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Punk Rock

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    March 4, 2013

    Five Unsung Punk Rock Guitarists

    You can't please everyone. No sooner had my list of the five best punk rock guitarists gone up than the complaining started. Folks were annoyed that there was a tie for first, yes, but that was only one of the things they found to complain about. Mostly it was about how their no-talent low-life favo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2013

    The Top 5 Punk Rock Guitarists

    Somewhere along the line, punk rock's amateurish enthusiasm became conflated with a dearth of talent. That's OK -- anything to keep the squares out -- but it's not entirely accurate. Indeed, it was hard paring this list down to just five. While you might complain that your favorite isn't on here, it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2013

    Mike Atta Benefit - The Echo & Echoplex - 1/25/13

    The Adolescents, Mike Watt, and others Mike Atta Benefit The Echo and Echoplex 1/25/13 It's time to "pogo and stomp the shit out of cancer," said Alice Bag at Friday's benefit concert to support punk forerunner Mike Atta. See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Alice Bag's 
Punk Rock Legacy Diagn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2013

    Black Flag Are Back Together

    Black Flag is back together, and are almost done with a new album, according to an SST press release. See also: Black Flag's Damaged Changed Punk, and L.A.: 30 Years Later, Its Impact Is Still Felt The lineup is Greg Ginn on guitar, Ron Reyes on vocals, Gregory Moore on drums and Dale Nixon on bas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2013

    Bad Religion's Greg Graffin Challenges Authority Through Fucking Science

    For over 30 years, Bad Religion have carved out a niche as the thinking man's punk rock band. When they formed in Los Angeles in 1980, the inspiration for their lyrics came from the topic of corporate greed and the conflicts between philosophy, science, and religion. The band's 16th full-length albu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2013

    The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

  • Music

    January 3, 2013

    Music Picks: Lord Huron, Matthewdavid, Smell 15th Anniversary Party

    Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

  • Music

    December 20, 2012

    Music Picks: Chino XL, Marissa Nadler, As Blood Runs Black

    Friday, January 4 Los Cincos, Silver Daggers, et al, at The Smell's Quinceañera THE SMELL When a truly DIY, all-ages space lasts for 15 years, you don't celebrate a birthday -- you celebrate a victory! So let's salute L.A.'s Smell, which has survived and even thrived to become a hometown instituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2012

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: More Hendrix and Some Old Favorites

    KCRW Broadcast #182 for Saturday, September 29, 2012 See also: Fanatics! I am in Pierre, South Dakota. Tonight, we finish our four-part Hendrix trip. Hour 1 is some bootleg material and some of the less traveled roads of Mr. Hendrix. Most of these tracks are in print on different labels, most of ... More >>

  • Music

    September 13, 2012

    Music Picks: Fiona Apple, Austra, and the Hives

    KCRW Broadcast #182 for Saturday, September 29, 2012 See also: Fanatics! I am in Pierre, South Dakota. Tonight, we finish our four-part Hendrix trip. Hour 1 is some bootleg material and some of the less traveled roads of Mr. Hendrix. Most of these tracks are in print on different labels, most of ... More >>

  • Music

    August 30, 2012

    Music Picks: FYF Festival, Jillinda Palmer, Gaslamp Killer

    KCRW Broadcast #182 for Saturday, September 29, 2012 See also: Fanatics! I am in Pierre, South Dakota. Tonight, we finish our four-part Hendrix trip. Hour 1 is some bootleg material and some of the less traveled roads of Mr. Hendrix. Most of these tracks are in print on different labels, most of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2012

    Snarl For the Camera!

    KCRW Broadcast #182 for Saturday, September 29, 2012 See also: Fanatics! I am in Pierre, South Dakota. Tonight, we finish our four-part Hendrix trip. Hour 1 is some bootleg material and some of the less traveled roads of Mr. Hendrix. Most of these tracks are in print on different labels, most of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: British Invasion

    KCRW Broadcast #175 for Saturday, July 28, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Americans Will Never Give Up Their Guns Fanatics! Since I will be in beautiful Dorset, UK on this evening, we have already put this show together and it is ready to lunge forth when the engineers at KCRW hit the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2012

    The Zeros, The Muffs - The Troubadour - 7/20/12

    The Zeros, The Muffs The Troubadour 7-20-12 See also: Our interview with Javier Escovedo Even though the Zeros were born at the dawn of the punk era in 1976 and the Muffs didn't start until the depths of the grunge scene 15 years later, they couldn't have been more perfectly billed last night at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2012

    The Zeros Play the Troubadour Tonight!

    See also: The Best Five Concerts in L.A. This Weekend The Zeros were punk when most people didn't know what punk was. The L.A.-by-way-of-Chula Vista band released their first single on legendary Bomp! Records in 1977, that magical year when punk exploded. The folks involved in their early days re ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 19, 2012

    Roberta Bayley

    See also: The Best Five Concerts in L.A. This Weekend The Zeros were punk when most people didn't know what punk was. The L.A.-by-way-of-Chula Vista band released their first single on legendary Bomp! Records in 1977, that magical year when punk exploded. The folks involved in their early days re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2012

    The Top Five Pop Punk Bands of All Time

    Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time In the past couple of decades, it's hard to think of a more-maligned genre than pop-punk. (That is, except nu-metal.) But it's a shame; and as someone who spent a lot of time listening to pop-punk in his preteens, I can app ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2012

    Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: The Complete List

    *Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List The history of Los Angeles punk is largely composed of a series ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2012

    Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 20-11

    *Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List The history of Los Angeles punk is largely composed of a series ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2012

    Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival - Las Vegas - 5/26 - 5/28

    See also: *Punk Legends Pennywise Have a New Singer, But You Shouldn't Write Them Off *The Adicts on Football Hooliganism, Masturbation, and Running Up $400 Bar Tabs Better than: Fucking Coachella. Punk rock has its own festival in the middle of a desert somewhere -- Las Vegas. Organized by the St ... More >>

  • Music

    May 3, 2012

    Still a Malcontent

    A midlife crisis spawns Keith Morris' new band Off!

  • Music

    April 26, 2012

    Esther Wong: Her Flawed Legacy

    Contrary to revisionist history, her club Madame Wong's did not propel L.A.'s punk scene

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    The Vex and Chicano Punk: A Very Brief History

    See also: The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands Chicanos have played a defining role in punk rock since its inception. In fact, Michigan's ? and the Mysterians are a strong contender for the first band to be labeled "punk rock." A little closer to home, East Los's Cannibal and the Headhunter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Green Day Never Sold Out, You Just Got Old and Complacent

    One of the most mainstream punk bands since the new millennium, Green Day has faced criticism for selling out ever since releasing 2004's American Idiot -- some would say as far back as after the release of 1994's Dookie. Fuck that. They didn't sell out. In fact, American Idiot and 21st Century Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2012

    X, Dead Kennedys, the Avengers - MOCA at the Geffen - 1/28/12

    X, Dead Kennedys, the Avengers MOCA at the Geffen 1-28-12 (Much) Better Than ... hearing many of these same songs butchered on punk rock karaoke night at the local sports bar. Of course there's something oddly oxymoronic about a museum inviting punk rock bands over to play (albeit safely outside o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    NOFX - House of Blues - 1/17/12

    NOFX House of Blues Sunset Strip 1/17/12 See also: Our NOFX slideshow Better than ...All of the other shows NOFX played this week After nearly four hours of opening bands, NOFX finally took the stage in front of a packed house at House of Blues Hollywood last night. Lead Singer Fat Mike enticed t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2012

    Punk Rock Museum Opens Today: Our Exclusive Preview

    See all our pictures from the Punk Rock Museum Opening. L.A. scenester icon Taquila Mockingbird made a heartfelt promise three decades ago to keep "keep punk alive," and she's been doing it pretty much everyday of her life since. It fuels her very existence. But this weekend, the writer/singer/arti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Henry Rollins: The Column! The Time I Made a Punk Rocker Cry

    [Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Weeks ago, my L.A. Weekly super editor Ben Westhoff asked me about my plans for 2012. I told h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    The Talking Heads Were Way More Innovative Than The Ramones

    The Talking Heads​Welcome to our new column, Deathmatch. Here, we'll compare two artists who have something in common -- musical or sartorial style, era, fan base -- and then determine, conclusively, who is better. The statement "The Talking Heads are a better band than The Ramones" will draw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    "She Gets a Free Abortion": The Five Dopiest Political Punk Songs

    See also: *The Top Five L.A. Punk Albums of 2011 *Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul: The Five Most Baffling Political Pairings The Iowa caucuses are being held today, which means that Republican primary season is about to kick into high gear. Spoiler alert: The candidates all suck. But you knew tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    CBGB Gingerbread House

    UnknownCBGB gingerbread house​24, 24 hours to go, we wanna be sedated -- with cookies and sugar. Perhaps we will be if we tear into the most punk rock gingerbread house ever. Didn't think punk and baked goods could go together? Think again. We spotted this gingerbread replica of legendary NYC ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2011

    Black Flag's Damaged Changed Punk, and L.A.

    30 Years Later, Its Impact Is Still Felt

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    GV30: Black Flag, Descendents, The Vandals - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - 12-18-2011

    Javier CabralKeith Morris and Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag​See also: *Reviewed: GV30 Night One, featuring Social Distortion, X, Adolescents, 12-16-2011 *Tons Of Punk Videos Were Yanked Off YouTube: Here's What Happened *Milo Aukerman Interview: The Descendents Attempt To Clone Themselves Las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Tons Of Punk Videos Yanked Off YouTube: Here's What Happened

    Robert KenneyGreg Ginn, second from left​By Nicholas Pell On Wednesday morning, several punk bands awoke to find their videos had been removed from YouTube. They were understandably irritated; that's almost worse than running out of beer. In their places were notes that they'd been yanked d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    GV30: An Epic Interview With Social Distortion's Mike Ness

    ​See also: Goldenvoice: The Hazy Punk Rock Early Days. Founder Gary Tovar recalls the unlikely beginnings of the influential concert production company Thirty years in, Social Distortion are as vital and voracious as ever. Their shows continue to sell out, and their material still speaks to p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Total Chaos - Someone's Backyard - 12-10-2011

    Javier CabralRob Chaos and Shawn Smash of Total Chaos​See also: *East L.A. Backyard Punk Scene Rages On *The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands Better than...drinking beer anywhere warm. On Saturday night around three hundred heads showed up to a tiny backyard in Elysian Valley, where t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Iggy and The Stooges - Hollywood Palladium - 12-01-11

    See also: *Henry Rollins: The Column! Is Raw Power the American answer to Exile on Main St.? *Our Iggy and The Stooges and Le Butcherettes slideshow *Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender is the most volatile woman in rock *Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender On Raw Meat And Sexism In Mexico Iggy and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    NOFX - Occupy LA - 11-28-2011

    See also: Occupy L.A. In Standoff With LAPD, As Midnight Eviction Deadline Passes Better than...violent protest. Hundreds of punks and demonstrators stood in solidarity at City Hall yesterday. After seven weeks of peacefully squatting, an order for their eviction was made by the city of Los Angele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Henry Rollins: The Column! Alice Bag's 
Punk Rock Legacy

    ​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Ange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Bouncing Souls - Troubadour - 11/9/11

    Javier CabralBouncing Souls​There are only a few punk rock bands that can take over The Troubadour for four nights in a row and sell out the run. But as part of their "For All The Unheard" international tour, upbeat New Brunswick quartet Bouncing Souls did just that. Even better, they performe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Shonen Knife - The Echo - 11-1-11

    Javier Cabral​Better than...almost anything this side of the Ramones. Everyone raised their finger bunny ears as Japanese pop punk female trio Shonen Knife, celebrating their 30th anniversary, walked on stage. Their fans cheered enthusiastically, knowing they were about to get their fucken so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Machine Gun Etiquette

    ​KCRW BROADCAST #136 for Saturday, October 15, 2011 Fanatics! Welcome to weekend three of our October Damned Fest! Tonight we warm up the pot with an hour of peerless jams. Then, in the second hour, we rock the third Damned album, Machine Gun Etiquette. MGE marked a radical change for the Da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night:

    KCRW BROADCAST #135 for Saturday, October 8 Fanatics! I am in Washington DC at the moment. Engineer X and I taped this show for you from our small studio set up. What we have here tonight is yet another great gathering of tunes that will not only make the weekend rock but will make October all the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Blondie - Club Nokia - October 5, 2011

    Debi Del GrandeBlondie​See also: An Interview With Debbie Freaking Harry! Blondie Club Nokia October 5, 2011 Better than ... expected. Far better than we could have imagined, actually. When new wave erupted on the back end of punk, there was Blondie, with great hooks, crisp beats and a sul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    The Misfits - House of Blues - 10-04-2011

    Javier Cabral​The Misfits and The Dickies House of Blues 10-05-2011 More than three decades in, The Misfits are still doing it, with or without Glenn Danzig. To the orthodox practitioner of punk rock, watching these guys play power chords is as big as watching Black Sabbath or Metallica. It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Damned If We Do

    KCRW BROADCAST #134 for Saturday, October 1, 2011 Fanatics! And so we begin the month of October. My personal favorite month of the year. This month, we are lucky enough to have five Saturday nights. Taking advantage of this, we will be playing the first five Damned albums in their entirety, one a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    The Five Most Underrated East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands Of All Time

    Javier Cabral​See also: *East L.A. Backyard Punk Scene Rages On As Uninhibited and Intoxicated As Ever *The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands *Reviewed: Stomp-Outz, The Lumberjacks, Who Gives A Fuck in a Backyard on West 79th St. Last week I wrote about movers and shakers on the curren ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2011

    D Generation - The Troubadour - September 24, 2011

    Lina LecaroSinger Jesse Malin finds his way to the bar ​D Generation at The Troubadour September 24, 2011 Better than... shows where the lead singer doesn't leave the stage, head to the bar, and throw back some tequila. Though they sweat and bleed New York, D Generation has an L.A. fan ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands

    Jennie Warren​[Editors' note: In this week's print edition Javier Cabral has a downright amazing piece on the eastside backyard punk scene. See also Jennie Warren's excellent slideshow.] Growing up in the East L.A., it seemed like everyone tried to form a punk band. Even I did. The scene goes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Rancid - House of Blues Anaheim - 9/7/11

    Keith PlocekTim Armstrong​Rancid, Agnostic Front House of Blues Anaheim Downtown Disney September 7, 2011 Better than: Knocking down brews with your bros at ESPN Zone. Sing the song of shirtless guy, he's sweating all over you... The House of Blues is smack-dab in Downtown Disney: no smoki ... More >>

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