Carrie Tajc grew up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and had a relatively normal childhood until she turned 10. That year, her older sister gave her the cassette tape Raw Power by The Stooges. Needless to say, that tape was played until it was worn out. She then started to buy every Stooges-influenced record that was available at the local National Record Mart. Immediately after graduating from high school, she left Uniontown for Pittsburgh. Incidentally, at that time,  the Pittsburgh punk scene was  considered one of the best Punk scenes in the country. She spent most nights going to see many local punk bands such as The Ultimatics, Mud City Manglers, Sci Fi Idols, Creeps, Submachine, Aus Rotten, Hucklebucks and Bad Genes. 25 years later, she still spends many nights seeing the veteran Pittsburgh punk bands, as well as newer bands such as Royal Honey, The Cheats, Middle Finger. She’s committed to making sure punk rock remains around Appalachia for that 10 year old picking up Raw Power for the first time today.