Tag: the Clash
Here are 12 unique gifts to get your favorite punk this holiday season
Whether you’re curating your own wish list or getting ideas for your closest friends and family, it’s never too early to start sorting out...
Here’s what Tom Morello thinks the Democratic Party can do better
Modern-day guitar legend Tom Morello has never shied away from politics. Back in the ’80s, the Rage Against The Machine guitarist worked as a scheduling...
QUIZ: Which Green Day era are you the most like?
This is a public service announcement: If Green Day’s epic ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! trilogy counts as one really, really long album, then the...
These 17 punk guitarists from the ’70s truly forged the cutting edge
Part of the initial hype around punk rock was it had “no guitar heroes.” That was an exaggeration. To clarify, punk (in part) was...
Here are 10 times ‘SNL’ brought punk into America’s living rooms
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” Those words have rung out across American airwaves at roughly 10:35 p.m. every sabbath for 45 seasons....
IDLES know rock music has changed, but they still want to be your escape
IDLES are the band of the moment in the U.K., where their explosive and powerful music has become one of the soundtracks to a...
QUIZ: Do you know when these classic ’70s punk albums were released?
Record collectors of any sort can be a persnickety bunch. But few can be worse than punk-rock record collectors with titles spanning from the...
Here are 9 times when bands were accused of copying album artwork
Is imitation a form of flattery? Or is it simply annoying? That's what some bands and a lot of fans have to consider when...
Here are 15 forgotten punk albums you’ll wish you discovered sooner
You think you know your punk history? You’ve studied protopunk, punk rock, post-punk, hardcore, grunge, pop punk, garage-punk and every other hyphenated subgenre spinoff?...
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...
