R.I.P. Germs bassist Lorna Doom
Lorna Doom, bassist for the highly influential L.A. punk band Germs, has died. The news arrived in a Wednesday Facebook…
MaximumRocknroll to cease print publication after 37 years
The punk gods giveth, and the punk gods taketh away. Just a few days before today’s announcement that riot grrrl…
Iggy Pop recruits all his punk icon buddies for a new docuseries about the genre's history
Adding yet another project to his already packed schedule of performing, teaming up for Christmas tunes with William Shatner
An oral history of actual punks punching actual Nazis in the face
These days, it’s difficult to punch a Nazi without getting bogged down in some sort of philosophical debate about…
Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard is out here clowning on your dad on Twitter
Once upon a time, Finn Wolfhard was just that nice, moppet-headed boy who played polite, excitable Mike Wheeler on Stran…
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Laura Jane Grace puts a face and a name to gender dysphoria in Tranny
Most memoirs wait to be written until their writers have lived a full life. At 36, Laura Jane Grace doesn’t need to…
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An older, wiser, but no-less biting NOFX emerges on First Ditch Effort
For years, it seemed like time would never catch up with NOFX. The legendary L.A. outfit has always seemed to take joy…
Rediscovered punk gem Savage Beliefs is the Midwest answer to Rock ‘N’ Roll High School
Since the beginning of time, filmmakers have wanted to become musicians, and musicians filmmakers. From David Bowie to…
In honor of Henry Rollins’ Calvin Klein ad, a look back at punks in commercials
Henry Rollins was recently named one of the faces of Calvin Klein’s fall 2016 global ad campaign, alongside artists…
The team behind Green Room launches punk rock radio show
A new weekly radio show focused on punk rock is launching this week from film studio A24. Green Room Radio will feature…
It’s official: Blink-182 is the punkest band ever
Punk is a pretty difficult thing to quantify. What with all its different subgenres, ideological strains, and the fact…
David Bowie gave the punk movement both fuel and fire
“Five years / That’s all we got.” So sings David Bowie with apocalyptic doom in his 1972 song “Five Years.” It’s the…
Wreckless Eric was the punk rock record that wasn’t
Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.
With “Pie,” Karp makes learning delicious
In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: We’re celebrating Thanksgiving…
In 3 new books, does punk bark translate into non-fiction bite?
The professor, the prankster, and the poet: It might be too pat of a way to classify Greg Graffin, Ian Svenonius, and Ri…
This pop-punk “Closer To Fine” isn’t an ironic jab at Indigo Girls
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Some of our all-time favorite…
Now you can listen to Scott Thompson’s pre-Kids In The Hall band online
For the coolest kids in the early ’90s, The Kids In The Hall was the more interesting alternative to Saturday Night Live…
Director Scott Crawford on why Salad Days is more than a doc about D.C. hardcore
Few music scenes in history have been as influential—and as misunderstood—as Washington, D.C.’s hardcore scene of the…
Denver, see the new doc about The Damned tonight and win Riot Fest tickets
Howdy! Senior Writer Jason Heller here. Over the course of my many years at The A.V. Club, I’ve never exactly made it a…
The Clash was deemed an “amateur act” on its first record
The true Clash aficionado has both the 1977 UK release as well as the 1979 US release of the group’s self titled…