Category: Punk Rock
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Punknews.org | Mike Conley of MIA (-2008)
Mike Conley, former vocalist of Orange County punk band MIA was found dead yesterday in Chicago. According to the news report, Mike was found unresponsive at 5:40 a.m. by a person staying in the hotel in the 2300 block of North Mannheim Road, sheriff’s police spokeswoman Penny Mateck said. He appeared to have suffered head…
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larrylivermore.com: Losers Of The Year
I don’t often miss California or Berkeley, but last week saw a very special event that I wish I’d been there for. Pinhead Gunpowder, the long-lived but very occasional band featuring peripatetic wordsmith Aaron Cometbus and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong played a series of secret and not-so-secret shows capped off by a triumphant return…
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WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Tony Rettman on Detroit Hardcore
WFMU’s Beware of the Blog: Tony Rettman on Detroit Hardcore: “And, after educating yourself on the impressive history of Touch and Go Magazine, the Necros and Negative Approach, be sure to peep Elisa’s list for yourself. Not only does the Magik Markers guitarist-vocalist give mention to one of my favorite novels (the gleaming tale of…
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larrylivermore.com: At Gilman Street
larrylivermore.com: At Gilman Street: “The MTX song pokes gentle fun at the Gilman purists, of whom I was undeniably one. ‘And if you’ve got nothing better to do, there’s a meeting every Sunday afternoon, you can talk about skinheads at the show, you can vote on whether you’re gonna vote, and you can make a…
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Punknews.org | H2O signs to Bridge 9
Punknews.org | H2O signs to Bridge 9: I always have to link to posts about the hardcore band H2O, because the reader comments under the article are always so vicious.
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Burnt Ramen: show review…of sorts
dead time pacifies: I went to Burnt Ramen in Richmond. Burnt Ramen reminds me a lot of 924 Gilman circa 1991. I am not a big fan of that place. It is in a poor neighborhood which serves to keep away the more normal weekender kids that all go to Gilman these days, but it…
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Gavin Watson's photographs of UK Skinheads
From Simon Garfield’s piece, “Getting Under Their Skins,” on UK skinheads, in the Observer: ‘I was so intense about being a skinhead, to me it was final,’ says Gavin Watson, a former skinhead from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. ‘Anybody who grew their hair for work or their girlfriend was severely mentally impaired. I would be downtown…
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Dan Witz' Mosh Pit Series
Wooster Collective: Dan Witz has been working on a new series of figurative paintings for two upcoming shows in Europe; one in London at the Stolenspace, and the second in Paris at Addict Galerie. If you check out Dan’s website, you’ll notice that he’s quietly previewing a few of the pieces. Here.
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Newspaper ties death at Club Deep to FSU
PunkNews: The Asbury Park Press has released an article speculating on the possible involvement of the “crew” FSU, or “Friends Stand United”, in the recent death of a James Morrison at a scheduled Ramallah show in Asbury Park, NJ. According to numerous letters, emails and phone calls to both Morrison’s mother and the Asbury Park…
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The Great Casey Watson Interview
Dead Time Pacifies: I was introduced to Casey maybe 10 years ago and he has been a mainstay in our punk/hardcore scene long before that. He has been in more bands than anyone else I know of. Casey has been known for his bands and his brawls. In recent times, with the advent of ‘his’…
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The First 12 Mags
Thrasher: To commemorate our 25th Anniversary we are going to post a new mag from 1981 each month. Here.
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924 Gilman Street announces 20th Anniversary weekend lineup, record swap
PunkNews: Friday 29 $7 Gilman’s 20Th Anniversary Weekend Doors at 6Pm Born/Dead This Is My Fist Drain the Sky the Jocks Baby Jail Thee Double D’s Lil’ Runt Hey Girl Saturday 30 $8-$10 Gilman’s 20Th Anniversary Weekend Doors at 6Pm Social Unrest El Dopa Black Fork Schlong the United Intrepid Forces Look Back and Laugh…
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14 and Shooting
LA Weekly: At some point, I noticed a row of photo albums haphazardly stacked against the wall, and I began to look through them. What I found were thousands of images composing a visual history of West Coast punk culture, starting with Jennifer Finch’s teenage Hollywood years and proceeding through her time in Seattle for…
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A Skateboarding Ramp Reaches for the Sky
NYT: On a recent sunny afternoon, the ramp’s owner, Bob Burnquist, a renowned 30-year-old professional skateboarder from Brazil, peered over the side to treetops below and said: “I’m not afraid of falling. I’m afraid I might jump.” That mind-set helps on the Mega Ramp, where skaters reach speeds of up to 55 miles an hour…
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CBGB Brings Down the Curtain With Nostalgia and One Last Night of Rock
NYT: After a protracted real estate battle with its landlord, a nonprofit organization that aids the homeless, CBGB agreed late last year to leave its home at 313 and 315 Bowery at the end of this month. And Ms. Smith’s words outside the club, where her group was playing, encapsulated the feelings shared by fans…
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It Was Loud. It Was Fast. But What Did It Mean?
NYT reviews American Hardcore. My review from a January showing at Sundance is Here. NYT: Musically hardcore was a repudiation of almost everything, from disco to the dilution of first-generation punk labeled new wave to, of course, the same high-flying and deeply loathed bands, like the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Journey, that the original punks…
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One Way to Rock
From Thrasher: Danny Way is in Las Vegas where he is going to attempt to smash the Bomb Drop world record by jumping from the giant neon-covered guitar atop the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. Here.
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Aquabats! News
From Punknews.org: As far as a new record, the band had this to say: “the new record is coming along great! All we need to finish it is …songs. As soon as we write some, we are SO going to record that bad boy!” The band is also working on a new project called Yo…