All bets were off in the Texas punk of the early 1980s. In Austin, the Dicks played drunk punk blues, and were led by Gary Floyd, a fiery queer man and vitriolic Communist. Meanwhile, San Antonio‘s own Fearless Iranians From Hell provoked audiences who were still stung by the 1980 …
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In the new book Tearing Down the Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the World, authors Nate Jackson and Daniel Kohn get in the pit with influential bands like Social Distortion, the Offspring, Sublime, the Adolescents, and No Doubt to trace the history of Southern California punk …
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Polish art-rock band Trupa Trupa have announced their latest release: a five-song EP called Mourners, due out Feb. 21, 2025 on Glitterbeat Records. Along with this news, they’ve released a single, “Sister Ray,” whose slinky, disco-leaning groove is unlike anything you’d expect from this dark and stormy band. Trupa Trupa …
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