The Unquiet Grave Episode 67: The Only Good Punk (A History of Peaceville Records)

Sun, Nov 6, 2022

Tonight, 9-11pm right here on WRIR: a close look at iconic label Peaceville Records, from the earliest cassette demos released from founder Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw’s bedroom and most of the first 10 “VILE” catalog numbers to the gothic, death-doom acts that became their enduring core, hitting up several classic compilations released on the label as well as releases from subsidiaries Deaf and Dreamtime—and, of course, Darkthrone—on the way.

The music while I’m talking in this episode is from “Kathaarian Life Code” by Darkthrone.

Thanks for listening and see you next week with an all new episode!

Show archive

Playlist

    Time: November 6 - 9:01:35 pm

  • The Instigators, “The Church Says....”

    from The Early Demos

    Self Released - 1984

    • Time: November 6 - 9:04:25 pm

  • Axegrinder, “Where Evil Dwells”

    from A Vile Peace

    Peaceville Records - 1987

    • Time: November 6 - 9:08:19 pm

  • Electro Hippies, “At The Edge”

    from A Vile Peace

    Peaceville Records - 1987

    • Time: November 6 - 9:11:52 pm

  • Doom, “Relief”

    from A Vile Peace

    Peaceville Records - 1987

    • Time: November 6 - 9:13:17 pm

  • Sore Throat, “Only the Dead See the End of War”

    from A Vile Peace

    Peaceville Records - 1987

    • Time: November 6 - 9:16:02 pm

  • Hellbastard, “Civilized?”

    from A Vile Peace

    Peaceville Records - 1987

    • Time: November 6 - 9:19:00 pm

  • Gold, Frankincense, and Disk-Drive, “The African Dust”

    from Where Do We Draw The Line?

    Peaceville Records - 1987

    • Time: November 6 - 9:23:35 pm
  • The Only Good Punk

    Electro Hippies, “Things Of Beauty”

    from The Only Good Punk

    Peaceville Records - 1988

    • Time: November 6 - 9:27:40 pm

  • Deviated Instinct, “Through the Looking Glass”

    from Rock 'n' Roll Conformity

    Peaceville Records - 1988

    • Time: November 6 - 9:30:37 pm

  • Doom, “Drowning In the Mainstream”

    from War Crimes (Inhuman Beings)

    Peaceville Records - 1989

    • Time: November 6 - 9:32:35 pm

  • Toranaga, “Sentenced”

    from Bastard Ballads

    Peaceville Records - 1989

    • Time: November 6 - 9:40:20 pm

  • Insurrection, “Murderaaarrgghh”

    from Hiatus: The Peaceville Sampler

    Peaceville Records - 1989

    • Time: November 6 - 9:44:45 pm

  • Atavistic, “Perpetual Motion”

    from Hiatus: The Peaceville Sampler

    Peaceville Records - 1989

    • Time: November 6 - 9:48:55 pm

  • Extra Hot Sauce, “Taco of Death”

    from Taco of Death

    Peaceville Records - 1989

    • Time: November 6 - 9:49:31 pm
  • Severed Survival

    Autopsy, “Charred Remains”

    from Severed Survival

    Peaceville Records - 1989

    • Time: November 6 - 9:53:11 pm
  • Vile Vibes

    Confessor, “Uncontrolled”

    from Vile Vibes

    Peaceville Records - 1989

    • Time: November 6 - 9:58:33 pm
  • Lost Paradise

    Paradise Lost, “Internal Torment II”

    from Lost Paradise

    Peaceville Records - 1991

    • Time: November 6 - 10:04:27 pm
  • Soulside Journey

    Darkthrone, “Accumulation Of Generalization”

    from Soulside Journey

    Peaceville Records - 1991

    • Time: November 6 - 10:07:44 pm
  • A Blaze In the Northern Sky

    Darkthrone, “A Blaze In the Northern Sky”

    from A Blaze In the Northern Sky

    Peaceville Records - 1992

    • Time: November 6 - 10:12:42 pm
  • As the Flowers Withers

    My Dying Bride, “Vast Choirs”

    from As the Flowers Withers

    Peaceville Records - 1992

    • Time: November 6 - 10:20:58 pm
  • The Red In the Sky Is Ours

    At the Gates, “Claws of Laughter Dead”

    from The Red In the Sky Is Ours

    Deaf Records - 1993

    • Time: November 6 - 10:26:18 pm
  • For All Eternity

    Morta Skuld, “Justify”

    from For All Eternity

    Peaceville Records - 1995

    • Time: November 6 - 10:31:06 pm
  • Eternity

    Anathema, “Eternity (Pt. 2)”

    from Eternity

    Peaceville Records - 1996

    • Time: November 6 - 10:34:18 pm
  • Out There Somewhere

    Ship Of Fools, “Eternal Guidance”

    from Out There Somewhere

    Dreamtime Records - 1994

    • Time: November 6 - 10:40:58 pm
  • Push Comes to Shove

    Kong, “Ditch”

    from Push Comes to Shove

    Dreamtime Records - 1995

    • Time: November 6 - 10:47:30 pm

  • Opeth, “Benighted”

    from Still Life

    Peaceville Records - 1999

    • Time: November 6 - 10:52:31 pm
  • Viva Emptiness

    Katatonia, “One Year from Now”

    from Viva Emptiness

    Peaceville Records - 2003