I recently saw a concert of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based folk punk band Apes of the State. During a trip to Atlanta in the spring of 2023, I heard their music on some obscure, low-band alternative and commercial-free radio station and became hooked. I think I heard the “Internet Song,” which had some crazy clever lyrics, […]
I don’t want to get hung up on age, but with a band named Teenage Bottlerocket no longer clearly teenagers, it was bound to come up, was it not?
I recently bought last-minute tickets to the third evening of Jawbreaker’s three-night residency at Irving Plaza, celebrating their 25th anniversary. I arrived kind of late and, to my surprise, The Linda Lindas, the teen, Asian-American, an all-female punk band from Los Angeles that took the world by storm during the darkest days of the pandemic with a […]
Ignorance… you’re on notice, we’re coming for your ass.
Last night was my 2nd concert since the pandemic, just 30 days or since the Descendants and Rise Against show. But what a difference three weeks makes. New York finally and thankfully garnered the political will to require vaccinations from all concert goers. If the energy from last night’s concert was any indication, THIS was […]
When the seriousness of Covid 19 first began to really hit home for me was the weekend of March 14th and 15th, 2020. That weekend would be epic with back-to-back shows from Against Me & Anti-Flag returning to NYC. I had tickets to see both, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Both were canceled. […]
The current iteration of the Vibrators came across the pond from merry old England to play Bowery Electric last weekend and I made it out. It was an uncharacteristically good weekend for punk rock in NYC this one particular weekend with Fear playing Gramercy Theatre the night before (Friday) and Leggs McNeil lecturing the following Sunday […]
New Years Eve Eve of 2017 (Dec. 30th, 2017) I had the opportunity to finally catch the famous Richard “Handsome Dick” Manitoba of The Dictators , (AKA the “hansomest man in rock-n-roll), a legendary Jewish Punk Rocker from the Bronx. He was performing with his new bandmates “The Soul Punk Kings” at the Bowery Electric in downtown […]
Stumbled across this video in my “spare” time. 1991 Casualties.. wow! What I would have given for some HD Video back then.. still.. it’s classic.
Ask any punk who has visited NYC in the last 5, 10 or 15 years and chances are they stopped by ABC No Rio, New York City’s new reigning champion for punk music in the big apple since CBGB’s much publicized demise. We wanted to show them a little well deserved love so we were […]
Who says NYC punk is dead? That there is only a hardcore scene?
NYC.. why did I leave? The questions I’ve been asking myself this week as I ran from one hectic appointment to the next in incredibly beautiful weather. I can’t believe this was the place that just 9 months ago I was bitching about and so ready to get the hell out of. But that’s what […]
So I’m moving from NYC to the Los Angeles, but not before spending a few months in Latin America traveling and covering the punk scene for Punktology and working on a few other projects and in general, living out of a backpack. It might not surprise you to hear that moving sucks! Hell, you’ve probably […]
November 4, 2010 – NEW YORK CITY: Last night was the 12th concert of Social Distortion / Mike Ness I’ve attended since my first in 2004. I’ve seen SD or Ness perform in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orange County (2x), Long Island (2x), New Jersey and NYC (4x) and the show last night […]
With all the drama and lineup changes over the years, could even a legendary punk band like the Dead Kennedys put on a decent show? The answer, according to the crowd’s enthusiastic reaction, a resounding yup! The band’s current tour, like many older punk bands, features a mash up of old and new, the legends […]
Ladies and Gentlemen, punks and punkettes of the incredible metropolitan area of the great city of New York, after over a decade, my time here is getting short. Sometime in November, I will be putting most of my material possessions in storage and traveling to Latin America to live for a few months before heading […]
When I first moved to NYC back in the late 90s, I remember hearing about Max’s Kansas City and was always a bit confused by the name. Why name a bar in NYC “Kansas City”? Now that I’ve lived in NYC for a few years, I think I understand. I often run across bars and […]
August 4th, 2010: So I took the hour or so train ride out to Wantagh, Long Island to experience Social Distortion’s 2010 summer tour last night. I arrived around 8pm and the 1st warm up band was playing. I normally like to give props to warm up bands and try to help them get their […]
Social Distortion week continues on Punk Outlaw. Tuesday night I’m heading to Mulcahey’s Bar in Long Island to check out the band as they pass NEAR New York City so I thought it would be cool to take a fresh look at the last time Social D. played at Mulcahey’s way back in 2007. Man […]
Shooting video of GBH at the NYC show Friday night is easier said than done. In front of me, bodies hurled off the stage straight for me. Behind me other bodies climbed on my back and my head to get onstage. I got knocked on my ass not once but several times throughout the night. […]