Thanks, boss. Yes, there are the proto-punk records from the likes of the Dolls, the Stooges and MC5, but really, in 1976, ...

When looking across contemporary rock music festivals, pop-punk bands are beginning to replace classic rock artists at the ...

Pop punk has its naysayers among punk fans, although saying “nay” is sort of the go-to move for some punks. However, there are a lot of fine bands out there that fall under the nebulous ...

With the skeleton of a venue intact, the only challenge left was getting bands to come out to a cinder-block building in the middle of a cornfield. Bill Rich, a 25-year-old punk rock enthusiast ...

Lee Ving still blames it on John Belushi. As is colorfully recounted in the new documentary “Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music,” Ving’s punk band Fear created a scene in NBC’s Studio 8H in ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the visionary and influential U.K. punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. James’ death on March 6 was confirmed on his official Facebook page ...

Ving turned out to be exactly how “SNL” host Donald Pleasence described the band in that notorious 1981 episode: “Actually, very nice people.” The 74-year-old punk legend talked excitedly ...