Update: We totally got Schwifty! Dig the crazy photo gallery! Huge thanks to Randall and the Rickmobile crew for throwing such a rad AF party, and to Heather, Izaac, William, and Johnny Leech, Afton, Drew, Alex, Malcolm, Asher, and Ardis for helping out, cleaning up, … Continue readingRickmobile was here!
Well, the store is still closed until the 5th, and this is why… I started my first record store job in 1994, and stumbled on The Mummies shortly thereafter. In 1996 we started a band called The Deadites and bought a Cadillac hearse. We opened … Continue readingThe Mummies! Burger Boogaloo 2018.
The Leeches are Burger Boogaloo bound! Sadly, we will be closed for business this weekend as we embark on a celebration of our 17th wedding anniversary, and a weekend of silliness and unsanity with Devo (featuring Fred Armisen on drums), The Damned, The Mummies, The … Continue readingBurger Boogaloo Bound- Closed This Friday to Wednesday!
We just uploaded a new batch of freshly baked T-shirts, hot out of the Leechpit oven… just $25 with FREE SHIPPING for a limited time only! Hit the “Buy Some Stuff” link to snatch them up!
Now that we have this here bloggy-blog we are digging up some old Leechpit nostalgia links, and will be trying to sneak them into the feed from time to time. For instance, there was this one time that Indy hip hop flow master Atmosphere cleverly … Continue readingThat one time Atmosphere dropped us in rhyme
For the second day in a row we have been honored with a visit from an unsung hero of the music industry, this time from Isaac Gallegos. I first met Isaac a few months back when he came in and wiped the shop clean of … Continue readingAnother Amazing Encounter at The Leechpit
Yesterday we were honored to be visited by an immensely knowledgeable and truly dedicated music historian, Val Pisigin, who alongside his lovely wife Svetlana, have travelled the world extensively to research and uncover the secrets of folk, roots, blues, and traditional music and the musicians … Continue readingMusic Historian Valeriy Pisigin Visits the Leechpit
It’s not every day you get called out as “The Best Record Store in Colorado,” but today is the day! Peruse this extremely well written article, and come hang out sometime! http://www.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/best-record-store-colorado/
YAAaaarrrrRRghghg… We did it! The historic FIRST EVER RECORD STORE DAY AT SEA on the Flogging Molly Salty Dog Cruise! Not only that, the first RSD in International Waters… The first RSD to cross international borders. The first RSD inside a duty free Whiskey and … Continue readingBack on Dry Land, With Many a Story to Tell…
I cannot express my gratitude enough to Nathen Maxwell and the Flogging Molly Crew for their hospitality, friendship, and eternal inspiration. One look at the community they’ve created, and it is plain to see that they are the real deal in every way..
