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3 hrs ago | Dallas Observer

The Ten Best American Hardcore Punk Albums

Seeing that a form of Black Flag is touring right now , we thought it a good time to investigate American hardcore punk rock.

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Related Topix: Punk, Black Flag, The 80'S, Pop/Rock, The Ramones, The Clash

11 hrs ago | The Guardian

John Cooper Clarke, poet - portrait of the artist

'I've emulated all the old guys - Tennyson, Alexander Pope' ... John Cooper Clarke .

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Related Topix: John Cooper Clarke, Punk, Arts, Poetry

Tue May 21, 2013

MusicEmissions

Beach Fossils - Clash The Truth

The title track opens this album, and for about fifteen or twenty seconds you would be forgiven for thinking you had stumbled across a band who were opening their album with a cover of the Sex Pistols ' "Pretty Vacant", the riff is exactly the same.

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Related Topix: Punk

Mon May 20, 2013

Preston Citizen

Punk legends Stiff Little Fingers head to Preston

GROWLING out the raw-edged lyrics to Wasted Life, Gotta Getaway and Alternative Ulster, Jake Burns engineered one of punk's landmark offerings with Stiff Little Fingers' first album, Inflammable Material.

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Related Topix: Stiff Little Fingers, Punk, The Getaway, The Damned, The Clash

Sun May 19, 2013

South China Morning Post

Covet punk

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.

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Related Topix: Punk, The Ramones, Jean Paul Gaultier, Designers, Versace

Spin

See Bill Hader's 'SNL' Send-off With Ian Rubbish, Kim...

In addition to hosting the First Coming of Yeezus , May 19's Saturday Night Live was the season closer and the final episode to feature Bill Hader, and - what's this? - maybe Fred Armisen.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Bill Hader, Portlandia, Fred Armisen, Punk

The Washington Monthly

Joey Ramone would have turned 62 today

Today would have been Joey Ramone's 62nd birthday . Joey and the rest of the Ramones were one of the most influential bands in rock history.

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Related Topix: Punk, The Ramones

Thu May 16, 2013

South China Morning Post

Covet punk

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.

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Related Topix: Punk, The Ramones, Jean Paul Gaultier, Designers, Versace

Wed May 15, 2013

Hyperallergic

Getting Punked: Protesting the Met's Decadent Appropriation

A playful protest of the Costume Institute's PUNK: From Chaos to Couture. The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has forgotten that clothes and fashion are not art.

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Related Topix: Punk

Mon May 13, 2013

Asbury Park Press

Q&A: Sylvain Sylvain

Forty years ago, Sylvain Sylvain helped change the American musical landscape forever as co-founder of the legendary proto-punk outfit the New York Dolls, which released its self-titled debut in 1973.

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Related Topix: New York Dolls, Pop/Rock, Sex Pistols, Punk, Stanhope, NJ, Long Branch, NJ, Steve Jones

New Statesman

Picture Book of the Week: Punk - Chaos to Couture

The story goes that Malcolm McLaren plucked John Lydon off the street to audition for his new band after seeing him strut past in a Pink Floyd t-shirt , defaced with a scrawling "I hate". It was 1975 and that band later became the Sex Pistols.

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Related Topix: Punk

Sat May 11, 2013

WKXW-FM Trenton

Meet Scritti Politti [PHOTOS, VIDEOS]

Scritti Politti is a British band, formed in Leeds, in 1977 by Green Gartside. Initially a punk band, the group's sound became more "mainstream" in the 1980's. In the mid-1970's, Green Gartside was studying fine art at Leeds College of Art and Design.

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Related Topix: Scritti Politti, Pop/Rock, Sex Pistols, Punk, Madness, Ska

Fri May 10, 2013

Teen Vogue

Channel Your Inner Punk with 17 New Hard Rocking Jams

"Punk" is a word that has lots of fun uses. On Monday night at the Met Ball , it defined the dress code and the museum exhibit.

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Related Topix: Dance, Pop/Rock, New-Wave, Fun, Punk, Music, Entertainment

Paper Magazine

God Save the Met ...

By giving the title " Chaos to Couture " to the punk fashion exhibition that opened yesterday, the curators of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute have announced a particular perspective and methodology.

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Related Topix: Westwood One, Media, Radio, Punk

Thu May 09, 2013

Star Tribune

The Big Gigs for May 10-16

First up are the , who opened the Sex Pistols' infamous last show in San Francisco and helped spark the Bay Area's great punk scene.

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Related Topix: Punk, San Francisco, CA, Twitter, Theater, Arts, Los Angeles, CA, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Music, Entertainment

Wed May 08, 2013

Women's Wear Daily

Uniqlo Jumps on the 'Punk' Bandwagon

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Related Topix: Online-Access, Punk

Tue May 07, 2013

Daily Mail

The art of anarchy: Inside the Met's new Costume Institute exhibit...

Punk and high fashion can now share the same stage, and a new Costume Institute exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'Punk: Chaos to Culture,' celebrates that influence.

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Related Topix: Punk, Media, Radio, Westwood One, Fashion, Designers, Dolce and Gabbana, Burberry, Marc Jacobs

International Business Times

Met Gala 2013: Celebrities Bomb In Recognizing Punk Movement

During the red carpet arrivals telecast at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit ball on Monday, celebrities struggled to name their favorite punk bands when probed by model Hilary Rhoda and William Norwich, the live stream hosts for the evening .

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Related Topix: Punk, Green Day, Pop/Rock, The Clash, Bad Religion, The Ramones

UnBeige

Peter Saville on Creating 'PUNK' Show Logo for Metropolitan Museum

The gleaming logo, spotlit on the exhibition's title wall. At right, the cover of the exhibition catalogue, which includes prefaces by Richard Hell and John Lydon.

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Related Topix: John Lydon, Punk, The Ramones

Mon May 06, 2013

Newsday

At Met Costume Gala celebs like Tiger Woods, Beyonce get their punk on

Beyonce, honorary chairwoman, arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala benefit in honor of the museum's latest exhibit, "Punk: Chaos to Couture". Mosh pits and punk rock don't usually mix with Upper East Side galas, but Beyonce, Rooney Mara , Anna Wintour , Tiger Woods, Alec Baldwin and Anne Hathaway all tried to rock it ... (more)

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Related Topix: Punk, Fashion, Designers, Givenchy, Entertainment