the lookouts

The 10 best punk drummers of the '90s, from Dave Grohl to Tobi Vail

The ‘90s was the moment when the experiments wrestled control of the laboratory away from the scientists. Suddenly, punk rock — the ragged step-sibling of rock and pop — was squarely in the mainstream of culture, after years of ruling the underground. It spawned alternative music and the latter’s most successful subthread, grunge. Grunge was […]

10 musicians who contributed to a band before officially joining

While some bands have miraculously played for decades without a lineup change, most have had to replace a member or two throughout their tenure. We see it all the time, though it’s not always as staggering as, say, Matt Skiba stepping into a Tom DeLonge-shaped void. Often, it marks a natural progression for people who had […]

"There's a lot of history there"—Pre-Green Day band The Lookouts! to have material reissued

Before there was Green Day, there were the Lookouts!, a quirky punk rock band featuring then-12-year-old drummer Tré  Cool, guitarist/vocalist Larry Livermore (founder of Lookout! Records) and bassist Kain Kong (now a forest ranger) who were truly a product of their environment. The band were from a remote mountain area in California, a seclusion reflected in […]