On the evening of July 5, 1976, the Ramones headlined their first concert on British soil. Gathered that night at Dingwalls, ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amy Taylor performs with her band Amyl and the Sniffers at Fenway Park. (Credit: Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

An iconic punk band released the album in 1980.

Punk rock has always been loud, raw, and unapologetic. It does not try to impress anyone. It just hits hard and says exactly what it means. For music lovers who want something real and rebellious, ...

Punk rock has always been about expressing aggression and attitude as much as it is about the music. But those lines aren't so easily defined. On the surface, bands that arrived during the genre's ...

There’s something in the air, yeah? Not just increasingly high pollen counts; a spirit of madness, joy and rebellion. How else could we hope to survive the next four years (or four weeks) if we didn’t ...

Covering Disney songs just kind of makes sense, regardless of the style of music you play. Even punk. You have a potential audience of millions of Disney fans looking to consume anything from any ...

Despite most closely associated with the early 2000s, pop punk can trace its roots back to bands like The Ramones, whose influence can be traced to bands like Fall Out Boy who are associated with the ...

Punk wasn’t supposed to be pop. But no one told the Ramones, who mined girl groups like The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las for catchy hooks to sit atop the loud and fast guitar riffs. Pop is short for ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...