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Posted on May 30, 2010 - by Editor

Pennywise: Speaking With Actions – Part II

Speaking with the founding member of Pennywise, Fletcher Dragge for a good length of time, during which he quite honestly and passionately spoke about his continued ambitions and desire to carry on the bands message and renewed excitement in touring places for greater lengths of time than previously, Fletcher fetched Zoli Teglas for us as…

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Posted on May 24, 2010 - by Editor

Pennywise: Bigger Than One Man – Part I

These are interesting times for Pennywise. With the departure of lead singer Jim Lindberg late in 2009, web forums and fans alike have been discussing various topics surrounding the band, including of course Jim’s reasons for leaving and the introduction of Ignite singer, Zoli Teglas,as the new front man for Pennywise. The remaining members of…

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Posted on May 20, 2010 - by Post Punk

Zounds: New Opportunities

Derived from the basement dwellings of the cassette culture that gave birth to Fuck Off! Records, Zounds were the epitome of the ‘caught in a trap’ hippy movement, which saw itself confronted with the realities of an up-and-coming punk class. Having rubbed shoulders with bands such as Poison Girls and the X, they were not…

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Posted on May 15, 2010 - by Editor

Bad Religion: Its Good Enough

Bad Religion are iconic. It’s simple as that really. There are a number of lauded and important bands in the history of punk rock, but Bad Religion stand amongst an elite select few apart from the initial ground breakers who helped set punk rock on its way and who have flown the flag high since;…

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Posted on May 9, 2010 - by Editor

Groezrock 2010

Groezrock 2010
Meerhout, Belgium
April 23-24 2010
After last year festivities and fantastic band lineup, Groezrock 2010 seemed to somehow raise the bar again and as hard as nature tried to scupper the event in Meerhout, Belgium with its volcanic ash spewing across Europe from the unpronounceable Icelandic volcano preventing all manner of transport and disrupting lives…

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Posted on May 4, 2010 - by Editor

Five Iron Frenzy: Rise and Fall

Five Iron Frenzy had a crazy eight year ride as a band. Their eclectic mix of ska and punk rock as well as fusing other genres often included sophisticated literary and music references and the band managed to overcome its Christian tag not only within the punk rock scene but ironically battling against the church…

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Posted on May 1, 2010 - by Editor

Ron Emory: Reflecting His Walk

When Distorted recently received an email from Ron Emory’s wife, Gia, to announce details of his upcoming solo record “Walk That Walk” to say we were intrigued was an understatement. Ron Emory is more well know as guitarist with long running Cali punk band TSOL and three decades of punk rock have certainly left their…

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Posted on April 28, 2010 - by Editor

Sorry And the Sinatra’s: Dirty Honest Music

Nearly 12 months ago Sorry And The Sinatra’s were forced to cancel a UK tour which eventually would take place late in 2009 to support their debut album “Highball Roller”. The band consisted of seasoned musicians but was driven by Scott Sorry (ex Amen, and current The Wildhearts bassist) who fronts the punk rock band…

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Posted on April 25, 2010 - by Editor

Punk Rock Bowling: Sinners, No Saints

Punk rock and bowling seem to go hand in hand stateside and the BYO Records founded event Punk Rock Bowling (PRB) is hitting its 12th year in 2010. Some have disregarded the event as a gimmick, but the event has grown year by year which includes a stellar band line-up for the Las Vegas weekend…

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Posted on April 21, 2010 - by Editor

Four Year Strong: Earning Bearded Respect

Four Year Strong are part of the newer breed of hardcore pop- tinged punk rock bands that have established themselves through hard work and adding diversity to the broadening punk rock scene. The band, hail from Massachusetts, USA and despite age-wise being young, the band has been playing since 2001. Its band primed for bigger…

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Posted on April 18, 2010 - by Editor

Hepcat: More To Come?

When the Hepcat show was announced for London some months ago, Distorted had to double check it was THE Hepcat that were to grace Europe and London on a brief tour. The reason for our doubts of course is that the legendary LA band had not ventured to the UK for over a decade. On…

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Posted on April 14, 2010 - by Editor

The Lawrence Arms: Getting a Rise Out Of You

Having  conducted an email interview in October last year with Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms, discussing 10 years of the band and their newest EP “Buttsweat and Tears”  it was great to finally meet the outspoken and witty Chicago native on the bands recent tour of the UK. In Kingston, just outside of London…

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Posted on April 11, 2010 - by Editor

Punk 4 The Homeless

One aspect of punk rock and the culture that appealed to me was a general social and political consciousness which prevailed and I felt should be engrained in the music and the fabled “scene”. From benefit shows and albums, movements for change and anti racism campaigns various bands and people within punk do take a…

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Posted on April 7, 2010 - by Editor

Duane Peters: Squaring Up To Wolfdog

This interview was done in December at the City Invasion tour in London but for varying boring internal technical issues we haven’t been able to get out till now. Despite the length of time since the interview took place, it’s still incredibly current and makes for an interesting read. Duane Peters and the US Bombs…

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