Category: Punk Rock
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BUDDYHEAD: Glen E. Friedman Interview
Glen’s friends included Minor Threat (and later Fugazi), Black Flag, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Bad Brains, Run-D.M.C., KRS-One, Public Enemy as well as Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Alan Gelfand, Duane Peters, and Stacy Peralta Check it out here.
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Murray Bowles on Work Only
CLICK NOTE: Points for spotting Joey, Mike, Gary, and me. (not all in the same shot) Work Only, Episode 1: Murray Bowles. An Incomplete History of East Bay Punk Rock. Murray Bowles is one of the most important photographers of the Bay Area punk scene. 924 Gilman, Mabuhay Gardens, Ruthie’s Inn, you name it, Murray…
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Bad Brains Collaboration Print – Obey Giant
Shepard Fairey x Glen E Friedman x Bad Brains 24 x 18, 3 Color Screen Print Edition of 425 Signed by Shepard, Glen E Friedman, and all the original members of Bad Brains $120 Check it out here.
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DOUBLE CROSS: Adidas X – Revelation Records
A good friend of mine and Blackspot band mate Scott Lytle helped design a really cool skate shoe for Adidas and Rev. It’s one thing to be on the outside of a scene to try to capture it’s coolness in a shoe, but to actually be involved in hardcore and be friends with Rev and…
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BB Video: Glen E. Friedman, Skate + Hardcore Punk Photo-History
TODAY: we bring you part 3 of this conversation. This episode’s all about Glen E. Friedman’s early work documenting skateboarder culture, and the beginnings of American hardcore. Below, an image from the very first roll of color 35mm film Friedman ever shot, which he discusses in this video. Also in today’s episode: Glen shares the…
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Post-Punk’s Visual Chronicler: Interview with Laura Levine
Laura Levine’s work is too varied and voluminous to be hemmed in to one particular time, scene, or discipline — the bio on her website rightfully describes her as a “cross-disciplinary visual artist” — but I’m assuming many readers of this site discovered her work the same way I did: via her photography in the…
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Photographer Glen E. Friedman in Conversation (and Collaboration) with Shepard Fairey
Earlier this week, we aired a Boing Boing video episode in which we visited Shepard Fairey’s gallery in LA, and spoke with him about the most well-known of his works, the Obama poster. That episode was shot as another artist’s work was being hung on the walls: legendary punk / hiphop / skate culture photographer…
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DOUBLE CROSS: Joe Nelson Fights The (White) Power
Around my town of Huntington Beach, a couple of pretenders to the Aryan throne did arise. There were gangs with names like SFU, which is perhaps the most original gang name ever, since every city has at least 3 under the same name, and the Huntington Beach Skins. They weren’t as organized though as the…
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Looking Through Some Pictures
Many of you will know MURRAY BOWLES as the GILMAN STREET photographer. He’s no longer in attendance at every show the way he once was, but during the first few years the club was in operation, he turned out enough photos – invariably black and white – to start his own Gilman museum. I mean,…
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Skaters Jump In as Foreclosures Drain the Pool
On a recent morning, a 27-year-old skateboarder who goes by the name Josh Peacock peered into a swimming pool in Fresno, Calif., emptied by his own hands — and the foreclosure crisis — and flashed a smile as wide as a half-pipe. “We have more pools than we know what to do with,” said Mr.…
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Dischord plans vinyl reissues, remastering
Dischord has opted to remaster and reissue a number of their classic albums on vinyl. The first batch of reissues includes Minor Threat’s Out of Step and First Two Seven Inches as well as a split from The Faith and Void and One Last Wish’s 1986 LP. More details can be found here. Check it…
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DOUBLE CROSS: Joe Nelson – The Good Brains and The Blue Ghost
When I first saw the Bad Brains back in 1985 they destroyed. This was even, according to some, 3 – 4 years after their prime, too. The singer bounced around the stage like a wild rabid animal. The band blistered through blistering songs, stopping on a dime, only to whip into another typhoon of a…
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SKINS & PUNKS – AVAILABLE TO BUY
Three years ago Vice Editor Andy Capper brought Gavin Watson out of self-imposed exile and uncovered hundreds of unpublished photos. The pair collaborated to produce a new book called Skins & Punks – Lost Archives 1978–1985, which we’re proud to say has now been released.
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DOUBLE CROSS: Tony Erba – Part III
One of my favorite stories is when he got his hands on an old-school stun-gun, the kind that shoots a bolt of electrical current across two contact points. He was so thrilled about his new toy, he went down to The Lift that night and you just knew he was gonna find an excuse to…
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IGN: Rise Against's The 12 Albums That Changed The World
We caught up with the band and got them to reveal their Top 12 most influential albums. Consider this an exclusive mixtape list showcasing some of the seminal records that have made a lasting impression on the music and lifestyle of Rise Against. Check it out here.
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Punknews.org | Johnny Rotten does a commercial for Country Life butter
Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten has shot a commercial promoting Country Life butter. Check it out here.
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VICE PICTURES – Photos by William Ridgers
I was a skinhead in the late ’60s and gave it up when I discovered it involved fighting and that fighting hurts. Then, in the mid- to late ’70s, I hung out with them again as a photographer and it was a totally different scene. These photos are from that era. Check it out here.
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Radio Silence
Radio Silence is a selected visual history of American Hardcore Music. Compiled by authors Nathan Nedorostek and Anthony Pappalardo. The book is published by MTV Press and distributed by PowerHouse Books. Check it out here.
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Punknews.org | XM Radio Punk Station Fungus 53 Replaced with 24/7 AC/DC
With the XM and Sirius merger in full swing, the first casualties of the partnership are starting to appear. First on the chopping block are the two punk rock satellite stations, Fungus 53 and Sirius Punk which are both being replaced with an 24 hour a day station dedicated to Australian hard rock act AC/DC.…