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Ceci Bastida's new podcast explores the Latinx roots of punk rock

Fresh Produce Media and Audible have launched the Punk in Translation: Latinx Origins podcast. The project “tells the stories of Latinx artists and Latin music’s overlooked role in the origins and evolution of punk,” according to a press release. Additionally, Punk in Translation: Latinx Origins is Audible’s first production to be published in both English […]

Arturo Vega, creative designer for the Ramones, dies at 65

Punk icon Arturo Vega passed away this morning at age 65, as the San Francisco Bay Guardian reports. Vega had served as the “artistic director, guardian and very close friend” for the Ramones, creating their iconic presidential logo, album art and stage designs for decades. During the band's formative years, he even housed bassist Dee Dee and […]