Another cultural pundit on TV last night dragging out the threadbare 'Punk was a response to Prog Rock' chestnut. When TV documentaries repeat this punk/prog cliche they always cherrypick Prog's most ludicrous moments (that many prog fans don't like either) to support the claim...
At the time, John Lydon, wore a 'I hate Pink Floyd' t-shirt. Punks also wore swastikas but were far from nazis. Lydon says it was a performative gesture...
22 years ago today
In memory of Dee Dee Ramone, founding member, songwriter, bassist and actual fixture and heart of the Ramones, died on this day in 2002 of a heroin overdose.
44 years ago
"Pay to Cum!" is the debut single by Washington DC based hardcore punk band Bad Brains, released June 1980 with "Stay Close to Me" as B-side
43 years ago
Minor Threat EP is the first release by hardcore punk band Minor Threat, appearing in June 1981 with a red, then green, yellow and blue cover.
48 years ago today
The Sex Pistols appeared at The Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester. The now legendary night is regarded as a catalyst to the punk rock movement. In the audience were Morrissey, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook & Mark E Smith
Remembering Stiv Bators, lead singer of The Dead Boys, The Lords of the New Church and The Wanderers, who died on this day in 1990 as a result of a car accident in Paris
Happy Birthday to Dez Paul Cadena, American punk rock singer and guitarist for hardcore punk band Black Flag and the Misfits, born on this day in 1961, Newark, NJ
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DEATHWISH On New Single "Aftermath Of A Severed World" - "Barely Surviving An Attempted Homicide Might Make For A Good Song!"
Wisconsin metal / punk hybrid, Deathwish, have released their vicious new single "Aftermath Of A Severed World". With snarling vocals and frantic riffs, the song unleashes the rage that comes with a...
Happy Birthday to Rebecca Louise Bond aka Beki Bondage, English singer, songwriter and frontwoman of the punk band Vice Squad, born on this day in 1963 in Bristol
Millennial Punk – Eine Subkultur in Zeiten der Digitalisierung
In den 90er-Jahren wurde der Punk für tot erklärt, dabei ging es für die Generation der Millennials damals erst richtig los. In dem Vierteiler performen 69 Szene-Akteur*innen, u.a. Bands wie die Donots, Akne Kid Joe und Die Toten Hosen über Tamagotchis, illegale Downloads und politischen Widerstand. Punk’s not dead!
48 years ago today
The Runaways is the debut album by the American all-female rock band the Runaways, released on this day in 1976, includes the single 'Cherry Bomb'
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TOM MORELLO Explains How He Developed His Unique And Creative Guitar Playing Style
Tom Morello's innovative guitar playing in RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE defied the definition of what a guitar virtuoso should be. Combining guitar tones and effects with unprecedented creativity, Tom spearheaded a fusion of classic rock, punk, and...