strange reaction

April 15, 2005 12:18 PM

Strange Reaction is a music blog that serves up mp3s from obscure and out of print old school punk records. Don't miss The Damned on John Peel, Bad Brain's first 7", and The Neon Boys (pre-Television Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine!).
posted by mcsweetie (27 comments total)

Thanks mcsweetie! Can't really check it now because I'm at work, but I know I'll spend a lot of time there this weekend.
posted by InfidelZombie at 12:22 PM on April 15, 2005

great find!
posted by tsarfan at 12:31 PM on April 15, 2005

May I be the third to say fuck yeah and thanks?
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:34 PM on April 15, 2005

Well, there goes any weekend plans I might have had. This rocks.
posted by Kellydamnit at 12:50 PM on April 15, 2005

Brilliant. Thank you, mcsweetie!
posted by capnsue at 12:55 PM on April 15, 2005

This is exactly the type of thing I was looking for.
posted by Corpus Callosum at 12:58 PM on April 15, 2005

Wow, they've even got the only good No Trend record. Aspen Hill represent!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 1:01 PM on April 15, 2005

So good!
mcsweetie should be beautified asap.
posted by valis at 1:03 PM on April 15, 2005

Well, I'm off to Comp USA to buy another hard drive.

Thanks!
posted by DieHipsterDie at 1:18 PM on April 15, 2005

Oh man, I had forgotten the Bad Brains. This is an insanely great post.
posted by LarryC at 1:21 PM on April 15, 2005

mcsweetie should be beautified asap

Yeah! And let's beatify him too, while we're at it.
posted by iconomy at 1:28 PM on April 15, 2005

Let me interrupt this little lovefest to just say . . .

aw, hell who am i kidding. This is beautiful!

Although, LarryC, if you "forgot" the Bad Brains you need to be bitch slapped.
posted by Rawhide at 1:30 PM on April 15, 2005

I'm glad you guys like it! you might also dig The Punk Vault.
posted by mcsweetie at 1:35 PM on April 15, 2005

I'm still amazed at all the positive feedback my site's gotten. Thanks for the plug!

-Scott
posted by RedDwarf at 1:44 PM on April 15, 2005

Very nice...


Well, I'm off to Comp USA to buy another hard drive...
posted by DieHipsterDie

Yep, just added a third HD, bringing me to ~500GB~ roughly...my music addiction is the only one i don't want to kick.
posted by schyler523 at 2:07 PM on April 15, 2005

Excellent, cheers!
posted by carter at 2:07 PM on April 15, 2005

If you forgot Bad Brains, you never saw them live.

Thanks mcsweetie!
posted by goofyfoot at 3:13 PM on April 15, 2005

Let me add my thanks. This is amazing.
*listening to "Pay to Cum" as he types*
posted by languagehat at 5:18 PM on April 15, 2005

So after lurking for ages i finally broke down and joined...first the Alice Bag link this week then this.....Quite possibly the best thing i have seen since the $1.00 45 bin at Wax Trax in Chicago where i got most of these singles new or...well there were the the five finger discounts from Bleekrer Bob's... Cheers and.....up the punx!
posted by collinstrange at 7:28 PM on April 15, 2005

Well I'm here to...let's see....20th the motion that this is a fucking awesome post. Thank you.
posted by googly at 7:38 PM on April 15, 2005

BTW, three shouts for the Killing Joke and Big Black trax.
posted by googly at 7:43 PM on April 15, 2005

So after lurking for ages i finally broke down and joined

Jeez, Collin! Write to me, I lost all your contact information after your last move. I got stuff to tell you.
posted by thirteen at 8:31 PM on April 15, 2005

And wow, there is so much vinyl I no longer need to digitize now. V nice.
posted by thirteen at 8:35 PM on April 15, 2005

Alright damnit, my friend John has been doing this EVERY DAY since January 1st of this year. He posts out of print 45s, and I told him at the time it's the most original thing I've seen in a long time, blah blah blah. I even sent the link to Stereogum. Anyway, for those that are digging this please throw some love over to Little Hits. John deserves the credit for being at least the most consistent at this type of thing, if not also the first.
posted by Burton at 8:57 PM on April 15, 2005

Killing Joke and The Damned - god bless their smelly, little cotton socks.

I can see I'll be doing a lot of downloading.
posted by dodgygeezer at 7:01 AM on April 16, 2005

Awesome awesome awesome.

And glad to know that my fellow mefites dig the real rocknroll.
posted by bardic at 3:21 PM on April 16, 2005

Does this mean there's no market anymore for all my old punk singles?
posted by goofyfoot at 11:29 PM on April 16, 2005