Words: Simon Opie Punk is now just a style and the Sex Pistols were just a band, to quote Scroobius Pip . So what does the legacy of Punk mean in the 21st century? Well there’s many who claim to have been influenced by it and there’s some like Moral Dilemma who play it straight up. Those who belong in the latter camp tend to prosper rather better in the USA – Green Day , Rancid and Bad Religion being obvious examples - but Moral Dilemma have paid their dues here in London, England, and the result is really rather good. They ...

Porcell of Bold on stage with Youth of Today (more by Jason House) Black & Blue Bowl is almost here, and in addition to the previously discussed Rancid, Warzone Tribute, Sheer Terror, Youth of Today and-many-others-show at Webster Hall on...

The 18th Annual Hootenanny is returning to Oak Canyon Ranch this July – and we want you there! Enter to win tickets to Hootenanny, which features Rancid, Reverend Horton Heat, Bouncing Souls, Lucero, The Growlers and many more. The show takes place July 7th at the Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine. ENTER TO WIN TICKETS [...]

End Hits is a weekly podcast hosted by Sam Sutherland, featuring interviews with musicians and musician-types from a dining table in Toronto. Our eleventh episode of End Hits (listen to the rest... Click on the headline to read the rest of the story.

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 ...

You’re going to have to wait until June 5 before you can order Watain’s 13th anniversary DVD Opus Diaboli in the States. It has all the blood and fire of the Watain live show, but with none of the controversial aroma associated with having a stage show that’s been ceremonially doused with rancid animal blood. [...]

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 ...

Earlier in April, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong released 14 all-new songs from “different Rock’N'Roll Theater” episodes that he’d been working on with Rancid bandmate Lars Frederikson. Armstrong said he’d be “stoked” if fans forked over five dollars instead of “file sharing” because “Rock ‘N Roll Theater is 100%” DIY. Today Armstrong released another song from the [...]

Tim Armstrong of Rancid has posted a new single from his recently released a 14-track digital album. It was issued to accompany his web series which was launched last October. The album contains tracks from the first episode of the series - Dante - as well as songs that will appear on upcoming episodes. The album includes a high definition download of Dante as well. The premiere episode also included Lars Frederiksen of Rancid and Davey Havok of AFI .

In it’s 18th year, The Hootenanny returns to Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine on July 7th for another awesome show, celebrating the 20th Anniversary of RANCID with their only SoCal performance this year! Also performing will be The Reverend Horton Heat, Bouncing Souls, Lucero, The Growlers and many more. Come check out over 300 classic [...]

The long-awaited punk documentary One Nine Nine Four has seemingly made its way onto YouTube. For his part, director Jai Al-Attas doesn't seem to be terribly concerned, having tweeted : "So it's true the doco leaked - go find it." The documentary explores the punk explosion into the mainstream that occurred in the early- to mid-'90s, and features interviews with Green Day 's Billie Joe Armstrong, The Offspring 's Dexter Holland, Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion , Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, and Lars Fredriksen of Rancid , Fat Mike of NOFX , and many others. The project ran into ...

The Vermin Suicides From: Liverpool, United Kingdom For a city that have been regularly scarred by tragedy and industrial decline it's surprising that ska, the voice of the seemingly voiceless, of the downtrodden and the forgotten. If the Clash took themselves a little less seriously they'd probably sound like The Vermin Suicides . If Rancid eat scouse and talked with an accent exceedingly rare they'd sound like The Vermin Suicides. If 2-Tone had been born underneath the a statue exceedingly bare The Specials would have sounded liked the Vermin Suicides. This is the sound of ska from a ...

Mr. Brett, as his friends refer to him, is the guitarist of legendary punk rock band Bad Religion. He’s also the founder of Epitaph Records which has produced, promoted and distributed records for Bad Religion, NOFX, Social Distortion, Pennywise, New Found Glory, Rancid and the band that put the label on the map; The Offspring. [...]

I never thought I'd say this, but...I'm loving being in Sydney right about now. The highlights - lots of crazy boutique bars, good cheap music, good (not so cheap) food, sun, surf, Harbour Bridge... Sadly I'm about to run the red lights and wing my way back to Brisbane. Not sad in that I don't want to go back - just that the holiday is over. Back to the grind, as it were. So let's find some tunes that will help me on that depressing drive back into reality... Let's ease into things with Red ...

Fresh from his appearance with Jimmy Cliff at the first weekend for the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong is releasing the first episode, “titled “Dante,” and the fourteen song soundtrack of his mystery-laden punk rock musical, Tim Timebomb’s Rock’N'Roll Theater. In a recent press release, Armstrong told his fans that [...]