While New York City is commonly considered the birthplace of American punk rock, just 100 miles south of the famous CBGB club where the Ramones and other early punk bands got their start is ...

1990s punk band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes just put a savage spin on one of Selena’s most soulful songs, “I Could Fall in Love.” While the late, great Queen of Tejano's original ballad is slow, ...

Musician Carl Bevan, the former drummer for 1990s British pop-punk rock band 60 Ft Dolls, has died, according to reports. He was 51. Bevan’s death was announced by his partner, Bev. No cause of death ...

Punk’s not dead. While some may think otherwise, it’s never been dead. With the rise of “alternative rock” in the 1990s bringing punk rock into the living rooms, resulting in the jock and cheerleader ...

Though not quite as accessible as music making is nowadays, something about the ’90s sound made everyone feel like they could pick up a guitar and rock out. Rock in the ’90s was less polished than in ...

Fans of the 1990′s punk rock band NOFX will have one last chance to catch the group live later this year. The California-based band, best known for their 1994 album “Punk in Drublic,” announced on ...

Carl Bevan, former drummer of the popular Welsh punk trio 60 Ft. Dolls, has died at the age of 51. Bevan’s girlfriend announced the musician’s death on Facebook Thursday, Aug. 8. "I’m heartbroken to ...

The 1990s were such special years for rock music. Grunge came and went, and multiple evolutions of indie bands came to be. A lot of groups from that era are still revered today, but a few too many ...

Traveling through clandestine airwaves, Kurt Cobain touched down in Havana, Cuba, in the turbulent early 1990s. A time of dire economic hardship for the island nation after the fall of the Soviet ...

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