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The most important member of any rock ‘n’ roll band is the drummer. Seriously, you can have Jimi Hendrix on lead guitar in your band. But if Mitch Mitchell isn't in the back, holding it all together on drums? You just have noise.  Rhythm...

Taylor Hawkins, acclaimed drummer of Foo Fighters, has passed away at the age of 50. Musicians joined his fans and family in celebrating his life and legacy, especially his immense contributions to drumming. Unsurprisingly, many drummers led the conversation...

Green Day have shared another snippet of possible new music from the band. They began teasing new music in December, sharing a short video of themselves in London's RAK Studios. Now, their latest Instagram post reveals a bit more information about the upcoming project...

Misfits are the very model of an influential punk band. Which was most likely not Glenn Danzig’s goal when he formed them in 1977 in his native Lodi, New Jersey, naming them for Marilyn Monroe’s final film from 1961. After initially being driven by Danzig’s distorted electric piano, Misfits became known for sludgy power chords pitched in the key of Black Sabbath set to Ramones-oid tempos and song

Could it be? A holiday miracle in the form of Green Day teasing new music?Green Day posted a short video on their Instagram Dec. 19, featuring audio that fans are speculating is new music from the band. The post features clips of the bandmates at the legendary RAK Studios in London, seemingly in the middle of recording...

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 alter... Read More ...

Technically, my first exposure to punk was through Green Day’s Dookie. At the time, I was young—probably too young. As kids so often do, I followed a friend’s older brother to check out his collection of older brother music. Dookie immediate...

It’s nearly impossible to overstate the influence Green Day have on the rock scene these days. Ever since breaking into the mainstream in the mid-‘90s, everyone from blink-182 to Lady Gaga have cited their music as an inspiration at some point in their career. If you’re ...

Green Day's American Idiot is celebrating another year around the sun. Check out the band's 2004 Alternative Press cover story in honor of its anniversary.

Whether due to personal reasons, creative differences or non-music-related conflicts, it’s pretty common for a band’s lineup to shift over time. And in that same vein, it’s noteworthy when a core group of original members are able to stick it out through all the ups and downs that the music industry brings. In a world wh...

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 ...

Some promo copywriter at the Clash’s American label, Epic Records, came up with the questionable slogan “19 songs by the only band that matters” for the sticker that appeared on the face of 1980’s U.S. release of London Calling. While singer/guitarist...

In 1996, Your Punk Professor interviewed the Clash’s distinguished lead guitarist Mick Jones for a proposed Alternative Press piece on punk’s original guitar heroes. Though it remains unpublished, I asked in the course of it what he thought of Rancid. Jones waxe...

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 t...

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 intros...

Last year, Green Day's music rivals the Network resurface after almost 15 years to release a brand new full-length album. Now, the mysterious group are back and just delivered their first live performance in nearly two decades on the Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon... Read More ...

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. Oft...

As promised, Green Day are back with their first piece of new music in 2021. Over the weekend, the punk rock trio debuted their energetic new single "Here Comes The Shock" during the NHL game in Lake Tahoe. Read more: Daft Punk announce their break up with this powerful video—watch Although both Billie Joe Armstrong and the Network, which is so not Green Day, have released new music over

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 of course remember how fun it was to mosh and jump along to them at shows (yes, even after not having bee

Green Day fans may want to get their wallets ready because rumors are swirling new Funko Pop! figures are finally on the way. Thanks to a leak, some fans are convinced new Pop! vinyl figures of Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt are in the works...