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Tickets to Florida punk show are $18, or $999 if you haven't been vaccinated

St. Petersburg concert promoter Paul Williams booked a punk show at a VFA hall next month featuring Teenage Bottlerocket, Make War, and Rutterkin. Tickets are $18 unless you aren't vaccinated in which...

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Watch this 1985 trailer for fabulous upcoming movies on Night Flight

Night Flight was a multi-hour block of television programming on USA Network that ran on weekends into the early hours of the morning.  I was in college when it was in its heyday, and my friends and I...

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The time Pat Smear (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) had a wonderful time shopping at...

In 1997, the Spice Girls were, um, spicing up our lives with Spiceworld, the follow-up to Spice. MTV fueled the spiciness by featuring the band at every possible turn including in this curious segment...

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Fred Armisen brilliantly does the history of punk from 1970 to 2000

This is an amazing 5 minute performance of punk/alt strumming styles, from the Velvet Underground to the Ramones to British punk to post punk to Sonic Youth to ska to grunge to melodical/happy. The...

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Watch: Shots in the Dark with David Godlis

Shots in the Dark with David Godlis is an animated short about the photographer David Godlis who photographed punk-rock culture at the Bower's legendary CBGB. Goldis has a unique style of night-time...

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Watch this bizarre 80s Canadian news segment about punk rock

"This is not what punk rock's about, it's all in your mind." — Razor "The lifestyle is sex, drugs, rock & roll, and fuck parental authority." — Some Old Fart Named Greg Bauthamer There's a lot of...

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Watch this newly discovered footage of Joey Ramone's glam rock band before...

In 1972, Jeff Hyman (aka Joey Ramone) was making the scene at Max's Kansas City and the Mercer Arts Center playing in his band Sniper in concert lineups that included the New York Dolls and Suicide....

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Watch rare footage of The Clash live in Italy (1980)

Here's The Clash playing on June 3, 1980 at Stadio Comunale di Parco Francesco Ruffini, Turin, Italy. As it should be, the quality is as good as a 40-year-old fourth generation dub from one crappy VCR...

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Punk cover of Pee-wee's Playhouse theme song

Kobanes, a Chicago punk band, have covered the theme song to Pee-wee's Playhouse and now I never want to hear it any other way. It just works! Fun trivia: Cyndi Lauper sang the original theme but is...

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The Linda Lindas rock the purr-fect eye makeup

Young punk rockers The Linda Lindas have taken "cat eyes" to the next level with the help of makeup artist Valerie Vonprisk. A tutorial for the "kitty liner" eyeliner design they rocked in their...

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This linguistic analysis of "The Pop-Punk Accent" is absolutely fascinating

Did punk start in England, or in the United States? Why do British singers sing with American accents? These are timeless questions that will continue to plague music fans even after rock and roll has...

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Jordan, punk legend, dead at 66

Jordan, the British punk model, manager and all-around legend who helped create punk's distinctive fashion and became a veterinary nurse, is dead at 66. NME: In a statement, her family revealed that...

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This Su Tissue fan account contains great photos and Suburban Lawns ephemera

There is an awesome fan account on Instagram dedicated to the legendary Su Tissue of the post-punk band Suburban Lawns. Su's whereabouts today remain a mystery, but the account keeps her memory alive...

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What happens when your child decides to go punk

Imagine, if you will, a world where an evil force invades the sanctity of your immaculately maintained lawn and home. Imagine a corrosive, mind-bending energy seeping into your house undetected like...

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See vintage punk flyers and ephemera on the "Art Punk Kill" instagram

If you're in need of some more neat stuff on your instagram feed, you can see vintage punk flyers and ephemera on the "Art Punk Kill"  page. I love looking through all of the ink drawings in this giant...

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The history of Latinx Punk

Punk, punk rock, punk politics, and punk aesthetics are global phenomena. Genealogies intersect when we recognize the relationship between different places where punk politics emerged. Tracing the...

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Punk pioneer and fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, RIP

Dame Vivienne Westwood, the fashion designer who shaped the transgressive style and DIY substance of punk rock, has died at her home in London, England. She was 81. "The only reason I am in fashion is...

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Young woman transforms from 'nice girl' to punk to test tolerance in 1983 BBC...

The most interesting part of this circa 1983 BBC Archive clip is watching a young woman named Gina transform from "nice girl" to punk. As she gets her head shaved, she talks about why she chose to go...

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Hundreds pack a BART train car for a rowdy punk show

Further proof that the kids are alright. Two San Francisco punk bands False Flag and Surprise Privilege performed in a BART train car Friday night. KQED called the show "unbridled chaos": Having...

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'Everything Everywhere All at Once' auction offers genuine multiverse mementos

The Hot Dog Hands, the Rockverse's googly-eyed philosopher, and Evelyn's 'punk' cardigan are just a few of the one-of-a-kind pieces you can bid on, all straight from A24's dimension-hopping hit...

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Step inside the world's first Punk Rock Museum, unleashed in Las Vegas

Over the weekend, the Punk Rock Museum finally opened its doors to the public for the first time. The brainchild of 10-person punk rock collective lead by Fat Mike from NOFX along with Fletcher Dragge...

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"Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk" returns to Punk Rock's Petri dish

"To those that live it, Punk Rock is something more. It is a conversation with society." In 2018, Jingletown Productions released the documentary "Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk." In...

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Gogol Bordello, Jello Biafra, and others collaborate on Ukraine charity...

Ukrainian punk group, Gogol Bordello, has joined forces with ex-Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra and a lineup of punk and hardcore veterans for their charity single "United Strike Back." Among the...

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I am looking forward to the punk opera "Black Lodge"

The musical release for Black Lodge, a genre-bending metal/punk/modern opera by David T. Little and Anne Waldman will be available starting June 2nd via Cantaloupe Music. Featuring music by Timur and...

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Anarchist artist Jamie Reid, pioneer of punk graphic design, RIP

Anarchist Jamie Reid, anarchist, artist, and graphic designer who pioneered the cut-and-paste punk design aesthetic, has died. He was 76. Reid is best known for his influential Sex Pistols record...

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The Welsh punk band scene in the 1980s

Huck reports on Wasteland of my Fathers, an exhibition taking "a vivid look into an under-reported chapter in punk's story": the Welsh scene. Victimize formed on a council estate in Barry, then an...

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Listen to folk punk from hobo heaven

You don't have to ride the rails, rock a septum piercing and have the voice of an angel to make the best folk punk music in the whole dang world, but it certainly helps. This first Holy Locust track...

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Tim Walz digs The Replacements and Hüsker Dü. The latter's Bob Mould responds

Beto O'Rourke posted yesterday that he and US VP nominee Tim Walz are pals and share a love for Minnesota musicians. Sure, everyone likes Prince and Bob Dylan but apparently they're both fans of...

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Dookie Demastered: classic Green Day album in "obscure, obsolete, and...

Dookie Demastered is a 15-track boiling-off of the 1994 Green Day album by that memorable name. Listen to Burnout on player piano, Having a Blast compressed to fit on a floppy disk, Chump emerging from...

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These are the 8-bit punk roots of Green Day's new "Dookie Demastered"

Green Day, continuing this years 30th anniversary celebration of the band's critically-acclaimed 1994 LP, Dookie, released Dookie Demastered—a collaboration with Brain.wtf to provide each of the...

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