Dead Moon - In The Graveyard (1988 Portland, US) | Garage Punk | Full Vinyl Rip

This is In The Graveyard, the 1988 debut LP by Dead Moon, released on Tombstone Records. Raw, stripped-down garage punk recorded and pressed completely on the band’s own terms. This is the original US mono pressing, exactly how Fred and Toody Cole wanted it to sound. Dead Moon came out of Portland, Oregon, formed by Fred Cole after the breakup of The Rats. Fred and Toody handled everything themselves, from recording to pressing, using their own equipment and cutting their records at home. That DIY approach is all over this album. Loud, distorted, and unapologetically rough. I’ve been a huge Fred Cole fan ever since I first saw Dead Moon live in Seattle in 1993. That show sent me straight down the rabbit hole. From The Weeds and The Lollipop Shoppe to Zipper, The Rats, and everything Dead Moon did after, I’ve chased down all of it over the years. Fred’s songwriting, guitar tone, and total commitment to doing things his own way left a massive impression on me, and this album is where that Dead Moon story really starts. In The Graveyard blends punk energy with garage rock and blues roots. The songs are simple, aggressive, and memorable, with Fred’s blown-out guitar tone and Toody’s bass locking everything together. Tracks like Graveyard, Out On A Wire, Parchment Farm, and Don’t Burn The Fires capture that raw Dead Moon sound perfectly, while cuts like Dead In The Saddle and I Hate The Blues show their love of stripped-down rock and blues filtered through pure punk attitude. Their cover of Hey Joe is especially great to hear live. Loose, loud, and completely stripped of anything fancy, it fits Dead Moon perfectly and shows how they could take a familiar song and make it feel dangerous again. This record laid the foundation for everything Dead Moon would do over the next decade. It also became a huge influence on garage punk bands well beyond the Northwest. Nothing polished. Nothing cleaned up. Just pure underground rock. 🎧 This rip comes from my personal collection. If you are into garage punk, raw DIY records, or underground US rock from the late 80s, this one is essential. 📷 More vinyl on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ 🎧 Full LP vinyl rips playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 💿 Tracklist 00:00 Graveyard 02:26 Out On A Wire 05:10 Can’t Help Falling In Love 06:53 Parchment Farm 10:20 Dead In The Saddle 13:46 Hey Joe 16:37 Don’t Burn The Fires 20:14 Where Did I Go Wrong 22:25 Remember Me 25:13 I Hate The Blues #deadmoon #inthegraveyard #1988vinyl #garagepunk #punkrock #portlandrock #northwestrock #tombstonerecords #diyrock #fredcole #toodycole #garagepunkrock #undergroundrock #vinylrip #vinylcollector #vinylcommunity #vinylpiper #uspunk #obscurerock #rawpunk