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The Maine, Bad Religion, more to play 2022 Four Chord Music Festival

by Taylor Linzinmeir

Four Chord Music Festival is back for its eighth year — and expanding to two days. The lineup includes the...

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20 greatest Epitaph Records bands, from Pennywise to Architects

by Ali Cooper

Established by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz in 1981, Epitaph Records set out to bring together the California punk scene...

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15 best punk albums of 2004, from Green Day to My Chemical Romance

by Tim Stegall

In 2004, the world was in turmoil. And America was at the root of it. The administration of President George...

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These bands paved the way for pop punk, from Descendents to NOFX

by Tim Stegall

“Teenage dream, so hard to beat…”: 1970s pop-punk roots As long as there’s been punk rock, pop punk — a...

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The 15 best punk albums of 2002, from Sleater-Kinney to the Used

by Tim Stegall

The most notable aspect of punk rock in 2002 was the mainstream ascension of garage for the first time since...

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The Bronx’s Matt Caughthran on his new venture ‘The Sailor Jerry Podcast’

by Alessandro DeCaro

After touring for the better part of 20 years, Matt Caughthran is a seasoned road warrior who is best known...

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These punk records from 2000 led the genre into a brand-new century

by Tim Stegall

2000: The year Texas Gov. George W. Bush vanquished Bill Clinton’s Vice President Al Gore under what many contend was...

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1998’s top 15 punk albums simultaneously changed and preserved the form

by Tim Stegall

Top 15 punk albums of 1998? You’d be forgiven for thinking that there weren’t any in the year the Bill...

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These 15 albums from 1997 irrefutably proved that punk was far from dead

by Tim Stegall

1997: All media is declaring the alternative–rock explosion—for which Nirvana lit the fuse—over. This means the commercial pop-punk wave Green...

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15 punk albums that set up 1994 to be a year of major change for the genre

by Tim Stegall

To consider Alternative Press’ list of 1994’s top 15 punk albums, one has to bear in mind two factors: Green...