Secret Selector: “D.O.W (Dealer of Weed)” by Dig up the Dead (2010)
It’s time to revisit the Newfoundland thrash anthem about a mobile dope dealer with bunk in the trunk.
It’s time to revisit the Newfoundland thrash anthem about a mobile dope dealer with bunk in the trunk.
Within the last few weeks, a bedraggled VHS tape surfaced containing some vital footage of Newfoundland’s punk rock history. Though recovering the previously unseen video was anything but a clean process, our pal Alex Rumboldt got his hands dirty for the greater good of archiving this fundamental tape.
Stream the rare 1985 Tough Justice cassette in its entirety, and read our chat with guitarist Johnny Fisher about the band, the release, and the first wave of Newfoundland hardcore.