Wandi Rana sent some killer, crazy photos of Indonesian punks for the photo issue. Here’s one more that didn’t make it in:

Sangkakala @ Amphiteater Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (photo by Wandi Rana)

For the Euro-philes, Karl Nagel sent a link to an amazing site, Punkfoto.de, a collection of over 4,500(!) punk photos from 1977 – 2007. Plenty of live photos, a bunch squats, more mohawks than you can count…an overall amazing documentation of the German punk scene.

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Wanna submit a photo for the MRR Photo Blog?

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send them to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. We will be exercising a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are 500 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

There are a lot of awesome photographers out there shooting shows…and there are a lot of unseen archives of old shows. Show us what you’ve got!

We’d love to mix it up with some old photos in the next few weeks. Dig into your archives and send some of those lost gems.

Ben Pepin from Canada sent in these killers for this week’s photo blog:

Brazen Hell @ Le Zaricot, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Jan 9 2010 (photo by Ben Pepin)

Mad Men @ Barfly, Montréal, QC, January 10 2009 (photo by Ben Pepin)

Omegas @ Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, ON, Oct. 31 2009 (photo by Ben Pepin)

Wanna submit a photo for the MRR Photo Blog?

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send them to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. We will be exercising a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are 500 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

There are a lot of awesome photographers out there shooting shows…and there are a lot of unseen archives of old shows. Show us what you’ve got!

We’d love to mix it up with some old photos in the next few weeks. Dig into your archives and send some of those lost gems.

AYS 31 December 2009 @ Rootsclub, Mönchengladbach (photo by Annabelle)

PRESS GANG 9 April 2009, Beat Club, Stuttgart (photo by Annabelle)

THE BABYSHAKES 6 November 2009, Hegel Tübingen (photo by Annabelle)

Wanna submit a photo for the MRR Photo Blog?

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send them to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. We will be exercising a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are 500 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

There are a lot of awesome photographers out there shooting shows…and there are a lot of unseen archives of old shows. Show us what you’ve got!

Will Butler from To Live A Lie Records sent in some of his latest:

Acid Reflux @ BCHQ, Raleigh, NC, 20 February 2010 (photo by Will Butler)

Thieves @ Slims, Raleigh, NC on 12 February 2010 (photo by Will Butler)

Deathrats @ Slims, Raleigh, NC on 12 February 2010 (photo by Will Butler)

Devour @ BCHQ, Raleigh, NC on 20 February 2010 (photo by Will Butler)

Wanna submit a photo for the MRR Photo Blog?

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send them to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. We will be exercising a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are 500 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

There are a lot of awesome photographers out there shooting shows…and there are a lot of unseen archives of old shows. Show us what you’ve got!

For all of you who can’t make it to the MRR Photo Issue Photo Show at SF’s Needles and Pens (still on thru March 15th!), we’ve made some of these special, limited sets of 15 postcards with photos from the zine available to order by mail or online.

Ordering info at the end of the post. Click images to enlarge. Sorry about the typos — these were made so last minute… UPDATE: Never mind about the typos — we are getting those cards fixed. All names will be spelled correctly on the postcards you receive.

Order here using PayPal (Please note: prices are 5% higher to cover PayPal fees):

Your location:

US $6.30 Canada/Mexico $7.35 world $8.40

Or to order by mail, send: $6.00 US • $7.00 Canada/Mexico • $8.00 world (prices are postage paid, in US dollars)

Send check or money order (payable to Maximum Rocknroll) or well hidden cash to:
Maximum Rocknroll • PO Box 460760 • San Francisco, CA 94146 • USA

White Lung (Canada)
Nu Sensae (Canada)
Fleabag
Trouble
Thursday Feb 18th 8pm
Balazo (aka Submission) 2183 Mission, San Francisco
$5 all ages

White Lung (photo by Jason Fisher)

Defect Defect, Lager House, Detroit, MI (photo by icki)

Color Girls Broke Down outside Minneapolis (photo by icki)

Short Eyes (Vince sleeping), Monkey Mania, Denver, CO (photo by icki)

Going on tour is the most fun a band can have. And the least fun. Here are three shots from the road, because it’s been far, far too long since I’ve gotten to go on tour.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the MRR photo issue photo show. Lotsa people came to Needles & Pens and had a great time. Hell, I left an hour after it was supposed to end and the place was still full. I’d call that a success. Stay tuned for info on how to get postcard sets and silkscreened posters from the show.

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Wanna submit a photo for the MRR Photo Blog?

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send them to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. We will be exercising a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are 500 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

There are a lot of awesome photographers out there shooting shows…and there are a lot of unseen archives of old shows. Show us what you’ve got!

Angela Owens gives us four from the Southeastern USofA:

Failures @ Lunchbox Records, Charlotte, NC, December 28, 2009 (photo by Angela Owens)

Iron Lung @ 1982, The Fest, Gainesville, FL, October 31, 2009 (photo by Angela Owens)

Salvation @ Lunchbox Records, Charlotte, NC, December 28, 2009 (photo by Angela Owens)

Young and in the Way @ The Brewery, Raleigh, NC, September 11, 2009 (photo by Angela Owens)

Wanna submit a photo for the MRR Photo Blog?

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog, send them to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. We will be exercising a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are 500 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

There are a lot of awesome photographers out there shooting shows…and there are a lot of unseen archives of old shows. Show us what you’ve got!

Thanks to Helge for responding to our last post with these photos of Tim Yohannan and SF’s late, great record store and hangout, Epicenter. If you have more photos of Tim or Epicenter, please send ‘em our way! webzine {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com

I am so fucking stoked on LA VOZ right now! They come out of the same LA “Raw Ponx” scene as bands such as TUBERCULOSIS, RAYOS X, RABIA AL SISTEMA, and POLISKITSO, and play high-energy, timeless yet fresh-sounding hardcore sung in Spanish.  I had the chance to catch them while in LA over the weekend, and before they played, I was told that seeing them would be “like 2001 all over again.” Given that some of my favorite hardcore came out during this era, and that the person telling me this doesn’t hyperbolize, I was already super excited to see them, and they actually exceeded my expectations live.  Comparisons to LIFE’S HALT go beyond the superficial.

Check out their MySpace page for the usual riffraff.  Not sure how many demos they still have, but a 7″ will be out soon on Lengua Armada.  I’m listening to these songs as I write this, and they hone the best elements of those on their demo.

LA VOZ + circle pit! (photo by OldHC Robert)

Also, I want to give a huge kudos to this scene.  I’d seen TUBERCULOSIS and RAYOS X up here, but seeing them in their own town and watching these kids, who probably have more reason to be punk than most, getting excited, dancing, singing along to all their friends’ bands, and making shit happen in general was rad and super inspiring.  Along with a bunch of great bands, this scene has also spawned a record store, radio show (not just an internet one either), and Fronteras Desarmadas, which is both a print and video zine with contributions from a lot of these kids.  For more info and updates, check out myspace.com/rawponxla.