How does it feel being the first “punk” record ever owned by Ian Mackaye?
(The “I Could Puke” single.) It’s a bit funny because it reminds me of how it happened. We asked my brother Gary and his friends to push our 45 at his school. Being the entrepreneur he was, he sold a number of them at Wilson High, where Ian was one of Gary’s classmates. There was a rumor that pitcher David Wells played “I Could Puke” before every game – have you ever heard that? I’ve heard that, but don’t know anything about it. How important was Skip Grof and his Yesterday and Today record store to the early scene? He was instrumental to the DC scene. The compilation release on his “Limp” label, “30 Seconds Over DC” drew attention to the local punk/new wave scene. He went on to do other releases. But his store in Rockville sold indie records (including ours) even before he started his label. Everyone in the early DC scene knew Skip. He and his store became sort of a hub for networking. This also held true a few years later for the hardcore scene with Ian, Henry Rollins, and more. Yest
