Jonathan Sanders
@naptownpunk.bsky.social
Former publisher of Naptown Punk, opinions on this page are mine ... don't like it? Form your own.
Found me an Indiana #punk / #emo band that just played a recent #PunkRockNight at the historic Melody Inn, and I missed it ... how #Pathetic! Gonna have to make it to your next gig, thanks for posting the photos!
Band Photos from Punk Rock Night at Melody Inn in Indianapolis, IN
Photos by Jessie Riot
#punkrocknight #punkrock #popunk #poppunkband #localmusic #localbands #localartist
Photos by Jessie Riot
#punkrocknight #punkrock #popunk #poppunkband #localmusic #localbands #localartist
December 26, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Found me an Indiana #punk / #emo band that just played a recent #PunkRockNight at the historic Melody Inn, and I missed it ... how #Pathetic! Gonna have to make it to your next gig, thanks for posting the photos!
A friend of mine got this album from Swedish band #Millencolin from his wife for Christmas, and I looked them up ... SO GOOD! #popunk with great melodies. Gonna definitely have to dig into their catalog, always great to make something old into something new :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVGO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVGO...
Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers (Full Album)
YouTube video by Full Albums
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December 26, 2024 at 2:33 AM
A friend of mine got this album from Swedish band #Millencolin from his wife for Christmas, and I looked them up ... SO GOOD! #popunk with great melodies. Gonna definitely have to dig into their catalog, always great to make something old into something new :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVGO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVGO...
#Methmatics are my favorite band out of Columbus, Ohio ... they bring their raging #punkrock sound to the Melody Inn regularly enough to be considered an Indianapolis adoptee. This was their first music video, their cover of the Johnny Thunders hit "Leave Me Alone"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1qs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1qs...
MethMatics - Leave Me Alone - Music Video
YouTube video by StreetLugePunk
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December 18, 2024 at 9:03 PM
#Methmatics are my favorite band out of Columbus, Ohio ... they bring their raging #punkrock sound to the Melody Inn regularly enough to be considered an Indianapolis adoptee. This was their first music video, their cover of the Johnny Thunders hit "Leave Me Alone"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1qs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1qs...
Time for a little #holidaymusic cheer from Indianapolis slease-legends #SloppySeconds! "Lonely Christmas," from 1992, out on Taang! Records #punkrock #junkrock If you haven't heard them before, and you dig the Ramones and 80s #punk in general, you're in for a treat!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhtt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhtt...
sloppy seconds - Lonely Christmas
YouTube video by tms118218
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December 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Time for a little #holidaymusic cheer from Indianapolis slease-legends #SloppySeconds! "Lonely Christmas," from 1992, out on Taang! Records #punkrock #junkrock If you haven't heard them before, and you dig the Ramones and 80s #punk in general, you're in for a treat!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhtt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhtt...
In a mood to let my ears do some dancing ... #skapunk band The Operators, from Indianapolis, has just the right recipe. Signed to Jump-Up Records, they've actively toured the Midwest throughout 2024 and are set to break big! Skank, if you're horn-y!
theoperatorsska.bandcamp.com/album/self-t...
theoperatorsska.bandcamp.com/album/self-t...
Self-Titled Second Album, by The Operators
11 track album
theoperatorsska.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:44 PM
In a mood to let my ears do some dancing ... #skapunk band The Operators, from Indianapolis, has just the right recipe. Signed to Jump-Up Records, they've actively toured the Midwest throughout 2024 and are set to break big! Skank, if you're horn-y!
theoperatorsska.bandcamp.com/album/self-t...
theoperatorsska.bandcamp.com/album/self-t...
In 2003 I spent a weekend riding with Revel ... in the Morning, a #punk / #metal influenced band from Muncie IN, for a college paper feature. Burning bright and fast, then fading out, "Down In Denver" still earworms its way into my head regularly.
perpetualmotionrecords.bandcamp.com/track/down-i...
perpetualmotionrecords.bandcamp.com/track/down-i...
Down in Denver, by ...revel in the morning
from the album fires burn at night
perpetualmotionrecords.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:17 AM
In 2003 I spent a weekend riding with Revel ... in the Morning, a #punk / #metal influenced band from Muncie IN, for a college paper feature. Burning bright and fast, then fading out, "Down In Denver" still earworms its way into my head regularly.
perpetualmotionrecords.bandcamp.com/track/down-i...
perpetualmotionrecords.bandcamp.com/track/down-i...
Before Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, I first met Richard Edwards when his band Archer Avenue was playing house shows in Muncie IN back in 2003. Highly melodic, synth-focused pop mixed with #postpunk and #grindcore elements. Entire album is on Bandcamp!
mariel.bandcamp.com/album/archer...
mariel.bandcamp.com/album/archer...
Archer Avenue - I Was An Astronaut, by Archer Avenue
11 track album
mariel.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Before Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, I first met Richard Edwards when his band Archer Avenue was playing house shows in Muncie IN back in 2003. Highly melodic, synth-focused pop mixed with #postpunk and #grindcore elements. Entire album is on Bandcamp!
mariel.bandcamp.com/album/archer...
mariel.bandcamp.com/album/archer...
The Mighty John Waynes, formed from the ashes of Los Lurkers and Sicko and the Abnormals in 1996 in Indianapolis ... straight-up #garagepunk #punkrock you likely haven't heard, but should! Released two EPs produced by Rip-Off Records' Jim Kuczkowski.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGf...
the mighty john waynes - you threw me out
YouTube video by Docteur Stein
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December 15, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The Mighty John Waynes, formed from the ashes of Los Lurkers and Sicko and the Abnormals in 1996 in Indianapolis ... straight-up #garagepunk #punkrock you likely haven't heard, but should! Released two EPs produced by Rip-Off Records' Jim Kuczkowski.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGf...
#punkrock hedonists The Cadavers formed in Indianapolis in 1998, featuring (in their words) "blasphemous outbursts set against pounding apocalyptic music." Check out their 2000 self-titled album! It still rips. Most members now play in 9th Circle Symphony.
thecadavers.bandcamp.com/album/the-ca...
thecadavers.bandcamp.com/album/the-ca...
The Cadavers, by The Cadavers
13 track album
thecadavers.bandcamp.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:35 PM
#punkrock hedonists The Cadavers formed in Indianapolis in 1998, featuring (in their words) "blasphemous outbursts set against pounding apocalyptic music." Check out their 2000 self-titled album! It still rips. Most members now play in 9th Circle Symphony.
thecadavers.bandcamp.com/album/the-ca...
thecadavers.bandcamp.com/album/the-ca...
With members from Indianapolis and Milwaukee, #poppunk band Amuse, formed in 2015, is signed to Allegedly Records. Their latest album Horsing Around, produced by Mike Felumlee of Smoking Popes fame, came out in 2022. Every live show from them is a keeper!
amusepunk.bandcamp.com/album/horsin...
amusepunk.bandcamp.com/album/horsin...
Horsing Around, by Amuse
7 track album
amusepunk.bandcamp.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM
With members from Indianapolis and Milwaukee, #poppunk band Amuse, formed in 2015, is signed to Allegedly Records. Their latest album Horsing Around, produced by Mike Felumlee of Smoking Popes fame, came out in 2022. Every live show from them is a keeper!
amusepunk.bandcamp.com/album/horsin...
amusepunk.bandcamp.com/album/horsin...
Lafayette band Squirtgun formed in '93, signed to Lookout! and even placed single "Social" on the Mallrats soundtrack. Mass Giorgini later produced and mastered The Lillington's "Death By Television" at his Sonic Iguana studios, creating even more #punkrock history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55oT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55oT...
Squirtgun - Mr. Orange
YouTube video by Vote4cake
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December 15, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Lafayette band Squirtgun formed in '93, signed to Lookout! and even placed single "Social" on the Mallrats soundtrack. Mass Giorgini later produced and mastered The Lillington's "Death By Television" at his Sonic Iguana studios, creating even more #punkrock history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55oT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55oT...
Fort Wayne IN submits Flamengo Nosebleed for your #punkrock approval. Their tightly focused three-chord #poppunk sound has been entertaining fans since 2007, wearing influences like the Lillingtons, The Damned and Screeching Weasel on their sleeves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjNg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjNg...
Flamingo Nosebleed - "No Feelings" Live! from The Rock Room
YouTube video by Live from the Rock Room
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December 14, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Fort Wayne IN submits Flamengo Nosebleed for your #punkrock approval. Their tightly focused three-chord #poppunk sound has been entertaining fans since 2007, wearing influences like the Lillingtons, The Damned and Screeching Weasel on their sleeves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjNg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjNg...
The Remote Controls ... #Indianapolis #PunkRock, so good they get to open for #screechingweasel at #Reggies in Chicago ... I could not get a ticket to see them in front of 400 so caught them at Indy's State Street Pub in front of a packed house of 100! #musicsky #livemusic #musicislife
December 14, 2024 at 4:59 AM
The Remote Controls ... #Indianapolis #PunkRock, so good they get to open for #screechingweasel at #Reggies in Chicago ... I could not get a ticket to see them in front of 400 so caught them at Indy's State Street Pub in front of a packed house of 100! #musicsky #livemusic #musicislife
#Indianapolis local legends The Run Up doing their thing at State Street Pub .... #punkrock #livemusic #musicsky If I get too old for live music, please euthanize me. I have spent more than 25 years exposing bands like them and I won't stop. #MusicIsLife
December 14, 2024 at 4:26 AM
#Indianapolis local legends The Run Up doing their thing at State Street Pub .... #punkrock #livemusic #musicsky If I get too old for live music, please euthanize me. I have spent more than 25 years exposing bands like them and I won't stop. #MusicIsLife
Alex Kasznel and the Board of Directors, from #Cincinnati ... #poppunk #powerpop catch 'em when they visit YOUR town! Live at #StateStreetPub in #Indianapolis
December 14, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Alex Kasznel and the Board of Directors, from #Cincinnati ... #poppunk #powerpop catch 'em when they visit YOUR town! Live at #StateStreetPub in #Indianapolis
#PantyLine leads the charge as a voice for LGBTQ representation in the Indiana scene. Buffy was mentored by Gary Floyd of the Dicks, her music speaking truth to power, inspiring others to join the fight. Punk is political and should always punch up. This music does.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30n...
Panty Line- Bathroom Business (Live)
YouTube video by PANTY LINE
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December 13, 2024 at 9:41 PM
#PantyLine leads the charge as a voice for LGBTQ representation in the Indiana scene. Buffy was mentored by Gary Floyd of the Dicks, her music speaking truth to power, inspiring others to join the fight. Punk is political and should always punch up. This music does.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L30n...
Bloomington IN band #Racebannon formed in 1996, blending elements of punk, hardcore, metal and "noise core" ... signed to Level Plane, Secretly Canadian and, later, Tizona, they built a national following, disbanding in 2012. Would have loved to be at this show!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Y8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Y8...
RACEBANNON full set 1998 @ Secret Location, Indianapolis
YouTube video by elle 2.0
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December 13, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Bloomington IN band #Racebannon formed in 1996, blending elements of punk, hardcore, metal and "noise core" ... signed to Level Plane, Secretly Canadian and, later, Tizona, they built a national following, disbanding in 2012. Would have loved to be at this show!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Y8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Y8...
Punk's origins in central IN are hard to pin down, but #TheGizmos have a solid claim ... based in Bloomington, released three 7-inch records on Gulcher Records, 1976-78. I've had the opportunity to meet Eddie Flowers, and he's a font of information about that era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyHo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyHo...
THE GIZMOS - 1976/1977: The Studio Recordings [Full Album]
YouTube video by Raw'N'Proud77
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December 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Punk's origins in central IN are hard to pin down, but #TheGizmos have a solid claim ... based in Bloomington, released three 7-inch records on Gulcher Records, 1976-78. I've had the opportunity to meet Eddie Flowers, and he's a font of information about that era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyHo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyHo...
Going to try and make an appearance at a local punk show tonight with a killer bill, including the always great @akindy.bsky.social and his band Remote Controls ... Pilots and The RunUp are always great as well -- a killer bill! #punkrock #Indianapolis #StateStreetPub www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZzT...
December 13, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Going to try and make an appearance at a local punk show tonight with a killer bill, including the always great @akindy.bsky.social and his band Remote Controls ... Pilots and The RunUp are always great as well -- a killer bill! #punkrock #Indianapolis #StateStreetPub www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZzT...
Here's one from Indianapolis's #TheLickers from a 2012 #PunkRockNight show, filmed by Rich Barker. Didn't get to see this one myself (though I did see them live several times) -- they're the best local I wish would reunite. #punkrock #grunge #riotgrrrl #livemusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOki...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOki...
The Lickers at Punk Rock Night
YouTube video by Rich Barker
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December 13, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Here's one from Indianapolis's #TheLickers from a 2012 #PunkRockNight show, filmed by Rich Barker. Didn't get to see this one myself (though I did see them live several times) -- they're the best local I wish would reunite. #punkrock #grunge #riotgrrrl #livemusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOki...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOki...
#horrorpunk legends #HarleyPoe (Kokomo, IN) during a sold-out show at the Melody Inn, 02/11/2017 ... people travel from hundreds of miles away to see them live, and well worth doing so! Amazing they didn't mind me shooting 15 minutes of video ;) #punk #visceral #live
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW9B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW9B...
Harley Poe at the Melody Inn, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2/11/2017 (SOLD OUT SHOW)
YouTube video by Jonathan Sanders
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December 13, 2024 at 3:49 AM
#horrorpunk legends #HarleyPoe (Kokomo, IN) during a sold-out show at the Melody Inn, 02/11/2017 ... people travel from hundreds of miles away to see them live, and well worth doing so! Amazing they didn't mind me shooting 15 minutes of video ;) #punk #visceral #live
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW9B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW9B...
My favorite Indianapolis #punkrock band Gay Black Republican, playing "For a Fucking 4" and "Ballet on Barbed Wire" at State Street Pub, 12/19/2016 ... at that point the band was celebrating its 15th anniversary, and they're still going strong! I shot the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpO...
Gay Black Republican - "For A Fucking 4" and "Ballet on Barbed Wire" (State Street Pub, 12/9/2016)
YouTube video by Jonathan Sanders
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December 13, 2024 at 3:42 AM
My favorite Indianapolis #punkrock band Gay Black Republican, playing "For a Fucking 4" and "Ballet on Barbed Wire" at State Street Pub, 12/19/2016 ... at that point the band was celebrating its 15th anniversary, and they're still going strong! I shot the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpO...
Speaking of Zero Boys, here's "Commies," which is featured on an incredible collection of rarities you should definitely check out called "Early Indiana Punk and New Wave: The Crazy Al Year(s)" which you can find streaming on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/track/3fERgT...
open.spotify.com/track/3fERgT...
Commies
Zero Boys · Early Indiana Punk and New Wave: The Crazy Al's Year(s) · Song · 2014
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December 13, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Speaking of Zero Boys, here's "Commies," which is featured on an incredible collection of rarities you should definitely check out called "Early Indiana Punk and New Wave: The Crazy Al Year(s)" which you can find streaming on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/track/3fERgT...
open.spotify.com/track/3fERgT...
"It Ain't Good Enough" by Dow Jones and the Industrials, an early '80s #newwave band from West Lafayette, Indiana. From the DVD "Live at Third Base: September 28, 1980" - Video by Randy Schwartz, audio remastered by Paul Mahern, of Zero Boys fame.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nz1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nz1...
Dow Jones and the Industrials: It Ain't Good Enough Live 1980 (Official)
YouTube video by Family Vineyard
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December 13, 2024 at 12:15 AM
"It Ain't Good Enough" by Dow Jones and the Industrials, an early '80s #newwave band from West Lafayette, Indiana. From the DVD "Live at Third Base: September 28, 1980" - Video by Randy Schwartz, audio remastered by Paul Mahern, of Zero Boys fame.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nz1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nz1...