Punk News

Second acts in rock 'n' roll are a rare thing, but Green Day pulled an Aerosmith in 2004, when they not only matched their initial rush of fame, they topped it.

For a band named after time wasted in a cannabis fog, Green Day sure is lame at vegging out.

Chicago's Rise Against began in 1999 when ex-88 Fingers Louie bassist Joe Principe tapped area vocalist Tim McIlrath for a new project rooted in the sound and social vision of traditionalist hardcore.

Halfway through their set Friday afternoon at the Vans Warped Tour at Toronto's Arrow Hall, Michigan hard rock band Chiodos encouraged the fans to split far apart into two different sides in front of the main stage.

It's a cheerfully weird tour through some of our darker downtown denizens and, of course, contains semi-nude photos of Debbie Harry, as these things must .

Rancid deserved a better homecoming than what it got at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Review: Rancid "lackluster," Rise Against played it safe By Mark Robison * Reno Gazette-Journal * July 9, 2009 Rise Against fulfilled its obligations Wednesday night to a less-than-half-full crowd at the Reno Events Center.

Craig S. Semon Tracks 'Let the Dominoes Fall' Rancid While Green Day has become too big for its britches, Rancid is content with being itself.

Under pressure , we toiled six days a week and pulled together previously announced artists and trusted sources to obtain the complete set of tracks, soon to be transformed into rapidly approaching note charts.

The band Green Day played Saskatoon, July 7, 2009 and lead singer of the rock punk band Billie Joe Armstrong had the 8000 strong fans going crazy.

Hardcore punk revivalists AFI originally formed in 1991 when their members -- vocalist Davey Havok, guitarist Markus Stopholese, bassist Vick, and drummer Adam Carson -- were attending high school in Ukiah, CA.

In late May, a crazy idea came up in the newsroom. A three-part mission, if you will.

Some five songs into its exhausting set at the Garage on Saturday night, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong asked the all-ages crowd, "Do you guys remember the Nappy Dugout?" No response.

At 77, Merlin Stephens says he's a little old to shoot off fireworks himself this year.

Adrienne Nesser, living in Mankato in her early 20s, had a long-distance friendship and flirtation with a guy so interested in her, he and his band planned tours around Minnesota just so he could see her.

Russian lawmakers threatened the OSCE with "harsh" consequences on Saturday after the European security body's parliamentary arm condemned both Stalinism and fascism for starting World War Two.

Punk rock summer camp was in session Friday as the Vans Warped Tour bought its traveling circus of music and skate culture to the Sam Houston Racepark parking lot.

You're a member of one of the top bands in the world. Your last album sold millions, won two Grammys, and was hailed as a punk-opera masterpiece about love, strife, and the decay of the American empire.

PLAYERS: Miguel Jimenez, vocals; Mario Ramos, guitar/vocals; Javier Jauregui, bass; Jorge Ramos, drums/vocals SOUNDS LIKE: Punk rock.

As New Jersey laments the passing of a sopped and sunless June, we set our hopes high for the coming of Independence Day weekend, when the fire in the sky can't compare to what sears on the stage.