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Ink N Iron - Queen Mary - June 7, 2013

Ink and Iron Festival Queen Mary June 7, 2013 Three days of punk rock, tattooed folks, custom hot rods kicked off on Friday with the majestic Queen Mary providing the scenic backdrop for the annual Ink and Iron Kustom Culture Festival. One couldn't have asked for more perfect weather as local heroe ... More >>

Snoop Dogg - Heat Ultra Lounge - May 29, 2013

Snoop Dogg Heat Ultra Lounge 5/29/13 SEE PHOTOS FROM SNOOP DOGG'S PERFORMANCE HEREWas I supposed to know Snoop Dogg's show last night at Heat Ultra Lounge was a DJ set and not a traditional performance or did I miss the memo? I mean, I sure as hell thought Tha Doggfather would be getting on the ... More >>

Iggy and The Stooges, The Offspring to Headline Ink-N-Iron

Iggy and The Stooges? The Offspring? Yep, those are your two big names that will be headlining this year's Ink-N-Iron festival, which will once again take the Queen Mary by storm. Taking place June 7-9 on both the ship itself and the adjacent park, the festival will feature some freakin' badass grou ... More >>

Cro Mags - The Observatory - February 3, 2013

What better night to throw a hardcore punk/metal show than on Super Bowl Sunday, a night when many people are already drunk by 6 p.m. The Constellation Room inside the Observatory was crowded to full capacity last night for a raging concert featuring the Cro Mags. The concert was presented by the P ... More >>

Hardcore Legends D.O.A. To Play The Observatory On Final Tour

Known as one of the most political and hard working punk bands since their inception back in 1978, punk rockers D.O.A. announced that they'll be calling it quits after their upcoming, final run of tour dates. One of those select shows lands them at The Observatory on Friday, Feb. 1. Beginning with ... More >>

Hey, Metal Scene: Where's All the Black People?

Why it's still misunderstood by most African-Americans

Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains Vents Heavily About His Band's Documentary, 'A Band in D.C.'

This week ,we got the chance to snag an interview with Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer to talk about the survival story of the legendary hardcore outfit who just put out a new album. Read the full story here. Of course we got a change to branch into other topics including a pretty revealing rant a ... More >>

Bad Brains - The Observatory - November 29, 2012

By: Alex DistefanoBad BrainsThe ObservatoryNovember 29, 2012The drizzle, and typical wet weather related traffic didn't stop the crowd, both old and young, from showing up at the Observatory in Santa Ana on Thursday night, to catch the legendary Bad Brains, a seminal hardcore punk band formed over t ... More >>

Bad Brains Continue Their Righteous Punk Voyage With 'Into the Future'

The D.C. hardcore legends hope their new album keeps you more than just entertained

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Observatory

10 Punk Albums to Listen to Before You Die

Coming up with 10 punk albums to listen to before you die is a lot harder than you'd think. For starters, it's a morbid thought, which makes you start asking yourself why in the hell you're thinking about punk albums when you're only gonna die, so who cares? Second, the best material of many (if n ... More >>

Wreckin' Katz Will Slap the Shit Out of You

[Locals Only] Led by a fiery, upright bassist, the band bring thrash and flash to the psychobilly scene

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Top Five Punk-Rock Songs About Pot (Old and New School)

​Pogo, pot and punk-rock! Here are some fast paced songs from both the old and new school's of to celebrate today's hazy holiday.

Circa Survive's Guitarist Colin Frangicetto Shows off His Ink

Emily ShurColin Frangicetto, far left​Circa Survive is co-headlining at tattoo and music festival MusINK, at the OC Fairgrounds this Saturday (along with Thrice, interviewed in this week's print edition). In keeping with the theme,  guitarist Colin Frangicetto sent over a couple of photos of ... More >>

Top 10 Rockin' Songs By Black Artists

Jimi Hendrix​February is Black History Month, and we felt it the perfect time to do one of our patented lists. Today, we are naming Top Ten Rockin'-est songs by black artists. As much as white artists get criticized for performing "black" genres like R&B, hip-hop and blues, many black artists ... More >>

OC Weekly Classic Punk Monday Mixtape

Sex Pistols​​Sometimes you just need to get riled up on a Monday morning. To that end, we made you a classic punk mixtape to shake off the haze of the weekend and start the new week off right. Valentine's Day be damned; break out the boots and safety pins! The mixtape spans the original Spirit o ... More >>

What You Missed: Red Bull Flugtag, Posse on Broadway, Bad Brains, Rock the Bells

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​What'd you do this weekend? Or, more importantly, what'd you miss this weekend? We headed out to Long Beach's Rainbow Harbor to see people hurl themselves into the ocean in an attempt to fly for Red Bull Flugtag. Later that night, we hopped over to Downtown Santa Ana ... More >>

Bad Brains and Their On-Again, Off-Again Relationship

The band that play together stay together

Free Ticket Tuesdays: Bad Brains, the Colourist, the Union Line, Moonshine & the Drugs and Yellow Red Sparks

​This week, we're giving away a pair of tickets to the Bad Brains show at the House of Blues in Anaheim and 10 pairs of tickets to OC Weekly's Locally Grown series at the Grove of Anaheim that includes OC's indie rock elite--the Union Line, The Colourist, Yellow Red Sparks and Moonshine & the ... More >>

Top 10 Records Sold at TKO During Past Week

TKO Records in Fountain Valley is mainly known as the label that launched punk bands like Cock Sparrer, Nazi Dogs, and the Crumbs. However, in October 2007 they decided to open their own shop that specializes in rare and collectable punk-rock vinyl. The store doesn't only stock their shelves with pu ... More >>

Alex's Thanksgiving Jam

Alex's Bar

Sublime Reunion Part Deux

​Bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh are hitting the stage as Sublime, just like they did in February. But unlike the previous gig, held at some tiny Mexican restaurant in a Nevada town no one's ever heard of, this show is actually pretty big.It's part of Cypress Hill's Smokeout, a gathering ... More >>

Bedouin Soundclash

Galaxy Concert Theatre

Leaving Babylon

I'm bailing for Vegas today and that got me thinking about the idea of leaving. Then I remembered a strange cover version of the Bad Brains song "Leaving Babylon" a week ago. I was in the gardening department at Big Lots (does Big Lots have "departments?") when I heard an acoustic guitar strumming s ... More >>

No for an Answer Return to Orange County

TOMORROW: The Adicts at House of Blues

As much as some people might hate me for saying this, I've always thought of The Adicts as the U2 of the punk world. One, they have always had an established look about them (though I doubt Bono would ever have the balls to rock the joker make-up like Keith "Monkey" Warren). Two, they're live perfor ... More >>

Last Night: Bad Brains, Death By Stereo and Kevin Seconds at House of Blues

Better Than: Pretty much any other concert you could have gone to last night.In the canon of legendary punk bands, it is pretty much impossible to fuck with the furious, dred-wielding four piece that is Bad Brains. And for hoards of die-hard O.C. punks young and old, a chance to see them in action ... More >>

Punky Reggae

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On Sale This Weekend: NOFX, Bad Brains, More

Every week, more shows from old punk bands are announced. It's uncanny. NOFX, Feb. 19 at the Grove of Anaheim On sale: Noon Friday, Oct. 31 ($20) Veteran punk band fronted by the irascible Fat Mike, owner of Fat Wreck Chords. He also founded the Rock Against Bush effort in 2004, so he must be prett ... More >>

Ballad of John and Toko

Refreshed after a four-year break, Enon resume messing with rock preconceptions

The Rasta Fire Next Time

Nearly 30 Years On, Punk Legends Bad Brains Are Still Burning Twice As Bright

Free Tix Fridays: Bad Brains OR Supersuckers

This weekend, we're giving away ten pairs of tix, lovely readers. Five are for the Supersuckers Punk Rock Karaoke show on Wed, September 19, at the Anaheim House Of Blues. The other five are for Bad Brains Whole Wheat Bread at the same venue on Tue, September 25. To score a pair, email: ocpro ... More >>

CD Review

Various Artists, Kurt Cobain: About a Son (Barsuk)

CD Review

Bad Brains, Build a Nation (Megaforce/Oscilloscope)

Bringing Back the Adorb

The Queers

The Feminine Mystique

How Mika Miko carve out their pony thrash

Hardcore Cinema

Bad BrainsLive CBGB 1982

Hey, You!

You Brass

Huntington Beach

Not Just Soccer Moms' Fun

7 Seconds take the bronze

Live Previews

The Ghost of Jello

The Dead Kennedys come alive

Live Previews

C.AARME

Bling Blasters

Science Projects conscience hip-hop

Metal? Christian? Gay?

Queer talk with Kings Xs Doug Pinnick

Make the Music Go Bang

The Alleged Gunmen give respect to the vinyl slingers

Weird Paradise

Steven Blush on the birth of Orange County hardcore

Darren Roberts

Freelance sculptor and painter, bassist for Handsome Devil