Punk Rock

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  • Dykes on bikes with mikes

    Lynn Breedlove takes us to her manic world of speed freaks, strippers and queer-core punk rock.
  • Shane MacGowan

    The life-embracing, death-defying founder of the Pogues is a king hell drinker, a writer and one of the last of a vanishing breed.
  • "The Filth and the Fury"

    The Sex Pistols couldn't find enough treasure in their vaults. Plus: A second documentary that doesn't reduce punk to a slogan.
  • The late, great Joey Ramone

    Friends, musicians and journalists remember an avatar, a star -- and a lonely guy who never felt appreciated enough.
  • Joey Ramone, R.I.P.

    He had no voice, no looks, no chest, butt or knees. But he kicked a generation in the ass, hard.
  • Punk rocks

    As long as pretty rules, ugly will be the choice of fashionable dissidents.
  • Fishnets out of water

    Ode to a diamond-patterned glimpse of skin.
  • The revenge of the Sex Pistols

    Blood, chaos, hatred and fear: The lads who changed rock history tell the story their way.
  • Let us now praise famous wankers

    The Sex Pistols were one of the 20th century's best bands -- even if they (and we) were too dumb to know it.
  • Sharps & Flats

    On Rhino's exhaustive "1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions," the Stooges obliterate the line between dumb joke and visionary achievement.
  • The softer side of Henry Rollins

    Can it be? In his new one-man show, Black Flag's former lead singer seems to be wandering toward the land of warm 'n' fuzzy.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Kathleen Hanna and Le Tigre say dance first and theorize later.
  • Patti Smith

    A punk icon in jeans and leather jacket, she added ecstasy and spiritual exaltation to the poet-songwriter equation.
  • Artist's little helper

    Fred Tomaselli's work offers the experience of taking drugs in the safest possible way -- through the eyes.
  • Garageland

    The Clash devolved from punk snots to self-destructive louts. A new live set captures the band in its ragged glory.
  • Sharps & flats

    The Fastbacks saw grunge come and go. Like that matters to a band that hasn't left the garage in 20 years.
  • Sharps & flats

    Garage days revisited: Two reissues re-introduce the trashy sounds and perverted pop of the Flamin' Groovies.
  • Sharp & flats

    Nick Cave and the Birthday Party adored the sound of piercing feedback, physical exhaustion and collapse.
  • Bowery boys

    A new Ramones anthology catches America's beloved punks sniffing glue and chewing rock 'n' roll bubble gum.
  • Punk rock dies (again)

    The Epicenter Zone was the kind of vital, snotty teen collective that every city needs. Our writer eulogizes the shuttered San Francisco record store.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Punk pioneer Mike Watt declines his glass coffin; ease up on Jar Jar already!
  • Headbanger's ball

    Hell hath no house band like Slayer; Ozzy has no mojo.
  • "Punk Rock Hall of Fame Awards 1999"

    When Black Flag was not Black Flag.
  • Beth Orton

  • Eat this song

    Clea Simon remembers seeing X for the first time.
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