Rebellion Festival has firmly been established as one of the iconic global punk festivals with punks making the journey from all corners of the globe to attend this four day fiesta of punk rock on the sleepy seaside town of Blackpool, UK. Distorted has been proudly covering the event for the past few years, we…
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“Hotel. Payphone. Carpark” – a seven track journey of gritty, working class tales from the depths of Haverhill, brought to you by Sam Russo. Recorded on an old dictaphone, this collection of demos is packaged with the statement – “Rest assured in the fact that your money is now whiskey or diesel” – and provide…
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In what must be one of the most enviable punk festival line-ups, Riot Fest in Chicago, USA has added more bands to the current roster for the event in October :
Riot Fest (October 6-10, 2010, Chicago, IL) is bringing a plethora of top-notch bands from every era of punk rock for the 2010. Never content…
August is ridiculously busy and fun if you are a fan of punk rock in the UK and London in partticular, with the Camden Carnage shows on and Rebellion Festival looming, don’t forget to try and support your local shows and next week at the Gaff in North London; Radio Dead Ones,…
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Street Dogs
Street Dogs
Hellcat Records
I have always enjoyed Street Dogs, their albums have been socially and politically conscious filled records full of Clash like inspired anthems whilst singer Mike McColgan is rarely upstaged live in delivering a quality nostalgic performance with the merry Dogs (bassist Johnny Rioux, guitarists Marcus Hollar and Tobe Bean III and drummer…
American Pop punks Rufio have released their latest album “Anybody Out There” which is also available for full streaming on Purevolume.
The album is their first full length since 2005, after line-up changes and a breakup were announced over recent years. Currently the band consists of Scott Sellers (vocals/guitar), Clark Domae (guitar), Taylor Albaugh (Bass/vocals) and…
Trenchtown
Trenchtown
Trenchtown are a Californian (Hermosa Beach) based band who have a reggae-rocking surfer punk rock sound, very East coast and with a healthy dose of radio friendly feel good music. With bands like Sublime, Pepper, Unwritten Law and even Authority Zero leaving their trace influences on the band, combined with producer Billy Graziadei’s (Biohazard, Sick…
Pop-punk rockers Just Surrender present their brand new album “Phoenix”, set for release on September 6th through LAB Records in the UK/ EU. The new album is produced by Lou Giordano (Taking Back Sunday, We The Kings, Goo Goo Dolls) and is co-produced by Ace Enders (former lead singer /guitarist for the band The Early…
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The ‘NEW YORK UNITED’ October European tour has been announced featuring New York hardcore legends Sick Of It All and Madball.
Sick Of It All formed in 1986 and released their most recent album ‘Based On A True Story’ earlier this year whilst Madball famously originated in the late 1980s, as a side-project of Agnostic Front.
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Bad Religion will release their fifteenth studio album, “The Dissent of Man”, on September 27. The album’s first single ‘The Devil in Stitches’ can be heard now at www.myspace.com/badreligion. Fans can preorder The Dissent of Man now at www.BadReligionStore.com.
Produced by Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool), “The Dissent of Man” finds Bad Religion…
The Koffin Kats are a hard working band, and that’s an understatement. With the recent departure of long standing Tommy and EZ Ian joining the three piece full time, the band had been on tour for six weeks across Europe when we caught up with them after their show in Kingston, UK. Despite the sweltering…
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Capricorn One
Good Riddance
Fat Wreck Chords
Good Riddance were a underrated band, but with their demise in 2007, this collection of 21 tracks (and only 44 minutes long) is a great reminder of the legacy the East Coast melodic punks left and a reminder of the legions of bands that took inspiration from them. This is a…
Sean Flowerdew of Pama International and Rockers Revolt has posted news that the plans are well under way to relaunch The London International Ska Festival which he had started back in 1988 and saw the likes of Laurel Aitken, Bad Manners, Potato 5, The Loafers, Hotknives, The Deltones, Napolean Solo, Capone and The Bullets and…
Read the full story »Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers has just announced a one-off solo show in London at the end of the band’s current summer tour.
He will be play a free gig at Bar Solo in Camden, north London, on Thursday 26th August. Vic’s solo shows are well loved for their impressive mix songs from his solo albums,…
German punk royalty Donots are a band with a quite amazing pedigree. 600,000 units sold worldwide. Three Top 20 albums in their native Germany. Two Top 10 albums in Japan. Over 1000 live shows (with acts like Green Day, Bad Religion, Blink182, AFI, The Offspring, NOFX, Iggy Pop, Linkin Park, Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, The…
Read the full story »With the Reaidng/Leeds hype kicking in, the first of what we are sure to be many secret and intimate shows have been announced with Against Me! planning two shows on the same day. The band release their new single – ‘White Crosses’ on August 30th.
Punk rock legends Against Me! have announced 2 incredibly intimate warm…
Rebellion Festival has firmly been established as one of the iconic global punk festivals with punks making the journey from all corners of the globe to attend this four day fiesta of punk rock on the sleepy seaside town of Blackpool, UK. Distorted has been proudly covering the event for the past few years, we…
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Underworld
London, UK
Wednesday 11th August 2010
Although New Zealand’s Bad Town were listed on the poster and billing they don’t perform/show up/make the trip but the trio of bands kicked off early as all London gigs seem to.
Up first were Condition Dead, a four piece rough and ready punk rock band with Alex (Al Symers) formerly…
Camden Jazz Cafe
London, UK
Tuesday 10th August 2010
I have been to lots and lots of London venues past and present but strangely never frequented Camdens famous Jazz Cafe and what better night to break my cherry with the always impressive Slackers and highly promising Gecko. I arrived at a fairly early hour and Gecko was…
Underworld
London, UK
Monday 9th August 2010
(Photos not available from actual show)
First up on what can mildly be described as an eclectic (or slightly misplaced grouping of bands on one bill) is Dutch based four piece, The Accelerators. Being a Monday night following the mighty Rebellion festival which saw the annual punk pilgrimage attracts thousands of…
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