Tesco Vee

Detroit Hardcore doc out now ft. members of Negative Approach, Meatmen, Minor Threat, more

”With a bunch of creative, alien kids in working-class Michigan finding one another and unleashing a catalog of totally amazing tunes, it was the blueprint for radical punk that’s still going strong today. Dope, Hookers and Pavement lets everyone who made the scene state their case and connects the dots,” says Thurston Moore.

watch Dinosaur Jr cover Stooges with Damian Abraham, play "The Wagon" w/ Kevin Drew

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 Damian Abraham in Toronto…

Blag Dahlia of Dwarves plays solo shows; The Meatmen on tour; both confirmed for '2000 Tons of TNT' Festival

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 and the less creatively monikered Greg Saenz…

The Meatmen playing shows (dates), 1 in Brooklyn w/ Beer & Cable (who play Acheron tonight)

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…

Negative Approach, Tesco Vee, Pissed Jeans, Hellmouth & Mind Eraser played Santos Party House (pics)

, Negative Approach “I walk back in and Tesco Vee is showing off his Jeffrey Dahmer apron and his Traci Lords ”That Time of the Month” pillowcase…

Tesco Vee adds a free show, Negative Approach, Riot Fest

Tesco Vee’s Hate Police have scheduled a FREE NYC show at Generation Records on August 28th in conjunction with the release of his new and essential book TOUCH AND GO: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79-’83 out now via Bazillion Points…

Tesco Vee, Negative Approach & others playing Detroit hardcore book release shows & other dates

by BBG Negative Approach at Red 7(more here) chronicles the first wave of Detroit hardcore from its origins in the late seventies to its demise in the mid-eighties…

What's going on Tuesday?

GG Allin & Tesco Vee “Throbblehead” dolls (on sale now at Aggronautix) tonight in NYC * Momus @ Highline Ballroom * Estelle, DJ Cassidy @ MoMA * Here We Go Magic @ Union Pool * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Jenny Scheinman & Robbie Fulkes @ Barbes * Keane & the Helio Sequence @ Wellmont Theater * A Camp, Gentleman Reg @ Bowery Ballroom * Nate Wooley, Dennis D Anderton @ The Stone * Hull, Witches Tit, Flaming Tusk @ The Charleston * Opeth, Enslaved @ Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom * JEFF the Brotherhood & Turbo Fruits @ Death By Audio * Sessions at Santa’s w/ Light Asylum, Tim Dewit, Ryan Sawyer @ Santos * Wolves in the Throne Room, A Storm of Light, Krallice @ The Studio at Webster Hall * The Dig, Those Dancing Days, Five O’Clock Heroes, Jaguar Club @ Mercury Lounge * Unwigged & Unplugged (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer) @ Beacon Theatre (Spinal Tap) A belated shout for…

The Meatmen touring (w/ new covers album), Fear playing shows, The Fugs playing a benefit - dates & stuff

Tesco Vee In Boston (pic by Mark Natola) The Meatmen are hitting the road tomorrow (4/16) for a Northeast tour including April 19th at Europa in Brooklyn with Chapstik, Loafass, and The Blackout Shoppers…

The Meatmen - 2008 Tour Dates & (long lost) SXSW pics

(except the pics) DOWNLOAD: The Meatmen – Rock & Roll Juggernaut (MP3) The Meatmen are back again…. and you STILL suck! Who cares about Obama and Clinton when the news is that Tesco Vee is heading out on a campaign of his own…