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The Lost Boys boasts an impressive soundtrack, particularly its epic theme “Cry Little Sister.” 35 years later, Gerard McMahon reflects on the song's legacy.

The guitar Kurt Cobain used in Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video is up for auction. The left-handed Fender Mustang in the color Competition Lake Placid blue was previously on display at the MoPOP Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. Read more...

Riley Hawk, Warish frontman and son of Tony Hawk, recently used Turnstile's “T.L.C. (TURNSTILE LOVE CONNECTION)” as the soundtrack for a new Thrasher skateboarding video. We couldn't describe the video any better than its description, which reads, “Riley flies down rails and attacks some banks while Turnstile stomps the soundtrack.” Check it out be...

The dawning of our new normal — a world of postponement, rescheduling and uncertainty — showed us just how sacred live shows can be. Whether they’re experienced in person or at home in front of a screen, the collective energy fostered between an artist and their audience is the driving essence of live music. While we may hav...

SK8 has released a new video for the song “F*CK SOCIETY.” The track features Issue #399 cover artist Sueco. Read more: iann dior releases sophomore album 'On To Better Things'–listen “F*CK SOCIETY” shows the Nebraska-born singer-songwriter Sk8 go even deeper into his pop-punk sound. The track itself is direct a...

Minneapolis: The state of Minnesota’s most densely populated city. It sits back to back with the state capital, St. Paul, forming what’s known as the Twin Cities. It also gets really freakin’ cold up there. So it naturally produced a huge crop of punk bands at one time, all seemingly falling out of clapped-out Ford Econolines clad in flannel shirts when “grunge” was something you cleaned out of a

Nandi Bushell may be emanating the kind of energy and enthusiasm only a kid is capable of when she joins our Zoom call on a Sunday afternoon while she’s not in school, but she’s also a kid who could kick half of the alternative music community’s asses in a drum battle—including, but not limited to, Dave Grohl. At just 11 years ol...

One of the best things about music is when artists put their own unique spin on iconic songs. Sometimes they change the song's original genre, swap in new lyrics or reimagine its intent. Modern artists will always cover classic songs, such as twenty one pilots undertaking "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley or Miley Cyrus performing "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin. But di

Music often leaves a deep mark on its era. Songs become embedded in our consciousness through their ability to perfectly capture a moment. They are burned even deeper into history through stories, newsreels and documentary footage, circulated by word-of-mouth as well as official documentation...

Alongside Hank Williams, Bob Dylan is arguably the greatest American songwriter of the 20th century. Last year’s blues-drenched Rough And Rowdy Ways proved that he’s hardly lost any of his gifts in this century, even as he approached his 80th birthday this past May 24. But the mi...

Despite the grousings of certain members of punk’s first generation, grunge most certainly earned its place on rock’s historical timeline, the perfect antidote to the cliche-ridden joke hardcore became fairly quickly: Everyone attempting to run the 100-yard dash in two seconds? Why not ta...

There are three types when it comes to songs in feature films: The first is the song that you just know isn’t only going to be nominated for an Academy Award but in all likelihood will win it; the second is the song that’s snubbed by the Academy in a year jam-packed with standard Oscar fare (sometimes love songs from Disney movies); the third is the song that somehow isn’t even considered and migh

When it initially blasted into the world from New York’s Lower East Side almost concurrently with punk in 1977, it was dubbed no wave. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau referred to it as “skronk,” an onomatopoeia based around the general guitar sound. He uncharitably ...

“It should not take a bush league punk-rock musician to point this shit out,” announces punk icon Jello Biafra, born 62 years ago in Boulder, Colorado, toward the end of our three-hour conversation. And what “shit” would Jello Biafra be talking about? For a start, how about...

All of the way back in 2014, Gene Simmons sparked a massive debate when he said that rock music is dead. Over the past few weeks, the KISS co-vocalist and bassist has brought back up his controversial claims and caught the attention of many including Alice Cooper...

Rock legends KISS brought 2020 to a close in spectacular fashion, breaking two world records for pyrotechnics during their Dec. 31 Kiss 2020 Goodbye livestream show. The group has pushed back their End of the Road World Tour dates to Spring 2021, and opinionated music icon Gene Simmons is using this time off to get back to one of his favorite talking points: the death of rock music. ...

As recently established here, the 45 RPM record was the greatest medium for punk rock. It's compact, it's affordable and brevity's of essence—distill all of your best moments in three minutes or less. You can also master these seven-inch beauties hot, perfect for loud music. Then...

Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister, the late singer of Motörhead, is finally getting the biopic treatment. It is being reported that there is a biopic in the works for the late musician who passed away in 2015. Read more: Vans launches nature-themed collection with National Geographic Various biopics and documentaries about music legends have been released over the years. Mor...

While people are stuck at home during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, everyone is looking for new activities keeping them busy and a new project called the Colouring Sessions is offering music fans a fun and free way to fill their time. The projec...

Adore Delano sounds tired. She just flew from her native Los Angeles to Denver to shoot a music video, and in less than two days she’ll board a plane to Australia to perform a string of tour dates.  “It was chill. I slept through the whole thing,” she says with a sleepy voice, when asked about her flight. If anybody deserves a ...