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So many celebs and their fans were anticipating the 2013 Met Gala that it's easy to lose track of who was there and what was going on.

The 13th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will be held Sunday night at New York City's Bowery Electric club , just up the block from where CBGB was located.

Great Britain's "Tank" was part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal in the early 80's and another band that influence some big named bands.

Because I have the phone contact list of a major media mogel, I was able to get Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphy's on the phone today to talk about their new benefit EP for Marathon victims.

Beneath those tough boy looks and that wall of punk sound The Ramones had songs that at times were surprisingly tender and even edged on pop.

Named for the Cheap Trick song, NYC transplants Big Eyes are fronted by guitarist/powerhouse Kate Eldridge, who wears her influences on her sleeve .

"There's so much to do no one can see everything...Punk rock in general needs kids to be inspired, start bands and keep punk rock alive," exclaims Shawn Stern.

Princeton-based Saves the Day will play the Skate and Surf Festival at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson on Sunday.

The daily band lineup for the second annual Kanrocksas Music & Arts Festival has been announced.

An official announcement is still a few days away, but Bay Days organizers say they are looking at a musical lineup filled with a variety of accomplished local and regional players, from Norfolk's Mike Aiken Band to Smithfield's Bria Kelly .

This Saturday night the Minor Mishap Marching Band takes over the Spider House Ballroom .

When Kathleen Asheton wrote Henry Rollins in 2009 asking if he'd emcee a tribute concert for her recently departed brother, the former Black Flag vocalist didn't flinch.

I started developing a serious interest in music when I was about 14 years old. I listened to a lot of punk and rock, and was seriously obsessed with Dave Grohl.

Former BUCKS FIZZ star MIKE NOLAN wants Britain to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest, insisting: "We will never win it again." ONE DIRECTION star ZAYN MALIK was subjected to an embarrassing prank by his girlfriend PERRIE EDWARDS, who gave the singer a manicure while he slept.

Thanks to the Met Ball and the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Punk: Chaos to Couture" exhibition, punk is officially back on the fashion radar.

Thu 5/16, 9 PM, Fri-Sun 5/17-5/19, 8 PM, Empty Bottle, Thu $10, Fri-Sun $25, four-day pass $70. Local label HoZac retired its Blackout festival with a memorable blowout in 2006, then resuscitated it in 2011; for its third year back, the notoriously rowdy, beer-soaked punk-and-garage party runs for four nights at the Empty Bottle, with a lovingly ... (more)

LOS ANGELES , May 16, 2013 - Today is International Lagwagon Day to punkers around the world.

Twenty white kittens. One hundred white doves. Lilies with stems trimmed to precisely six inches.

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Local punk blowout Riot Fest has steadily grown since it began as a two-day affair at the Congress Theater back in 2005, but it kicked things up a notch last year when it moved into Humboldt Park and transformed into a multistage outdoor carnival, Ferris wheel included .