The store carries a wide selection of independent labels who put out rock, punk, hardcore, noise, crust, grind, garage rock, psychobilly, thrash, black metal, experimental, doom, emo, ska, oi, darkwave and of course everything on the Reptilian Records label (Action Swingers, Blank, Cutthroats 9, Chapstik, Buzzoven, Oxes, The Exploder, Haberdasher, Thrall, Gnomes of Zurich, Electric Frankenstein, Supersuckers, The Fuses, The Golden Showers, Lollipop, Ironboss, Easy Action, Heroine Sheiks, The Dwarves, Pg.99, Flowers in the Attic, Lubricated Goat, The Goons, Hissing Choir, Exosus, Triac, Neutrino, Swampass, Midiron Blast Shaft, Pig Destroyer, Swarm of the Lotus, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Behind Closed Doors, Medic, Longmont Potion Castle, Phoenix Thunderstone, The Spitters, Cross My Heart, Blowtops, The Nitz, Murder Your Darlings, The Means, Gunna Vahm, Fight Amputation, HATEBEAK....just go look at our site!)
Movies
Decline of Western Civilization
Television
Turn off the idiot box and put on a record!
Books
books by Coop, Carlos Batts, Jim Goad, Anton LaVey, Feral House, Last Gasp, David Hamilton, books about hardcore and punk, Scapegoat books
Heroes
All the kids who shop at Reptilian and all those across the globe who support us and independent rock!
Reptilian's first location in Fell's Point opened its doors in 1989. Chris X opened the store using the collection he had built whilst working out of Annapolis's comic book store, Twilight Zone. He slept naked on a mattress in the back room for the first few years. At this point Reptilian sold both underground records and comic books.
Once the store was on its feet, the Reptilian Records releases began. Starting with singles and working towards albums, X released a plethora of fucked-up bands on the Reptilian label. Many of these releases are still available for your grubby mitts if you're looking for them.
The store got stranger and more fucked up throughout the '90s. Switching over from comic books to VHS rentals of bizarre and upsetting material hard to find elsewhere.
Around 2000 Fell's Point fell off the map. This was about the same time that people decided en masse that digital music was more important than the physical product and the store went into decline. Reptilian went broke, no one was coming in the store and release sales were petering out. Pissed off and jaded by the state of affairs, Reptilian closed its Fell's Point location in 2005. All the amazing stock was boxed up and put into storage. The Reptile slumbered, these were dark days.
The beast, however, could not die. In 2006 the new/current location was born. A crack house next door to the Ottobar was gutted, painted black and green, and opened as the Reptilian store front. In 2007 the current webstore was born.
Reptilian Records is very alive and evolving, struggling and fighting to bring noise to the ears that yearn for it!
Fiercely independent since 1989!
Reptilian Records is rockin' at our new headquarters next to the Ottobar here in lovely Baltimore.
Our new address is 2545 N. Howard St., Baltimore MD 21218
Not only the best underground rock and punk store, but also a truly independent record label, with an eclectic gathering of bands like the Dwarves, Buzzov*en, Easy Action, Pageninetynine (Pg.99), Negative Approach, Triac, Cutthroats 9, Flowers in the Attic, Thrall, Mastodon, Hatebeak, Supersuckers.... just look to the left for a list, or better yet, click the link below!
Supernova Live @ Reptilian 1996!
400 Blows Live @ Reptilian 2007!
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone with a desire for great underground ROCK and PUNK music!
****** HEY CHRISTIAN BANDS- DON'T ADD US, IN FACT- BREAK UP.
****** We usually don't add anyone with "MC" or "OG" or "DJ" preceding their name. If you are trying to be ironic, get over it. If you are serious, go find others like yourself. Same for reggae and hip hop bands. No offense, it's just not what we are into.
******Nothing personal, so don't get your panties in a twist, but if you post something boring like "thanks for adding us" or something huge in our comments section, it will be deleted. Say something creative!
If you flunked out of remedial English class or like using slang lingo, you might not want to post anything.
For example: spelling probably "prolly"
typing LOL for any reason
abbreviating et cetera as "ect."
and so forth...
get it? et cetera? and so forth? man, that's rich.
******If you post a flyer for a show that is not in Baltimore, it will be deleted.
******If you post an ad for your band or label and you are not in Baltimore or have no connection to Reptilian, it will be deleted and you may be blocked.
Anyone who wants to bid on our current eBay auctions!
Our eBay user ID is "reptilian_records" check out what we have listed!
hi, thx for the add . . . be sure to check out our photo galleries and Live Video Streaming show every friday night at 11pm ET check our page for the link and tell your friends about us, we'll do the same . . . Chyanne Drums/Vocals
Next gigs: 25/04/09 DUSSELDORF @ AK47 + Grant National 08/05/09 MONS @ LE FINZERB w/ IO MONADE STANCA (I) + XHOHX (F/B) 09/05/09 TILBURG @ Hall of Fame 22/05/09 NIVELLES @ The Subway + Dee N Dee 23/05/09 LILLE @ LE BLIND TEST + guest 06/06/09 ROUEN @ Captain Taverne + Matahari + guest 12/06/09 LIEGE @ Carlo Levi + XHOHX + RAPTUS 13/06/09 BRUXELLES @ DADA bar + XHOHX + RAPTUS + DJ Pipi Chocolat 04/09/09 LILLE @ la Rumeur + 500Mgr
Thanks for accepting/requesting! Hell Yeah!! Come listen to the new mixes (recently recorded live), read the lyrics (just uploaded them to the music player), check out the new vidz (one brand new song among them), take a look at all the new pics and let us know what you think… and of course… ROCK THE FUCK ON!!!
we got a new song up "Here We Go" from the upcoming album that you can only hear on the "Battles of the Bands" and at the same time we need your vote to get on the Vans Warped Tour 2009.
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know I have a new song up called "I Didn't Know". If you get a chance please check it out and give me your feeback! Thanks so much! :-)
couldnt agree with figure 46 more. the times coming closer and closer. we better evolve or we are going to become permanent slaves to the reptilian race.
whats goin on? we just finished our new CD and are letting everyone download it FOR FREE for the next 2 weeks to show our appreciation for all your support. check out our page to download it and let us know what you think and tell your friends!
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