Punk rock music—that blistering, snarling, enlivening style—has exhilarated audiences for some 50 years now. What rose to prominence in the mid-1970s has become a sound for the generations. Never ...

When you hear the word "punk," who do you think of? Some might imagine the spiky hair snarl of the Sex Pistols or the bowl cuts and leather jackets of The Ramones. Some might think of Green Day, Alice ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Terminal Mind formed in Austin, Texas, in 1978 as part of the first wave of U.S. punk rock. It’s fair to say they were instrumental in shaping the Austin scene, even though they were only active until ...

Mon, March 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM UTC Smith's melding of music and poetry led the album to be tagged as one of the greatest of all time and reportedly as the first punk rock album. It was also preserved ...

The definition of punk rock is way up there on the list of “most hotly debated” topics in modern music. I won’t try to give you a definitive answer. I’ll just tell you what I think it is. You can take ...

Patti Smith has been entertaining fans for decades. The '70s punk rock legend continues to wow crowds with her performances at age 79. The "Free Money" singer did just that with shows in Hamburg, ...

Sitting typing in a pair of ripped black stockings and an unwashed red plaid shirt feels punk. Yet is it punk because it matches the aesthetic, or because you can’t afford new stockings, the shirt’s ...

Brian Gorsegner, vocalist of Night Birds (who are currently on hiatus) and booking agent for a handful of punk bands, has also put together a new punk book called Ancient Artifax. As the title implies ...

Punk rock didn’t hit its peak until the mid-’70s, but the groundwork was laid much earlier. The first murmurings of punk happened in the ’60s. Many rockers were leaving behind all sense of innocence, ...

The rock genre has led to some of the greatest female singers, from Heart's Ann Wilson to The Runaways' Lita Ford, to name a few. Among the many who have cemented themselves as leading rock women, ...