Punk Features
Punks in the former East Germany were seen by the secret police, the Stasi, as a subversive anti-government force that needed to be destroyed.Continue Reading
With COVID-19 offering us plenty of extra time due to the lack of concerts and social interaction, why not sit back and relax with a book that can take you to better times and better days in the land of punk. Burning Down the Haus, by Tim Mohr It began with a handful of East Berlin teens […]Continue Reading
Queen's Brian May is an astrophysicist and particle physicist, Professor Brian Cox, was the keyboard player in D:Ream. But did you know, that not all punks threw away their text books when they picked up their guitars? Some are right clever dicks!Continue Reading
Did they fall off the face of the earth? Where the hell are they now? Continue Reading
Raise your glass and skol your pint, as we reveal 10 of the best punk songs about boozing - responsibly of course!Continue Reading
Punks are the new trailblazers in the corporate world and you ignore them at your peril!Continue Reading
What was the best punk gig you've even been to? Did you see L7's stomach-churning performance at the Reading Festival in 1992? Were you at Rock Against Racism in Victoria Park? Punktuation reviews some of punk's most significant gigs...ever! Continue Reading
Punk had a unique and complex image. It was meant to shock, disturb and disrupt the norm. Outside of punk’s ripped and safety pinned anti-fashion this impulse to outrage was never more apparent than on punk poster art. Sex Pistols, Never Mind The Bollocks Poster, 1977 This iconic Jamie Reid designed, acid yellow promotional poster […]Continue Reading
Love it or loathe it, pop punk is a genre that evokes a strong emotion in the listener. Of course, this emotion depends on who the listener is. For the world’s angsty young punks it’s music that understands your life like no one else. But if you come from old school or hard-core side of the Punk fence then that emotion might be a little less friendly.Continue Reading
We're pretty sure that just like us, you are over lockdown and are chomping at the bit to get back into the good ol' days of enjoying the high-energy frenzy of live gigs again. With some smaller venues starting to reopen in some countries after a time of necessary pause, the anticipation of getting back out there has many hearts racing!Continue Reading