âThere are stories of kids sitting on the floor playing their majors songs, kids turning their backs on them. They got spit on a lot,â Ozzi says. It didn’t matter that their only release on a major, the years 1995 Very expensive, was the hardest the group had pushed themselves. …
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15 artists who bring rock to life
For most of the past decades, opponents have deregistered rock music, claiming the genre is dead. It may not be as big as it was in its formative years, but it remains a strong and vital scene with a number of bands keeping rock alive. While rock ‘n’ roll may …
Read More »Brighton and Hove News »A night of loud punk rock music in Hove
Jimi from Top Left Club live at Brunswick Basement Bar, Hove 23.10.21 (photo Watkins cris/PunkInFocus) (Click on the photo to enlarge) HAUT GAUCHE CLUB + OHMNS + HUMAN INVENTION – LE CAVE BAR, BRUNSWICK, HOVE 23.10.21 Local concert promoters Weirdsville and Stay sick tonight put a trio of punk rock …
Read More »Punk Rock Bowling 2021 – Day 3 – Live in Las Vegas
Day three of Punk Rock Bowling started off with perhaps the biggest âchallenge setâ of the weekend. Boldness? Blag Dahlia was instructed to make a three hours acoustic brunch set⦠in the morning⦠to a group of hungry people⦠who were probably hungover. I arrived at the Downtown Grand restaurant …
Read More »Punk rock grandfather cries after being found not guilty of terrorism charges
Punk rock grandfather cries after being found not guilty of terrorism charges Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. to cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret A block arrow icon pointing right. E-mail An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook A Facebook “f” brand …
Read More »Grasping At Pieces debuts at the Sanctuary on Saturday
Punk rock history is being written this weekend as a brand new Montgomery / Prattville band, Grasping At Pieces, debuts live at the Sanctuary. âIt’s like a mix of old Californian hard core, and also some of the oldest bands in Alabama. The Knockabouts, Dead Pigeons and all that,â said …
Read More »Punk Rock Bowling 2021 – Day 1 – Live in Las Vegas
If you don’t come to Punk Rock Bowling to do some damage then you are not doing the PRB properly. And by âpityâ it is in Keith Morris / Chuck Dukowski’s sense – the desire to make the most of a situation. Fortunately, at PRB there is a lot of …
Read More »Monufest Takes Over Downtown New Port Richey With Punk Rock Music | New
NEW PORT RICHEY – Sharing a passion for music has brought together more than three friends since childhood, this widened the opportunities for local artists to perform in New Port Richey’s premier Monufest. Ashtray Monument, a local label created by Drew Williams, Louis Ciper and Jay MacDonald in 2018, has …
Read More »Punk Rock Bowling 2021 – Day 2 – Live in Las Vegas
Whenever you plan to go to a big festival with a lot of bands, you go over the schedule and hopefully choose each one you want to see. It always makes you feel like you are getting what you pay for. By the end of the first day, your best …
Read More »Brighton and Hove News »A Christmas punk rock concert announced for Brighton
Peter from Test Tube Babies These adorable local punk herberts, Peter and the test tube babies (Peter, Del, Nick and Sam) announced their annual Christmas concert in Brighton. Yeah, I know it’s a bit early to talk about the party and all Christmas stuff, but the concerts last year were …
Read More »10 streets named after rock bands
In 2004, Corporation Lane in Melbourne, Australia, was renamed ACDC Lane to honor Down Under’s biggest and best band. But they’re not the only ones with their own street. Here’s your checklist for the ultimate vacation and rock’n’roll pilgrimage. Flaming Lips Alley, Oklahoma City, OK The eccentric platoon of psychiatrists …
Read More »THE SHAKEYS // Shaking up the world of punk rock
Shakes are back, baby! Almost seven years after the release of their first EP, white lightning, the Borloo / Perth dynamos have abandoned their first album, Crowd mentality. FOLLOWING: HARD ONS: Now with Tim Rogers added // DEPARTMENT: Dystopia Snapshot COMMENTS: NEW ICE KILLS: The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to …
Read More »7 questions to Jess Meoni (Scranton Punk Rock Flea) and Bobby Keller (NEPA Horror Film Fest)
Added on 10/15/2021 Rich Howells Circle Drive-In, Dickson City, horror, NEPA Horror Film Festival, Peckville, pizza, punk, Scranton, Taylor Over the past decade, Jess Meoni and Bobby Keller have organized all types of shows and events in the area, including the Scranton and Zinefest Punk Rock Flea Market and the …
Read More »Mesos’ Infectious First Punk Rock EP in Scranton at NEPA Horror Film Fest on October 16th
Added 10/14/2021 Rich Howells Circle Drive-In, Dickson City, Dunmore, NEPA Horror Film Festival, punk, Scranton If you believe rock ‘n’ roll reached its peak in the 1970s, The Mesos are the group for you. And like many of those bands, the band started out in a dingy old basement, this …
Read More »Jesse Malin brings punk rock roots to new record
Jesse Malin seems comfortable strumming his guitar at Flux Studios in the East Village, a few blocks from his home. It was there that he and his band recorded his latest release, “Sad and Beautiful World”, a double album of music by the native of Queens on Wicked Cool Records. …
Read More »Punk rock icon Laura Jane Grace to perform two intimate shows in Ybor City this winter
Alexa Viscius Laura jane grace released a new surprise EP, At war with the silverfish, last month, and we’re also caught off guard that the Florida punk icon is giving two intimate concerts in Ybor City this winter. Tickets to see Laura Jane Grace play The Bricks in Ybor City, …
Read More »1980s Punk Rock Photos in San Francisco on View
Where that exposure gets stuck, however, is in her presentation of the book’s interviews. The photos lose some of their immediacy and impact due to the length and number of interview texts also on the walls. Alternative voices would have benefited greatly from using selected quotes from those conversations under …
Read More »10 obscure but brilliant Japanese psych rock bands – including the original Ghost
As krautrock took hold of the traditionally-bound German music scene in the late 1960s and early 1990s, a similar psychedelic revolution was taking place in Japan – diverse but complementary, utopian in spirit, but finding this sense of wonder in legendary pastoral pasts as well as legendary futures. This urge …
Read More »Muslims’ new album is 21 minutes of politically charged punk rock rage
The Muslims, a Durham-based punk rock band, may have started in “A garden shed” according to their Spotify page, but their latest album is an indication that they’ve blossomed beyond their initial label. Describing himself as a group of all black and brown queer Muslims, they formed in 2017 shortly …
Read More »Movie Review: Film about one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time
Formed in New York City in 1964, with an original line-up of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Angus MacLise, the avant-garde and provocative rocker of The Velvet Underground enjoyed little commercial success at the time. However, in the years that followed, they were recognized as one of the …
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