The band put out its second full-length album in August, called “Earthkeeper.” It follows a long tradition of punk musicians ...
Despite most closely associated with the early 2000s, pop punk can trace its roots back to bands like The Ramones, whose influence can be traced to bands like Fall Out Boy who are associated with the ...
Punk music is known for its raw, aggressive sound, edgy fashion and mosh pits. It’s also known for being predominantly white, but that's changed a lot in recent years. Resurfaced music from its ...
In the early 1980s, at the peak of the punk rock scene in Fullerton, the interest and demand for punk in Orange County reached a boiling point during one particular TSOL show at Fullerton College. The ...
Pop punk is an interesting genre. So many millennials look back at the golden age of pop punk with a sense of longing and nostalgia. Those bands, however, seem to want nothing more than to escape the ...
Boston punk has its own particular style, with much of it taking Celtic rock influences, like Dropkick Murphys or Street Dogs. However, this regional subgenre has seen many great bands that don’t draw ...
The Damned are the greatest punk rock band of all-time, so logic would also have it, that they are also the greatest rock and roll band of all time. I write this because punk rock is the only genre of ...
Brothers Shawn and Mark Stern were already veteran punk rockers when they started Punk Rock Bowling 25 years ago. But they had no idea they were in the midst of a seminal moment by launching what ...
Although it’s not easy to replace a band member, these pop-punk bands have had to make the decision of finding new drummers. Each of them has faced this challenge at various points in their careers, ...
From Mydolls, to Really Red, AK-47, and Culturcide, music photographer Pat Blashill talks about some of the influential Houston bands chronicled in his book, “Someday All the Adults Will Die! The ...
From CBGB to the LIE. Just when you thought it was “so last summer,” the iconic punk rock/emo and hardcore scene is still moshing hard on Long Island. The Big Apple’s far east neighbor is home to ...
Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...