Amebix @ Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis MN, 27 May 2009 (photo by Damien Inbred)

Positive Noise, Chicago, IL, 20 February 2010 (photo by Stephanie Kiewiet)

Sucio Poder, Melbourne, Australia, 28 February 2010 (photo by xCarlos El PasoX)

Pisschrist @ Gudang Noisy, Amang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 31 December 2009 (photo by Fae Rebel, submitted by Pat)

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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!

Possibly Mark Murrmann

Sorry things are lagging behind a little here on MRR.com this week. The absence of the Monday Photo Blog threw us off a bit. What happened to the photo blog, you ask? That’s what we wanted to know too, so we did some research and figured out that some dude name Mark Murrmann (alias “icki”) is supposed to be in charge of said weekly web feature. Further research showed that it’s quite possible that he’s currently traveling with the re-formed X of Australia, who are on tour of the western US, and playing a little-known DIY fest in Austin, TX, called Chaos in Tejas this week.

Our crack team of internet sleuths also discovered a handy website called Google, where we dug up even more dirt on the elusive “blogger.” Turns out he’s been known to take a few pictures himself, and he’s recently published some kind of book! One website, The Rumpus, even managed to talk to him…

We’ll keep investigating. Keep checking in, and hopefully by next week we’ll have gotten to the bottom of this.

Airfix Kits (photo by icki, used without permission)

Clorox Girls (photo by icki, used without permission)

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Lisa Hodapp

by Ivy Jeanne

Lisa Hodapp was a huge inspiration and a punk rock role model to so many people including myself. As a teenage punk girl growing up in South Florida in the late ’80s/early ’90s, I sometimes felt like the “scene” was a virtual wasteland for girls and women getting into punk rock. It felt exclusive and full of machismo, a real boys’ club.

Discovering Morbid Opera was a huge turning point for me during that time. I loved their record so much I’d listen to it on repeat much to the chagrin of some of my friends! In listening to that record, I heard a sound so raw, so strong and so female. I heard the possibilities.

Morbid Opera and other bands with ladies playing in them, made it feel possible for me to follow suit. I’ve been playing in bands ever since, 19 years and counting. In the mid-nineties, I had the pleasure of meeting Lisa and after much bonding, a friendship was formed.

She was always so supportive to the younger generations that came up after her. Unjaded and enthusiastic, Lisa was always ready to start a new musical project and to make new friends. She blew minds with her multifaceted life, a bad ass rocker, a whip-smart lawyer, and a mother to boot. In the mid ’90s there was a brief time that Morbid Opera reformed, and she asked me to join to sing backups. It was a real dream come true! Lisa was still rocking, her latest project was called Fraulein.

It’s always so hard to lose someone so vivacious to an illness as epidemic as cancer. There’s so many unspokens. Let’s start the conversations on how we can truly love and support each other when we get sick. It means everything.

As Lisa leaves us, she leaves us with a little bit of fire, sharpened wits, a real tenderness and a desire to push for something more, to create something more.

Download/listen to MORBID OPERA’s “Polyester Pig” MP3

Iceage at Klub Kaos, Copenhagen, Denmark (photo by Adrian Delafontaine)

Scavenger Brats at Klub Kaos, Copenhagen, Denmark (photo by Adrian Delafontaine)

Scavenger Brats pit casualty at Klub Kaos, Copenhagen, Denmark (photo by Adrian Delafontaine)

Adrian from Denmark sent this batch of photos back in early April, from the 4th Kaos Klub event. Kaos Klub is organized by Ritual Zine in Copenhagen. Thanks Adrian!

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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!

Dance or Die at Vendelék Tanyája, Szatymaz, Hungary 1 May 2010 (photo by Tamás Bernath)

Unison at Vikendica Mlin, Kanjiza, Serbia 23 April 2010 (photo by Tamás Bernath)

Let's Grow at Bunker, Budapest, Hungary 3 March 2010 (photo by Tamás Bernath)

Ground Zero at Garaboncziás, Szeged, Hungary 29 April 2010 (photo by Tamás Bernath)

Lömbihead at Vendelék Tanyája, Szatymaz, Hungary 1 May 2010 (photo by Tamás Bernath)

Five killers from Tamás Bernath! Check out more of his photos HERE. Lots of great photos…

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!

Dee Dee Ramone (photo by Catharine J. Anderson)

Mary Kelley of the Contractions (photo by Catharine J. Anderson)

Jello Biafra (photo by Catharine J. Anderson)

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!

(click images to enlarge)

The Scavengers @ AK-79 Reunion, Auckland, New Zealand, 22 Nov 2008 (photo by Sarah Crews)

Decline of the Reptiles, Empire Hotel, Annandale, Sydney, 7 March 2009 (photo by Sarah Crews)

X, Empire Hotel, Annandale, Sydney, 7 March 2009 (photo by Sarah Crews)

Eddy Current Suppression Ring at Mojos, Fremantle, WA, 31 January 2009 (photo by Sarah Crews)

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. Dig into your archives and send some of those lost gems.

Then, last week, Jerry sent me an email with the photo below.

…while in the bush, there was this kid standing by the side of the road with an Exploited/UKSubs shirt on. He had no idea what it said, but was happy I wanted to take his photo. The Barmy Army is everywhere. Thought you would appreciate it.

Best,
Jerry

Laotian local with Exploited/UK Subs shirt. (photo ©2010/Jerry Redfern)

UPDATE: Shitworker Rob Coons also spent a little time in Laos and he ran across a similar shirt on his travels. The Barmy Army is everywhere…in Laos anyway.

(photo by Rob Coons)

Rob sez: I tried talking to her but she didn’t understand me at all. I also saw a dress shirt the next day with a patch of the Pushead drawing of the skull that is on the cover of Let’s Start A War. Sadly I did not get a picture of that one.

Seasick @ The Charleston, Brooklyn, NY December 2009 (photo by Justina Villanueva)

Cro Mags, Rancho Relaxo, Toronto, 31 October 2009 (photo by Rob Ferraz)

This Moment in Black History @ Mango's, Houston, TX 17 March 2010 (photo by David Ensminger)

Rape Revenge @ The Dollhouse, Calgary, AB. Feb. 26th, 2010 (photo by Trista Croft)

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. Dig into your archives and send some of those lost gems.