American punk

Pinball Sex bomb babe (Infinite Zero / American) Effigies Remains invisible (Touch and go) It’s a bit ironic that punk rock is now as American as apple pie and produces millions of sellers like Green Day and Offspring, given that it started out as a boring but negligible force on …

In February 1994, Brett Gurewitz was on his way home in Studio City, Calif., To his 1984 Volvo station wagon, listening to the final mixes of Smash, The Offspring‘s next third album. With the tape recorder thrown as loud as possible, he circled the block “may be 20 times “to …

Dexter: “I remember having a big discussion with Jim [Guerinot], our manager, and he said, ‘You know, this is very new to you guys. I’ve seen how the industry can really chew up people. Look at Kurt Cobain… ‘I felt there was a change where people wanted to back down …

CREDIT: Facebook Murcia ready to be recharged with American punk rock. OVER five hours of nostalgic American punk rock hits are set to hit Murcia’s Beat Club Garage on Friday, June 11, as incredible tribute groups perform some of the ultimate classics. Tribute bands Nirvana, Green Day, Pearl Jam, The …

An American punk group called Converge took to Facebook over the weekend to dodge complaints from Filipinos who mistakenly believed they were the ISP. Thin. Do your research first, Pinoys. In a post on their official account, the band said they were still a “hardcore band”. “Covid has not yet …

Unlike heavy metal, punk is devoid of any mystique. With punk rock, what you see is what you get: the musicians on stage are traditionally the same after the show ends and the hall doors close. Thus, the emblematic groups of punk and hardcore had a very direct influence on …

I had never heard of this wild card before, and neither have most of you: Daniel Dart, who would have made a name for himself as the founder and frontman of the punk band Time Again. Judging by this lie-riddled Facebook post, he appears to be trying a new career …

The high Californian desert is steeped in rock history. This is where country-rock icon Gram Parsons had his corpse cremated by friends; where an Irish band came up with a name and cover image for a great LP; where Jim Morrison dropped acid and made a movie. Now the Mekons …

Only one week left to discover Lydia Breckenbridge: African-American punk rock quilts at the 30 South gallery Rare exhibit to experience the work of an incredible late-career vernacular artist who celebrates music through textiles and has spent time with artists from Billy Idol to Michael Jackson Show ends September 30, …

One guess: The Dead Boys were the American Sex Pistols. And very few people knew about it. The Dead Boys came from New York via Cleveland; the Sex Pistols were from London. Both groups lifted dirt around the same time, roughly 1976-1978, spat and smoked spectacularly, and collapsed. Both played …