Rancid (Band)

Insta-Fest: Punk Rock Concert Canceled, "Skinhead Element" Said to Be Feared

News broke this morning that The Echo has cancelled what was to be the first installment of an event called Insta-Fest, to take place March 30. The punk rock festival, sponsored by Insta-Press Clothing, Durty Mick Records and others, was slated to feature a who's who of international punk and oi ban ... More >>

Skinhead Rob On His New Band Death March

Death March doesn't give a shit what you think about them. Then again, it wouldn't be punk rock if they did. The band is the latest collaboration between vocalist Rob Aston -- better known as "Skinhead Rob" from his work with Rancid -- Freddy Zepeda, Jimmy Zepeda, and 21-year-old bass player Arturo ... More >>

Music Picks: Hootenanny, The Moonbeams, Kamasi Washington

Also, Eleni Mandell, Endermen, The Lions

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Jimmy Cliff - Sonos Studio - 5/9/12

Jimmy Cliff Sonos Studio 5/9/12 Better than: Staying in and watching The Harder They Come. Sonos Studio had an auspicious debut in Los Angeles last night, hosting a evening of music and conversation with reggae legend Jimmy Cliff. Sonos, which opens to the public on Sunday, is a 4,000 square foot ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhap ... More >>

Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: #20-16

*Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Greatest Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre What we talk about when we talk about sex and rock 'n roll is often dudes, the lusty front men and axe-grinders who, perhaps, joined the band in the first place for the pu ... More >>

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 >>

Punk Rock Dads: Fuck The World? Nah, "For The Wee-ones"

​Forget about the brutality of slam pits, the relentless touring, and the struggle to maintain a viable career in a collapsing music industry. The scariest, most challenging endeavor many punk musicians have is raising a family. In the new documentary The Other F Word -- premiering tomorrow n ... More >>

The Other F Word Review

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 >>

Music Picks: Matt & Kim, Partch, Booker T, Motley Crue,

Also, Spain, Civil Wars, Bruno Mars and others

Travis Barker On His New Hip-Hop Record, Blink 182, The Transplants and his dream collab: Willie Nelson!

Lina Lecaro This drummer definitely gets some. ​ LA hook-ups and hang-outs played a major role in the forthcoming release by Travis Barker, "Can A Drummer Get Some," his hip-hop heavy solo debut featuring a who's who of rap superstars: Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, Pharell, RZA ... More >>

10 People You Love to Hate in the Pit at a Crowded Show

Timothy NorrisPit Pests, Rancid style​ Wooooooooooo!!!!! You got into the secret show everyone's trying to get into! Moreover, you've muscled and/or flirted your way into the front of crowd. You can smell the stage (among other things). You can look at the soles of your idols' shoes. Except y ... More >>

"Hardcore Is a Complete, Legitimate California-born Music Form": An Interview with "American Hardcore" Author Steven Blush, Who Speaks Today at Book Soup with Keith Morris and Others

​ In his 2001 compendium, American Hardcore: A Tribal History, New York writer and former promoter Steven Blush all but dispensed with your dad's glamorized spit-scabs-and-safety-pin punk, instead focusing on hundreds of DIY, anarchic hardcore bands from the scene's peak between 1980 and 198 ... More >>

Mongols vs. Hells Angels

Over The Weekend: Rancid at The Music Box

Timothy NorrisRancid mosh-pit at the Music Box looking exactly like you thought it would​ [For more exclusive photos, see Timothy Norris' slideshow "Rancid @ The Music Box".] Last Friday night the Music Box was stuffed to the brim with the unwashed masses of Los Angeles. Rainbow mohawks, bla ... More >>

This weekend: Rx Bandits, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, Muse, Abbot Kinney Festival, Epicenter Festival, Willie Nelson, Rancid, Waved Out II, Helmet

Rx Bandits​Few would have thought that the Orange County ska-punk kids who a decade ago started playing as the Pharmaceutical Bandits would grow up to be a Coachella band. But the quartet now known Rx Bandits has, their party in the desert last spring certifying Matt Embree and crew as musica ... More >>

Music Picks: Ooh La La Fest, Pavement, Beach House

Also, Kris Kristofferson, the Black Keys, Bettye Lavette and others

Alternative Press Celebrates 25th Anniversary with VIP Art Exhibit Featuring Marilyn Manson, Adam Jones, Shepard Fairey, Shirley Manson, Tim Armstrong, Travie McCoy and More

"Baby's on Fire," by Marilyn Manson​These days if a print publication is still around after 25 years, well, that's quite an accomplishment. Cleveland-based music and culture magazine, Alternative Press, started out as an underground fanzine in 1985 and has since become an internationally distr ... More >>

Free the Robots, Dr. John. Alex Cuba and Merle Haggard

Also, Bestial Mouths, The Dreaming, Echo Lush and Elevaters

Music Picks: Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Bad Religion, Non

Also, The Wedding Present, Phil Alvin and others

Birthday Girl

Rock Picks: Doves, Ceci Bastida, Carina Round, New York Dolls

Also, The Detroit Cobras, the Aggrolites, Loney Dear and others

LA People 2009: Punkissance Man — Tim Armstrong

WORN OUT: Warm and Wacky at the Detour Festival

Fashion Detour Ahead: Dreary weather made for some creative clothing ensembles at the LA Weekly Detour Music Fest last Saturday. Seen pounding the pavement at the outdoor gathering in the streets of downtown- scarves, knit hats, leg-warmers and the ubiquitous hoodie. Velvet Margarita's Big Daddy ... More >>

Outside of the Box

The fashion-hangover has finally faded. Please enjoy this weekend wrap-up looking as unstylishly comfortable as we do while writing it (in no makeup, old sweats and a ponytail). Ahhh. Smashbox, trashbox. The real cutting edge designers were ultimately seen everywhere else. Leading the way, P. Ka Bu ... More >>