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Home of Norwegian Leather Records, HeartFirst Records, band photos and flyer artwork. 

Punk bands live

See photos of punk bands from the 1980s to the modern days.

Vinyl culture

Talk about vinyl records and how to produce, distribute, buy, and play them.  

Norwegian Leather

Celebrating and re-releasing the best of the N-beat from the 1980s.

HeartFirst Records

Bringing you international hardcore punk bands on 7″ vinyl since 1990.

Tech talk

Writing about the mechanics of vinyl, vinyl production, and about turntables.

Buy stuff

To buy vinyl from HeartFirst and Norwegian Leather:

  • Go to the store on this website, or send an email if you live abroad
  • You can buy on Discogs from the HeartFirst section there (if you like to pay more and want to support web platforms).
  • You can write an email and order directly. This will be cheaper for you.
  • Distros: We love to deal direct! Ask about wholesale rates if you run a distro.

From the blog

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SKEEZICKS discography and liner notes

Refuse Records just released a discography of the 80s German hardcore band SKEEZICKS as a double LP. Robert, who runs the label, asked me to write some liner notes. Here they are: SKEEZICKS’s 1986 debut…