the band, who always come back to play where they went to school, started out, and played a bunch of their early gigs...

ANTiSEEN

ANTiSEEN is celebrating their 25th year of "Destructo Rock" by touring with the most unlikely partner, old dirty rapper Blowfly. These photos are of their set at the Funhouse ten days ago. I have to say, I've never been that big of an Antiseen fan, they were always a little too rock for me and seemed to buy into their own shtick of being Southern badass rockers a bit too much. Unlike say, Nashville Pussy and the singer's preceding band 9 Lb. Hammer, both bands definitely played up the humorous angle in what they were doing. Regardless, I do have a couple Antiseen records and have been known to rock out to them on occasion. 1993's "Eat More Possum" in particular, which is pretty balls to the wall and has a great band introduction by The Cosmic Commander of Wrestling. I realized when walking by the merch table (AKA Funhouse's pool table) that Antiseen have an insane number of releases, so I'll refer you to their website for more info on the band and their full discography: antiseen.com. Singer Jeff Clayton is known for cutting himself open and bleeding a lot live, sadly their was no blood when I saw them, they had a shorter time slot and breezed through most of their songs.

Katrina Hellbusch (AKA Katrina Outcast)

This is a photo of Katrina Hellbusch cleaning up broken beer bottles outside a show she put on at the Black Cat Cafe in 1997. In the mid to late 1990's in Seattle, Katrina was one of the most important and influential people in the punk community. Her support through booking and promoting shows, helping out bands, and releasing records really was unrivaled. Through Outcast Booking she booked all-ages punk shows at various venues around town, including Rckcndy, the Velvet Elvis and the Black Cat. She was a music and all-ages activist, a guest writer for 10 Things, and she ran one kick-ass record label, Outcast Records. The first release on the label, the "We Are All Guilty" compilation LP, put Seattle's punk scene on the national map like few other local comps (one of my friends said it was a big part of why he moved here, he knew we had a great punk scene). Today Katrina runs Skin Deep Studios, teaches belly dancing classes and does massage therapy.

Discography of Outcast Records:

• OR001 "We Are All Guilty" NW Punk comp LP (with Zeke, Defiance, Masskontrol, Whipped, Inhumane, The Rickets, The Mukilteo Fairies, The Evicted, Amerifucked, Positively Negative, Killing Pig, Submission Hold, and Bristle
• OR002 Whipped "Agitator" LP
• OR003 The Bloodclots "Chaos Day is Almost Here" 7"
• OR004 Aspirin Feast/Chicken split 7"
• OR005 The Dunderheads s/t 7"
• OR006 The Degenerats 7"
• OR008 Whorehouse of Representatives/Mark Bruback split 7"
• OR009 Mark Bruback CD
• OR010 "Stop Rape Now!" An international punk compilation LP with all female bands or vocalists

More old Seattle punk flyers

I'm Ebaying a bunch of old punk flyers right now, including all the ones I've been posting lately. If you're interested in any of them, the auctions can be found here.

Primate 5: Apes vs. Bunnies

These photos are from a big bunny-themed birthday party this past May 10th at the Baranoff in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood, which was headlined by The Primate 5.

A few more old Seattle show flyers

A few old Seattle show flyers