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11 singers who helped define the vocal style of punk rock in the ‘90s
The ‘90s: the decade punk went mainstream. First, SoundScan made radio safe for Nirvana and the grunge-ified hordes. Then Green Day and other pop-punk acts moved in and squatted at the top of the Billboard charts. True, it seemed to be finished two years later, only to be reinvigorated at the turn of the century. […]
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Horrorpops Kiss Kiss Kill Kill [4/5]
The rockabilly underground never sees a lot of mainstream attention (at least, not since our parents were in high school and it was called “surf rock”), but this scene has maintained a remarkably loyal following despite questionable innovation through the years. Danish ex-pats HorrorPops have built a rabid following […]
#240 - Bikini Kill & Fugazi
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Bikini Kill #240 – February 2010 ORDER ISSUE MEMBERSHIPS DIGITAL EDITION WHERE TO FIND AP IN THE RAG >>> BLOOD RUNS DEEP: 23 BANDS WHO SHAPED PUNK This month, we’re marking our 23rd anniversary by taking a look through punk’s back pages to salute some of the bands whose work has (either prominently or covertly) […]
10 guitarists who brought punk rock firmly into the 2000s
As we exited the ’90s and entered the new millennium, pop divas, prefabricated boy bands and rappers bragging about conspicuous consumption and how poorly they treated women ruled the airwaves. Meanwhile, what passed for “rock” was the white guys who beat you up in high school P.E. class who’d discovered hip-hop and figured it’d sound […]
QUIZ: How much ’70s punk trivia do you really know?
For many, first-wave punk was the sound of liberation. Chainsaw guitars, locomotive drums and screaming singers delivered brutal street poetry about the times. It saved us from a lifetime of dull progressive rock, snooze-worthy singer-songwriters and six-string heavy metal. For certain die-hards, ’70s punk is the only punk. For them, both the music and the […]
20 songs that transformed punk, from "Raw Power" to "Rebel Girl"
There are a lot of people out there who know what punk rock is but have no idea how to explain it to a novice or an outsider. It would seem simple enough to define it as “three-chord teenage rebel music,” but what about all those songs that have four or more chords? Or all […]
10 old-school punk bands who created the blueprint for the hardcore scene
1979: As far as the American record business was concerned, punk rock was finished. They’d spent a packet on the Sex Pistols, Ramones and Dead Boys, and those albums seemingly shipped straight to the cut-out bins. The Pistols self-destructed at the end of their U.S. tour the previous year, and now that Sid Vicious kid […]
4 new unsigned bands you should check out this month
Welcome to the third installment of our new AP&R online series. Some of you may be thinking, “Wait. Isn’t this usually in the magazine?” Yes, it is, but we’re upping the ante with this section in our new issues by giving your favorite among our scouted unsigned artists an opportunity for a larger print feature […]
Riot Fest 2014 schedule, set times announced
Riot Fest have revealed their 2014 schedule of final set times for Chicago, Denver and Toronto. Tickets are on sale now. Check out the full schedule below, and find out when/where your favorite bands are playing. If you happen to be heading to Riot Fest Toronto tomorrow, check out which bands we recommend you see. […]
The 5 great eras of pop-punk, from the ’70s to today
Like many musical genres AP covers with regularity, pop-punk has a major tendency to move in cycles: exploding, cooling off and then reviving. The cyclical nature of the genre has made it easy to divide its lifespan into eras, whether it be its initial explosion with Green Day, its mainstream peak in the late ’90s […]
