For A Bunch Of Aging Punks, NOFX Knows How To Get Punk In Drublic
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PUNK IN DRUBLIC 2018 COVERAGE! PHILADELPHIA, PA- “The “Time Warp” from the Rocky Horror Show blares over the P.A. system and Fat Mike, Eric Melvin, Erik Sandin and El Hefe calmly make their way onto the stage, Fat Mike dressed smartly…
The Return of American Nightmare Is A Return To Their Primal Roots
LOS ANGELES, CA- I asked my friend if he was going to go to the American Nightmare show at the Echoplex. “Nah,” he scoffed, “I used to see those guys play in Boston a long time ago. It wouldn’t be the same with all those L.A….
The Birth Defects Provide Visceral Soundtrack To Air + Style’s Free Snowboarding Competition
CLICK HERE FOR MORE AIR + STYLE 2018 COVERAGE! LOS ANGELES, CA- Ironically enough, some of my favorite musical performances at Air + Style didn’t happen on the two major festival stages. Rather, they happened at the sites of the sporting competitions. Newly introduced this…
Touché Amoré Rocks The Regent With Timeless Energy For Their 1000th Show
LOS ANGELES, CA- I went to Touché Amoré’s 1,000th show and felt old … But it’s okay, because I think a lot of other people did, too. No matter how old you get, it always feels satisfyingly cathartic to get some dormant angst out every once in…
American Nightmare Is Back And Ready To Shred Your World Blue
LOS ANGELES, CA- American Nightmare is a hardcore punk band from Boston, MA. Formerly known as Give Up The Ghost, this band will released their self-titled full length album on February 16th through Rise Records and have released the first track from the album “The…
Hard Hitting Slaves Got My Adrenaline Flowing At Music Tastes Good [PHOTO]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR MORE MUSIC TASTES GOOD 2017 COVERAGE! Long Beach, CA- The most turned up I got at Music Tastes Good happened September 30, 2017 at 4:50pm. That’s when the viciously punk, U.K. based duo Slaves took the stage….
Social Distortion Plays To An Adoring Ohana Fest Crowd [PHOTOS]
FOR MORE THE OHANA FEST 2017 COVERAGE CLICK HERE! Dana Point, CA- Southern California loves Social Distortion, and their fans came out in droves to see them rock The Ohana Fest main stage on day one. I asked a handful of fans in the audience whether…
Punk/Metal Supergroup Dead Cross Make Good At The El Rey
LOS ANGELES, CA- When starting my draft of this post, I decided to scour the interwebs for a definition of the term “Supergroup”. After all, this post is about Dead Cross, a band that consists of veteran drummer Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies Fantômas), guitarist Mike Crain (Retox, Festival of…
It’s Not Dead Fest 2 Killed & Then Revived My Faith in Punk & The Future [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] San Bernardino, CA- The prospect of seeing some of the bands that make up my earliest memories of punk music at It’s Not Dead Fest 2 made the awkward, doofy high schooler within me positively elated. Historic…
Social Distortion Perform Sold Out Show In Pomona [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] It’s Saturday night in the quaint and artsy city of Pomona, California and as I make my way toward the Fox Theater, I walk through night markets that smell of sizzling Mexican food, past cafes, and hole-in-the-wall…
