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Punk Rock

  • Music

    May 9, 2012

    John Doe: Survivor

    Why X is the last band standing.

  • Music

    March 28, 2012

    Punk Poetry

    Acclaimed songwriter John K. Samson weighs in on some of punk rock's greatest storytellers.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    NOFX Play Wasted, Fans Don't Care at the King Cat Last Night

    NOFX Tuesday, Jan. 24 King Cat Theater NOFX are famous for a lot of things, and though their humor, politics and independence may spring to mind first, their penchant for partying is also legendary. Over the course of their nearly 30 years together, the band has become world class at playing gigs f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Tell Me About That Album: Heart Beats Pacific by Banner Pilot

    ​With NOFX tackling our questions last week, that makes two punk rock bands in a row for our Tell Me About That Album feature, as labelmates Banner Pilot go under the microscope this week. We chatted with bassist and primary songwriter Nate Gangelhoff, who answered questions about the band's t ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    Tell Me About That Album: NOFX's Punk in Drublic

    Fat Mike sizes up a classic nearly 20 years after its release.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Tell Me About That Album: Punk in Drublic by NOFX

    ​Humorous, political and staunchly independent, NOFX are one of the great punk rock bands of all-time. They were at the forefront of the '90s punk rock wave that made rock stars out of Green Day, The Offspring and Rancid, and you'd be hard pressed to find a list of important punk records that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Dave Hernandez Derek Erdman's Total Poseurs DJing the Office Happy Hour at the Crocodile Tonight

    It's a slow night for live music--not surprising, considering it's a Monday and a short holiday week. If you're still looking to get out, though, we recommend Crocodile's back bar. In tonight's installment of the Office Industry Happy Hour series, local artist Derek Erdman will be DJing punk rock tu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2011

    Youth of Today

    It's a slow night for live music--not surprising, considering it's a Monday and a short holiday week. If you're still looking to get out, though, we recommend Crocodile's back bar. In tonight's installment of the Office Industry Happy Hour series, local artist Derek Erdman will be DJing punk rock tu ... More >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2011

    (Un)Sound Fest

    The financial difficulties of local punk promoters have left many performers at the debut festival underpaid.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Kathleen Hanna Documentary The Punk Singer Needs Thousands of Dollars to Finish Editing

    Original riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna was memorialized in film earlier this year in Kerthy Fix's documentary Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour; now the Brooklyn filmmaker Sini Anderson is taking a more extended look at Hanna's life with her own film, The Punk Singer. Of the film, Anderson writes: Th ... More >>

  • Music

    August 10, 2011

    Sound Fest: New Punk(s)

    A Seattle festival launches in the shadow of Warped's enduring legacy.

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2011

    Who's the Better Rock Band: Fucked up or "The Rolling Stones"?

    My shoes (last year's Cons) before Fucked Up; after below​There was a lot I wanted to see (and did see) yesterday, but there were only two sets I was wholly determined to see: Canadian hardcore juggernaut Fucked Up and Seattle's own "The Rolling Stones." Both were playing indoors: Fucked Up at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Battle of the Block Party Beardos: Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington versus Fucked Up's Damian Abraham in a Hot, Sweaty, Shirts-Off Bear-Off

    Via Bears I'm Jealous OfIn the left corner, Tim Harrington; in the right, Damian Abraham​Tim Harrington of dance-punk pranksters Les Savy Fav and Damian Abraham of post-hardcore howlers Fucked Up are two of the most sweaty, bearish bruisers going in rock music and since both excellent bands ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Dropkick Murphys Bring Their Concept Record and a Little Bit of Boston to the Paramount

    Dave Lake​Dropkick Murphys Paramount Monday, June 27 The mere concept of a concept album is often enough to make most rock fans bristle (Kilroy Was Here, anyone?). Add punk rock to the mix and many fans will head screaming for the hills. But as Green Day proved in 2004 with American Idiot, an ... More >>

  • Music

    May 11, 2011

    Virgin Islands: Feels Like the First Time

    A conversation about unforgettable firsts.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Punks Celebrate Easter at the Church of OFF!

    Dave Lake​OFF! Sunday, April 24 Neumos Punks, by nature, tend to be heathens, questioning the importance of religion and just about every other societal construct. So how better to celebrate Christianity's second-biggest holiday than with loud, fierce, early '80s-style hardcore at Neumos with ... More >>

  • Music

    April 20, 2011

    How Keith Morris Got OFF!

    "This is my chance to relive some of my old glory from Black Flag."

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Tit Pig Starts a Mosh Pit in a Kitchen on Saturday Night

    Rylan Morris SchererTit Pig​Local thrash provocateurs Tit Pig might not seem like the sort of band that would create opportunities for etiquette lessons, but that was the case at a house show this past Saturday. The show began as an early evening BBQ, and Tit Pig started playing just before du ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2010

    Bad Religion

    Rylan Morris SchererTit Pig​Local thrash provocateurs Tit Pig might not seem like the sort of band that would create opportunities for etiquette lessons, but that was the case at a house show this past Saturday. The show began as an early evening BBQ, and Tit Pig started playing just before du ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Forks High School Students Suspended For Wearing Sex Pistols Shirts

    God Save The First Amendment ​The first band T-shirt I ever purchased was a black and white Sex Pistols "Pretty Vacant" tee back in 1995. I was in the 7th grade. At the time, most kids just giggled at the word "Sex," having no idea who the most influential punk rock band of the era was (sorry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    My 3 Favorite Ramones Anthems, Without Which I Don't Know Where We'd Be

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Rock and roll was having a great go at it from the '50s into the '70s. Somewhere around 1973 or so though, things became less unpredictable and more soft and corporate ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2010

    Sara Marcus

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Rock and roll was having a great go at it from the '50s into the '70s. Somewhere around 1973 or so though, things became less unpredictable and more soft and corporate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Today: Eric Davidson of New Bomb Turks Book Signing at Easy Street in Queen Anne

    ​Eric Davidson spent the 90s fronting the Ohio punk band New Bomb Turks; now he's written a book about it. We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 is the tale of the later generation of punk rock, or what Davidson calls the "first and only book on the last great wave of punk rock." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Tonight: Maxwell & Jill Scott @ Key Arena, The Buzzcocks at El Corazon

    ​Maxwell & Jill Scott, with Guy Torry. Key Arena, 305 Harrison St., 682-8225. 7 p.m. $39.50-$150. All ages. Drawing on his most recent chart-topping release BLACKsummers'night as well as 1996's multi-platinum Urban Hang Suite, the Brooklyn-born Maxwell's silky vocal stylings ponder love and em ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2010

    Buzzcocks

    ​Maxwell & Jill Scott, with Guy Torry. Key Arena, 305 Harrison St., 682-8225. 7 p.m. $39.50-$150. All ages. Drawing on his most recent chart-topping release BLACKsummers'night as well as 1996's multi-platinum Urban Hang Suite, the Brooklyn-born Maxwell's silky vocal stylings ponder love and em ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Black Flag - My War Revisited

    "Swimming in the mainstream, is such a lame dream."​Listened to Black Flag's My War again. I wrote about this seminal album a couple of years ago and need to stress again what an impact this work had on Grunge music. We know that Grunge is a mix of old school heavy rock and punk. And that's w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    I've Been Playing Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and Zodiac Midwarp

    Sex PistolsDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Next week I will be playing a show in Phoenix with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols. He is probably my all-time favorite guy to play with, and, really, just ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    Saul Williams

    Sex PistolsDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Next week I will be playing a show in Phoenix with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols. He is probably my all-time favorite guy to play with, and, really, just ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2009

    The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

    Sex PistolsDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Next week I will be playing a show in Phoenix with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols. He is probably my all-time favorite guy to play with, and, really, just ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2009
  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    My Records of the 1970s

    Duff McKagan writes for Reverb every Monday and Thursday.​Being the youngest of eight kids exposed me to a LOT of music that my older brothers and sisters were listening to at any given point during my youth. Some of my earliest memories are of leafing through album covers like the Beatles' Sg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    My iPod: From Prince to Judas Priest

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.​I had the chance to take part in a Camp Freddy gig down in L.A. last weekend at the House of Blues. Camp Freddy is a sort of rock-and-roll collective that gets together once in a while to play some gig or another (from fundraisers to straigh ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2009

    The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.​I had the chance to take part in a Camp Freddy gig down in L.A. last weekend at the House of Blues. Camp Freddy is a sort of rock-and-roll collective that gets together once in a while to play some gig or another (from fundraisers to straigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Can You Hear Me Now?

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.My column from last week ("Summer Vacation, the Black Bag, and a Mini-Tirade (Or Two)") received more response than any other column in the near-year I've been doing this thing for Seattle Weekly. In my "mini-tirade," I quickly took a swipe at thos ... More >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    Rocket Queen: The Punk-Metal Equation

    The Ruby Doe and Red Fang do the math.

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2009

    Green Day

    Friday, July 3

  • Music

    July 1, 2009
  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Live Music Roundup: Wednesday, June 17

    Seminal, reunited punk band the Germs play Neumos tonight with Poison Idea, Krum Bums and the Bloodclots. It's hard to know how to feel about this, since the Germs broke up after original lead singer Darby Crash made good on his promise to commit suicide-- and he must be rolling in his grave to know ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2009

    New York Dolls

    Wednesday, May 27

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Rocket Queen: Annihilate This Week

    The Melvins turn 25 and Big Business expands.

  • Music

    April 8, 2009

    The Assault of the Valkyries

    Punk-rock goddesses batter Seattle’s eardrums with their debut record.

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2009

    Agent Orange

    Friday, February 20

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Duff McKagan: Alternative To What?

    Kurt Bloch, left, at Sub Pop's 20th anniversary party at Hattie's Hat on April 2. Photo by Sarah Joann Murphy. Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.I got an email the other day with a question from a friend who was basically trying to settle a bet. The argument was over what actually ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2008

    The Faint

    Kurt Bloch, left, at Sub Pop's 20th anniversary party at Hattie's Hat on April 2. Photo by Sarah Joann Murphy. Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.I got an email the other day with a question from a friend who was basically trying to settle a bet. The argument was over what actually ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Some Show Suggestions For This Evening

    Kurt Bloch, left, at Sub Pop's 20th anniversary party at Hattie's Hat on April 2. Photo by Sarah Joann Murphy. Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.I got an email the other day with a question from a friend who was basically trying to settle a bet. The argument was over what actually ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    The Copyrights

    Monday, July 21

  • Music

    June 25, 2008

    My Life Into, and Inside, Flipper

    Your mother won’t like proto-grunge.

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2008

    NOFX, No Use for a Name, American Steel

    Your mother won’t like proto-grunge.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    Revisiting Black Flag's My War

    Your mother won’t like proto-grunge.

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2008

    Bowie Vs. T-Rex Night

    Sending up rock’s glam gods

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