the vandals

Tony Hawk has announced the lineup for Tony Hawk’s Weekend Jam, a festival bringing together music and skateboarding. The multiday event will take place in Las Vegas May 12-15. The artist roster for the Weekend Jam brings together a wide range of artists, with a strong showing from pioneering punk artists. Among the acts are […]

Award-winning composer Danny Elfman is gearing up to release Big Mess, his first full-length solo album since 1984’s synth-pop LP So-Lo. Elfman has now officially announced his forthcoming album with his new slow-burn track “True.” On April 12, Elfman unleashed a chaotic new video for “True” which offers another preview of what fans can expect […]

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 […]

If you’ve been a pop-punk fan for quite some time now, we’re willing to bet it was a fast, upbeat song that first made you fall in love with the genre. You probably still remember the jolt of energy you felt when your now-favorite songs blasted through your speakers for the first time, and you […]

This season is all about giving, and the bands we obsess over all year long often host holiday concerts during this time of year to give something back to their communities. While some such as Every Time I Die have made it a tradition for well over a decade, others such as August Burns Red […]

[Photo credit: Jeff Forney, Facebook] Avenged Sevenfold are continuing the expanded approach to their latest record The Stage, releasing the fourth successive new song (and third cover version) in a series of virtual bonus tracks for the album. Listen to A7X's new rendition of “Runaway,” featuring the Vandals' guitarist Warren Fitzgerald, below! Read more: A7X guitarist […]

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 […]

Bad Religion, the Offspring and Pennywise will unite for the Epitaph Records-sponsored summer tour, Summer Nationals, which will also feature Stiff Little Fingers and the Vandals on select dates. The 24-date U.S. trek kicks off July 29 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; you can check out the full list of dates below. The Offspring will be performing […]

Whistling isn’t a frequently used trick in most musicians’ arsenals (unless you’re Andrew Bird or the Ying Yang Twins), but it’s a great way to make an otherwise pedestrian song pop in the mind of the listener. Here are 10 modern examples of whistling being employeed successfully. (Keyword: modern. Sorry, Axl.) This article originally ran […]

Southern California's Musink 2013 festival will be held on March 8-10 at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, CA. The lineup includes Bad Religion, Pennywise, the Vandals, Lucero and more. Tickets will be on sale starting Friday, Jan. 11 through Ticketmaster. Check out the full lineup below. March 8, 2013 Bad Religion […]

(Image source: Hollywood Reporter) Variety Magazine has settled a long-running lawsuit with legendary punk group the Vandals over the band's parody of the publication's logo on the cover of their 2004 full-length Hollywood Potato Chip. According to this report, Variety has agreed to drop the lawsuit first brought up in 2010, with both sides paying […]

Check out this exclusive stream of “You And Me And The Tuba Tree (for Ferris Al-Sayed)” from Josh Freese's new EP, My New Friends, out April 1 on Outerscope Records.