Punk rock’s first wave didn’t last very long. It burned out nearly as quickly as the short songs of its most famous bands. But the scene wasn’t limited to what happened over a few years in the mid-70s ...

In the mid-’70s, rock got usurped by punk. Though rock, as a broad definition, had gone through many changes up unto that point, it still had a recognizability about it. Punk was something completely ...

As San Diego swings into its long warm season, back come the live shows — check out this week's musical offerings.

Punk rock music has always existed as the antithesis to commercially successful, mainstream music. It came to prominence in the 1960s and '70s as a genre defined by its rebellious spirit, and artists ...

Among the many female rock legends, one '70s icon was named the best singer for having paved the way for punk rock.

Looking at five prime examples of pioneering, rebellious anthems that predicted the sound and attitude of the punk revolution when it arrived in the 1970s.

Rebel girls and rude boys, this one’s for you: tonight’s Punk Rock Karaoke invites everyone to sing along with his or her favorite songs for a good cause, as the Denver Health Collective hosts a ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

Here are the best cover songs from 11 big pop-punk bands. When it comes to pop-punk bands playing cover songs, things typically go one of two ways. They either stay too true to the original as they ...

The members of Ultrabomb all hail from notable bands from past decades, but this band is not about nostalgia. The Minneapolis-born trio, made up of Greg Norton of Hüsker Dü on bass and backing vocals, ...

Here's the best pop-punk album of each year of the 1990s. The '90s saw pop-punk emerge from small clubs and underground ...