This is for historical purposes only. Blitz Records closed around 1990.

Blitz Records was the first (and apparently the last) record store in the metro-Detroit area to not carry any Top 40 music! Underground alternative (pre-pop alternative) music like Coil, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Legendary Pink Dots, Revco, Chris and Cosey, Severed Heads, Skinny Puppy, FLA, Dead Can Dance, Click Click, Current 93, and so on.

We had a steady stream of customers that came all the way from Ohio to Canada, along with all the locals.

A Nine Inch Nails incident happened just as they hit it big, we were the first store in Detroit to sell them. We also carted them around town after their first few visits. In return, Trent offered to do a in-store when he came back to town.

Well, he hit it pretty big and when we went to pick him up he got a bit fussy. After a hour or so delay we returned to the store, which had been packed solid (shoulder to shoulder) for hours.

By the time the crowd cleared, we noticed, so did most of our stock of CDs. More than half our inventory walked out the door. CDs were still a newer thing back then and we put all of our cash into growing in that area. That left us in a position we were not able to recover from and closed a few months later. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.