The high anticipated soundtrack to the HD reissues of the classic Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games has been revealed. As speculated, the original soundtracks will not available for the new versions of the game and so a new 16-song soundtrack was assembled. Ken Overbey, the project manager on the new games explained the challenges in a recent interview : We definitely wanted to bring back some of the songs from the original soundtrack, but wanted new songs as well. The most difficulty we had was our budget, which was very small, and the scope and time frame; it was a ...

Absolutepunk is certainly not finished revealing their exclusives today because they have got a stream of Boardroom Heroes new song “City Song.” This punk rock song is full on energy and emotion so go and take it for a couple spins! “City Song” will come off of the bands’ forthcoming release, Another Year , due out on June 5 via Sinking Ship Records. For fans of: Lagwagon, Green Day, and Bad Religion…

PropertyOfZack had the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Lyman, the founder of Warped Tour, a few weeks ago for a great interview. Kevin and I discussed the excitement of this year’s lineup, the festival returning to its “roots,” the camaraderie between the bands on the tour, the details behind their new TV show, and so much more. Check it all out and enjoy! Warped Tour kicks off in about a month and a half now. The kickoff party has been done and ticket sales are live. How are you feeling about this year’s festival as the date creeps ...

Whoever Brian Stefan is, thank you. So here’s the distillation of my “post-punk” anthology of Southern California bands. I’m having a hard time finding a truly accurate title for the comp, since many of the bands are from the county but from places with very particular scenes, like Pasadena and Long Beach, and a few are from outside of the city altogether (but within a two-hour drive). And to call these “post-punk” bands is not entirely accurate; many of them are “new wave,” “darkwave,” “deathrock,” “art rock,” even something like “freak folk.” Oh well. We strongly recommend reading ...

Punk Roxx Records / Thumper Punk Records 2012 Jump Ship Quick are a Colorado based punk rock band featuring former members of Focused and Ultimatum. Their debut album, "Where Thieves Cannot Tread", was produced by Five Iron Frenzy saxophonist “Jeff the Girl” (aka Leanor Inez Ortega Till) and mixed and mastered by Masaki Liu (Five Iron Frenzy, Rebel Motorcycle Club">Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Echoing Green and The W’s). While the promo suggests bands like NOFX (sure) and The Crucified (really?) it's more likely you'll hear bits and pieces of bands like 7 Seconds, The Ramones, S ...

Fear and the Nervous System ( Korn , Faith No More , Bad Religion , Repeater ) have been at work on new material as of late.

Bad Religion New Maps Of Hell Label: Epitaph Records Released: 2007 Produced: Joe Barresi Greg Graffin vocals Brett Gurewitz guitar, background vocals Greg Hetson guitar Jay Bentley bass, background vocals Brian Baker guitar Brooks Wackerman drums 1. 52 Seconds 2. Heroes & Martyrs 3. Germs of Perfection 4. New Dark Ages 5. Requiem for Dissent [...]

Brett Gurewitz, founder of independent powerhouse labels Epitaph and Anti- and guitarist/songwriter for the venerated Southern California band Bad Religion, will be awarded the prestigious National Association of Recording Merchandiser’s (NARM) Independent Spirit Award today May 9th at a ceremony in Los Angeles. "I'm flattered and honored to receive NARM's Independent Spirit Award and to be recognized for my work in the independent music business community that means so much to me," Gurewitz said of this honor. Established in 1958, NARM is a nonprofit trade association for the business of music, spearheading the implementation of initiatives ...

After several months , some more news has finally surfaced about the comic book distribution company being launched by Epitaph Records ' Brett Gurewitz and 30 Days of Night creator (and former Gray Matter guitarist) Steven Niles . They recruited Halo-8 creator Matt Pizzolo to help launch the company now called Black Mask Studios . According to a Wired report , Pizzolo talked about disrupting the current comic model: It's become this monopolized walled garden where you're only allowed to grow two things: superheroes and movie treatments. We're going to open new space outside the entrenched market where we can cultivate more ...

Seminal rock/punk outfit Redd Kross have announced their first new full length in fifteen years. The band, which at various times included members of Bad Religion , Black Flag , Circle Jerks , Samiam , The Misfits and many others . The 10-song album features the Neurotica lineup with founding brothers Jeff and Steven McDonald as well as guitarist Robert Hecker and drummer Roy McDonald. The record is titled Researching The Blues and is due out August 7th, 2012 via Merge .

Montabello, Quebec’s D-Tox Rockfest is a big festival in a small town, and the line-up for this year’s festival seems to follow suit. With a diverse—and some would say peculiar—list of... Click on the headline to read the rest of the story.

Descendents : Anchor Grill [ purchase ] Punk rock is not supposed to be about subtlety or maturity. It is not supposed to be about grownups and their problems. It is supposed to be about youth, and anger, and simplicity. But it isn’t always that easy. Descendents started off as a more traditional punk (or pop punk) band--fast, loud and with songs that focused on simple themes, often with goofy humor, although their music was somewhat more melodic than many other “hardcore” bands of the era. But the band evolved over the years, often taking long breaks while lead singer Milo Aukerman ...

A week after his long awaited punk documentary One Nine Nine Four unceremoniously leaked to YouTube, director Jai Al-Attas has posted a blog posting talking about the evolution and creation of the film on his blog. So we were made aware last week that our documentary has leaked onto the internet. This has provided Matt and I(Jai) with mixed feelings; on one side it's potentially a missed opportunity to have it released officially & never make back our investment but on the other it seems to be really striking a chord with people and that's what we always ...

in other this is american music news, they just released, on tuesday, another one of my favorite records of the year, the only sons’ when the new wears off. once a four piece, they are now a 3 piece, and its for the better, definitely. when the new wears off is like they hopscotched right [...]

Bad Religion is one of those bands that even people who don’t listen to or know the slightest thing about punk rock knows about.  While these Los Angeles guys have exploded over the year, even going on to make some US charts for best selling albums, nothing compares with their first full length How Could [...]