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KROQ Weenie Roast 2013 Lineup Announced

The Weenie Roast lineup was just announced this morning. Headlined by the Black Keys, this year's 106.7 KROQ FM concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on May 18 is about to go on sale. View the full lineup below.

OC Punk Community Launches a Benefit Concert to Help China White Guitarist Frank Ruffino

Frank Ruffino, the guitarist for China White, is in serious trouble. Recently released from the hospital after months in intensive care, the Huntington Beach axeman braces for a miracle. About four years ago, the 51-year-old was diagnosed with liver problems, a biproduct of years of hard drinking, ... More >>

MusInk Days 2 & 3 - OC Fairgrounds - March 9-10, 2013

MusInk Days 2&3 OC Fairground March 9-10, 2013 The art of ink slinging took over OC this weekend as the sixth annual, three-day Musink Festival came the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, in what was turned out to be a 72-hour celebration of body art(including tattoos and piercings), ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week

Monday, March 4MusInk Battle of the BandsHouse of Blues Anaheim Though it may not share the same level of hipster-deigned prestige as Coachella, Musink Festival represents a high-water mark for up-and-coming bands. This year's festival, which celebrates all things tattoo, will feature an impressive ... More >>

Musink Battle of the Bands

House of Blues

Bad Religion, Pennywise and Reverend Horton Heat to Headline MusInk Tattoo and Music Festival

Do you hear that buzzing? That's the sound of tattoo guns and guitar distortion ripping through the silence of January's cultural wasteland to bring you news of OC's MusInk Tatto Convention and Music Festival. Today, the three-day festival announced its anticipated, punk-fueled lineup, including Bad ... More >>

Lady Punk Night with The Stops

Mass Media Records

KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine - 5/5/12

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyColdplayKROQ Weenie Roast y FiestaVerizon Wireless AmphitheaterMay 5, 2012 The Weenie Roast is always a great show for people who just want to be entertained. You sit back, watch the giant platform on the main stage rotate (no waiting time in-between sets!) and just take it a ... More >>

Pennywise's Tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Is Punk as Fuck

See also: *Our review of KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta *Shiny, New Pennywise: Even without Jim Lindberg, their latest set is as fresh as ever *We Remember Adam Yauch, MCA of Beastie Boys, Dead at 47 We recognize it was a nice gesture. But Coldplay's tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch at the Holly ... More >>

Shiny, New Pennywise

Even without Jim Lindberg, their latest set is as fresh as ever

KROQ's Weenie Roast to be Held on Cinco de Mayo

​KROQ/106.7 FM's annual Weenie Roast is back, earlier than ever. This year's edition--the 20th--is dubbed Weenie Roast y Fiesta, and will be held on May 5 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. On the line up is Coldplay, Incubus, the Offspring, Silversun Pickups, Pennywise, Angels & A ... More >>

Sham 69 to Reunite for Punk Rock Bowling

​Seminal streetpunk band Sham 69 is playing at Punk Rock Bowling 2012 in Vegas, reuniting their "classic" 1977-1979 lineup made up of Jimmy Pursey on vocals, Dave Parsons on guitar, Dave Tregunna on bass and Mark Cain on drums.According to Brooklyn Vegan, This lineup, also known as the Pursey/Par ... More >>

It Ain't Easy Being A Clown: South Coast Rep's 'Four Clowns' Amuse and Shock

​Consider the clown. Though part of an illustrious history of performing that reaches back some 4,500 years, lots of people revile, fear and downright hate the creatures. Kind of sucks for such a fun-loving tropeBut for every terrifying John Wayne Gacy and Pennywise, and for every unctuous dolt li ... More >>

Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, the Adicts and the Briefs Announced for the 14th Annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival

​The 14th Annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival just announced the first five bands of this year's line up: Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, the Adicts and the Briefs are performing! Touted as the biggest punk rock party of the year, the festival takes place on Memorial Day weekend, on May 25 to&n ... More >>

Cadillac Tramps

Tiki Bar

Jim Lindberg of Pennywise and Black Pacific on The Other F Word: 'I Check My Kids' Facebook Profiles Regularly'

​Jim LIndberg's 2008 book Punk Rock Dad: No Rules, Just Real Life described how the Lindberg, the man who sang "Fuck Authority" for the punk rock band Pennywise, raised three daughters. It was such an inspiring story that director Andrea Nevins offered to make a documentary on Lindberg and his fam ... More >>

KROQ's Almost Acoustic Lineup Is Out

[Mental Notes] Jack Grisham is writing another book, and Chris Marrs Piliero is giving away music-video mementos

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Full Lineup Announced

​When we released our almost-sure predictions for the 22nd Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas lineup last week, we said that Night 1 would probably feature Jane's Addiction, Bush, Rise Against, Blink 182, Social Distortion, Pennywise and A Day To Remember.

'The Other F Word' Shows Punks All Grown Up

Because 'being there for your kids is the punkest thing of all'

Unwritten Law at the Yost on Saturday Night

​Unwritten LawAug. 6, 2011Yost TheaterSaturday night marked the much ballyhooed reopening of Santa Ana's newest entertainment hot spot, The Yost, and featured San Diego band Unwritten Law as the headliner for its maiden re-voyage. If you're not familiar with the controversies surrounding the  ... More >>

Rebecca Black Tries Again

[Mental Notes] Info on Thrice's new album and Pennywise guitarist's tattoo parlor

Descendents Headline FYF Fest

Chad Sengstock/OC Weekly​The lineup for the eighth annual FYF festival in downtown Los Angeles was announced today and if bloggers mean anything, it sounds like lots of people are excited. Bands such as Death From Above 1979, Explosions in the Sky, the Dead Milkmen, Guided By Voices, Broken Social ... More >>

Street Dogs; Black Pacific

House of Blues

Bloody Streets, Neo-Con Jobs and Smog-Eating Tiles Make the Orange County Interwebs Horror Show

Courtesy of Newport Beach Police DepartmentDanae Marie Miller is accused of killing bicyclist.​It's our weekly look at things said about or from Orange County on the Interwebs:Pedal Power Outage in Newport Beach An urban bicycling enthusiast sees a disconnect between Newport Beach shutting down th ... More >>

Clownz From Outer Space

Consider the clown. Though clowns, in some shape, have manifested in all kinds of ancient cultures--from Native American myths of the arch-trickster to the ithyphallic satyr choruses of third century B.C. Greek drama--their image has taken quite the hit in the past 50 years. Most of us tend to ... More >>

Pennywise Makes It Official: Zoli Teglas, of OC's Ignite, Named New Lead Singer

Zoli Teglas performing with IgnitePennywise announced today that Zoli Teglas, of Orange County's Ignite, is the their "new and permanent" lead singer. Teglas has already played with the band at recent events such as the the Benefit Show for Amnesty International that took place at the Long Beach Are ... More >>

Last Night: the Adolescents, Pennywise and More at Mike 'Gabby' Gaborno Benefit at House of Blues, Anaheim

The Hype: It's a bit unsettling to think of punk rockers undergoing bypass heart surgery. And when a purveyor of youth sub-culture such as Mike Gaborno goes under the knife, it sort of reminds us all of our mortality (after all, we're not talking about Sinatra here). But lest we forget, punks are h ... More >>

Wax On, Wax Off: "Giving Back to Gabby" Benefit Show

Mike Gaborno, better known to fans and friends as "Gabby," has had a long presence in Southern California's music world. Over the years of his hard-living music career, Gabby fronted a slew of punk and rock acts that have been hugely influential in our local surf scene and beyond. Bands like the Cad ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Saosin, Nitzer Ebb, Danzig, Godric, Steven Adler,

Orange County post-hardcore band Saosin performs Sunday at House of Blues Anaheim. In the OC Weekly feature, frontman Beau Burchell talks to our writer Eric Snider about the pressure to "deliver that single."Industrial dance icon Nitzer Ebb will be making bodies move Saturday at Galaxy Concert Th ... More >>

California Calling

The Boathouse Collective

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 >>

So many shows tonight, what will YOU choose?

It's the end of the month and for most of you college-types, that means no more school, no more books, etc.; at least for a while. For some, it means rent is due. For avid local show goers, Thursday sparks the age old question, "what the fuck are we going to do tonight?" Only this time, that questio ... More >>

Pennywise, 'Facedown Fest,' Coming to Glass House

Shows! Just announced! Whee!Pennywise canceled their headlining gig at Liskfest in Irvine back in October, but they're coming back to the (relative) area on Feb. 20 at the Glass House in Pomona. Afraid. Deranged. So on and so on. $20.Speaking of festivals, hardcore and punk Christian label Facedown ... More >>

Listen to the Band: Wastey Face

Let's face it, good local punk bands are hard to come by these days. Seldom does one find the kind of balls-out, hundred-mile-an-hour fury that fuels sweaty mosh pits and unshakable spiky-haired camaraderie on a consistent basis. And behind the Orange curtain, this is an especially harsh reality. Th ... More >>

Pennywise Definitely Not Playing at Liskfest

Liskfest, a punk rock/hardcore festival scheduled for this Saturday at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine will not include Pennywise, the event's originally scheduled headliners. Though all of the recent advertisements are sans Pennywise, like this flier on the show's MySpace, enough people are still confu ... More >>

[Locals Only] Pepper, 'Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations' (Law Records)

Is the Pomona Stop on the Vans Warped Tour Mosh Ado About Nothing?

[Hits!] This Week's Top-Selling Records at Bionic Records, Cypress

Running in Circles

Bad Religion

CD Review

Operation Ivy, Operation Ivy (Hellcat)

Girlyrections

Pennywise

Tasered With the Taser of Love

Nightlife and more
Oct. 27-Nov. 3

A Rivers Runs Through It

I Am Totally Insane

And its because of the rolling blackouts

Mousetown Schools

Sean Stern of Youth Brigade

Local musicians ponder the eternal, wrenching dilemma

Behold the Stoner

Behold lots of them at the Cypress Hill smoke out

When the Angels Sing

Story of a Life

Mike Ness remembers Dennis Danell

Aural Reports

What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County?