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15 artists who draw influence from the Clash’s dynamic punk spirit
Some promo copywriter at the Clash’s American label, Epic Records, came up with the questionable slogan “19 songs by the only band that matters”...
15 albums from 1995 that are a perfect gateway into the world of punk
In 1996, Your Punk Professor interviewed the Clash’s distinguished lead guitarist Mick Jones for a proposed Alternative Press piece on punk’s original guitar heroes....
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...
15 punk albums from 1993 that embraced contrarianism over prefab rebellion
Alternative rock still dominated popular music in 1993. This obviously begged the question of just how “alternative” something was if it was now on...
10 artists you probably didn’t realize Travis Barker collaborated with
If the past year has proved anything, it's that Travis Barker is the king of collaborations. From providing instrumentation and production for Machine Gun Kelly's Tickets To My...
These 15 punk albums from 1989 ended the ’80s loudly
Welcome to Alternative Press’ 15 best punk albums of 1989. It’s easy to look at the final year of the decade and see it...
Here are 20 bands from the ’90s you probably forgot about
The 1990s started out with DS-1 distortion pedal grunge bands viciously stomping on the global spandex-wearing hair-metal movement from the decade before and ceremoniously...
Green Day music videos ranked in order of greatness
Green Day are a famed punk-rock band who’ve been around for decades—from breaking out on MTV with their 1994 hit album Dookie to the mainstream...
10 self-titled albums that are just as epic as ‘blink-182’
blink-182 are celebrating the 16th anniversary of their scene and world-renowned self-titled (or untitled) album. With that being said, we’re taking a look back...
10 times musicians covered each other in our scene
There’s really only two outcomes for cover songs: They’re either nothing special or the best thing on the planet. Luckily, we’ve selected some sublime...
