Tag: minor threat
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...
15 punk albums that set up 1994 to be a year of major change...
To consider Alternative Press’ list of 1994’s top 15 punk albums, one has to bear in mind two factors:
Green Day’s Dookie was released...
10 Joan Jett-inspired artists who are breaking boundaries just like her
“Joan Jett doesn’t play rock ’n’ roll,” I wrote two years back, reviewing her SXSW showcase for The Austin Chronicle. “She is rock ’n’...
7 artists who were banned from ‘SNL’ for their badass performances
Getting booked as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live is the perfect way for any artist to become a household name. But with...
25 most influential albums that define what it means to be emo
The genre affectionately known as emo started out as a wave of internalized rage bubbling under the surface of Washington, D.C.’s Revolution Summer in...
Here’s when you can get the back catalog of punk icons Bad Brains
Bad Brains, the righteous and ferocious Washington, DC-based rastapunk quartet who arguably invented hardcore, have won back the rights to their back catalog. In...
REVIEW: Anti-Flag live by the political messages they promote in new doc
Anti-Flag are a sharp and substantive band who will have a legacy that stands the test of time. But don’t just take our word...
This is how Minor Threat ended up as direct support to the Damned
Do you remember what you were doing around this time last year? We do. Prior to their kickass show at Cleveland’s Agora in August...
This is how Brian Baker ended up in Bad Religion over 25 years ago
If there was a punk-rock hall of fame, Bad Religion would certainly belong in it. The long-running California punk outfit have maintained a positive...
Watch Bad Religion’s Brian Baker stir the pot making “Seeing Red” sauce
Let's cut to the chase: Brian Baker is an American punk-rock treasure. His immortality in punk was sealed forever as a member of Washington,...
