Henry & Glenn Forever + Ever: The Completely Ridiculous Edition
Released by: Microcosm Publishing
Released on: September 12th, 2017.
Written and illustrated by: Tom Neely and a lot of other people
Purchase From Amazon What began as a gag between Tom Neely and his friends/associates at Igloo Tornado soon turned into a comic book that never really should have achieved the popularity that it did, given the concept behind it. Yet here we are, with the four is...

Released by: Shout! Factory
Released on: March 4th, 2016.
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Cast: The Germs, Black Flag, X, Circle Jerks, Fear
Year: 1981
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The Movie: The first of Penelope Spheeris' three features in The Decline Of Western Civilization series, from 1981, takes a look at the punk scene that was, at the time festering in the underbelly of Los Angeles. Spheeris, from off camera, interviews various participant...

Thor - Metal Avenger
Released by: Cleopatra Records
Released on: October 30th, 2015.
Purchase From Amazon 2015 has been a big year for Jon Mikl Thor. The 'I Am Thor' documentary has been playing the festival circuit to pretty much universally rave reviews and Cleopatra have reissued his seminal Unchained E.P. with a bunch of bonus tracks and a DVD that includes footage of the album release show from the long gone Marquee Club in New York City (complete with footag...

Released By: Shout Factory
Released On: June 30, 2015
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Cast: Lee Ving, Derf Scratch, Darby Crash, Billy Zoom, John Doe, Dave Mustaine, Brett Michaels, Paul Stanley
Year: Various
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The Films:

The Decline Of Western Civilization (Part One) Well. I'll be damned. If you would've told me 25 years ago that the noise-filled, 10th generation VHS copy of punk awesomeness that ...

Directed by: Jonathan W.C. Mills
Released by: Celebrity Entertainment/MVD Visual
Released on: June 3, 2014
Cast: Jello Biafra, Keith Morris, Mike Roche, Henry Rollins
Year: 2010
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The Movie Clockwork Orange County is a 2010 documentary about The Cuckoo's Nest in Costa Mesa, California, a legendary punk club that hosted shows for many of the original West Coast punk rock bands including T.S.O.L., Circle Jerks, Blac...

As most fans know, there are basically two dueling Black Flag reunions touring right now. The first is Greg Ginn's version which features Ron Reyes on vocals. They hit Brooklyn a few months back and you can read my thoughts on that here. Let's just say I've seen better shows, though in the band's defense much of the problems that night had to do with terrible sound and horrible security. That doesn't excuse Ginn's use of a theramin, however. At ...

Black Flag Live At The Warsaw, Brooklyn, New York, June 14, 2013. Black Flag, or at least the 2013 incarnation of Black Flag, played their first New York City performance in over a quarter century on June 14, 2013 as part of this year's Northside Fest shenanigans. With founding member Greg Ginn on guitar and second Black Flag vocalist Ron Reyes in the lineup there's some legitimacy to this that makes it more than just a cash in, but having now had time to digest what happened last night, we...

OK, this is interesting. From East Village Radio:

"The 1979 lineup of hardcore legends Black Flag will allegedly reunite this year to...

Released By: MVD Visual
Released On: 07/12/2011
Director: W.T. Morgan
Cast: John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, D.J. Bonebrake

The Film:

The first time that I heard X was during a late-night viewing of “The Decline of Western Civilization”. It would be accurate to say that they didn't make much of an impression on me; my mentality was fuelled by a new-found love for hardcore punk, and X's brand of aggressive rock 'n' roll...