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May 2, 2013
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April 26, 2013
Newport Beach Film Festival: Punk's Not Dead--It's On Broadway
For the first time in its fourteen-year long history, the Newport Beach Film Festival kicked off the year's season with a documentary film that packs as much wallop and frenetic energy as a mosh pit circle. Director Doug Hamilton's Broadway Idiot follows world-famous punk band Green Day as their al ... More >>
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March 28, 2013
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 >>
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March 11, 2013
Green Day - Fox Theater - March 10, 2013
Green Day Fox Theater March 10, 2013About 40 minutes or so into Green Day's set, Billie Joe Armstrong begin what seemed to be an acoustic version of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" off what has become the band's seminal album, American Idiot. After the first verse, he paused before motioning ... More >>
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March 11, 2013
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 >>
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March 8, 2013
Top 5 Punk Rock Guitarists
By: Nicholas PellSomewhere along the line, punk rock's amateurish enthusiasm became conflated with a dearth of talent.That's OK -- anything to keep the squares out -- but it's not entirely accurate. Indeed, it was hard paring this list down to just five. While you might complain that your favor ... More >>
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March 4, 2013
Green Day's Billy Joe Makes a Mess of His Life, Asks Fans to Pay the Price
Billy Joe Armstrong sat down this month with Rolling Stone to atone for his infamous mid-set rant at last September's I Heart Radio concert in Las Vegas. You may remember the gig, which featured the puerile Bay Area punkers performing along with the likes of Rihanna, Bon Jovi and Swedish House Mafia ... More >>
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February 28, 2013
Top 10 Skateboarders That Became Musicians
Skateboarding and music mingle nicely, from the soundtracks of skate videos to the shredders themselves hitting notes. For some skaters, it's hard to say what comes first, the music or the maple. It's not uncommon while learning about a band to find that a member or two has skateboarding in their pa ... More >>
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February 21, 2013
Los Kung Fu Monkeys: The Last Warriors of Mexican Ska-Punk?
The band plays on despite being the last of their kind in Tijuana
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February 4, 2013
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 >>
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January 16, 2013
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 >>
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December 20, 2012
Angry Samoans
Unit B
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December 17, 2012
NOFX - The Observatory - December 15, 2012
NOFXThe ObservatoryDecember 15, 2012 Damien Marley's "Welcome to Jamrock" rattled the Observatory as NOFX walked onstage to a chorus of cheers, whistles and a few unexpected insults from punks who were pissed at the long wait in-between sets to see the headlining band take stage. Unlike ... More >>
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December 17, 2012
The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week
Tuesday, December 18Stevie TombstoneThe Prospector Stevie Tombstone's sweet, soulful country croon juxtaposes delightfully with his hard craggy face. Rocking some hard-luck chic, his songs feature mentions of the undertaker and give thanks for the little things in life--such as not being in jail ... More >>
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November 6, 2012
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 >>
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November 1, 2012
All American Rejects
City National Grove of Anaheim
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November 1, 2012
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October 25, 2012
Motion City Soundtrack
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October 11, 2012
Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: The Complete List
Go ahead, call us a bunch of culture-less, lily-white suburbanites with a partiality to flip-flops and right-wing politics. Those kind of labels never cease to amuse us. Because one thing that instantly dooms most of the tired cliches ascribed to OC is the music--the one-of-a-kind frustration, aggre ... More >>
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September 20, 2012
The Dead Kennedys Keep Moshing On
It might still be 'Bedtime for Democracy,' but the legendary punk band aren't falling asleep any time soon
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August 24, 2012
Top Five Hits: TKO Records in Fountain Valley
[Editor's Note: Every Friday, our resident record store expert Michael Chin checks in with his weekly report of what the hell people who still buy records at local shops are listening to.]See Also:*Hank III, Grandson of Hank Williams, Has His Own Punk-Rock Approach to Country*Top Five Hits: Second S ... More >>
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August 15, 2012
Moonlight Graham To Host 'Clockwork Orange County' Documentary Event
See Also: *Former Korn Drummer To Plead Not Guilty In DUI Case *How Alabama Shakes Turned a Shitty Career Break Into a Major Score *Of Monsters and Men - The Observatory - 8/8/12 For as much old-school, OC punk culture as like to dig up here at the Weekly, we always get a little giddy whenever we c ... More >>
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August 1, 2012
No Use For a Name Frontman Tony Sly Dead at 41
Tony Sly, lead singer and songwriter for San Jose punk band No Use for a Name died today at age 41.An investigator with the Santa Clara County Medical Examiners Office has confirmed her agency is in possession of Sly's body."It appears to be a natural death, but the body hasn't been examined at this ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
The Darlings
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April 30, 2012
OC Punk Rock Picnic - Oak Canyon Ranch - 4/28/12
If your vehicle was sturdy enough to get you to this year's Punk Rock Picnic at Oak Canyon Ranch (aka the middle of nowhere) -- meaning your car didn't overheat during the uphill slaloms or get stuck in the makeshift loose-dirt road parking lot -- then you experienced what was probably the best Punk ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Anthony Anzaldo of Ceremony: 'Punk is broad, it's like calling yourself a rock band'
Ceremony, the Rohnert Park punk band that's been labeled everything from punk rock to shitgaze (yes, that genre exists) just released their new album Zoo last Tuesday, and they'll be at the Center For The Arts in Eagle Rock, then Chain Reaction in Anaheim on Friday (along with Cold World, ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
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 >>
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January 13, 2012
NOFX at the House of Blues Last Night
NOFX January 12, 2011 House of Blues Anaheim Check out our NOFX slideshow here! Over the years I have come to see NOFX perform at several different venues: The Marquee Theater in Tempe, Emo's in Austin (pre Cokie the Clown pissing in a tequila bottle incident), Sunset House of Blues, The Grove ... More >>
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December 17, 2011
Secret's Out: Some Members of Black Flag Will Be Playing GV30 Sunday
Kinda?We promised you "surprise guests" in this week's cover story on Goldenvoice's 30th anniversary shows--and Black Flag has let the cat out of the bag on Facebook.
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December 15, 2011
Gary Tovar Has His Goldenvoice
The iconic concert production company birthed Coachella, helped punk-rock luminaries early in their careers—and isn't done yet
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November 24, 2011
The Ataris
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November 18, 2011
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 >>
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November 18, 2011
Yeastie Boys Talk Clowns, Cops and Venues That Rhyme With 'Slidenard'
Photo courtesy of Yeastie BoysDirt Clown of Yeastie BoysThe Yeastie Boys might be simultaneously the best and worst band in Orange County right now--a good old-fashioned punk rock cover band that takes itself so un-seriously it's got a circus theme. Started three years ago as a way to replace ty ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
[UPDATED with Slideshow:] We Were Feared, Punk Rockumentary on Cuckoo's Nest, Has Hollywood Close-Up
UPDATE, NOV. 10, 10:43 A.M.: The Cuckoo's Nest documentary We Were Feared rolled on a screen at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood Wednesday night, and contributing photographer John Gilhooley was there, just as he had been for the world premiere at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.Click here to s ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Social Distortion at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Last Saturday Night
John Gilhooley/OC WeeklySocial DistortionOct. 22, 2011Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, IrvineMike Ness took a scan of the audience after the opening song, "California Hustle and Flow," and said, "There's a little more people here than we played for at the Fullerton Pub. I remember one fucker t ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Scott Avett of the Avett Brothers: On Punk Rock, Rick Rubin and Social Distortion
CrackerfarmOne would be hard pressed to find more honest music than what the Avett Brothers are crafting these days. With songs about lost love, alcoholism, familial bonds and everything in between, the Avett Brothers have their collective finger on the pulse of the common man. Their lyrics are r ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Album Attack: Fugazi's 13 Songs at The Prospector Saturday Night
David ThorntonAlbum Attack, Fugazi's 13 SongsOctober 15, 2011The ProspectorAs has become the custom in Long Beach, a hodgepodge-supergroup of local musicians took the stage at The Prospector on Saturday to play through an influential indie album in its entirety. In the spotlight this month--Fug ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Dwarves' Blag Dahlia: Ready to Piss On OC, But Not Tea Partiers, Republicans, Libertarians and Independents
J FischerDwarves, legendary punks who intentionally offend those around them -- faking the death of their guitarist, HeWhoCanNotBeNamed, is said to have gotten them dropped from Sub Pop, for instance -- are descending into Orange County for a good ol' fashioned punk show with fellow legends LA ha ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
10 Songs About Police Brutality
Charles Moore / Black StarIt seems like you hear about the police more often than usual these days. Whether it's the death of Mark Duggan that's inciting the London riots or the killing of Kelly Thomas that's shaking up the Fullerton PD, the news is rife with reports of police misconduct, and it' ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
'Suburban Nightmare: Punk In OC' Opening Reception
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June 20, 2011
Gnarmageddon Fest 2011 at The Glass House Saturday Night
Javier CabralBrian Brannon of JFA has been around the punk-rock block a couple of timesGnarmageddon Fest 2011 June 18, 2011The Glass House The American Hardcore scene has produced (and destroyed) lots of amazing punk-rock legends. Darby Crash of The Germs, Stevo of The Vandals, John Macias of Cir ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Cerebral Ballzy Are Barfing Their Way to the Top
How can you not love a group with a song called 'Puke Song'?
Music
June 9, 2011
The Buzzcocks: Possessed by the Spirit of '76
Steve Diggle says the punk rock way of looking at the world is just as relevant today as it ever was.
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May 31, 2011
The 13th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival in Las Vegas
Javier CabralFans eager for Cock Sparrer to playPunk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival May 27-31Downtown Las VegasHow do I even begin to describe the degree of epic-ness for an event like the 13th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival in Downtown Las Vegas? A lineup of r ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Descendents Documentary 'Filmage' Looking for Old Band Pics and Footage
Directors Deedle LaCour and Matt Riggle are professional video editors (commercial and news, respectively) and are also in the pop punk band 41 Gorgeous Blocks, a band with a bunch of media people in it. (Their singer Matt Riggle also wrote for Dallas Morning News's publication Quick.)They're als ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Welcome to Sharks Week!
Come sink your teeth into some old-school young-guy punk rock
Music
April 28, 2011
Jack Grisham of T.S.O.L.: Bedeviled
In his new book, the infamous OC punk rocker describes how he exorcised 'An American Demon': Himself
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April 20, 2011
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.
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April 11, 2011
4th Annual OC Punk Rock Picnic at Hidden Valley Park Saturday Night
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyTSOLClick here to see the slideshow!4th Annual OC Punk Rock PicnicApril 9, 2011Hidden Valley ParkFor the modern day punk-rock enthusiast, there is something quite affirming about attending an all-day punk rock festival. Perhaps its that sense of acceptance finally, t ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Getting Exene Cervenka
The approachable punk-rock icon is one of several OC acts off to Austin for the South By Southwest festival
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