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Dick Slaughter takes in Punk in the Park’s Lucky Punks in the OC—featuring Bad Religion, the Dead Kennedys, the Aquabats, Lagwagon, Street Dogs, and maybe you.
Punk Rock Bowling Weekend: More than just a festival. Pool parties, late night club shows, The Punk Rock Museum, Evel Pie, Punk Rock Bowling Poker Tournament, and more!
John Greenwood covers Doll Fest—an all-ages, all-femme-fronted music and arts festival—at Cornerstone, Berkeley, CA, on March 1 & 2, featuring acts such as Bite Me Bambi, Slaughterhouse, Trap Girl, Dollheads, Katie Cash, Tess & The Details, Tsunami Bomb, and many more.
Agnostic Front / Murphy’s Law/ Violent Way. New York Blood U.S.A. Tour 2025, at The Sanctuary Hamtramck, MI 3/15/2025.
Finally, a chance to vote for something that matters!
Thirteen Punk Hunks are battling it out for the coveted title of In Spite Magazine’s Celebrity Punk Hunk of the Year. Candidates include: Dave Dictor, Jack Grisham, Paul Hostage, Peter Jones, Jim Pursey, Carol Hodge, Penny Rimbaud, Stan Lee, Gee Vaucher, Russell Mummy, Steve Ignorant, Blag Dahlia, and Lewis Peck.
Polls close on April 20th—vote wisely!
Pick It Up Media Presents: Punkerton Records’ Half Dizzy, The Boy Detective, and more.
Dropkick Murphys played 4 St. Patrick’s Day shows in Boston over the weekend, with a bevy of opening acts: The Kilograms, Cody Nilsen, Rebuilder, The Menzingers, Teenage Bottlerocket, Hot Water Music, and Bouncing Souls.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Three. Riptides, Let Me Downs, Grassy Knoll, Sex Pistols, Punter, Sunami, Pain of Truth, Bombardement, Tower of One, Armored Flu Unit and more!
Hardcore: D-BLOC, Bad Beat, Escalation of Force, Resolute, Killing Field at Edgemen Printing.
John Greenwood takes in The Exploited and Total Chaos at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, California.
Small Void speaks on grief, touring, and more.
Still a few tickets left for Orange County’s Lucky Punks! festival!
Dick Slaughter gives us a preview of the lineup featuring Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, The Aquabats, Lagwagon, Street Dogs, The Defiant, The Briggs, Pulley, and Hoist the Colors.
Expect food trucks, beer, and an all-day celebration of chaos and questionable life choices. Get your tickets while you still can!
Punk rock record reviews, 2025 part two. The Sissy Boys, Fight Back Mountain, Oh The Humanity!, Fucked Up, RBNX/The Car Bomb Parade, Grand Scheme, Sloppy Seconds, The Slime, R-NOT and more.
John Greenwood caught Patti Smith at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco
Dropkick Murphys hit The Anthem in Washington, DC, as the second stop on their St. Patrick’s Day tour.
Fear and Negative Approach at The Magic Bag, paying tribute to David Johansen and putting on a killer show.
In Spite Magazine, Proudly Presents CAT by Lob.
Kilmaine Saints traveled South to start off their St. Patrick’s Day tour.
Iggy Pop sets off on a world tour with stops in Japan, the EU, the UK, and Brazil. Along the way, he’ll appear at massive festivals and share the stage with the Sex Pistols, Queens of the Stone Age, Katy Perry, and Mariah Carey.
Phil Thorns takes in The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Les Big Byrd at Manchester’s Albert Hall.
John Greenwood sits down with Bite Me Bambi frontwoman Tahlena Chikami to chat about the band's new album, Eat This, and their upcoming appearance at Berkeley’s Doll Fest.
The 100 Greatest Punk Rock CDs of all time.
Dick Slaughter takes a deep dive into Knuckleheadz Band’s now-infamous McDonald’s show, which has caught the attention of mainstream media. Featuring exclusive, never-before-seen photos from competitive mixed martial artist, Punk Rock Fight Club member, and photographer The Real Deal Flacko. Watch the full uncut video, check out the official music video, and read an interview with Knucklehead Tom. Plus, links to the KTLA 5 news segment and info on upcoming shows (not at McDonald’s—probably).
Your girl at the rail talks about her top 5 most anticipated albums for the start of the new year.
Aggro or Die!, Cult of The Space Skull, The Meteors, EKG and Detroit 442 on a Saturday night.
Chris Estrada describes his upcoming stand-up event at the Punk Rock Museum, and answers the age-old question: What’s so funny about punk rock?
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025 Part One.
Punk In The Park invades Chandler, Arizona, with an incredible lineup featuring Bad Religion, Pennywise, Face to Face, Strung Out, The Casualties, The Adolescents, Guttermouth, Manic Hispanic, Catbite, The Dwarves, Cigar, The Last Gang, and The Implants—so far. But Paul Rotzler seems more preoccupied with the beer.
Dick Slaughter takes us through a year in review, showcasing his favorite photos and collaborations. Featuring more than 24 striking images, including Glen Matlock, Peter Vukmirovic Stevens, Penny Rimbaud, Bob Vylan, Carol Hodge, Steve Ignorant, Dick Lucas of Subhumans, Arrow de Wilde of Starcrawler, Punk Rock Bowling, Bass Wolf and Guitar Wolf, Snugs of Madness, Showtime and Tom of KnuckleHeadz Band, Sam King of Codefendants, N8NOFACE, Mosswood Meltdown, Cindy Wilson of The B-52s, the Pope of Trash John Waters, Papi Churro and Meat Flap, Rebellion Festivals, SVETLANAS, Sten Gun of Convict Class, Ralph Champagne (AKA Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves), Lily Hopkins of The Meffs, T.V. Smith, Andy Scott of The Sweet, 90WYSE, Duck Meyers, Gee Vaucher, Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill, Fat Mike of NOFX, Adam Gomez of The Dickies, Dirt Box Disco, crowd surfers, trading cards in mouths, and, of course, a bum.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Four. Bad Beat, D-Bloc, Reagan Youth, The Raging Nathans, The Manicdotes, Battering Ham, Soldiers of Destruction, The Strikeouts, Lion’s Law and more.