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Behind the scenes of When We Were Young’s sophomore year

We rubbed elbows with pop-punk royalty and caught up with our favorite bands.

See the Offspring bring out Sum 41 and Simple Plan singers for "Why Don't You Get A Job?"

The three pop-punk veterans teamed up at the penultimate stop of the Let The Bad Times Roll tour.

The Offspring, Sum 41, and Simple Plan are going on the pop-punk tour of the summer

The Offspring have announced a 2023 run called Let The Bad Times Roll tour, and they’re bringing along Sum 41 and Simple Plan. Check out the tour dates now.

Brody King goes hard on the wrestling mat and on stage with God's Hate

Brody King is expanding his career beyond wrestling. King discusses his mission for God’s Hate, acting on I Think You Should Leave and Sound and Fury Festival.

Catch Turnover, Turnstile and more on tour

This is Tour Guide, a weekly recap of the concert news fans don’t want to miss. From Turnover to Turnstile, check out who’s coming to a city near you.

A history of Orange County punk, from Adolescents to No Doubt

“Let’s have a war ⁠— blame it on the Middle Class!” The guitar emerges in a blur. The outburst only lasts a second or two before the rest of the band kicks in as abruptly. Someone calls “Out of vogue” repeatedly, as lead singer Jeff Atta responds, “We don’t need no magazines/We don’t need no […]

Lit announce Spring Loaded tour, release live video for "Yeah Yeah Yeah"

Lit are unveiling details today for their Spring Loaded U.S. tour. Alternative Press is bringing you the first word on the new run. The band also dropped a new live video for their single “Yeah Yeah Yeah.” Read more: Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen Z and millennials During […]

1998’s top 15 punk albums simultaneously changed and preserved the form

Top 15 punk albums of 1998? You’d be forgiven for thinking that there weren’t any in the year the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal dominated the news. A quick perusal of Billboard’s Hot 100 singles of the year sees domination by several R&B (Destiny’s Child, Janet Jackson, Usher, Mariah Carey) or hip-hop (Puff Daddy, Master P, […]

These 15 albums from 1997 irrefutably proved that punk was far from dead

1997: All media is declaring the alternative–rock explosion—for which Nirvana lit the fuse—over. This means the commercial pop-punk wave Green Day touched off was over in their eyes, too. That selfsame media could not have been more wrong. Green Day had just issued their fifth album, Nimrod. The Offspring, the band who made the catchphrase […]

The Offspring release new music video for "This Is Not Utopia"—watch

The Offspring have shared a raging video for “This Is Not Utopia,” off their 10th studio album, Let The Bad Times Roll. “This Is Not Utopia” is the first track on the album. Released earlier this year, it’s the first studio release from the group in nine years. Read more: 10 music industry pros fueling […]

These 15 classic albums made 1996 a crucial year in punk history

1996: President Bill Clinton was squaring off against Kansas Sen. Bob Dole in a successful bid for a second term in the White House. On April 3, former math professor Ted Kaczynski was arrested in his remote Montana cabin, suspected (correctly, it turns out) to be American domestic terrorist the Unabomber. Conservative public policy bulwark […]

Angels & Airwaves celebrate emotional growth on “Euphoria”—watch

Angels & Airwaves are back with their newest track since last year’s single “All That’s Left Is Love.” The latest release, “Euphoria,” is a third-person anthem about an individual learning to let go of emotional baggage after a troubled relationship. Read more: Tom DeLonge teases new Box Car Racer-inspired Angels & Airwaves song Angels & […]

18 emerging pop-punk artists backed by Pinkshift’s Ashrita Kumar

Back in February, Alternative Press hailed Pinkshift as one of 100 Artists You Need To Know. Now, vocalist Ashrita Kumar is expanding that list with 18 of her favorite emerging pop-punk-adjacent bands. It might not surprise you to learn that the Baltimore-based outfit’s influences are just as eclectic as their sound. In fact, Kumar is quick to note […]

15 punk albums that set up 1994 to be a year of major change for the genre

To consider Alternative Press’ list of 1994’s top 15 punk albums, one has to bear in mind two factors: Green Day’s Dookie was released Feb. 1. Kurt Cobain died by his own hand April 5. The alternative nation’s voice was suddenly, shockingly stilled. After three years of the most popular music being an agonized scream […]

Record Store Day 2021 drops include iDKHOW, FFTL, K.Flay and more

Record Store Day 2021 is quickly approaching, and the annual event has finally released its list of exclusive and limited vinyl. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, From First To Last, K.Flay, twenty one pilots and Linkin Park are among the lengthy list of RSD selections that includes more than 400 releases for […]

10 legendary drum intros that will always be instantly recognizable

If there’s one indisputable truth in this world, it’s that alternative music has no shortage of iconic drummers. Quite literally setting the beat for the genre, these artists put the power behind some of our favorite tracks. And boy, do we love getting a taste for it right from the top with some badass drum […]

The Offspring return with trippy video for “Let The Bad Times Roll”—watch

Back in February, the Offspring announced their first full-length album in almost nine years with its title track “Let The Bad Times Roll.” Now, they are back with a chaotic new visual for the single and let’s just say things get a little… strange. Along with talking toilet paper, giant cockroaches and violent scorpion cell […]

10 musicians who joined established bands and didn't miss a beat

Band lineup changes are hardly a rarity in the music scene. Between creative differences, life events and personal fallouts, it’s pretty common for at least one member to go in a different direction over the course of an outfit’s tenure. And that, of course, leaves a significant void to be filled. How a band decide […]

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 […]

21 alternative albums from 1998 that are still influencing bands today

1998 really wasn’t that long ago, but after saying the number 2021 out loud, it feels like it happened during another lifetime. To put things in perspective, Billie Eilish was born three years after 1998, and, hell, even FINNEAS was born the year before. Despite the fact that said year was toward the end of […]
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