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 Mike Ness of Social Distortion plays anywhere in my vicinity, I want to be there. I’ve seen Social Distortion live at least a dozen times all over the U.S., and have been known to work my travel schedule around their tour stops. On this particular date they’d be playing the beautiful Capital Theatre […]
Though I was not that familiar with Richie Ramone’s tenure as drummer for the Ramones (1983-1987), I was curious enough to head over to Bowery Electric the other night, and I was not the only one. It was a mixed bag of opening bands, from melodic, punk Ramone’s like emo (The Young Rochelles) to straight […]
Before Sunday night’s concert at Gramercy Theatre in NYC, I didn’t know much about Stiff Little Fingers other than the following: They are legendary (they’ve been playing since the late 70s and this was their 40th Anniversary Tour) They are from Ireland which was a tough place to be from in the 70s. Their name […]
I was still majorly jet lagged from a recent European jaunt, but had on my calendar to hit up The Casualties & GBH concert at the Gramercy Theatre on September 9th, 2017 and I’ll be damned if some nausea and drowsiness were going to keep me from it. It was far from the 1st time […]
We traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand earlier in the year where we were treated to a punk show put on just for the the crew at Raw Travel at the venue 7 pounds, so I wanted to share the video, just for you. It features our pals, the Canadian ex-pat duo of Bobkat, local […]
The punks in Chiang Mai, Thailand are cut from a slightly different cloth than those in Bangkok, or so I’m told. Since we were in Thailand during the extended New Year’s holidays we weren’t able to hook up with any of the punks in the famous Bangkok scene, though I did, finally hear back […]
Looking very forward to hanging with the guys from Red Union and more this Saturday night when we’ll be in Novi Sad, Serbia on our way to Belgrade to hook up with our old pals there.
Can’t believe it’s almost here. I was so excited, I almost forgot to tweet. 🙂 Tune in to see Quitos DMTR on our 1st episode next weekend 10/5-10/6 www.Rawtravel.tv for more info.
I’m heading to the land of grunge with a 3 day trip to Portland/Seattle and yes, I’m taking the camera… so stay tuned. Word is there is still a pretty damned healthy punk scene still kicking around those parts. We hope to find out. In the meantime, we’ll see you at our buddies at Torino […]
Bonjur! Check out this exclusive interview with Thomas (Drummer) from Paris, France’s legendary “Burning Heads”. Burning Heads was on the Epitaph label and has actually toured the U.S. and have been around since the 1980s and still going strong. Thomas discusses the French punk scene, why the French seem to protest so much and about […]
MADRID SPAIN: Back! Back in the U.S. on the east coast where I forced myself to stay up almost 24 hours straight and go to bed at 12 midnight NYC time. Big mistake. Now I’m up before the sun at 5AM or 1PM Spain/France time, so that is like sleeping in, except the math doesn’t […]
Following up on the previous post, I promised some video of these guys so hear (get it?) goes. Remember to hit these guys up on their facebook page and what not. Stay tuned for more bands and coverage from the French punk scene muy pronto (I’m in Spain now, so I can speak Spanglish […]
Paris, France.. “City of Love”, the Eiffel Tower, great food and bla, bla, bla so many other things there is no use in listing them. Needless to say it’s one of the world’s most famous cities and for many good reasons. Fresh from my time in Cannes where (no I was not lounging by the […]
So we finally kicked our jet lag’s ass (for the time being at least, until we hit the road again next week) and headed to the “Just Deadly Tattoo Parlor” in Whittier, CA for a free, all ages punk show featuring the kick ass aggressive sounds of 35 Black, the hard charging Sin Alley, the long […]
Romania, land of Dracula, vampires, werewolves and Vlad the Impaler. Also, land of “punk music?”…. Yes, well lets just say, it’s getting there. Not that long ago, Romania was a communist country where a pair of jeans could be traded for almost anything. Punk music was outlawed and just getting your hands on some rock-n-roll […]
As I write this I’m rolling through Serbia on a slow moving train headed to Belgrade. My cabin mates speak a strange (to me) language I can’t begin to understand. It’s hot and I don’t remember sweating so profusely while sitting still in a long time. Rolling by is an intermittent landscape of beautiful greenery […]
Ever had that vague craving you just can’t put finger on? Well Saturday, I think I figured mine out. I needed some live punk music and fellowship and the Punk Rock Picnic was serving it up in huge, tasty portions. This, my friends, is why I came to the West Coast. The setting was in […]
My ears are still ringing and I’m still on a natural high from the big Youth Brigade Show at Weber’s Sports Bar in Receda, California Friday night. This is my 2nd time at Weber’s and I have to tell you, this is really a good place to take in a show and they are booking […]
No, I’m not in Colombia anymore but that doesn’t mean the punk scene ground to a halt! My good buddy Luis from the punk band Kuchabomba in Bogota was cool enough to send me some pics from the show last weekend and I’m posting them here for your enjoyment and general viewing pleasure. Enjoy! Oh […]