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A look back at The Hags, a 1980s all-girl skate gang
The Los Angeles punk and skate scenes of the mid-1980s produced a brief, shining moment of total badassery in the form of The Hags, a now-legendary all-girl skateboard gang that prowled Hollywood and...
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20/20 TV news segment on The Clash and Talking Heads (1979)
"I would hate to be thought of that we didn't think about things, y'know?" said Talking Heads guitarist Jerry Harrison. "But I think our music is really meant to be felt as much as anything." (more…)
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Magnificent new Hüsker Dü box set
In 1979, Hüsker Dü played their first show, paving the way for Nirvana, The Pixies, Foo Fighters, and really the entire realm of alternative rock. I have a special love for the band as they were my...
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Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü's drummer/singer, RIP
Photo: Andrew Moxom Grant Hart, the drummer and co-songwiter/vocalist for pioneering psychedelic punk band Hüsker Dü, has died from cancer at age 56. Our thoughts go out to Hart's family and former...
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Johnny Rotten and Glen Matlock's track-by-track comments on "Never Mind the...
The Sex Pistols' seminal punk masterpiece "Never Mind the Bollocks" was unleashed forty years ago tomorrow. Over at Rolling Stone, Johnny "Rotten" Lydon and original bassist Glen Matlock break down...
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Listen to the Husker Du podcast
"Dü You Remember?" is a new five-part podcast telling the story of Hüsker Dü, the Minneapolis punk band that paved the way for Nirvana, The Pixies, Foo Fighters, and really the entire realm of...
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William Shatner covers The Cramps''Garbageman' for new Dr. Demento punk box set
Oh, William Shatner, you have brought us much joy over the years with all your awkward spoken-word interpretations of popular songs. Now, you're covering The Cramps' "Garbageman" and, well, we're...
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Debbie Harry and Joan Jett anchor the apocalyptic news for Blondie's 'Doom or...
Last year, when 45 was elected to office, Amanda Palmer told The Guardian that "frightening political climates make for really good, real, authentic art," and that "Donald Trump is going to make punk...
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In 1977, the Sex Pistols played their last UK gig: a Christmas show for children
https://youtu.be/BXZy3Ecm47Q In 1977, the Sex Pistols did a charity gig to raise money for the families of striking miners and firefighters in Huddersfield; the show started at lunchtime with an...
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The Ramones rock a medley of songs from movies like The Lion King and Pulp...
At the MTV Movie Awards in 1995, The Ramones played a medley of the five nominees for "Best Song from a Movie." "Big Empty" by Stone Temple Pilots — The Crow "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" by Elton...
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The Fall singer Mark E. Smith has died, at the age of 60
Mark E. Smith, the inscrutable and inimitable poet frontman of UK post-punk band The Fall has died. He was 60. (more…)
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How The Damned wrote and recorded New Rose
The Damned are responsible for a number of ear worms that routinely refuse to leave me alone. Formed the same year as I was born, they were raw, angry and too much fun. New Rose has been on constant...
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Friday Tunes: The Cramps
The Cramps got together in the same year I was born. I didn't discover them until I was 15 years old: the kindly middle-aged punk who ran a record shop in my hometown told me to check them out or he'd...
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Watch intense trailer for Patti Smith's new concert documentary
High priestess of punk poetry Patti Smith assaults us with her epic 1975 jam "Land" in this trailer for her new concert documentary "Horses: Patti Smith and her Band," celebrating 40 years of her...
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Weekend Tunes: The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
The Pogues were my entry point into punk. They caused a massive shift in my understanding of music: they made my growing up to play the mandolin, tenor banjo and bodhran feel cool. The music I played...
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Watch the previously unreleased music video for The Ramones'"She's the One"
The Ramones' fourth studio album Road To Ruins turns 40 tomorrow. To celebrate, Rhino Records released the Road To Ruin: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition with three CDs and one LP containing two mixes...
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New oral history of Joy Division on the way
Punk historian and music journalist Jon Savage has assembled an oral history of Joy Division to be published in March 2019. "This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else: Joy Division" features...
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Hear the killer first single from Bob Mould's forthcoming album
I'm delighted to report that Boing Boing pal Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü) has a new rock and roll platter on its way February 8! Above is the title track from the punk pioneer's new album, Sunshine Rock. If...
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Dischord is to punk and indie rock what Def Jam and Death Row Records are to rap. Dischord Records was formed in 1980 by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson of Minor Threat fame. Nothing is more punk than...
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