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10 legendary bands who built the foundation of the grunge genre
by Tim StegallDespite the grousings of certain members of punk’s first generation, grunge most certainly earned its place on rock’s historical timeline,...
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15 bands who are crucial to the history of noise music
by Tim StegallWhen it initially blasted into the world from New York’s Lower East Side almost concurrently with punk in 1977, it...
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15 essential post-punk bands who represent the evolution of the genre
by Tim StegallPost-punk had to happen. Punk rock opened all this space for people to make exactly the kind of art or...
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15 punk albums from 1993 that embraced contrarianism over prefab rebellion
by Tim StegallAlternative rock still dominated popular music in 1993. This obviously begged the question of just how “alternative” something was if...
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The best punk albums of 1987 are still setting fire to the underground
by Alternative Press MagazineWhat a year 1987 was! Ronald Reagan was all all up in the Iran-Contra affair, but his Teflon psyche made...
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These 10 noise-rock tracks were built to defy your volume settings
by Jason PettigrewOftentimes, there simply isn’t a guitar chord ugly enough to convey what you want to say. And that’s why we...
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These 15 punk albums of 1987 brought more noise and power than ever
by Tim StegallWelcome to the best punk albums of 1987. But first, some context. Feb. 20, 1987: An attack by a domestic...
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The best punk albums of 1986 were the sounds of rules being broken
by Alternative Press Magazine1986 was a turning point for punk rock. Some people thought it should stay frozen in beer-soaked amber or it...
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These 15 punk albums of 1986 mutated the underground even further
by Tim Stegall1986 was the year that speed metal and crossover (metal/core a la Cro-Mags’ The Age Of Quarrel) metastasized across the...
