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"It was horrifying and beautiful at the same time." Belinda Carlisle on the punk rock album that changed her life
By Paul Brannigan published
"Time stopped as I lifted the album from the bin and stared at the cover. I thought, What is this?" Album artwork matters: ask Belinda Carlisle

Alabama Shakes leader Brittany Howard just played her first gig with her new hardcore band Kumite, and personally offended punk rock gatekeepers are already crying hot salty tears just thinking about it
By Paul Brannigan published
"Delete the world. Seriously time for the asteroid to hit. Time for a reboot."

Bill Hader, punk rock aficionado, will make his daughter love the Misfits whether she likes it or not
By Matt Mills published
The It, Saturday Night Live and Superbad actor also reveals he grew up listening to hair metal in a new interview with Amoeba Music

The Bronx are still the best punk rock band on the planet
By Paul Brannigan published
A piss-up in a brewery with The Bronx? This was never going to be anything but A Lovely Time

Duff McKagan says Velvet Revolver were a response to "rock is dead" discourse: Metal Hammer interview
By Rich Hobson published
From Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver to his solo work, Duff McKagan is still a punk kid at heart - with big ambitions

The cult movie which helped inspire Riot Grrrl
By Paul Brannigan published
The impact of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains was felt long after the film died a death at the cinema, particularly among riot grrrl punks

London punks High Vis take on Glastonbury, and win
By Stephen Hill published
London's High Vis bring grit and passion to Worthy Farm

“It was just good to have that early on.” Tool's Maynard James Keenan reveals the essential advice punk rock legend Henry Rollins gave him at the start of his career
By Merlin Alderslade published
Maynard James Keenan has kept this piece of advice in mind ever since

"It reminded me of punk rock crowds, of being aligned with all of the misfits": Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder found his first Taylor Swift concert "galvanising and powerful"
By Paul Brannigan published
Attending a show on Taylor Swift's ongoing Eras concert tour evoked warm memories for Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder

“These rebels are our own children… who masquerade at night in leather and chains yet retreat by the light of day back into the fabric of our society”: watch US TV show Tomorrow investigate the dark side of punk rock in America in 1980
By Paul Brannigan published
Blood! Mohawks! Nazi salutes! In 1980, NBC’s The Tomorrow Show took a solemn, sober and unwittingly hilarious look at hardcore punk
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