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Watch everyone's favourite cover band Punk Rock Factory go full Hamilton for new single You'll Be Back

By Merlin Alderslade published 31 January 23

Punk Rock Factory cover a song from critically acclaimed musical smash hit Hamilton, with predictably daft results

Listen to Madonna’s pre-fame punk rock anthem S*** On The Ground

By Paul Brannigan published 26 January 23

Before she became the Queen Of Pop, Madonna sang and played drums with New York new wave punks The Breakfast Club, and sounded pretty damn good

Watch members of The Damned, Refused, Rise Against and more in the trailer for Moby's Punk Rock Vegan Movie

By Paul Brannigan published 9 January 23

"Punk Rock Vegan Movie was created to shine a light on the surprising and inspiring history of punk rock and animal rights" says Moby

How punk rock sparked the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

By Geoff Barton last updated 20 September 22

Punk threw rock into the furnace, but the New Wave of British Heavy Metal rose out of the ashes – here we look back at how metallers embraced punk's spirit and came back fighting

The story behind the Jackass theme (Corona by Minutemen)

By Briony Edwards published 28 January 22

It may have become synonymous with "people getting tasered in the balls", but Minutemen’s Corona has a poignant story at its heart

The Clash – The Clash album review

By Scott Rowley last updated 10 March 21

Released on 8 April, 1977, The Clash talks about people in boring jobs, with annoying bosses, in a world going to shit and divided by race. No wonder it's so timeless…

Rage Against The Machine's nude protest at Lollapalooza 1993

Why did Rage Against The Machine stand naked onstage at Lollapalooza in 1993?

By Howard Johnson published 19 July 18

The story behind Rage Against The Machine's nude, wordless protest at Lollapalooza in Philadelphia

A tribute to the Sex Pistols, by Duff McKagan, Phil Collen and Billy Duffy

By Ian Fortnam published 19 December 17

The new album by The Professionals features Sex Pistols' alumni Steve Jones and Paul Cook... and a cast of other familiar faces

The Ramones pose for the cover of Rocket To Russia

The Ramones' Rocket To Russia: track-by-track guide by producer Ed Stasium

By Ed Stasium published 14 December 17

As The Ramones' classic Rocket To Russia celebrates its 40th anniversary with a box set, the album's original producer Ed Stasium reveals the secrets of its recording

a photograph of brett gurewitz looking through his glasses

7 reasons why Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz is the godfather of Californian punk

By Total Guitar Magazine published 6 December 17

Bad Religion founder and Epitaph Records head honcho Brett Gurewitz has been giving punk a good name for over three decades… Here we count down the many ways in which he defined punk rock