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A new Instagram photo, shared by @bosstonesofficial has given fans of ’90s Ska Punk heart palpitation. In the photo Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong and Mighty Mighty Bosstones figurehead Dicky Barrett are seen posing together in front of a brick wall adorned with the phrase ‘We’d Play Around With a Punk Rock Reggae Sound’. The photo […]Continue Reading

Mel Gagarin, singer and guitarist with New York City punk band Scarboro, is still in the race for congress in the Sixth Congressional District in Queens, New York. You know the world is becoming more progressive when punks start running for their local government. In New York City, local Mel Gagarin is doing just that. As a […]Continue Reading

Welcome to the new, shiny, Punktuation magazine website! Over the coming weeks, months and years we aim to become the ‘punkiest purveyors of punk in publishing’ as we bodyslam our way through the circle pit of punk-life together! Marvel at our mind-blowingly, interesting, features, exclusive interviews, latest news, and cool stuff on punk fashion! Stare […]Continue Reading

In 1989 Dee Dee Ramone fled both New York and The Ramones and headed to Europe. After a brief aborted link-up with Stiv Bators and Johnny Thunders in Paris, he moved to London intending to seek out fellow punk rock contemporaries with a plan for a fresh start and to form a new band. DeeDee was […]Continue Reading

A massive piece of Ramones history is up for sale – a sprawling, 6,420-square-foot space at at 6 E. 2nd St. in New York City where the Ramones played one of their earliest shows in 1975 The three-floor loft was owned by Arturo Vega, whom Dee Dee once called the band’s “evil mom,” and was […]Continue Reading

Riot Fest, 2020 like every other major live event in the World has been postponed until next year – thank, of course, to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The good news however is that the Chicago based Riot Fest returns in 2021 (September 17th-19th) with a mega line up. My Chemical Romance, Smashing Pumpkins, Run the […]Continue Reading

In an exclusive interview with Alt Press Brett Gurewitz The Epitaph Records founder explains why being “non-racist” isn’t enough in 2020. In response to the May 25 killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and the resulting international outcry for social justice and protests against systemic racism, Gurewitz, has dedicated the Epitaph Continue Reading

The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted every aspect of the worldwide economy with shops shut, businesses closed and many employees either furloughed or out of work. One of the hardest hit industries is the entertainment industry- theatres, live venues and creative production have all ground to a halt whilst we remain in lockdown. Many independent music […]Continue Reading