If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Tony Hawk is taking it back. The skate legend’s Pro Skater Series 3 + 4 hits shelves on July 11, bringing fans of the original series back to …
Read More »'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4' to Deliver Steezy Soundtrack, Physical Deck With Preorder
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Birdman will fly again: Activision has officially announced the release date for the remakes of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4. The beloved skateboarding simulators will be …
Read More »Tony Hawk Shares Nirvana Memories, Wishes Kurt Cobain Was Alive to Meet Grandchild
After digging up an old ticket stub for a 1991 Nirvana concert, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk shared a short message about the gig and said he wished Kurt Cobain was still alive to meet their shared grandchild. The show Hawk attended took place Oct. 20, 1991 at the now-defunct Houston …
Read More »'I Know You From Tony Hawk': An Oral History of the 'Pro Skater' Soundtrack
As a middle schooler in 1999 in suburban New Jersey, there wasn’t a massive punk rock scene reaching us 10 year olds. Turn on the radio, and the number one hit was “Mambo No. 5.” You had to go looking for a band like Dead Kennedys. That September though, Tony …
Read More »Kurt Cobain's Daughter Frances Bean Weds Son of Pro Skater Tony Hawk
Congrats are in order for newlyweds Frances Bean Cobain and Riley Hawk. The daughter of late Nirvana singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love married the son of pro-skater Tony Hawk on Oct. 7, a source confirms to Rolling Stone. The ceremony, which took place in San Diego County, …
Read More »Tony Hawk Reproduces Kurt Cobain's Hand-Painted Iron Maiden Skateboard for Charity
Tony Hawk celebrated Kurt Cobain‘s birthday on Monday by announcing a charity project using original skateboard art by the Nirvana rocker, who would have turned 56 this year. In an Instagram post on Friday, Hawk revealed that he bought Cobain’s 1985 skateboard at an auction last year. Cobain was an …
Read More »Pro Skaters Get 'Wild in the Streets' in New Vid for Circle Jerks Classic
To mark the 40th anniversary of Circle Jerks‘ sophomore LP, Wild in the Streets, a team of veteran and up-and-coming pro skaters hit the streets of Hollywood to film a new video for the album’s raucous title track. The video, directed by photographer and skateboarder Atiba Jefferson, intersperses footage of …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Warish, 'Fight'
Remember when indie rock sounded all grimy, corroded and metal-sludgy – the last thing you’d hear in a commercial or being played at an arena show? Warish do. On “Fight,” from the SoCal band’s debut EP, the grubby, a stoner-rock riff is the first hint, followed by a gas-guzzling rhythm …
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