Tag: johnny rotten
How ska paved the way for punk… and took over the world along the...
“We’re the Interrupters! We’re from Los Angeles, California!” the young guitarist announces over a fanfare, as the camera pulls back and reveals a four-piece...
These 15 albums from 1997 irrefutably proved that punk was far from dead
1997: All media is declaring the alternative-rock explosion—for which Nirvana lit the fuse—over. This means the commercial pop-punk wave Green Day touched off was...
AltPress Weekly: Oasis, WILLOW, boyish, JAWNY, Softcult and more
We’re back with another AltPress Weekly. Each week, we highlight the things we want you to check out. We shout out new discoveries and...
How punk and reggae united and went “outernational” to rule the world
This past March 5, the French punk label Guerilla Asso quietly slipped a genius album into the marketplace: Rocket To Kingston, credited to Bobby...
These 11 singers steered the course of punk and hardcore in the ’80s
The idea of compiling a list of the greatest punk singers of the ‘80s might seem a bit odd. After all, this was when...
These 15 classic albums made 1996 a crucial year in punk history
1996: President Bill Clinton was squaring off against Kansas Sen. Bob Dole in a successful bid for a second term in the White House....
11 artists from the ’70s who formed the frontlines of NYC’s punk scene
Since the world first became aware that there is such a thing as punk, there’s been a nonstop argument about its birthplace. The clueless...
10 glam-rock artists from the 1970s who heralded the coming age of punk
Rock ‘n’ roll had, for the most part, lost its “roll” by 1970. It became rock music—self-serious, dour, pompous, filled with pretensions to being...
10 punk vocalists from the ’70s who upended mainstream rock standards
Nashville songwriting great Harlan Howard once defined country music as “three chords and the truth.” Many have said that definition could also be applied...
10 alternative artists who were inspired by David Bowie’s legacy
Nothing’s been right since David Bowie died, Jan. 10, 2016. The rise of Trumpism? COVID-19? The Big Bang Theory going off the air? Would...
