Punk News
On this day 15 years ago Die Toten Hosen, turned off their amps and picked up their acoustic guitars for two nights only!Continue Reading
London production company Number 9 Films have secured the television rights to the memoirs of Punk Icon and author Viv Albertine.Continue Reading
As reported in Punktuation in July, one of the UK’s favourite punk, hardcore and alternative rock festival – Slam Dunk, will be back next year with many artists originally booked for the cancelled 2020 shows returning. Latest additions include punk rock favourites Billy Talent and hardcore punk’s Agent Orange. They join a quickly growing list […]Continue Reading
A social worker from the U.S. has broken the Guinness World Record for the highest mohawk! It measures in at 107.97 cm (41 inches) and takes him over an hour to prepare with help from his wife! Joseph Grisamore, a social worker from Park Rapids, Minnesota in the United States, has broken the Guinness World […]Continue Reading
Iggy Pop‘s cockatoo, Biggy Pop has been named a founding patron of Australia’s Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital. Biggy released a statement explaining the decision behind becoming a patron for the wildlife hospital that is working towards becoming Australia’s largest mobile wildlife hospital – a vital undertaking as the country head towards its bushfire Continue Reading
Photographer and author, Ray Stevenson captured some of the most significant, enduring images of the early UK punk scene. His new book, Juju Across America 1981 Part Two –Siouxsie and The Banshees is released August 31. His brother ‘sort of co-managed the Sex Pistols’, so photographer Ray Stevenson was ideally placed when punk kicked off in 1976. The infamous […]Continue Reading
Pussy Riot's, Nadya Tolokno has taken to Twitter to announce that her mother had been visited by the Russian Police and she was feeling "a bit troubled" by events. Continue Reading
Combining a unique mix of punk rock, Aztec instruments and indigenous lyrics, Mexico City band Los Cogelones are using music to save their cultural heritage. Punk band, Los Cogelones (roughly translates as The Fuckers) formed in 2008 when four brothers Marco Antonio, Víctor Hugo, José Alberto and Jesús Adrián Sandoval decided – with tongues firmly in […]Continue Reading
Indie Author Willy Mitchell is on the lookout for contributors for the book cover artwork for his 4th book, Northern ECHO. This is a tale of two boys growing up during the #Punk revolution in the north of England. Tragically, a dark secret keeps them apart until the very end, until it’s too late, and Tiny […]Continue Reading
Joe Strummer proved that running really is punk by taking part in a number of marathons over the years and Cardiff-based Running Punks is doing its bit to keep the spirit of Joe’s running shoes alive. The original ‘Running Punks‘, two old friends and bandmates, Jimmy (a guitarist and ex-world champion runner) and Rhodri (a […]Continue Reading