A lot has been said about NOFX. The band has been around for over thirty years, helped invent melodic punk alongside Rancid and Bad Religion, battled skinhead punks in the eighties, major-label executives in the nineties and George W. Bush in the early 2000s, and recently released a New York Times bestselling memoir NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub And … Continue reading
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Punk Rock Bowling 2015.
For seventeen straight years Punk Rock Bowling has been one of the most anticipated summer music festivals in the country. Founded in 1999 by Shawn and Mark Stern (who are also founding members of punk rock band Youth Brigade) it has grown from a simple idea of a bowling tournament with a punk rock show … Continue reading
Listen to The Lookouts.
Thirty years ago, long before there was Gilman Street, Green Day, or the East Bay pop punk explosion, three guys got together in an off-the-grid hippie wilderness known as Spy Rock, and The Lookouts were born. Available for the first time in 30 years, Spy Rock Road will is available now via the Spy Rock Road (And Other Stories) via Don Giovanni … Continue reading
A word with Maïa Vidal.
Maïa Vidal is extraordinary. She is certainly a girl after your heart. Not only is she adorable, but she is inventive, artistic and incredibly talented. When breathing in her musical adventures, you are swept away by enchanting sounds constructed with children’s toys and sweet horn like vocals. Her voice resembles a modern-day Billie Holiday with a … Continue reading