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Joe Sib pictured with The Clash's Joe Strummer and The Ramones' Johnny Ramone at The Whiskey A Go-Go, year unknown (SOURCE: Facebook) When we last spoke to Joe Sib, he was gearing up to release a 30-minute special coming out on Dry Bar Comedy . Well, that was back in April of 2022 for one of our sister publications, The Punk Site . It seems like whatever Sib was planning with Dry Bar Comedy never, actually, came to fruition; so, he just decided to drop it himself! Sib's now calling it You Don't Even Know: A Stand-up Comedy Special and it's a side-splitting 22-minute mini-special recorded live at Denver Comedy Works. So, walking it back a little bit here... Joe Sib is one of the co-founders of iconic Punk label SideOneDummy Records and helped sign everyone from Flogging Molly to KILL YOUR IDOLS. Sib was the frontman for Front Line/Frontline, Lifeline, WAX with Loomis Fall (Jack*ss, CKY, Wildboyz,) and 22 Jacks along with members of The Adolescents, The Breeders, ...

Gary W. Bennett, II (GRAPHIC: Ernie Parada for Hellgate Industries) "Doing split records with other bands is commonplace within the Punk, Hardcore, Metal, Indie, and Underground scenes, but for KILL YOUR IDOLS, it's been part of our tradition since day one. We've done splits with Fisticuffs, Full Speed Ahead, The Nerve Agents, Voorhees, Good Riddance, Crime In Stereo, Modern Life Is War, Poison Idea, and 7Seconds. Just writing this and reading it back to myself still blows our minds after all these years... how did we measure up to be able to share a piece of vinyl with these great, legendary bands? That's the beauty of Hardcore music. There's no competition here and we all help each other. That brings us to our split with Rule Them All on Flatspot Records. Rule Them All is among a new crop of Long Island Hardcore [LIHC] & Punk bands that measure up; that will carry the torch for the scene and keep it alive, whether we stick around or not." "Band...