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Corporate Rock Sucks; This Book Doesn’t

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Ryan Bray 0 Comments Black Flag, Dinosaur Jr., Greg Ginn, Jim Ruland, MARK LANEGAN, Saint Vitus, SST Records, The Minutemen, The Stains

Jim Ruland takes on the history of one of the most storied and troubled labels in the American punk underground

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Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Metal! Remembrance 

RIP Jonny Z: A Megaforce Of A Human Being

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Brian O'Neill 0 Comments Anthrax, Dave Mustaine, Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As Lived, James Hetfield, Jon Zazula, Jonny Z, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, Marsha Zazula, Megaforce Records, Metallica, No Life Till Leather, Overkill, RIP

One of the founding fathers of American Thrash, Jon Zazula left behind a beautiful legacy of brutality

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Hardcore Punk 

Thirsty and Miserable: Black Flag’s Damaged Turns 40

November 3, 2021April 3, 2022 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1981, Black Flag, Chuck Dukowski, Damaged, Greg Ginn, Henry Rollins, Robo

Looking back on the album that changed American hardcore forevermore

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Hardcore Post-Hardcore Punk Rock 

Round Eye’s Own Chinese Democracy

September 15, 2021September 23, 2021 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Beijing, Bill Stevenson, China, Li Wei Yu, Mike Watt, Pete “Peetzo” Mazich, Rolling Stone, Round Eye, Secondmen, The Descendents

The Shanghai-based punk rock collective aim for the political protest jugular on Culture Shock Treatment 

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Hardcore Heavy Metal Indie Rock Noise Post-Punk Punk 

ALBUMS: Unsane’s Journey Through The Past

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Todd Manning 0 Comments Bad Lieutenant, Brooklyn, Chris Spencer, Heavy Traffic, Improvised Munitions & Demo, Lamb Unlimited, Taxi Driver, Unsane

Brooklyn’s most brutal band rediscover their salad days with Improvised Munitions & Demo

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Hardcore Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Punk Power Pop 

Celebrated Summer: New Day Rising Turns 35

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1985, Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Greg Norton, Husker Du, Joan Rivers, New Day Rising, SST

By 1985, Hüsker Dü reached the point of no return in succumbing to their pop sensibilities

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Experimental Hardcore Metal! Progressive Rock 

Greater Colorful Complexity:  Between the Buried and Me’s The Great Misdirect Turns 10

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2009, Between the Buried and Me, The Great Misdirect, The Parallax II: Future Sequence, Victory Records

A look back at a loud rock classic that stood at the crossroads of death metal and prog

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Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Records 

Bad Music For Bad People: A Listicle Not for the Always Woke, Ever Timid or Politically Correct

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Alice Cooper, Anti-Nowhere League, Body Count, Charles Manson, Dead Boys, Fear, Ice-T, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, Slayer, Sparks, Starz, The Beatles, The Cramps, The Only Ones, The Rotters, Tiger Lillies

The title is copped from the name of a great 1984 Cramps compilation album, and that’s kind of what this story is about

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Hardcore Punk 

How Low Can Punk Get?

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1979, Bad Brains, Dead Boys

Bad Brains and the legendary Black Dots

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Hardcore Punk 

Farewell Maximum Rocknroll

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 Jack Rabid 3 Comments

An original contributor looks back

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Alternative Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Hip Hop Punk Rock 

First We Take Seattle…

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 1 Comment Gillian G. Gaar, Green River, MUDHONEY, Nirvana, Seattle, Sub Pop

A look into Gillian G. Gaar’s history of the iconic Seattle imprint Sub Pop Records

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Hardcore Heavy Metal jazz Punk 

As The Würm Turns

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Black Flag, Chuck Dukowski, ORG Music, SST, Würm

Hardcore punk bass legend Chuck Dukowski reflects on his pre-Black Flag band

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