OK, fans! During my break from posting news articles, I started working on a listmania that has something to do with punk as well. I decided to work on a list of punk-related albums that changed my life or that I've been listening to all the time.
1. Ramones - Ramones (1976)
2. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
3. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
4. Black Flag - Damaged (1981)
5. Bad Religion - Suffer (1988)
6. Green Day - Dookie (1994)
7. The Offspring - Smash (1994)
8. Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
9. Bad Brains - I Against I (1986)
10. NOFX - Punk in Drublic (1994)
11. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
12. Minor Threat - Complete Discography (1989)
13. Social Distoriton - Social Distortion (1990)
14. Circle Jerks - Group Sex (1980)
15. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
16. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (1984)
17. The Vandals - Peace Thru Vandalism/When in Rome Do as the Vandals (1989)
18. Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982)
19. Napalm Death - Scum (1987)
20. The Replacements - Tim (1985)
21. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies (1983)
22. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
23. Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 (1978)
24. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
25. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
26. Fugazi - 13 Songs (1989)
27. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (1985)
28. Ramones - Road to Ruin (1978)
29. ALL - Allroy's Revenge (1989)
30. AFI - Sing the Sorrow (2003)
31. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come (1998)
32. Bad Religion - No Control (1989)
33. MxPx - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo (1998)
34. Sublime - Sublime (1996)
35. Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster (1982)
36. NOFX - S&M Airlines (1989)
37. blink-182 - Enema of the State (1999)
38. Pennywise - Land of the Free? (2001)
39. Propaghandi - How to Clean Everything (1993)
40. The Offspring - Americana (1998)
41. Sick of It All - Blood, Sweat and No Tears (1988)
42. Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code (2005)
43. D.R.I. - Dealing With It! (1985)
44. Rancid - Let's Go (1994)
45. Adolescents - Adolescents (1981)
46. Green Day - Nimrod (1997)
47. Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture (2004)
48. D.I. - Horse Bites Dog Cries (1985)
49. Jawbreaker - Dear You (1995)
50. Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction (1994)
Friday, April 27, 2007
Bad Brains set official release date and track listing for Build a Nation
Bad Brains have set an official release date and track listing for their new album Build a Nation. There has been much speculation about the release date, but this comes directly from the label. The disc is now set for June 26, 2007. Rumour has it that some versions of the record will contain extra tracks but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Build a Nation was produced by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. It reunites band members H.R., Dr. Know, Daryl Jenifer and Earl Hudson for the first time in more than a decade. The album will arrive via Megaforce Records this summer. The band plans to appear at May's Sasquatch Festival, warming up with a May 25th show at Berbati's Pan in Portland, OR. More European and US dates are in the works as well.
Some friends and fans commented on the record, Beastie Boy and producer Adam Yauch noted:
"The Brains are one of most powerful and unique bands in the world, They have been a huge influence on me, and it was an honor to work with them on this record."
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day also commented on the band:
"The thing about a lot of punk is the feeling that bands have is of apathy and hopelessness. Whereas Bad Brains lyrical content had a lot of hope in it."
Prior to the release the band's Omega Sessions will be released by Victory Records on May 1st as part of that label's new vinyl series.
Build a Nation was produced by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. It reunites band members H.R., Dr. Know, Daryl Jenifer and Earl Hudson for the first time in more than a decade. The album will arrive via Megaforce Records this summer. The band plans to appear at May's Sasquatch Festival, warming up with a May 25th show at Berbati's Pan in Portland, OR. More European and US dates are in the works as well.
Some friends and fans commented on the record, Beastie Boy and producer Adam Yauch noted:
"The Brains are one of most powerful and unique bands in the world, They have been a huge influence on me, and it was an honor to work with them on this record."
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day also commented on the band:
"The thing about a lot of punk is the feeling that bands have is of apathy and hopelessness. Whereas Bad Brains lyrical content had a lot of hope in it."
Prior to the release the band's Omega Sessions will be released by Victory Records on May 1st as part of that label's new vinyl series.
- Give Thanks And Praises
- Jah People Make The World Go Round
- Pure Love
- Natty Dreadlocks 'Pon The Mountain Top
- Build A Nation
- Expand Your Soul
- Jah Love
- Let There Be Angels (Just Like You)
- Universal Peace
- Roll On
- Until Kingdom Comes
- In The Beginning
- Send You No More Flowers
- Peace Be Unto Thee
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Bad Religion: New Maps of Hell track listing revised
Bad Religion has revised the track listing for their upcoming album. The record is titled New Maps of Hell and is due out July 10, 2007
The originally announced track listing from one month ago has seen a shuffle of the tracks, as well as the exclusion of "New Chapter," one of the original seventeen songs, leaving sixteen for the final release. The track "Requiem" has also been renamed to "Requiem for Dissent."
The originally announced track listing from one month ago has seen a shuffle of the tracks, as well as the exclusion of "New Chapter," one of the original seventeen songs, leaving sixteen for the final release. The track "Requiem" has also been renamed to "Requiem for Dissent."
- 52 Seconds
- Heroes & Martyrs
- Germs of Perfection
- New Dark Ages
- Requiem for Dissent
- Before You Die
- Honest Goodbye
- Dearly Beloved
- Grains of Wrath
- Murder
- Scrutiny
- Prodigal Son
- The Grand Delusion
- Lost Pilgrim
- Submission Complete
- Fields of Mars
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Dropkick Murphys in the studio and going to Europe
The Dropkick Murphys sent out this update:
"After taking a couple of weeks off to recover from the March/St. Patrick's Day madness we're currently in the studio working on new songs and getting ready to head off to Europe for some awesome festivals over the summer. Here's what we've got so far:
Saturday June 23rd - Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck GERMANY
Sunday June 24th - Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel GERMANY
Monday June 25th - Garage, Saarbrücken GERMANY
Friday June 29th - Open Air Festival, St. Gallen SWITZERLAND
Saturday June 30th - Vainstream Festival, Munster GERMANY
Sunday July 1st - With Full Force, Löbnitz bei Leipzig GERMANY
Tuesday July 3rd - Quart Festival, Kristiansand NORWAY
Wednesday July 4th - Rockefeller, Oslo NORWAY
Saturday July 7th - Waldroock Festival, Bergum THE NETHERLANDS
Monday July 9th - Folkerts Park, Malmö SWEDEN
Tuesday July 10th - Berns, Stockholm SWEDEN
Wednesday July 11th - Restaurang Trädgår, Göteborg SWEDEN
Thursday July 12th - Vega, Köbenhavn DENMARK
Saturday July 14th - Dour Festival, Dour BELGIUM
Sunday July 15th - Fflam Festival, Swansea WALES"
"After taking a couple of weeks off to recover from the March/St. Patrick's Day madness we're currently in the studio working on new songs and getting ready to head off to Europe for some awesome festivals over the summer. Here's what we've got so far:
Saturday June 23rd - Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck GERMANY
Sunday June 24th - Hurricane Festival, Scheeßel GERMANY
Monday June 25th - Garage, Saarbrücken GERMANY
Friday June 29th - Open Air Festival, St. Gallen SWITZERLAND
Saturday June 30th - Vainstream Festival, Munster GERMANY
Sunday July 1st - With Full Force, Löbnitz bei Leipzig GERMANY
Tuesday July 3rd - Quart Festival, Kristiansand NORWAY
Wednesday July 4th - Rockefeller, Oslo NORWAY
Saturday July 7th - Waldroock Festival, Bergum THE NETHERLANDS
Monday July 9th - Folkerts Park, Malmö SWEDEN
Tuesday July 10th - Berns, Stockholm SWEDEN
Wednesday July 11th - Restaurang Trädgår, Göteborg SWEDEN
Thursday July 12th - Vega, Köbenhavn DENMARK
Saturday July 14th - Dour Festival, Dour BELGIUM
Sunday July 15th - Fflam Festival, Swansea WALES"
Friday, April 20, 2007
Green Day working on three albums?
That's right, Green Day are working on three new albums to be released in the Summer of 2008. After touring on the road to promote their last album the band headed back to their studio to start recording. Billie Joe says that the next album(s) are going to be more than an event of a new record.
The band posted a brief note on Greenday.com explaining that they have starting writing material for their new album.
The post reads: "Billie, Mike and Tre are back from summer vacations working hard on new material for the next Green Day album. Stay tuned for more news next week."
The band posted a brief note on Greenday.com explaining that they have starting writing material for their new album.
The post reads: "Billie, Mike and Tre are back from summer vacations working hard on new material for the next Green Day album. Stay tuned for more news next week."
As previously reported by NME.com in June, the band began working on dozens of ideas and demos for the new project, and have been calling the album "an event".
Billie Joe Armstrong told MTV: "At this point, to put a record out with like 12 songs on it and turn it in sounds a bit boring for us. So we want to definitely make something that is well thought out and (that) all of our blood is put into."
Apology for no more news articles
Sorry that I hadn't been posting any more news articles in days/weeks. I was on vacation for a while. If I missed anything special on the news related to punk, I'll just post it here. Once again, I'm very sorry for not posting any more news articles.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
The 13th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death
It's been exactly thirteen years, April 8, 1994, since the death of former Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain.
He died in his Lake Washington home due to a shotgun blast to the head. He was 27 years old. On April 8, three days after preparing to kill himself, Cobain was discovered in the spare room above the garage (referred to as "the greenhouse") at his Lake Washington home by Veca Electric employee Gary Smith. Smith arrived at the house that morning to install security lighting and saw him lying inside. Apart from a minor amount of blood coming out of Cobain's ear, Smith reported seeing no visible signs of trauma, and initially believed that Cobain was asleep. Smith found what he thought might be a suicide note with a pen stuck through it beneath an overturned flowerpot. A shotgun, purchased for Cobain by Dylan Carlson, was found at Cobain's side. An autopsy report later concluded Cobain's death was a result of a "self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head." The report estimates Cobain to have died on April 5, 1994.
Cobain recorded three full-length albums and a number of EPs with Nirvana as well as a number of releases that surfaced posthumously. His band's sophomore album, 1991's Nevermind, made history by becoming the first grunge album to hit #1 on the Billboard charts, spawning hits such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", "Come as You Are" and "In Bloom". Not only did it popularize the grunge movement; it would also become one of the band's best selling albums of all time and consistently acclaimed as one of the greatest albums ever released.
Following Cobain's death, the two surviving members of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic (bass) and Dave Grohl (drums), later resurfaced in their own projects. Novoselic formed Sweet 75 and Eyes Adrift (with Meat Puppets singer Kurt Kirkwood) and Grohl formed Foo Fighters and also played in a number of projects as well as Queens of the Stone Age and PROBOT.
He died in his Lake Washington home due to a shotgun blast to the head. He was 27 years old. On April 8, three days after preparing to kill himself, Cobain was discovered in the spare room above the garage (referred to as "the greenhouse") at his Lake Washington home by Veca Electric employee Gary Smith. Smith arrived at the house that morning to install security lighting and saw him lying inside. Apart from a minor amount of blood coming out of Cobain's ear, Smith reported seeing no visible signs of trauma, and initially believed that Cobain was asleep. Smith found what he thought might be a suicide note with a pen stuck through it beneath an overturned flowerpot. A shotgun, purchased for Cobain by Dylan Carlson, was found at Cobain's side. An autopsy report later concluded Cobain's death was a result of a "self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head." The report estimates Cobain to have died on April 5, 1994.
Cobain recorded three full-length albums and a number of EPs with Nirvana as well as a number of releases that surfaced posthumously. His band's sophomore album, 1991's Nevermind, made history by becoming the first grunge album to hit #1 on the Billboard charts, spawning hits such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", "Come as You Are" and "In Bloom". Not only did it popularize the grunge movement; it would also become one of the band's best selling albums of all time and consistently acclaimed as one of the greatest albums ever released.
Following Cobain's death, the two surviving members of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic (bass) and Dave Grohl (drums), later resurfaced in their own projects. Novoselic formed Sweet 75 and Eyes Adrift (with Meat Puppets singer Kurt Kirkwood) and Grohl formed Foo Fighters and also played in a number of projects as well as Queens of the Stone Age and PROBOT.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Suicidal Tendencies frontman talks about upcoming tour
Vocalist Mike Muir of the long-running Venice Beach thrash/punk band Suicidal Tendencies has posted the following message on its official web site:
"First, thanks to all the Aussies that came out and supported us for the Soundwave festival dates and our own shows in Melbourne and Perth. Also a big thanks to A.J. for bringing the band out and Darren and Metal for looking after us. We all hand a great time and look forward to going back as soon as possible. The people were great, the back felt good, and the trip was a great way to get back to being SUICIDAL! Also, I was fortunate enough to stay longer after the tour ended and I wanted to thank all the people in Perth, Fremantle and, of course, Sid and his family and all the crew from Margeret River that made us feel right at home and hooked us up with the Aussie barbeque and hospitality etc...and of the preview of the infamous sausage documentary.
The band is now looking forward to the France tour. We leave a week from Friday and look forward to seeing more of our friends. Doume (King of France) will be working merch and keeping everyone honest. Charly is back to drum tech and to find the Hungry Jacks in every city for Dave. We'll have a few new people with us too that we look forward to meeting and working with and all at Ter a Terre who booked the tour.
Ron Brunner will not be drumming on this tour as he and his wife are expecting there first child in the next two weeks. Congratulations to Ron and family, even if your bro beat you to the fatherhood parade :) Ron will be back with us this summer...which brings us to the next touring news...
ST is excited to finally be getting Cyco in Greece, Russia, and Turkey this summer. These are a few of the places that we've never played and are really looking forward to finally taking it to the STage in these countries.
We will post the tour dates shortly. There is also a number of festivals and other headlining dates. The band will start off with two dates in Greece May 25 and 26 then go to Prague, Czech Republic (28), Sofia, Bulgaria (29) and Istanbul, Turkey (30). Then off to Spain for a couple dates and Lorca Rock festival. Treviso and Milano Italy. London and the Donington Download festival. Finland Tavastia, and Hultsfred festival in Sweden. Moscow and ST. Petersburg. We end the tour in Holland at the Fields of Rock festival and the night before the band returns to the Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The tour is complete and we won't be adding any other dates due to other commitments.
As I said we are very excited to be playing several places the band has never been to, and of course there are still others that unfortunately we won't make it to this time...and sorry, Sven, we couldn't get the Croatian date, but hopefully all will continue to go well and there will be another time. Also, there several other things being discussed, sorted, debated etc, but we wait till they are confirmed, etc. Thanx for your patience.
Now next up France. Looking forward to seeing Lorenzo, Silvia and Paul again. I know a lot of the family is driving, flying, traveling to the Paris show so be sure and say what's up! to all the crew."
Suicidal Tendencies frontman, Mike Muir, debuted a new song, entitled "No Mercy Fool", on the "Short.Fast.Loud" show on the Australian radio station Triple J in January.
A preview clip of the first-ever Suicidal Tendencies live DVD has been posted online at the group's official web site. Check out the song "War inside my Head", recorded on October 29, 2005 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, at this location.
Suicidal Tendencies are currently putting the finishing touches on its new studio CD with producer Paul Northfield.
Suicidal Tendencies' current recording lineup is as follows:
Mike Muir - Vocals
Mike Clark - Guitars
Dean Pleasants - Guitars
Ron Brunner Jr. - Drums
Steve Brunner - Bass
"First, thanks to all the Aussies that came out and supported us for the Soundwave festival dates and our own shows in Melbourne and Perth. Also a big thanks to A.J. for bringing the band out and Darren and Metal for looking after us. We all hand a great time and look forward to going back as soon as possible. The people were great, the back felt good, and the trip was a great way to get back to being SUICIDAL! Also, I was fortunate enough to stay longer after the tour ended and I wanted to thank all the people in Perth, Fremantle and, of course, Sid and his family and all the crew from Margeret River that made us feel right at home and hooked us up with the Aussie barbeque and hospitality etc...and of the preview of the infamous sausage documentary.
The band is now looking forward to the France tour. We leave a week from Friday and look forward to seeing more of our friends. Doume (King of France) will be working merch and keeping everyone honest. Charly is back to drum tech and to find the Hungry Jacks in every city for Dave. We'll have a few new people with us too that we look forward to meeting and working with and all at Ter a Terre who booked the tour.
Ron Brunner will not be drumming on this tour as he and his wife are expecting there first child in the next two weeks. Congratulations to Ron and family, even if your bro beat you to the fatherhood parade :) Ron will be back with us this summer...which brings us to the next touring news...
ST is excited to finally be getting Cyco in Greece, Russia, and Turkey this summer. These are a few of the places that we've never played and are really looking forward to finally taking it to the STage in these countries.
We will post the tour dates shortly. There is also a number of festivals and other headlining dates. The band will start off with two dates in Greece May 25 and 26 then go to Prague, Czech Republic (28), Sofia, Bulgaria (29) and Istanbul, Turkey (30). Then off to Spain for a couple dates and Lorca Rock festival. Treviso and Milano Italy. London and the Donington Download festival. Finland Tavastia, and Hultsfred festival in Sweden. Moscow and ST. Petersburg. We end the tour in Holland at the Fields of Rock festival and the night before the band returns to the Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany. The tour is complete and we won't be adding any other dates due to other commitments.
As I said we are very excited to be playing several places the band has never been to, and of course there are still others that unfortunately we won't make it to this time...and sorry, Sven, we couldn't get the Croatian date, but hopefully all will continue to go well and there will be another time. Also, there several other things being discussed, sorted, debated etc, but we wait till they are confirmed, etc. Thanx for your patience.
Now next up France. Looking forward to seeing Lorenzo, Silvia and Paul again. I know a lot of the family is driving, flying, traveling to the Paris show so be sure and say what's up! to all the crew."
Suicidal Tendencies frontman, Mike Muir, debuted a new song, entitled "No Mercy Fool", on the "Short.Fast.Loud" show on the Australian radio station Triple J in January.
A preview clip of the first-ever Suicidal Tendencies live DVD has been posted online at the group's official web site. Check out the song "War inside my Head", recorded on October 29, 2005 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, at this location.
Suicidal Tendencies are currently putting the finishing touches on its new studio CD with producer Paul Northfield.
Suicidal Tendencies' current recording lineup is as follows:
Mike Muir - Vocals
Mike Clark - Guitars
Dean Pleasants - Guitars
Ron Brunner Jr. - Drums
Steve Brunner - Bass
Friday, April 6, 2007
The Unseen confirm track listing for new album
The Unseen has announced the tracklisting for their upcoming record Internal Salvation which is due via Hellcat Records on June 19, 2007. It is the follow-up to State of Discontent which was released in 2005.
The band recently released the first song off the record, "Right Before Your Eyes," and are currently gearing up for this years Warped Tour.
- Intro (The Brutal Truth)
- Such Tragedy
- At Point Break
- Right Before Your Eyes
- Torn and Shattered (Nothing Left)
- Breakaway
- Let It Go
- No Direction
- In Your Place
- Left for Dead
- Step Inside
- Act the Part
- Talking Bombs
Social Distortion back on the road
Social Distortion are back on the road again. They are scheduled to travel around California and Canada for just two weeks, then the band will return to North America for the last seven.
The trek will continue to feature I Hate Kate and The Black Halos. Social D was in the studio as recently as this past December working on the follow-up to 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll. There's no word yet on when the new record will be released. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows:
04/12 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater (SOLD OUT!)
04/13 - Fresno, CA - Rainbow Ballroom
04/14 - Chico, CA - Senator Theater (SOLD OUT!)
04/16 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT!)
04/17 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
04/18 - Victoria, BC - Victoria Curling Club
04/20 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall (SOLD OUT!)
04/21 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall (SOLD OUT!)
04/22 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Entertainment Complex
04/24 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Entertainment Complex
04/25 - Saskatoon, SK - The Odeon
04/27 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
04/28 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
04/29 - Fargo, ND - The Venue at Playmaker's
05/04 - Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival
05/05 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
05/06 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
05/08 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
05/09 - Flagstaff, AZ - Pine Mountain Amphitheatre
05/10 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
The trek will continue to feature I Hate Kate and The Black Halos. Social D was in the studio as recently as this past December working on the follow-up to 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll. There's no word yet on when the new record will be released. The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows:
04/12 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater (SOLD OUT!)
04/13 - Fresno, CA - Rainbow Ballroom
04/14 - Chico, CA - Senator Theater (SOLD OUT!)
04/16 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT!)
04/17 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
04/18 - Victoria, BC - Victoria Curling Club
04/20 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall (SOLD OUT!)
04/21 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall (SOLD OUT!)
04/22 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Entertainment Complex
04/24 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Entertainment Complex
04/25 - Saskatoon, SK - The Odeon
04/27 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
04/28 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
04/29 - Fargo, ND - The Venue at Playmaker's
05/04 - Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival
05/05 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
05/06 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
05/08 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
05/09 - Flagstaff, AZ - Pine Mountain Amphitheatre
05/10 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
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