San Antonio, Texas Punk Rock Archive 1986-1989
I was just a tween back in 1986. My favorite movie was Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and for my brother it was Top Gun. Together we watched reruns of the Cosby Show and Growing Pains. Thanks to my...
View ArticleVideo: Alice Bag at Esperanza, 4/20/12
Alice Bag, former singer of L.A. punk band the Bags, was at the Esperanza Friday reading from her book "Violence Girl."
View ArticleTony Offender, R.I.P.
Anthony Johnson (aka Tony Offender), guitarist of the legendary Texas hardcore punk band the Offenders, passed away Saturday after battling lung cancer for 20 months. He was 54. The Offenders were an...
View Article‘Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer’ screened at Sundance
A conversation with director Maxim Pozdorovkin.
View ArticleVideo: Piñata Protest’s “La Cucaracha”
The Piñata Protest team doesn’t do anything in a conventional way, so even though the first single of El Valiente, the band’s new EP, is “Tomorrow, Today,” the first video associated with the new...
View ArticleStay Current with the Pick of the Day: Black Flag
If you’ve ever lamented that you were born too late to see one of America’s founding hardcore punk bands, worry no more. And if you’ve ever worried that you’d never see that band split into two...
View ArticleVideo: The White Mandingos’“Mandingo Rally”
Agressive and rebellious, the White Mandingos boast an ironclad trio of musicians that are entrenched in their hip-hop and punk roots: the celebrated West Coast emcee Murs, Bad Brains’ bassist Darryl...
View ArticleRemembering Johnny Ramone (1948-2004)
On September 15, 2004, Johnny Ramone died after battling cancer for five years. He was 55. “God bless President Bush and God bless America,” Johnny said at the Ramones’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
View ArticleGreen Day to Release ‘¡Cuatro!’ Doc
Good news for Green Day fans: the documentary film ¡Cuatro! will be released September 24th via iTunes, Amazon, Qello and on physical DVD. ¡Cuatro! promises to “pull back the curtain and take fans...
View ArticleTurntable Tuesday: Devo’s Q. Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo!
Though we spend most of our time in the music section writing about new material, Turntable Tuesday allows us to look back, and look closely at some captivating albums in our catalog. This week’s...
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