As pioneers of the punk rock movement, the Ramones helped establish the genre in the United States and the United Kingdom, ...

On paper, punk has little in common with hard rock. In its infancy, it rejected corporate bands, guitar solos, concept albums, and similar bloat that plagued the biggest artists of the 1970s. But some ...

Speed, aggression, pace, sweat. These are words that leap to mind when people think of punk rock music—especially that of the 1970s. It was music that had a message and one that it just had to get out ...

The Monkees and punk rock debuted in the same year: 1966. The two battled for chart supremacy. Interestingly, Jim Morrison of The Doors had a similar view of both. 1 of the masterminds behind the 1st ...

Punk rock, a genre that’s known for being explicit, aggressive, and wildly feverish might be the best to capture a feeling as intense and complicated as love. For those who find themselves jilted this ...

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 ...

In his early career, Mick Jones tasted the high life as a backing musician for French superstar Johnny Hallyday, and enjoyed ...

Pop-punk bands, like Fall Out Boy and Paramore, ruled the 2000s, and we rank the best songs from the decade, including Simple ...

Mac McCaughan from Superchunk and Merge Records has always had a thing for antipodean punk and indie rock, and with that in mind, he made the hard choice of picking just five great Australian punk ...

The final run of songs including 'The Kids Aren’t Alright,' 'You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid' and 'Self Esteem,' brought the night to an unapologetically fun end. With a Viking thunder clap led by a crowd ...