Tag Archives: Punk Rock

The concept behind the album was a good one, I see a lot of potential in many of the tracks

Pere Ubu, one of Cleveland’s most critically revered, influential, challenging and enduring groups, will perform a rare small-venue show at the Beachland Ballroom Tavern in Cleveland, OH on November 6. Ubu, founded by David Thomas (then known as “Crocus Behemoth”) and the late Peter Laughner in 1975 upon the demise …

For those who...think that Boy George was the epitome of eighties rock, please listen to the Pogues...

=== Man Alive, Open Surgery One of the better punk-driven rock bands I’ve heard on disc lately, Man Alive hails from the unlikely location of Israel but is brought to you by the Militia Group, the lean and muscular West Coast label that also promotes Copeland (and other promising new …

Cleveland didn’t quite know what to make of the punk and subsequent new wave revolutions of the mid-to-late ’70s. There was a small but rabid underground scene that produced, but could not sustain punk greats, Dead Boys. Dead Boys departed for New York and became mainstays at the now endangered …

Ever the rebellious, politically-charged punks, the reunited (sans lead singer Jello Biafra) Dead Kennedys have pulled out of the “Waking The Dead” Halloween punk extravaganza at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles on October 29, 2005 due to sponsorship of the show by the Coors Corp. Dead Kennedys — …

You could make a case for The Juliana Theory being the forerunner for today’s alternative sound. Formed in 1997, the Brett Detar led band has always tweaked its sound to stay contemporary, but always has maintained its core music. The album’s opening track “This Is A Lovesong… For The Loveless” …

The Akron-Summit County Public Library will host a premiere of Phil Hoffman’s new rockumentary If You’re Not Dead, Play!!, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Main Library Auditorium in downtown Akron. Two of the bands featured prominently in the film, Akron’s Unit 5 and Chi-Pig, will prove …

This week’s all-female edition of the Indie Round-Up is brought to you by the Sisterhood of the Happy Pants. INDIE ROUND-UP for August 25 2005 === Cruiserweight, Sweet Weaponry Like a female-fronted Green Day or a slightly sped-up Letters to Cleo (Telegrams to Cleo?), Cruiserweight weighs in with a strong …

The “tour that won’t die,” the rambling flotilla of punk, Van’s Warped Tour is now a venerable institution, in the final 10 days of its 11th year. I vividly remember broadcasting for Cleveland’s WENZ (The End) from the first and second installments of the tour, the sun beating on the …