Punk Rock
US Rock Festivals Return with Punk in the Park Arizona featuring Pennywise, Face To Face, and More: Video + Photos
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-31T13:11:42+00:00“>May 31, 2021 | 9:11am ET The first large-scale rock festival since pandemic restrictions have been eased in the United States took place on Saturday (May 29th) in Tempe, Arizona. Punk in the Park Arizona featured Pennywise, Face To Face, Strung Out, Good Riddance, H2O, and more. Celebrating the return of live music, the first-ever Punk in the Park fest was staged at Tempe’s Big Surf waterpark. Among the other bands on the bill were Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Bombpops, and Slaughterhouse, with most acts playing their first show to an actual live audience in well over a year. With the thermometer pushing more than 100 degrees, the doors opened just after 1 p.m., and...
Punk Show Promoter Charges $18 for Fans Who Are Vaccinated, $1,000 for Those Who Are Not
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-29T14:59:29+00:00“>May 29, 2021 | 10:59am ET A Florida concert promoter has come up with a way to ensure that most, if not all, people attending an upcoming punk show will be vaccinated. He has instituted a price of $18 per ticket for those who have fully received the COVID-19 vaccination, and $999.99 for those who have not. Promoter Paul Williams of Leadfoot Productions is putting on a June 26th punk show at VFW Post #39 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The lineup features the bands Teenage Bottlerocket, MakeWar, and Rutterkin. In explaining the ticket price disparity, Williams told local ABC affiliate WFTS in Tampa Bay, “We’re just trying to do a show safely. And they should go out ...
The Bronx Announce Limited Edition Beer, Unleash New Song “Watering the Well”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-27T18:43:08+00:00“>May 27, 2021 | 2:43pm ET Punk vets The Bronx are readying the release of their new album, Bronx VI, out August 27th. To celebrate the latest single, “Watering the Well”, the band has announced a limited-edition beer in a partnership with Fall Brewing Company. The new song is another scorcher in an ongoing series of singles that the band is also releasing on separate 7-inch vinyl. Let’s just say, the galloping pace and rousing anthemic vocals won’t sound worse after a few beers. “‘Watering the Well’ is equal parts rock ‘n’ roll rendezvous and back alley Bronx beatdown,” Bronx vocalist Matt Caughthran said in a press release. “With an opening riff that doubles as...
Punk Supergroup The Crew (Rancid, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies) Unleash New Song “One Voice”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-18T17:33:01+00:00“>May 18, 2021 | 1:33pm ET A new star-studded punk collective dubbed The Crew have shared their debut single, “One Voice”, a rousing call for unity in the punk community. Proceeds from physical 7-inch vinyl release song will benefit Musack, a program that provides musical instruments to children and educators. The supergroup packs a serious pedigree, featuring singer Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman of Rancid; guitarist Fletcher Dragge and drummer Byron McMackin of Pennywise; and Suicidal Tendencies vocalist Mike Muir. If anyone know about punk ethics, it’s these guys. “One Voice” preaches inclusivity, a vital element of punk culture that’s become harder to...
Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer Announce Rescheduled 2021 “Hella Mega Tour” Dates
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-17T17:14:22+00:00“>May 17, 2021 | 1:14pm ET Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer have plotted out rescheduled dates for the North American leg of their joint “Hella Mega Tour” stadium tour. The 21-date trek includes two new shows and runs from July through September. “Hella Mega Tour” now includes an appearance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest on September 1st as well as a new show on August 17th at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. It kicks off on July 24th at Globe Life Field in Dallas, Texas, with subsequent dates in Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California before wrapping up on September 6th in Seattle, Washington. The Interrupters will appear a...
Original Misfits to Perform Walk Among Us in Full at Riot Fest 2022, Joining My Chemical Romance as Headliners
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-17T18:11:13+00:00“>May 17, 2021 | 2:11pm ET Just a few days after announcing its updated 2021 lineup, organizers of Riot Fest have revealed that the Original Misfits will join My Chemical Romance as headliners of the 2022 edition. Riot Fest won’t have an easy task matching its stacked 2021 lineup, which includes Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, Faith No More, DEVO, Pixies, Run the Jewels, Mr. Bungle, and many more acts. That said, the Chicago festival is off to very strong start with its 2022 headliners. My Chemical Romance were originally slated to headline the postponed 2020 Riot Fest, and then the 2021 edition, before ultimately deciding to put off their reunion tour un...
The Offspring Unveil “We Never Have Sex Anymore” Video Starring John Stamos: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-13T16:48:38+00:00“>May 13, 2021 | 12:48pm ET The Offspring have shared the music video for their song “We Never Have Sex Anymore”. The humorous clip stars Full House actor John Stamos alongside chimpanzees that literally reenact the song’s lyrics. The track hails from the punk-rock veterans’ latest album, Let the Bad Times Roll, and tells the tale of an aging couple who’ve lost the spark. In the video, the couple’s played by two chimpanzees with extraordinary acting abilities. The husband chimp, dressed in a shirt and tie, comes home to his wife from work, but his sexual advances are rebuffed. When the wife chimp, donning a nightgown, tries to move in later in the evening, she’s ...
7Seconds’ Seminal Hardcore Punk Album The Crew to Receive Deluxe Reissue
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-12T17:02:43+00:00“>May 12, 2021 | 1:02pm ET Hardcore punk band 7Seconds’ 1984 debut album The Crew is receiving a deluxe reissue via Trust Records and BYO Records. The LP is being repressed on vinyl and will available on digital platforms for the first time on June 25th. As the brevity in their name happens to imply, 7Seconds rip through 18 songs in 20 minutes, pioneering the melodic hardcore style on their debut full-length. The Reno punk act can be seen as a precursor to groups like the Gorilla Biscuits, promoting a positive lyrical message and communal camaraderie, as seen on the album cover for The Crew. The deluxe edition features remastered audio from the original analog ta...
Police Appear to Shoot “Less Lethal” Rounds into Crowd to Break Up Underground LA Punk Show
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-10T22:20:56+00:00“>May 10, 2021 | 6:20pm ET A huge crowd turned up at an underground punk show that took place below an overpass in the Cypress Park area of Los Angeles on Saturday night (May 8th), apparently leading police to fire off “less lethal” rounds in an effort to break up the gathering. Footage of the event shows a massive pit as revelers moshed around a bonfire. It’s unclear how much of the show went off as planned, but it was set to feature local LA punk acts Dead City, Barrage, Wacko, N8NOFACE, Section H8, Clorox Dream, Self Sabotage, and Alpha & Omega, according to Metal Injection. The Los Angeles Times reports that the LAPD issued a tactical alert when reports o...
TEKE::TEKE Share New Album Shirushi: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T17:45:13+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 1:45pm ET Montreal-based septet TEKE::TEKE have released their debut album, Shirushi. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below. TEKE::TEKE named themselves after a Japanese slang term for those into surf culture, which is an onomatopoeia that’s meant to sound like a surf guitar riff. Their sound is inspired by 1960s and 1970s era psychedelic Japanese soundtracks while mixing in modern punk influences. The nine-track Shirushi (or “signs of great changes to come”) covers themes of identity, spirituality, rebirth, and self-exploration, featuring supernatural storytelling across its lyrics. Related Video In the case of “Barbara”, which we named Song...
The Original Misfits Replace My Chemical Romance at the 2021 Aftershock Festival
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T21:20:11+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 5:20pm ET The 2021 Aftershock Festival lost one of its big headliners when My Chemical Romance decided to put off any touring until 2022, but the Sacramento, California, event has rebounded with a killer replacement: the Original Misfits. That’s right, Glenn Danzig and company will top the Saturday (October 9th) lineup, with Metallica headlining the Friday (October 8th) and Sunday (October 10th) bills. After last year’s edition of Aftershock was postponed due to the pandemic, promoter Danny Wimmer Presents announced that scheduled 2020 headliners Metallica and My Chemical Romance had committed to the 2021 event. The festival also added a fourth ni...
Descendents Announce New Album Featuring Early Lineup, Unveil “Baby Doncha Know”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T17:39:05+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 1:39pm ET Descendents have announced a new album, 9th & Walnut, that features the legendary punk act’s classic early lineup. In advance of its July 23rd release via Epitaph, the band has unleashed the first single, “Baby Doncha Know”. The California punk band’s early lineup of guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo, and drummer Bill Stevenson actually hit the studio to record 9th & Walnut in 2002. The material was culled from songs that were initially conceived or crudely recorded during the band’s early years of 1977 through 1980, including ones that were written before singer Milo Aukerman joined the band in 1980. The tracks had ...
