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LP
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CRYPT 127LP
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$31.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 2/20/2026
"13 ripping songs totaling 33 minutes from the original 20-song 65 minute master reel tapes, recorded in early February 1978 for producers Flo & Eddie, the night before DMZ (the raw-assed pre-Lyres outfit that never made it!) spent three days trapped by a blizzard recording their Sire album. In the annals of R&R history, as far as local American rock'n'roll scenes go, Boston is hardly ever looked upon in the same shining light as, say, NY, Detroit, San Francisco or even Austin or Seattle. Unlike those other towns, there's never even been a definitive book about the scene. Maybe it's because Boston is a perennial hard-luck place (just witness the Red Sox) with a serious New York inferiority complex hanging over its head. Boston is ignored by the industry at large, despite the fact that the city has spawned countless heavyweights in both a commercial (Aerosmith, Boston, the Cars) and aesthetic (Modern Lovers, Real Kids, Mission Of Burma) sense. Boston was the first US city to directly reflect the influence of the Velvet Underground, as epitomized by the Modern Lovers, who've proven to be almost as influential in their own right. Fast forward to the days of hardcore, and Boston was one of the pre-eminent strongholds of shave-head mania, shoring up its rep as an angry, intolerant New England outpost. Naturally the town has produced more than its share of local legends: Willie Alexander (who actually was in the Velvet Underground, albeit when the band was on its Lou Reed-less last legs); Jonathan Richman (geekus supremus -- no small thing considering the subsequent indie hordes, to whom he's a savior); and most of all, the great Real Kids, who could've been the equivalent of the MC5, Stooges or Flamin' Groovies in the annals of American rock if it hadn't been for a series of bad breaks. The fact is, the scene in Boston was more or less built by a string of bands who are so organically -interconnected that it seems like an act of God. Includes four-page insert with info, pics and Rick Coraccio's ultra-detailed journal on how it all went down! LP includes download code."
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Cassette
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RADK 7040CS
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First time on cassette to celebrate BOMP! Records 50th anniversary. A legendary late-'70s Detroit trash outfit, fueled by the raw energy of The Stooges and New York Dolls. A definitive piece of garage-punk history.
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7"
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MR 7369EP
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A chaotic and intense Craig Leon-produced hybrid of Dolls, Stooges, and most of the Nuggets bands by Jeff 'Mono Mann' Conolly's pre-Lyres group DMZ. Unavailable for over three decades, Munster is happy to reissue this garage rock's essential gem, originally released in the early days of Greg Shaw's Bomp! label. DMZ was a predictable proposition, sporting obvious glam roots and an eccentric but dedicated rock and roll fan in lead singer, Jeff 'Mono Mann' Conolly. With killer cuts like "Busy Man" and "When I Get Off," their 1977 EP captured the DMZ zeitgeist considerably better than the album they would later record for Sire.
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7"
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MR 7236EP
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Reissue of the Telstar single from 1986 by legendary Boston garage punk band DMZ, featuring two short, sharp anthems recorded in 1976.
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