Some would say The Stooges were proto-punk and not actually punk rock. I say a band of their caliber can easily occupy two such definitions at once. And what would The Stooges be without the wild, ...

Have you noticed that guitars are back? I’m being a little facetious, but rock and even punk has has been steadily climbing its way back to the mainstream and we felt that more this year than we have ...

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 ...

The Ramones' debut single in 1976 became a defining punk rock anthem, but never entered the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

A “guitar hero” is, on a basic level, an incredibly talented guitarist, particularly of the rock or metal ilk. When we think of the greatest guitarists of all time, we think of the hard rock grooves ...

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 ...

The Hives do what they do best on their seventh album The Hives Forever Forever The Hives. The thirteen tracks (including the distorted fanfare of “(Introduction)” and the contemplative instrumental “ ...

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 ...