Eddie Van Halen wasn't a fan of the simplicity of punk, and so he wrote this 1977 track in a bid to make fun of the new ...

"Punk's Not Dead" became a slogan for young rebels reluctant to give up their spiky hair and crashing guitar bands for a new wave flop and a pop tune – but the title of the Exploited's 1981 debut ...

In the mid-’70s, rock got usurped by punk. Though rock, as a broad definition, had gone through many changes up unto that point, it still had a recognizability about it. Punk was something completely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a crop-haired angry young man myself, I can’t recall ever wasting a minute of 1976, ’77 or ’78 thinking about how much I hated ...

Can’t wait to check out 'You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984' on any device? Here are platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can choose your ...

Although Pavement have never been an overtly punk outfit, Stephen Malkmus has always imbued that spirit, a spirit he identities in a classic 1977 Queen song.

In this reading, 1977 wasn’t just when punk broke but also the year for chancers to take a chance. A similarly minded lot were Manchester’s The Drones who, along with the previous three bands, also ...

This week in 1977, two monumental albums arrived: 'Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols' and 'Rocket to Russia.' By William Goodman This week in 1977, two monumental albums arrived: The Sex ...

Two very different histories of punk help to explain why the controversial movement changed so many young people’s lives Nothing could be less punk than commemorating its 40th anniversary. The late ...

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Editor’s note: This is the third chapter in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. Chapter 1, documenting how a collaboration between Roky Erickson ...

Come 1977, what Ruttenberg and Dorsett increasingly wanted you to buy was punk rock. They stocked all the latest U.S. indie releases and British imports, plus those UK rock weeklies and Xeroxed ...