Brooklyn Vegan — Dinosaur Jr's intimate tour has been loaded with special guest appearances. Negative Approach's John Brannon and The Meatmen's Tesco Vee joined in Grand Rapids, followed by Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Fucked Up's Dam... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Urinals didn't release many records but their influence extends well past their discography. Listen to covers by Yo La Tengo, The Minutemen, Ceremony, The Meatmen, No Age, Metz, Gun Club, Women, Grass Widow, and more. Continue reading… more info

Killed By Death Records — You want some mustard and ketchup with that? Country: USA Year: 1981 Label: Touch And Go Format: 7″ Songs: Tooling For Anus.mp3 One Down Three To Go.mp3 Snuff Em.mp3 Becoming A Man.mp3 I’ve Got A Problem.mp3 I’m Glad I’m Not … Continue read... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — ZZZ's You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Great Lake Swimmers, Philip Price and Flora Reed @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Toronto indie folk band Great Lake Swimmers have... more info

Stereogum — “I’m A Bug” is one many fine minimalist outbursts by late-’70s SoCal punk trio the Urinals, but there’s nothing minimalist about METZ. The Toronto trio are the latest to cover “I’m A Bug” — joining Halo of Flies, Lili Z., Meatmen, C... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Ian Chainey The first wave of bands have been confirmed for the 5th Annual GWAR-B-Q.  Held in Richmond, Virginia at Hadad's Lake on August 16, the fest will feature a lineup including Body Count, Meatmen, Iron Reagan, Goatwhore, Noisem,... more info

Topix — Tesco Vee is not just a pioneer - the leader of the Meatmen made himself the singularity when it comes to shock-rock. Over three decades, this animated agitator ruthlessly discharged the crudest lyrics, with salacious stage shows and devastating sati... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dwarves at Knitting Factory, 2011 (more by Harriet Roberts) Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves (link NSFW) will be in NYC for two days in early September, neither of which will be with partners in crime HeWhoCannotBeNamed, Rex Everything, Whölley Smökkes..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Beer & Cable at Acheron (more by BBG) The Meatmen are going on tour in October, and it will be a full night of snotty punk in Brooklyn right after CMJ, at Europa on October 23rd. The NYC... more info

Metalsucks — As the media can’t help but remind us, September marks the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind. Too many journos and players have spilled ink on this topic over the past month that I’m not even going to waste my energies doing the same. Tha... more info