death

Detroit in the 1950s and ‘60s was a “boomtown,” according to MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. “It was the manufacturing center of the world,” he wrote in the October 2003 issue of Mojo magazine. “If you wanted it built, we could build it in Detroit. Jobs were there for anyone willing to put in an honest […]

A new wave of punk has taken the world and internet by storm. Recently, there has been a spike in movies about the feminist punk movement, and TikTok users have repopularized bands such as Bikini Kill and X-Ray Spex. In 2021, the history and legacy of riot grrrl appears across all social media platforms as […]

Let’s think about this for a second. Why do we love horror movies? What makes the medium (and its attendant subgenres) so attractive? It’s doubtful anyone reading this would actually enjoy violent disfigurement or death at the hands of a deranged human or mythical monster. Perhaps it’s the idea of psychic release, the search for […]

Beginning with their 1979 single “Night Of The Living Dead,” the Misfits have made a career of mining classic, cult and B-grade movies for fodder for their hard-driving, melodic brand of patented horror punk. With results ranging from the sublime fury of the classic Glenn Danzig-fronted lineup’s “Astro Zombies” to the unabashedly ridiculous “The Devil’s […]

The 2003 documentary Afro-Punk lifted the lid on how many black musicians and fans were part of punk culture. Yet even today, there persists the idea that black participation in rock music is some sort of novelty or anomaly. That disregards, of course, mountains of evidence to the contrary, going back all the way to […]

Don’t kid yourselves for a fraction of a nanosecond. When it comes to the continued evolution of underground/alternative rock, black lives have always mattered. When FEVER 333 coined the hashtag #rockmusicisblackmusic, it was a burning, sweating truth. And if you don’t believe us, well, we’ve got an APTV video for that. Diehard music fans know […]

It cannot be denied that some of the most enduring and exciting music and culture created in the punk and alternative-rock scenes were made by people of color. From the early days of Rock Against Racism in the U.K. to the game-changing awareness of the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene, these black artists were there all […]

Streaming numbers have surged because people have been spending more time at home. Many are bingeing their way through shows they’ve already watched or are consumed with the ridiculous Tiger King series. Why not break away from that and learn something about music instead? Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime have plenty of documentaries offering information […]

Jimmy Webb, beloved stylist and buyer at New York City’s Trash And Vaudeville and more recently his own shop called I NEED MORE  has passed away. The cause of death has not yet been reported. However, it was known that Webb was battling cancer.  Webb impacted many notable musicians from Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong […]

Alan Merrill, the co-writer of the hit song “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” has tragically passed away from coronavirus. Merrill was only 69 years old. Merrill wrote and record “I Love Rock ‘N Roll with his group the Arrows in 1975. The song grew massively in popularity seven years later when it was famously covered […]

Jason Davis, best known as the voice of Mikey Blumberg for Disney‘s Recess has unfortunately passed away. The actor was only 35 years old. An official cause of death is still unknown. Read More: Freddy Krueger actor says he’s “a little too old” to return to the series Recess began airing in 1997 and had a total of […]

The entire music community is mourning the death of rapper Juice WRLD,  aka Jarad Anthony Higgins.  The 21-year-old rapper was reported dead on Sunday via TMZ.  Read more: Juice WRLD dies at age 21 after suffering seizure in Chicago airport Higgins was on a private jet from California to Chicago. Once landing at Chicago Midway […]

Yashira drummer Seth Howard was killed late Saturday night (Dec. 29) in a head-on traffic collision in Bradford County, Florida, according to Jacksonville’s WJXT News 4 and put together by MetalSucks. The burgeoning post-metal act confirmed the news of the tragic death in a Facebook post Monday morning. The musician was 24 years old. Crossing […]

Indonesian pop band Seventeen were in the middle of a performance last night, unaware that a tsunami wave was about to sweep out the stage from behind them. The local group was playing a show at the Tanjung Lesung Beach Resort in Pandeglang when the wave crashed through the stage and into the audience, taking […]

Former founding member and bassist of the metalcore act Oh, Sleeper, Lucas Starr, has died at the age of 34. According to a report from Metal Injection, the late musician died in the early hours of Dec. 7, a few months after he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Starr played on the band’s first two albums, 2007’s When I […]

Death is inevitable, so why wouldn’t we want to go out with some style? A new report from Garage suggests that death may be something we’ll all be facing, but that doesn’t mean we can’t leave this earth in a coffin that leaves an impression on those who knew us best one last time. Read […]

Tom Diaz, former vocalist for indie rock band The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, has died at 32. The Connecticut outfit confirmed the news on their official Facebook page along with a statement and photos of Diaz. The musician was the founding vocalist and keyboard player of the […]