Notes from the Punk Pit: Empathy, Evil, and Mike Ness
I’ve been to scores of punk shows, including probably a half-dozen to see Social Distortion, the seminal SoCal punk rock band from Orange County, California. Original frontman Mike Ness had a cancer scare a couple of years back, making Social D’s long-awaited release, Born to Kill, take even longer to hit the streets—but most agree […]
Amyl and the Sniffers Show – Smells Like Punk Rock To Me
It’s cliche, albeit inaccurate, to say “punk music is dead.” In the past, to counter this false narrative, I’d point to bands like Rancid or musicians like Laura Jane Grace from Against Me. But then I’d just be proving their point. Rancid’s seminal “And Out Come the Wolves” album exploded onto the scene in 1995, […]