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 ...
In the mid-’70s, rock got usurped by punk. Though rock, as a broad definition, had gone through many changes up unto that point, it still had a recognizability about it. Punk was something completely ...
Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number 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 ...
While Los Angeles bands like The Germs, The Go-Go’s, X, and Bad Religion drew the spotlight to Southern California’s punk rock scene, their iconic larger-than-life presence may have inadvertently cast ...
Loud music, tattoos, piercings, and … antiquing? “Punk rock” and “flea market” might seem like an unlikely mashup, but the somewhat bizarre bazaars have become popular in many cities around the ...
Punk Rock Bowling’s 25th edition had everything you could possibly want: ear-rattling riffs from some of the best punk bands in the scene, enough late-night club shows to keep the party going and an ...
SANTA CRUZ — When one thinks of punk rock, there are a few tenets that come to mind: rebellion, anti-authoritarianism, social justice, DIY ethics, individualism and so on. Many would probably not ...