Yesterday brought some sad news, folks. Our favorite post punkers, the Nashville quartet Be Your Own Pet just announced through a press release on their MySpace blog, that the band will officially disband soon. “To all of our fans, we are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK are going to be our last as a band. We thank you for all your love and support these past few…
John Lydon, or Johnny Rotten as the Sex Pistols frontman is more commonly known, has always had an authority issue, after all the anarchist within him sparked the iconic punk movement, back in the ’70s. His latest mischief, however, is of a more serious manner. It seems Lydon, as reported by TMZ.com, has been sued for physical aggression, by his former assistant Roxane Davis. The lawsuit, filled at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims…
The punk pioneers are back, and they’re here to stay for good. Since their tumultuous reunion, The Sex Pistols have stirred up the contemporary punk scene a great deal and have managed to influx a dose of retro, still fresh pure punk rock to their fans. This of course has left the band’s followers asking for more and seeing how Johnny Rotten and co. have always been considerate about their fans, they’ve decided to go…
Constantines are back in full force, after subsequently releasing a new record a few weeks ago in their northern homelands, in the form of Kensington Heights. “Hard Feelings” is the record’s first single, a hard stumped rocker, in all the power of the word. On the actual video is really cool, being a mixture of Sin City-like noir cinematography and Kaiser Chief’s cityscape Ruby. Kensigton Heights is out now in Canada and 4/29 in the…
The Californian punk quartet, The Offspring, have just revealed to their eagerly awaiting fans, that they’ve finally manged to finish recording their latest studio effort “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace,” the band’s first album in five years, since the 2003 Splinter. “After over a year of recording, I’m happy to announce that we are finishing up our CD this week. We’ve worked really hard on this and I think it’s some of the best…
A compilation of Joy Division’s best songs, spanning across their two iconic album career, is set to for release sometime at the end of March. The compilation is suggestively titled “The Best Of Joy Division” and will be comprised of two discs; the first features all the band’s hit singles, while the second will feature an interview with the band’s late singer, Ian Curtis, and drummer Stephen Morris, conducted by Richard Skinner. Besides the interview,…
In some cases, some bands would rather play in disguise, either as a marketing plan, either because they really want to make something special without being drawed back by some disadvantages of celebrity. Recently there has been a lot of fuss around such a band. A band strongly rumoured to be Green Day in disguise are set to release their debut single. Most people claim it’s obvious they are Green Day because of the guitar…
The festival is set to take place the weekend of June 13-15 and it will be headlined (as the title says) by the Offspring, as well as Welsh rockers Lostprophets and another legendary but still secret band (secretly and heavily rumoured to be Kiss). Other bands are heavy metal gods Judas Priest and Finnish love metallers (is this really a genre? what the ?!) HIM. Another good news is the fact that the Offspring is…
The punk quartet of [tag]Against Me![/tag] just released the video, for their latest single “Stop,” just in time for the US elections, as they remind us to “stop, take some time to think, figure out what’s important.” Solid advice guys, that’s something we should all do more often. As for the video, it features the Florida new wavers chilling on the couch, as their alter egos play on TV; the black and white effects do…
Chicago punk four piece. [tag]Rise Against[/tag], have just posted some updates, regarding the progress of their still untitled fifth album, on the band’s website. After wrapping up a busy year of touring with the Taste of Chaos. a handful of radio shows and two holiday shows in Canada, we were spent and glad to get home. Presently we are writing and demo-ing for what will become our next record. Don’t expect it too soon, we’re…
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