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NOFX's Fat Mike will open the most comprehensive Punk Rock Museum in 2023
The Punk Rock Museum will open in January 2023 in Las Vegas. It will feature several exhibits and punk artifacts, as well as interactive experiences.
Check out these rare photos of punk legends, as captured by Jim Saah
“People were commenting about this one photo I took of Marginal Man that was in the inner sleeve of their record [Identity, Dischord Records, 1984],” mused veteran Washington, D.C. punk/alt-rock photographer Jim Saah via telephone. He was reflecting on an exhibit at D.C.’s Lost Origins Gallery celebrating his new book In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997 […]
Nick Hexum on 311's tour, the band's 30th anniversary and more
311 are in the midst of a major tour with special guests Iration and Iya Terra, taking them on the road to over three dozen U.S. cities. The band also will be livestreaming select shows via their streaming platform, 311 Streamsystem. Additionally, they recently announced three shows over Halloween weekend, including an appearance at The […]
Nine Inch Nails, Run The Jewels and more set to headline Riot Fest 2021
The organizers of Riot Fest have announced that the festival is returning to Douglass Park in Chicago this fall. In typical Riot fashion, the lineup for Sept. 17, 18 and 19 is stacked. “We’ve missed you and we can’t wait to see you this year,” the festival organizers shared. Headliners include alternative veterans Nine Inch […]
NOFX announce lineup for their first-ever livestream in Fat Mike’s backyard
NOFX have announced the stacked lineup for their upcoming Weekend At Fatty’s livestream. The event kicks off virtually on Sept. 19 at 2 P.M. PST. Read more: Trevor Project supports LGBTQ+ community with ‘Animal Crossing’ clothes Obviously, due to coronavirus, live gigs have been postponed and canceled indefinitely. Due to this, livestreams have become the […]
QUIZ: Can you pass this ultimate ska music trivia quiz?
Ska may be one of the most polarizing words in the English language. Many of its superfans have lived and died by the genre from the second they heard their first guitar upstroke, whereas some casual fans dug into it as a flavor of the week for a short amount of time and parted ways […]
'80s Afro-Punks Fishbone are reforming for new political LP with Fat Mike
Fishbone keyboardist, trombonist and songwriter Chris Dowd is describing a creative miracle: hollandaise sauce. “You’re taking an egg and some olive oil. Two components that wouldn’t mix together,” he explains, “but you whisk it together a certain way, and that causes it to bond.” Dowd, who studied at the culinary school Le Cordon Bleu earlier […]
These 16 early Afro-Punk artists made huge contributions to alt-rock
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 […]
Riot Fest postpones until 2021 and reveals the first wave of the lineup
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Riot Fest 2020 has been postponed until 2021. The festival announced the new dates and first lineup announcement on June 16. The Chicago-based festival follows a long list of other festivals that have been postponed this year including Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Coachella and Reading and Leeds. Read more: My Chemical […]
Riot Fest turned New Found Glory, Against Me!, more into Garbage Pail Kids trading cards
Next weekend is Riot Fest (it’s not like we’ve been counting down the days or anything…), and appearing on their merch tables will be some seriously sick Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, featuring some of our favorite bands. Read more: Riot Fest Oral History: The unlikely story of punk rock’s most beloved festival Last year’s class included […]
15 Record Store Day items you have to hunt down this weekend
Saturday, April 19, marks the seventh annual Record Store Day, a yearly celebration that takes place the third Saturday of April and packs independent record stores across the nation—and now, the world—full of exclusive releases and hungry customers. Sure, RSD has its problems—telling shops when they can open their doors and threatening to blackball record […]
"Fans are the greatest danger to themselves"—How safe are we at shows?
A number of concert-related incidents, some of which ended in tragedy, have recently been making headlines throughout the music community. Stage diving, in one form or another, has been the primary culprit in a recent string of injuries (varying from minor to fatal) and in some cases lawsuits have occurred. The act itself is inherently […]
