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Openers named for Five Points concert
DJ AM and Travis Barker will open the free concert scheduled for Sept. 19 in Five Points.
Banner Pilot - Resignation Day
There's no use bemoaning it or trying to turn back time. Now that we're dealing with a generation raised on Blink 182, The Plain White Ts and Fall Out Boy, the term "punk" means something entirely different to ...
Simple Plan pushes beyond its pop-punk sound
When Canadian pop-punk quintet Simple Plan came out with its debut, ''No Pads, No Helmets ... Just Balls,'' in 2002, there was no hesitation about sounding like Blink-182 or Good Charlotte.
Quick Hits: Jerry Finn, Avril Lavigne, Lance Bass & Toni Braxton, American Idol, Sound And Fury
Two weeks after being taken off life support, producer Jerry Finn died last week at the age of 39, about a month after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage.
Offspring, Blink-182 Members C...
By: Don Kaye Members of the Offspring and Blink-182 issued statements regarding the death of producer Jerry Finn, who passed away last week at the age of 39.
Metallica, Motley Crue, Judas Priest Tracks Featured In 'Rock Revolution' Video Game
TLEY CRAoeE, JUDAS PRIEST Tracks Featured In 'Rock Revolution' Video Game - Aug.
Screeching Weasel back, more intense than ever
On the list of underground legends of Chicago rock, few bands rank higher than Screeching Weasel.
The Academy Is. . . - Fast Times At Barrington High
In every emo band's career, there comes a time for "growing up" - dealing with more serious subject matter and jettisoning pop punk for a broader sound.
VIDEO: Soma Celebrity News: Blink 182 Splits with Miss USA 02/12/08
Amy Winehouse sweeps the Grammys. Barack wins a Grammy. Travis Barker splits with Miss USA.
Tattle: The saint and Mr. Integrity: Rielle and John, a love story
John Edwards-Rielle Hunter affair and back to Paris , Britney and Lindsay , but now that the networks have glommed on to the story, it's reaching new lows.
Broadway Calls - State Of Mind
Something is to be said about no surprises- balls out Pop-Punk. Now, if a band like Rainier, OR's Broadway Calls had come across my desk like some cheeseball singer songwriter style without a press kit, I might ...
Blink-182, Green Day, Offspring Producer Taken Off Life Support
Producer and engineer Jerry Finn, who has worked on albums by artists such as Blink-182, Green Day, the Offspring, A.F.I. and others, was taken off life support this week after suffering a massive brain ...
Mark Hoppus Sues Over Some McDonald's Self Serve Thing
Mark Hoppus and his wife - both pictured above - lost about $600k to "a San Diego company that told investors it was developing self-service cashier terminals for McDonald's restaurants ." TMZ reports Hoppus is ...
Blink's Hoppus: I Was McFrauded
What if you could get your fast food fix without having to talk to a pesky human being? Sounds kinda awesome, huh? Former Blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus, super-sized golf legend Phil Mickelson, and as many as a ...
These East-Coast kids deserve a pat on the back for this record. It's tight-sounding alt-rock that has some neat melodic and structural moments.
Coming from a family known best for sausages couldn't stop Joe Spoletini's operatic ambition
We know one brother for his world-famous sausages. But the Spoletini brother in the headlines these days isn't making a name for himself based on an old Italian family recipe.
After a brief photo shoot at a Hollywood recording studio, Travis Barker is off to lunch.
Earnest young fellows from the south suburbs, bassist and vocalist Daniel Eden, guitarist Kevin Kirchman and drummer Patrick Lewandowski drew on a mutual love of the mainstream punk sounds of Blink 182, Green ...
Earnest young fellows from the south suburbs, bassist and vocalist Daniel Eden, guitarist Kevin Kirchman and drummer Patrick Lewandowski drew on a mutual love of the mainstream punk sounds of Blink 182, Green ...
The new-school punk trio blink-182 was formed in the suburbs of San Diego, California around guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Scott Raynor.