Government Issue

The Dismemberment Plan reunited for a Circus Lupus cover on new Dischord tribute comp (listen)

The comp also features Ted Leo covering Shudder to Think, The Pietasters covering Minor Threat, J. Robbins covering Government Issue, and more.

Naked Raygun tribute LP coming ft. Hot Water Music, Jawbox's J Robbins, Face to Face & more

”When I played bass in the DC hardcore band Government Issue, it blew my mind to find out that NR were fans of our band just as we were fans of theirs,” says J. Robbins, whose cover is out now.

Photo gallery: Minor Threat, Black Flag, Circle Jerks & more from new DC punk book

Washington DC native Jim Saah (who took the photo on the cover of Fugazi’s Repeater) is publishing a book of never before seen photos from the DC punk/hardcore scene and beyond. Here’s a sneak peak…

Dischord reissuing first six 7"s in 40th anniversary box set

Dischord’s first six 7″s, including Minor Threat, State of Alert, Teen Idles, Government Issue, and Youth Brigade, have been remastered with reproductions of the original artwork and lyrics sheets.

27 punk drummers cover "We Are The World" for Inauguration Day

Members of Minus The Bear, Thursday, Braid, The Promise Ring, Small Brown Bike, Helmet, Christie Front Drive, Government Issue, Planes Mistaken For Stars, and more come together on this almost-definitely-ironic drum playthrough video…

Walter Rossmann benefit comp features Less Than Jake, Mike Watt, Classics of Love, more

Government Issue, The Chinkees, Broadway Calls, The Bombpops, Toys That Kill, River City Rebels and more also appear on the benefit compilation.

tons of '80s DC hardcore live videos unearthed: Fugazi, Dag Nasty, Govt Issue, Descendents, more

Over 60 videos shot by former Edsel / current SAVAK vocalist Sohrab Habibion in the ’80s have been newly digitized and released for free online, including footage of 7Seconds, Moss Icon, Shudder To Think, The Lemonheads, Scream, Soul Side, and much more…

Jawbox's J Robbins played Saint Vitus w/ LAPeCHE & Ageist (pics, setlist)

J and his band played solo material, songs from his bands Burning Airlines, Office of Future Plans, and Channels, and a John Cale cover…

stream Foxhall Stacks' (Jawbox, Minor Threat, Velocity Girl, etc) debut album

Foxhall Stacks is Bill Barbot (Jawbox), Peter Moffett (Government Issue), Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Bad Religion), and Jim Spellman (Velocity Girl), and their very fun debut LP sees them making punky power pop…

premiere: new D.C. "Punk the Capital" doc has a trailer, and screening dates (watch!)

“From the perspective of that family-sized row house, this film dives back into an array of D.C. area bands of the late 1970’s (Slickee Boys, White Boy…) and looks forward into the growth of DC’s hardcore punk scene of the early 1980’s (Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Faith…)”
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