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When foundational Brazilian death-thrashers Sepultura recorded “Rise Above” as a bonus track for their 2001 album, Nation, they understood the power of that call to arms. Black Flag have always been the rebel music of society’s rejects. The rock ‘n’ roll process has always been an intensification of whatever came before it. Elvis and Chuck […]

By now you’ve seen the notes and heard the President Donald Trump speech of him proclaiming his innocence regarding his covert dealings with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenksky. But let us ask you this: Have you heard the audio cover-version memes? Since photographs of President Trump’s notes went viral across the ‘net, some folks with a […]

Sometimes in the music industry a new band come along and completely shake everything up by writing an album that blows people away right out of the gate. Living up to the hype of writing a great album is difficult enough. However, some bands created their most classic songs on their first go with their […]

Punk festered the entire ’70s: The Stooges and New York Dolls cleared the field as all the misfits on the margins waited their turn, marinating in a stew of poverty, filth, midnight John Waters screenings, scratchy thrift-store garage and rockabilly 45s, ancient dimestore William S. Burroughs paperbacks and clothes stolen out of Goodwill dumpsters, then […]

If you’re familiar with Green Day, you should know some of the members sometimes perform as a cover band called the Coverups. Just a week ago, the band made a return to play a special show at Oakland, California’s annual 40th Street Block Party. Read More: Craig Owens performs Chiodos song backed by string section, ballerinas […]

Dallon Weekes is at home convalescing after a recent outpatient procedure involving his sinuses. The main fulcrum behind I Don’t Know How But They Found Me should probably be resting before his rock ’n’ roll duties ramp up into high gear, but that’s not going to happen.  He takes off his earbuds (currently rockin’ Parquet […]

Zombies are everywhere. Pick up a comic book, turn on your Xbox, visit the cinema, browse the app store and there they are, cheerily determined to eat the flesh off your bones. Open your iTunes and chances are you’ll find at least one song with the Z-word in the title, too. Below are 15 of […]

“Basically, I went through 30 or 40 different shows,” underground guitar legend East Bay Ray says of DK40, the new triple-disc box set documenting the live fury of San Francisco’s Dead Kennedys, the punk band he founded in 1978. The three shows number among the best tapes Ray’s found from across DK’s history: Amsterdam’s Paradiso […]

Get ready to starve your wallet and feed your turntable because the 11th anniversary of Record Store Day falls this weekend (Saturday, April 13).  Because let’s face it, looking at playlists on your phone is kind of boring, but that triple-vinyl set of twenty one pilots’ Blurryface Live is a joy to witness and caress. There’s […]

Beto O’Rourke is a punk-rock politician. He loves skateboarding, rock music and has a DIY attitude. Now, there is footage of the former democratic congressman from El Paso jamming on stage to “Blitzkrieg Bop” by the Ramones in a onesie and a sheep mask. Yes, you read that right. Read more: Everything coming to and […]

Black Friday and Record Store Day are two very different holidays. Where Black Friday is about finding the cheapest deals at the most convenient place, Record Store Day is all about shopping locally at independent stores. Now, in an attempt to get more people to support their local record stores, RSD is coming at us […]

Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong performed with Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen and Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan at the annual Johnny Ramone tribute gathering this past weekend. Watch some fan-captured footage below. Read more: The Ghost Inside’s drummer offers health update It happened Sunday night at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where […]

One of the coolest things on Instagram (besides those crazy Wolf Eyes memes) is Tiny Concert, a series of short hand-drawn black-and-white animations coupled with the music of classic punk bands. Simultaneously primitive and wondrously whimsical, the series acts as a cultural inroad toward discovering a greater rubric of all things punk. Read more: 10 […]

Retail giant Target has issued an apology after somewhat imprudently adorning its new East Village location in a promotional facade reminiscent of legendary New York City punk rock club CBGB, as reported by The New York Times. Read more: Coke to raise soda prices due to Trump’s tariffs Many apparently felt the sting of corporate […]

As much debauchery happens onstage at Warped, there’s plenty that goes on behind the scenes. In case you aren’t a Warped historian, here are 17 facts you probably don’t know—directly from Kevin Lyman’s brain! Read more: A look back at Warped Tour 2008 1. It may just be an urban myth, but supposedly, the Black Eyed […]

CJ Ramone, formerly of the Ramones, is one of only seven men gifted with that famed surname. After stepping in for Dee Dee in 1989, he played with the legendary punks until their breakup in 1996. Fast forward to 2017 and vocalist/bassist CJ Ramone is giving us a taste of his upcoming solo album, American Beauty, with […]

Holidays should be treated as sacred moments to be with family. But sometimes you don’t want to hear your visiting aunts and uncles talk about the election with mouthfuls of mashed potatoes and stuffing and watch your mom throw shade at everyone for not helping out with the traditional meal. Now, we’re not gonna tell […]

[Photo credit: Dorothy] Every music genre can attempt to be traced back to its starting point, and designers at Dorothy released an intricate map that looks at the history of alternative music and its many, many branches. Check out the full chart below. (via Wired) Read more: The 5 great eras of pop-punk, from the ’70s to […]

Enjoy The Ride and Sony Music have teamed up to re-release a previously out-of-print Ramones tribute album, which features the likes of Green Day, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and Metallica, among many others. Originally released in 2003—but of out-of-print for some time—”We're All A Happy Family,” the Ramones tribute, is now back on vinyl as […]

CJ Ramone Last Chance To Dance Apparently, even if you’re not one of the original quartet that started the peerless punk band 40 years ago, if you’re a Ramone, you’re a Ramone for life. At least that’s what Chris Ward (aka CJ Ramone) would have us believe. Though he joined the group well after they […]