Mean Jeans - Are You Serious (For fans of The Ramones, Teenage Bottlerocket, Screeching Weasel)
- 1:04 PM — Feb 01 —
- Source: Battle of the Midwestern Housewives
Oregon's Mean Jeans play Ramones influenced punk rock (in case you didn't get that from the above paragraph) and... well, ok, calling it "Ramones influenced" would be an understatement. Read More
Punk On The Rocks: Should There Be A Punk Grammy?
- 1:28 PM — Jan 29 —
- Source: OurStage Blog
An argument could be made that punk albums fit well enough into the already established Rock Categories, but the only Punk band to ever win a GRAMMY in a Rock category is Green Day , who won Best Alternative Music Performance award for their 1994 album Dookie and Best Rock Album in 2004 for American Idiot ( The Ramones ' compilation Weird Tales of the Ramones was nominated in 2006 for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package — they lost). Read More
The inside story on Joey Ramone
- 5:56 PM — Jan 28 —
- Source: Jacket Copy - Los Angeles Times
"I Slept With Joey Ramone" combines a close-up look at Joey with an authoritative history of the band. Read More
NPR's 50 Greatest Voices: Iggy Pop
- 5:53 PM — Jan 26 —
- Source: Oh No They Didn't
Iggy Pop isn't the first name you'd expect to see on a list of great voices. Read More
Iggy Pop: The Voice As Weapon
- 6:13 PM — Jan 25 —
- Source: NPR
Iggy Pop isn't the first name you'd expect to see on a list of great voices. Read More
NYC trial due to open in punk pioneer's slaying
- 6:54 AM — Jan 25 —
- Source: LoHud.com - White Plains NY
Opening arguments are expected Monday in the Manhattan murder case against Natavia Lowery. Read More
'I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca'
- 3:55 AM — Jan 22 —
- Source: LICORICE PIZZA
I heard something the other day that I didn't realize was so seminal. Read More
Tower Tech-Nerds? Late, Lamented Record Store Hosts Punk Nostalgists
- 3:46 PM — Jan 20 —
- Source: The Media Mob - The New York Observer
On Friday, Jan. 15, the old Tower Records building on Broadway and Fourth Street was the site of a big, funny party celebrating the opening of a music-themed art show organized by No Longer Empty, a group of curators who mount exhibitions of contemporary art in vacant storefronts around the city. Read More
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