Nothing will ever touch the unique energy of 1970s punk rock music. Bands like Sex Pistols, The Ramones, and New York Dolls dominated the genre and delivered some pretty memorable hits. But even those ...

Punk would come into existence in the mid-1970s. But in the 1960s, a few proto-punk tunes predicted the future of the genre.

Meet Serena Dank, an OG Karen who founded 'Parents of Punkers' and appeared on the '80s talk show circuit to warn parents about the corrupting influence of punk rock. In the era of Tipper Gore and the ...

The hype about punk rock has always been that anyone can do it. This has resulted in misguided notions that musicianship is absent from punk. Truth be told, you only stand out in this scene if you can ...

Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...

Being a great punk rock singer involves so much more than just hitting the notes. All of the genre’s great frontmen (and women) have embodied punk’s rebellious attitude. Regardless of their respective ...

Punk emerged in the 1970s as a reaction to the commercialization of mainstream rock music. The movement originated in the United States and the United Kingdom with bands like the Ramones and the Sex ...

Brothers Shawn and Mark Stern were already veteran punk rockers when they started Punk Rock Bowling 25 years ago. But they had no idea they were in the midst of a seminal moment by launching what ...

Punk rock would never escape society’s accusations of ineptitude. To mainstream ears, the music was ugly — tuneless, arhythmic, untalented. Worst of all, the vocalists couldn’t sing. How could that ...