The birth year of punk rock
The movement that caused a rupture in the musical genre was born 50 years ago, and even then it had a tendency to become bloated
Amy Taylor, singer of Amyl and the Sniffers: From selling nuts to opening for AC/DC
The Australian is the punk feminist the music industry needed. Music icons admire her, and the band members readily embrace the singer’s leading role: ‘We’re a vessel for her message’
How emos survived their sadness: The ashes of an extinct urban tribe on the verge of resurrection
Bangs, heavy eyeliner, black skinny jeans, and melancholy — these were the trademarks of the emo subculture, which experienced a massive boom among teenagers in the 2000s. Now, it seems to have disappeared. But could it make a comeback with Generation Alpha?
‘You want to play like him? You’ll break your hand’: 20 years on since the death of Johnny Ramone, the guitarist who changed rock
Famous for his bad temper and frosty relationship with the band’s singer, who stole his girlfriend, the musician was the third of the Ramones to pass away in a very short period. Although he barely wrote any songs, he led the group with an iron fist
Delilah Holliday remains punk: ‘Streaming platforms are a necessary evil’
The British singer’s most recent album protests different social issues while making people dance in the dark
Kid Congo Powers, the flaming Chicano who melted the boundaries of rock with The Cramps, Gun Club and Nick Cave
This pioneer of punk, cult guitarist, ex-heroin addict and homosexual activist is presenting a memoir and a new musical project
The Kills didn’t break up. They were partying
After a six-year hiatus, the rock duo makes a comeback with ‘God Games,’ an album that explores gods, faith and the enduring power of music
The influence of music on politics: Can punk, folk, or rap change the world?
An essay on the sociopolitical themes in the lyrics written by Joe Strummer, lead singer of The Clash, has inspired the debate about the impact popular songs have on an individual’s ideological views
Wild nights, wilder mornings at New York’s CBGB music venue
The documentary ‘At the Matinée’ depicts what went on during the day in and around New York’s punk mecca
The Hives: ‘We’ve never done guitar solos, listened to ABBA or had long hair’
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The most popular band in Scandinavian rock, which released a new album this month, refuses to grow up
The ordeal and salvation of Tim Armstrong, ‘the Bob Dylan of punk’ went into rehab to form Rancid: ‘It was like a Rocky movie’
The singer and guitarist, currently touring for the group’s latest album, has surprised everyone by reuniting for a new project this year with Jesse Michaels, his former bandmate from three decades ago in Operation Ivy
NOFX singer Fat Mike: ‘Punk is played by cool people, not jerks’
The legendary band, part of the California explosion of the 1990s, is signing off after a 40-year career with a farewell tour
Keep your grubby hands off punk
The far-right should stop appropriating a cultural movement that was against authoritarianism, racism and sexism
Can punks go to Mass? Transgressing is no longer what it used to be
In recent decades, questioning the established order has gained acceptance. According to the Spanish philosopher Alberto Santamaría, ‘When one punches, the fist ends up inside the body that it intends to destroy’
‘A dreadful ballad’: Johnny Rotten’s Eurovision entry that could kill punk once and for all
‘Hawaii’ has received terrible reviews, but the Sex Pistols frontman believes it is the ideal song to represent Ireland at a festival that symbolizes the polar opposite of who he once was
How the Kardashians turned punk legend Travis Barker into the media star of 2022
The drummer from Blink-182 has been successful on stage and off, with his marriage to Kourtney Kardashian putting him back in the headlines
Memories of two punk legends, Marky Ramone and Clem Burke: “There’s nothing too negative about fame: money always follows”
The drummers of the historic bands The Ramones and Blondie are set to join each other in Ibiza to play together, for the first time, the music that shaped their lives–and those of millions of fans
Dude, where’s my car?
In 1986, Joe Strummer managed to lose his Dodge 3700 GT somewhere in Madrid A new documentary traces the time the former singer from The Clash spent in the capital
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