Top 13 best punk bassists

When music lovers everywhere think of the punk movement, they think of pioneering ‘70s bands and artists like the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Misfits, Patti Smith, and more. These early punk rockers helped define the sound that would evolve across multiple decades, helping to usher in...

Against Me! & Baroness announce co-headlining 2020 tour dates

Against Me! and Baroness are joining forces for a spring tour with support from Destroy Boys and Drug Church. The tour will kick-off in May and will include stops in Detroit (Tickets), Seattle (Tickets), San Francisco (Tickets) and Los Angeles (Tickets). Select presales begin this Thursday, Feb. 2...

The Casualties & Leftover Crack announce 2020 co-headlining US tour

Punk bands The Casualties and Leftover Crack are joining forces on the road this spring for a joint tour "to terrorize the western US," as they stated on Twitter. Joining them on tour will be Grade 2 and The Last Gang, for select dates.  The co-headlining tour will put the two punk groups on the...

Bikini Kill announces 2020 North American dates

Legendary punk band Bikini Kill excited fans when they reunited for a few shows earlier this year after over 20 years apart, and they aren't stopping again anytime soon--with newly announced tour dates for 2020, more fans will get to see them live. The tour will start with a few shows in March...

American Nightmare celebrates 20th anniversary with 2020 dates and reissue of ‘Year One’

It's been twenty years since hardcore punk collective American Nightmare played their first-ever gig. Now, the Boston-based band is preparing to commemorate their first-ever live performance with a 20th-anniversary tour and the re-release of their debut compilation album, Year One, originally...

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes announce 2019 North America dates

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes return to North American shores this fall. The ex-Gallows frontman and company will headline The Monster Energy Outbreak Tour with support on select dates from The Beaches.  The British punk rockers unveiled the big news on July 15 via Twitter and will be touring...

The Menzingers announce 2019 tour dates & new LP, 'Hello Exile'

Menzingers fans get ready to receive a double shot of good news. The 4-piece punk outfit will drop a new album Hello Exile on Oct. 4 and support it with a massive fall U.S. tour. In conjunction with the announcement, The Menzingers also dropped an official video for the lead single "Ana." The band...

Belfast punk rockers, Stiff Little Fingers, announce fall 2019 tour dates

Hailing from Belfast, North Ireland, the punk rock band known as Stiff Little Fingers originally began as a rock cover band that went under the name of Highway Star in 1977. Eventually, the collective would discover the existence of punk music and began creating their own original music which...

Listen: Mac DeMarco teams up with The Garden on new song 'Thy Mission'

Mac DeMarco has once again linked up with Southern California experimental punk duo The Garden on their new song “Thy Mission.” As Stereogum reported, The Garden--who have toured with DeMarco--sought out Mac’s expertise on the new track, which saw the trio of indie artists collaborating in DeMarco’s...

T.S.O.L. announces 2019 performance at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco

Long Beach, California is the birthplace of some of the most impactful bands in all of music, but none of them might have reached the longevity of the legendary collective known as T.S.O.L. Originally forming back in 1978, T.S.O.L was a punk band unified by members of former musical acts including...

Listen: Vic Mensa's new punk band 93PUNX shares cover of The Cranberries' 'Zombie'

Earlier this week, the surviving members of the famous alt-rock band, The Cranberries, announced the forthcoming release of their final studio album on the one-year anniversary of singer Dolores O’Riordan’s untimely death last January. That same day, Vic Mensa’s new indie-punk side project, 93PUNX...

Top 13 best punk singers

When it comes to punk music, the quality of the singer in the band is not the first thing that comes to the forefront in the minds of critics or fans. However, a good vocalist can make a difference in the punk genre. It is not just about screaming until the throat blows out, after all. Quality punk...

PUP announces 'The Morbid Stuff Tour-Pocalypse' 2019

Canadian punk band PUP is ready to take over 2019 with a brand new record in hand. Titled Morbid Stuff, the 11 track record will be their first release for Rise Records. With the unveiling of their new single "Kids," the band are making sure everyone gets a chance to catch them live this spring...

Bikini Kill announce reunion tour, first performances since1997

Punk rock has never had a better time to be alive than right now, and one of the groups making the most out of the re-awakening of punk is Bikini Kill. Hailing from Olympia, Washington, this punk rock outfit has blessed the music world with is abrasive, in-your-face sound that is attracted them a...

Iggy Pop set to executive produce music documentary 'Punk'

Iggy Pop is helping to bring punk rock music to television. Premium cable network EPIX announced on Monday via a press release that they will air a four-part documentary series called simply "Punk" that will tell the story of punk rock in both the United States and Europe. Pop is an executive...