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Pioneering punk print 'zine Maximum Rocknroll is ceasing publication after...
Maximum Rocknroll, the seminal punk print 'zine launched in 1982, is ceasing publication of its paper edition. This truly marks the end of an era in punk culture and underground media. According to...
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Lorna Doom, bassist for the Germs, RIP
Lorna Doom, badass bassist of influential Los Angeles punk band the Germs, died yesterday. Formed in 1976, the Germs -- Doom, Darby Crash, Pat Smear, and Don Bolles in the classic line-up -- were at...
View ArticleIndustrial I used to like now sounds like pop to me
Nine Inch Nail's Head Like A Hole no longer feels all that. Static-X's Push It also has lost a lot of its edge. The video cracks me up. On the other hand... Punk still has it. The Sex Pistols God Save...
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To do on Sunday in NYC: launch party for the Rats of New York's new album
NYC punk band The New York Rats is launching their new album on Sunday: it's a heavy vinyl LP with amazing sleeve art by Andrea Sicco; the album itself is Ramones-y, Husker-Du-ish uptempo punk that...
View ArticleWatch Johnny Rotten act like an ass to Henry Rollins and Marky Ramone last night
At a panel in West Hollywood last night to promote the new documentary series Punk, John Lydon gave a wonderful performance as Johnny Rotten in which he talked trash to both Henry Rollins and Marky...
View ArticleThis is Birdpunk, the intersection of DIY, environmentalism, and birdwatching
Birdpunk is the quite natural intersection of two subcultures, punk and birding. From a feature article by Steve Neumann in Audobon: The overlap between birding and punk might seem strange to...
View ArticleWatch The Ramones on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1988)
The Ramones promoting "Ramones Mania (The Best Of 1976-1988)" on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" in 1988. "Who writes these songs, 'I Wanna Be Sedated' and 'Teenage Lobotomy?' Do you guys write them?...
View ArticleExploitative news clip about London punk squatters in 1983
A short, exploitative 1983 news clip about punk squatters in the London Borough of Islington, complete with an uninformed, patronizing narrator: "What they lack in grey matter between the ears, they...
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Girl on Film: a graphic novel memoir of a life in the arts and the biological...
Castellucci's father, Vincent F Castellucci, is a neuroscientist who is one of the world's leading experts on the formation of memories. Cecil's memoirs alternate between her recollections of her...
View ArticleMinor Problem: a punk anthem about Donald Trump's mockery of Greta Thunberg
Balazs Sarkadi from the Hungarian band Bankrupt ("a refreshingly energetic blend of 90s indie, hip hop and punk rock") writes, "President Trump mocked Greta Thunberg in a recent tweet, which sparkled...
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Dave Riley, bassist for Big Black, RIP
Dave Riley, bassist for the influential 1980s Chicago noise-punk band Big Black, has died. He was 59. According to his partner Rachel Brown, he had throat cancer. What a fucking great player, he was....
View ArticleWuhan, coronavirus ground zero, is also China’s punk music capital
“Punk,” says a Wuhan hardcore band member, “is a way to help me keep my mind fresh.” The wonderful Aaron Stewart-Ahn tweeted today, “Something you haven’t been told about Wuhan during this outbreak is...
View ArticleNew video for Iggy Pop's spoken-song based on Lou Reed poem
Iggy Pop's "We Are the People" is based on a poem penned in 1970 by his old friend, the great Lou Reed. About the poem, Pop told the BBC back in September, "My God, this is the country today as I...
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The Misfits' Glenn Danzig's "Danzig Sings Elvis," the album and tour
The Misfits' Glenn Danzig will finally release his long-awaited album of Elvis covers on April 17. In celebration, the horror punk pioneer has also announced two intimate (and expensive) live...
View ArticleSonic Youth releases 12 of their live shows spanning their career
On Friday, Sonic Youth uploaded 12 of their previously unreleased live shows to their Bandcamp archives. The concerts span the bands career, from the late 80s to their final US show in 2011. Lee...
View Article1980's 12-year-old post-punk sensation Chandra sings "Concentration"
Reddit: Chandra Oppenheim’s story is one of the most innocent but interesting stories to come out of post-punk NYC. After glam moved into punk and punk moved into post-punk/new wave/no...
View ArticlePunk legend Henry Rollins has a new long-form streaming radio show
Henry Rollins, the hardest working punk in show business, has launched a new long-form streaming radio show via KCRW in Los Angeles! The four-hour first episode of The Cool Quarantine features tunes...
View ArticleX releases their first album in 35 years and it's great
I'm listening to X's new album, released today on Bandcamp, and it's amazingly good -- loaded with energy and Billy Zoom's mind-warping guitar. It's the original line-up and the band's first album in...
View ArticleHere's the new "Water and Wine" video from X
35 years ago the band X released their final album with the original lineup. (They put out a couple of albums after that but they don't count because they didn't include guitarist Billy Zoom.) This...
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