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A listing of the lineup for the 2010 Vans Warped Tour as its released.
Hayley Williams and Paramore gives the crowd a dose of pop punk at the 2007 Van's Warped Tour, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
If you've made it here, you're obviously interested in the history of punk music. Who wouldn't be?
Due to its major players, punk is an interesting cultural movement that peaked once in the late '70s and early '80s, and appears to be peaking again. Now is an exciting time for punk music, and it's easiest to figure out what's going on when you know what's already happened.
A listing of the lineup for the 2009 Vans Warped Tour as its released, with the dates the bands will be playing.
If you're getting ready to celebrate the holidays, here are 10 songs to make the season bright.
2009 was a good year for hardcore, street and punk in general. Here's a list of the best punk albums of 2009.
Following its beginnings, punk rock quickly split into a multitude of subgenres. Each would have a strong following and distinctive sound.
Whether or not you're Irish, you're bound to get into the infectious sounds of Celtic Punk. Old favorites like the the Pogues as well as more recent bands like Flogging Molly are going strong, bringing Irish-influenced punk rock to the entire world.
Punk rock and politics have never been strangers. Here are the names in political punk rock that you should know.
Florida's Christian metal powerhouse, Underoath, performs at the 2007 Van's Warped Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In the late '80s, punk rock would really begin to be shaping itself into the scene we know today.
I knew Anti-Flag's set was going to be politically-charged. What I didn't expect was how much energy they would display in the heat, or how much they could get the crowd going.They are one of the closest things that the punk scene has to the great protest singers of the Vietnam era, and if anyone can get the kids politically active, it will be these guys, high kicks and all.
If you really want to know about punk, you need to know the fundamentals. This list of 20 is a good place to start.
Tim McIlrath of Rise Against discusses the band's new album, and his feelings on political activism and the face of politics in punk rock today.
A collection of our favorite Warped Tour memories from recent years.
A listing of the 20 best punk albums of the past decade, spanning 2000-2009
Following 2004's American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown will be another punk rock opera that shows the way Green Day is headed.
The schedule for the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
2008 was a good year for hardcore, street and punk in general. Here's a list of the best punk albums of 2008.
Brody Dahle of the Distillers and Spinnerette talks about the end of the Distillers and the beginning of her new band Spinnerette. Brody Dalle also talks about being a mother.
Whether you're putting together a soundtrack for a Halloween party or simply listening to music on your way to a horror flick, here are some great recommendations for those of us who like our punk rock with a dash of the horrific.
As emo and pop punk music has started to take over the Warped Tour, the Casualties are one of the last of a handful of true hardcore punk bands still on the tour. Check out Nicole Lucas' exclusive photos from the Detroit stop on the tour.
Here are 10 albums no self-respecting hardcore fan should be without.
Five leftover tracks that didn't make it to 'Coaster,' 'Cokie the Clown' is in many ways more powerful than the songs that did, a 'Cokie the Clown' offers a rare glimpse into the mind of NOFX's Fat Mike.
Because punk music managed to develop a rich history in a relatively short period of time, there are many books devoted to the topic. Here are a few recommendations.
One of the hip-hop acts that made it to Warped Tour this year, Colorado's 3OH!3, a duo consisting of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte, is an act that is catching on, even in the punk scene. Not afraid to make fun of themselves, 3OH!3 is also not afraid to make the punks dance.
Kirk Hammett of Metallica discusses the making of Guitar Hero Metallica.
2007 was a great year for punk rock. It may have turned 30, but it doesn't seem to be slowing down.
This is an interview with Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello. In it, he talks about touring, and the influence behind the Gypsy Punk Revolution.
Although they were around for a relatively short time, no other punk band generated more press, or created a bigger uproar, then the Sex Pistols. In their brief existence, they created the trademark punk rock sound and image.
Call it crunkcore if you want, just don't call Brokencyde's I'm Not A Fan But The Kids Like It! good.
On Crash Love, AFI is reexploring who they are as a band, and tackling social and political themes at the same time.
With all of the bands at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour, it might be hard to decide who to see. We've nailed down our best bets for the 2009 Vans Warped Tour.
Chicago hardcore band Rise Against is dark and intense, both musically and politically.
Here's a list of great gift ideas for anyone on your list who's into punk rock, and also a great list of ideas of things to ask for.
With a lineup that competed with the Warped Tour for exciting live performances, 2007's Shout It Loud Tour brought Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake to the same stage for some fun, energetic dance-worthy punk rock and ska.
With the arrest of Elgin Nathan James, the leader of FSU, for extortion, FSU is making news again. You might be wondering who FSU is, what FSU stands for, or where FSU came from. Here is a brief profile of Friends Stand United.
With a lineup that competed with the Warped Tour for exciting live performances, 2007's Shout It Loud Tour brought Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake to the same stage for some fun, energetic dance-worthy punk rock and ska.
Following in the footsteps of the Pogues, the Dropkick Murphys take traditional Irish music and mix it up with punk, Oi! and hardcore.
Here are the punk rock stories that caught our attentions this year.
A listing of links to the tour dates of punk bands currently on tour.
YouTube is one of the best places for perusing video records of punk's history. Here are some of our favorite and least favorite video clips.
On 'It's All Happening,' iwrestledabearonce have reinvented grindcore, making iwrestledabearonce and 'It's All Happening' both really innovative.
A definition of post-hardcore that does little to define it all.
Following 2006’s widely successful release, 'The Sufferer & The Witness', Rise Against has released 'Appeal To Reason', a record that proves the band is not content to rest on the laurels of the sound and following they’ve developed.
TAT at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
The crowd gets into it at the 2007 Van's Warped Tour, on July 23, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On the tail end of the Stooges and the MC5 in Detroit, New York punk was beginning. The advent of clubs like CBGB were giving bands a place to play, and New York was ripe for punk to explode. Here are 10 songs from New York's punk pioneers that create a historical document and a great mix tape.
The man behind the Warped Tour takes a few minutes out of his never ending business to chat.
Arguably the first all-girl punk band, The Slits started simply because they thought they should, and music was probably never the same.
More than a historical piece, Punk's Not Dead is an exploration of the ideals of punk rock and what it means to punk.
A movement spawned within the hardcore scene in the '80s, followers of the straight edge movement have made a commitment to abstain from using drugs, alcohol and tobacco products.
Green Day may be the most famous punk band to do a concept album with American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, but Green Day was neither the first or the best.
Since 1995, The Vans Warped Tour has been bringing punk rock and extreme sports to a parking lot near you.
Although it got less attention than the scene in New York, the California punk scene of the late '70s and early '80s, specifically in L.A., was creating punk music that would be as influential and good as its East Coast cohorts. Here are 10 early songs you should know by heart.
Despite the fact that we were only able to get 20 minutes of the band's set, we were treated to 20 minutes of high energy psychobilly from one of the hottest bands on Hellcat's roster right now.
A profile of Mest and its frontman Tony Lovato, the band identified as the victims of the alleged FSU extortion case.
The latest from Chicago hardcore rockers is a dark, vaguely political look at what's going on in the world around us.
A profile of the Clash, the "only band that ever mattered".
A list of release dates for upcoming punk rock new releases.
Girl in a Coma
Hailing from London, the Pogues are truly the founders of the Celtic punk movement. Blending traditional Irish Folk with politics and punk rock energy, they paved the way for many bands to come.
On Jemina Pearl's solo album, the former vocalist for Be Your Pet has reemerged with a new sound. Unfortunately, Jemina Pearl is now a pop singer.
Green Day would never have existed without the Buzzcocks. The invented the pop punk sound that many of today's popular punk bands utilize.
Funeral For A Friend brings some British post-hardcore to the south at the 2007 Van's Warped Tour, on July 23, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The rockabilly band from Ausralia, The Living End has been going strong for well over a decade, and they just continue to get tighter as a band.
While the Sex Pistols and the Clash were defining British punk, the Ramones were creating the American punk sound in two-minutes bursts.
If you've never been to the Warped Tour before, you may not have realized it won't be like any other concert you've been to. There's a definite list of essentials you'll want to take with you in order to have the most fun.
As another Warped Tour wraps up and takes summer away with it, photographer Brendon Sharpe brings us this series of photo highlights from the Charlotte, NC date.
With, Old Crows/Young Cardinals, Alexisonfire's first album in three years, Alexisonfire is reinventing themselves, and Old Crows/Young Cardinals is their best album to date.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Orlando, Florida, on July 24, 2009.
No matter where you're at, nothing evokes a hot southern night like a swinging set from NC's Squirrel Nut Zippers.
With the arrest of Elgin Nathan James on a federal extortion charge, much of the country is being clued into the existence of FSU, a hardcore punk organization founded by James. As the story unfolds, we're compiling all of the information here.
Raw, powerful and dark, Black Flag is considered by many to be both the first hardcore punk rock band and one of the most influential punk bands in the states.
Mark Spitz has created a book on the band that is in-depth and interesting, with minimal amounts of the fluff that would appeal to Green Day's teenage fans. In doing so, he has created a book that will appeal to many fans of punk in general, even those who don't like what the band has become today.
Photos of the music and madness that was SXSW 2009.
Blatantly political, blatantly sarcastic, blatantly punk rock... that's NOFX.
Less Than Jake at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
Motown's music is much more than just Motown Music. Check out this sample of the punk bands in Detroit.
On 'Trio B.C.,' Girl in a Coma have proven that they can evolve, making Trio B.C. an even better record than 'Both Before I'm Gone', Girl in A Coma's first release.
Depending on what your gauge is, punk's age changes. But if you're gauging it off of the Pistols, Clash and Ramones, it's 30 this month, and here's DK's birthday present.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 at Dallas Texas, on July 5, 2009.
Part of the first wave of British Punk, Siouxsie and the Banshees, also went on to pave the way for the new wave and goth bands that would come later.
Anti-Flag at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
Brats On The Beat is a collection of kid-friendly versions of Ramones songs. Performed by real punk musicians, this should be an essential album in any parent's collection.
Coaster, the latest from NOFX, is nothing new for the band. But with NOFX, it doesn't have to be.
An interview with Steven Bradley of iwrestledabearonce, where he discusses the inlfuences that lead to the odd sounds of iwrestledabearonce.
Girl In A Coma wsg Toxic Shock Syndrome
In this interview with Gene Louis, the frontman for Bullets And Octane, he talks about touring and the meaning behind the new album.
Despite the fact that we were only able to get 20 minutes of the band's set, we were treated to 20 minutes of high energy psychobilly from one of the hottest bands on Hellcat's roster right now.
Rockabilly, glam, ska... is there anything Hellcat can't do? Not when they're putting together a tour.
One of the founders of political American hardcore, the Dead Kennedys went after Reagan-era economics and commercialism with a vengeance.
Boston's Mouth Sewn Shut meld hardcore and crust with reggae rhythms to create a sound all their own.
One of the bands credited with the resurgence in popularity of punk rock in the states, Green Day is one of the most popular and commercially successful punk bands in U.S. Over the course of their career, Green Day has captured three Grammys, and Green Day has sold over 65 million records.
With 'Underneath the Owl,' Riverboat Gamblers have evolved and matured without losing any of the energy that makes their live shows so incredible.
The long-awaited followup to 'On The Cover,' MXPX is back with more covers on 'On The Cover II."
From the same scene that brought you the Ducky Boys and Dropkick Murphys, Witches With Dicks serve up a hefty helping of Boston blue-collar street punk.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Detroit, Michigan, on July 31, 2009.
Flatfoot 56 Live at the Magic Stick, Detroit, October 2, 2008
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Calgary, Alberta, on August 12, 2009.
With Let the Dominoes Fall, Rancid has released what Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong calls his favorite Rancid album yet.
MySpace darling Jon Vesely is back with another album, fully-fleshed and lusher than a bucket of... some other things that are lush.
They never intended to be band, but Goons of Doom had so much fun pretending to be a band that they kept with it. It was a good call.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, on July 10, 2009.
A profile and biography of Blood or Whiskey, the Celtic Irish punk band from Leixlip, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.
Mad Sin serves up psychobilly, rockabilly, country and punk. It's the last thing you'd expect from a German band.
On Ten Glorious Animals, old schoolers Alice Donut explore more than ten glorious sounds. Way more.
With a new album on Virgin Records and a slot on this summer's Warped Tour, The Starting Line are picking up speed fast. The Starting Line' frontman, Kenny Vasoli, lets us know just how things are going.
A history and profile of Epitaph Records, the home of Bad Religion, Rancid, The Offspring, NOFX, Pennywise and the Bouncing Souls.
A phrase coined by Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz, Gypsy punk has been expanded to include a blend of punk and world music.
On Skeleton Crew Records (owned by Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance), New Tomorrow is bringing back old school hardcore. On 'We're Counting On The Youth,' New Tomorrows hardcore sound is a blast from the past that smells like fresh air.
Gogol Bordello's latest release is a swirling Eastern European dance party, complete with fiddle, accordion, and the nice addition of electric guitars.
Bouncing Souls at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
A profile and biography of Flogging Molly, a Celtic punk band from Los Angeles, California.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Los Angeles, California, on August 23, 2009.
Photo Gallery - The Tossers with The Mighty Stef, March 11, 2009, The Crofoot, Pontiac
A brief biography of the Chicago Celtic punk band Flatfoot 56.
Intense, energetic and fiercely political, Pittsburgh's Anti-Flag works to be a radical political voice for American punk rock.
Former Dropkick Murphy Mike McColgan is back with 'State Of Grace', the third from blue-collar Boston punks the Street Dogs.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Denver, Colorado, on August 9, 2009.
A Celtic punk band, the Tossers are known for scathing political rants wrapped in punk rock, as well as for more traditional Irish drinking tunes, accompanied by mandolin, fiddle, tin whistle and banjo
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Seattle, Washington, on August 15, 2009.
Photos of the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
My First Time: A Collection Of First Punk Show Stories is simply what the title implies...
Whether you consider her the godmother of punk, the first riot grrl, or simply a great rock and roll musician, the simple fact is that Joan Jett's latest album is solid, fun rock and roll.
Professional skateboarder Mike Vallely discusses touring, his new band and the way skateboarding and punk rock go together.
Frank Turner, former singer for Million Dead, went unplugged, and on Poetry of the Deed, Turner has probably made his punkest record yet.
You probably won't ever hear Danzig with the Misfits again, so 'Manmade Monsters' by Plan 9 might be the next best thing.
Girl In A Coma is one of the latest bands to come out on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records, and based on what I've heard so far from this label I'm yet to be convinced that Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna can do any wrong when it comes to choosing young bands and producing stellar records.
A solidly influential death rock band from California, Burning Image has been out of the loop for over 20 years. Fantasma changes this. With Fantasma, Burning Image brings their dark sound back to the light.
A definition of Celtic Punk, and a listing of some Celtic Punk Bands.
Bad Religion at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake prove there are other big summer shows besides the Warped Tour.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, on August 1, 2009.
A profile and discography of The Vandals, a punk rock band that has been largely successful despite never having signed to a major label.
Thursday is promising an evolution of their post-hardcore sound with their latest release, Common Existence.
Barb, the vocalist from I Object, discusses what it means to be DIY, and what it takes to make a DIY tour.
On the Inevitability of a Strange World, Halifax brings out a helping of Crue-inspired hardcore that really rocks.
The latest from New Found Glory, Coming Home is a poppy masterpiece that's a bit light on substance.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 23, 2009.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 9, 2009.
There have been a lot of great albums this year, and it was tough to pick out the best. For my picks, I focused on some albums from a handful of subgenres. Some are heavy, some are simply fun, but all of them have maximum replay value. If you got any records this year, these should have been on your list.
3OH!3 at the 2009 Vans Warped Tour
Although he's currently with Ministry, Raven's been everywhere. This interview is more a collection of recollections than anything.
A list of the lineup for Warped Tour 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 2, 2009.
