Formerly Toxic Shock
Box 2091 Tucson AZ 85702
AZHwy666@yahoo.com
OUR PHYSICAL LOCATION IN TUCSON IS NOW HISTORY! (RIP 1989-2014)
BUT, WE STILL PROVIDE THE MOST RELIABLE MAIL ORDER FOR UNDERGROUND ROCKnROLL AS WE HAVE SINCE 1980! If you live in Southern Arizona and have some old records you dont listen to anymore, we are always looking to buy gently used vinyl, especially large collections, See our facebook page as well, as we may pop up locally at a record swap.
Visit our online storefronts at these links below !
History
I opened the first Toxic Shock record store in Pomona, CA in 1980. We had five locations in Pomona before moving to Tucson AZ in 1988. We specialized in punk records from independent labels. It was one of very few record stores that carried independent punk exclusively. We expanded to mail-order soon after by advertising in music magazines. In 1983, my wife Julianna Towns and I released Noise from Nowhere, a 7-inch, 33rpm EP featuring four local underground punk bands: Kent State, Modern Industry, Manson Youth and their own band Moslem Birth (whose name was a parody of Christian Death).Noise from Nowhere featured cover art by Pushead. With this release, Toxic Shock Records was born.
JACK ENDINO
Angle of Attack
DULL
She's A Nuclear Bomb
Skinner Box
The Playhouse
Rhythm Pigs
El Paso
HOUSE OF LARGE SIZES
Skinnerbox
Yeah, But It's A Dry Heat
Compilation
Datura Seeds
Fells
Amped
Feast Upon Cactus Thorns
Raw Power
Raw Power
Screams
HULLABALOO
Dead Serious