Reptile House

Created in 1983 by senior high school friends Joe Goldsborough and Daniel Lindenstruth, Reptile Home became Baltimore’s premiere hardcore punk strap through the ’80s hardcore punk scene. The group’s exclusive sound mixed the power and melodic feeling of their D.C. punk neighbours and such California punk rings as TSOL as well as the Lifeless Kennedys with darker esoteric imagery and psychedelic acoustic guitar work. Reptile Home opened for any who’s who of American hardcore rings at regional punk clubs like the Marble Pub and Jules Golf club Home, aswell as headlining such night clubs as the Washington D.C. punk Mecca the 9:30 Golf club. The group’s initial lineup presented Goldsborough on acoustic guitar, Lindenstruth on vocals, David Rhodes on bass, and a pre-Samhain London Might on drums. The group’s 1st record was the four-song 7″ EP I Stumble as the Crow Flies, that was released from the band’s personal Druid Hill label together with Washington D.C.’s Dischord Information. The group continued several trips of america turning people to their sound as remote as Detroit and Tx. Reptile Home then documented the Pay attention to the Powersoul LP, that was released on Goldsborough’s Merkin label in nov 1988. Soon thereafter Lindenstruth produced his departure from your group, changing his surname to Higgs and developing Lungfish with Reptile Home guitarist Asa Osbourne. The group, right now looking for a fresh frontman, recruited ex-Grey March keyboardist Ron Weldon for vocal responsibilities, but quickly thereafter the group split up. Goldsborough continued to create the psychedelic pop clothing the Ultra Violets with Reptile Home bassist Joey Cirri and continuing to record the Baltimore underground music picture through his label Merkin through the entire later ’80s and in to the ’90s.