bands
ALL / Descendents
the greatest band(s) ever.
Atom and His Package
awesome junk from a really rad fellow and his electronic friend, very unlike a pokeman.
Bigwig
one of NJ best exports. pop punk that rocks your heinie off.
Boxcar
finally their record is out!
pop punk not unlike Rhythm Collision
ex number five
new brunswick's emo warlords. lots of goatees.
Fiction
amazing emo-ish pop punk. i put out their record, so i must love em.
Highstrung
think Lag Wagon meets Limp.
Humble Beginings
pop punk. nj's cutest band? you know when you go to a show and get a crush on a girl and then you see she has a boyfriend? they are the boyfriends. and they rock and jump a lot.
NJ Joystick
incredible pop punk with an emo tinge. smoking popes meets hot water music.
Lanemeyer
still together! rockin their own style of pop punk rock emo power pop.
LWL
fast pop punk without the onions.
Midtown
ex-humble beginnings, royalties and nowhere fast. emo-pop-punk.
Pillow
amazing female fronted punk indie rock. think velocity girl.
Set Alpha Six
ex-Friskey's Revenge. emo meets pop punk. not for mature audiences only.
Taxicab Samurais
ska-rock-pop-core or something.
Welcome Home Travis
great poppy punky emo-y sort of thing. you MUST see them live.
Wholesale
formerly OL Rebellion, MxPx style pop punk that is great.




Labels
American Pop Project
putting out some awesome pop with punk influences.
Black Pumpkin
one of NJ's longest going labels.
BYO
awesome label, Youth Brigade, older Bouncing Souls, SNFU, Pinhead Circus and so on.
Coldfront
great great label, McRackins, Limp, Hagfish, etc
Dischord
if you don't know them, you lose, but you can still win by getting most of their catalog
DIYrection
NJ label, did Boxcar 7", Second Chance cd, more soon i hope
Equal Vision
Shift's old good stuff, 108, ten yard fight and more. hardcore and junk.
Exit6
more NJ goodness, Highstrung, Wholesale, Dawson High...
Fat Wreck Chords
um, yeh, fat, they make records.
Fearless
former home of Bigwig, current home of lots of cool bands.
Fueled By Ramen
constantly putting out great records, Animal Chin, the Impossibles, Limp, Jimmy Eat World and more.
Go Kart
NYC represent, getting better all the time, too much goodness to list.
Hopeless
getting better all the time, the Queers, AAA, Digger, Dillenger 4, and so on.
Jade Tree
emo for all to enjoy.
Liberation
they are too young to have such a good label.
Liquid Meat / Kat Records
good thing to change the name, you would want liquid meat? although a kid i knew in grade school would bring bread and beef extract to school for lunch.
Lookout
they used to rule, then they sucked for a while and now they are doing good again.
Negative Progression
some awesome junk here, that oldies comp, 5-Driver, Bounder...
One Foot
a label that getting too little respect, for how good the records they put out are.
Pinball
NJ's fastest up and coming label, Seti Alpha Six, One Cool Guy, LWL, and more. rad label run by a rad fellow. now if the website actually worked... =)
Popkid
word is alan is moving from the great NJ, but i think he will still put out rockin records.
Punkture Point
put out a rad NJ comp and the 2nd Youth Ahead record, so far.
Revelation
they put out some rad junk. a couple sucky things, but who doesn't?
Radical
punk and oi powerhouse.
Side 1 Dummy
they put out the new 7 Seconds record, if that is not enough, i don't know what is.
Suburban Home
fine name for a label, fine label, oblivion, apocolypse hoboken, etc. awesome
Theologian
early Pennywise, Homemade, FYP, and more
Umbilical
NJ's silliest and punkest, Mohawk Barbie's label, put out their own cd, a great NJ comp and a bunch of other cool stuff. also do pins for hella cheap and patches.
Vagrant
a darn good label, No Motiv, face to face, etc.
Wreck-Age
NY's hardest and quite good. Yuppicide, Mind Over Matter, Milhouse...


zines
i don't like many zines, here are some i do
Jersey Beat
darn, jim has been at it a long time, fine zine.
Rats in the Hallway
out of colorado, good stuff
Subscript
ok, i haven't seen it, but i suspect it will be good since Max Revo rocked
Faction 5
a rad web zine outta the big NJ. they interviewed me even, what a fine choice. =)


shows and show places
places i go to shows or look for show info
Another NJ/NY/PA Show list
almost always up to date and with tons of shows
Casino Skate Park's, Asbury Park, NJ
rad place and some rad shows
Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
i used to go here like twice a week, still some cool shows
Melody Bar, New Brunswick, NJ
tons of rad junk going on
the Palace, Bound Brook, NJ
just down the road, a bit high door prices but fine shows


photo sites
Punk Rock Photo Archive
awesome old photos and junk. like '82-'87 or so
Ricky's Page O' Pictures
some rad photos here, NJ bands and more.
Scott Bilby: Punkshow
wow, some incredible photos here, mainly san diego-ish emo bands.


other junk
Orange County, NY Punk
a scene with many cool bands, at least there was for a while, not sure now.
PopPunk.com
something that could really be something
World Wide Punk
links to pretty much everything punk on the web, one of the first, after me of course. =)
WVKR, Poughkeepsie
i used to dj and junk there. awesome station.
do.you.hate.this.band.too
NJ local band mp3 site, pretty cool junk.


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