R.I.P. artist and media mogul Mort Todd, 1961-2025

Sadly, artist, writer and media mogul (Cracked, Marvel Music, Comicfix) Mort Todd has passed away. He'll be greatly missed.

Toasting 38 years of Tim Warren's Back From The Grave series!

Tim Warren helped foment the 80s garage rock scare by issuing his first Back From The Grave compilation on August 3, 1983.

One For The Weekend: The Botumless Pit

Most copies of this San Antonio garage classic have the "The Botumless Pit" sticker removed. 

The Gories @ The Horseshoe, Saturday

Here's a live clip of The Gories in action followed by The Nomads version of Be Nice which they just covered. 

Psycho-Surgeons get deluxe reissue treatment

Even if you're one of the proud few to own an original pigs' blood-splattered copy of The Psycho-Surgeons' classic 1978 Oz punk two-sider Horizontal Action b/w Wild Weekend on Wallaby Beat, you may want to spring for the deluxe reissue.

Just released by Tim Warren's Crypt Records (the label that brought you the essential eight-volume Back From The Grave series of raw 'n' snotty 60s garage punk artifacts), the two sought-after Paycho-Surgeons tracks (less than four minutes total) are housed in a snazzy gatefold sleeve with a 4-page insert packed with band photos, sleeve images clippings and relevant info. If you're unfamiliar with Mark Taylor's supreme slice of Sydney-style slash 'n' burn, here's what you've been missing:

Horizontal Action by The Psycho-Surgeons



Wild Weekend by The Psycho-Surgeons



LINK
Crypt Records http://www.cryptrecords.com/