”I listened to London Calling to get inspired, but I think Joe Strummer once said if you want to be inspired, don’t listen to your idols — listen to your idols’ idols. So I also listened to a lot of Toots And The Maytals and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, and a ton of Trojan Records compilations.”
Israeli skate punk vets will release a ”best of” with material spanning over 20 years, from their Short Music For Short People contribution to two new songs...
Fat Wreck Chords' (in)famous compilation of 101 30-second punk songs is turning 21, and since we're all sitting at home during quarantine, we thought: what if we individually review all 101 songs?
This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks back on 23 albums from punk and pop punk's pivotal year of 1997 that turn 23 this year. Surely *somebody* likes them...
The song also features guest vocals by Ray Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket, and includes a tribute to Ray's brother/TBR drummer Brandon, who passed away last year.