Punk Rock

NOFX at 30: The Band's 10 Craziest Moments

Reassuring us once and for all that turning 30 doesn't mean you have to start behaving like an adult, NOFX -- the West Coast punk icon/touring kegger that never winds down -- announced this week that they'll mark the end of their third decade in existence with a limited edition box set of deluxe LPs ... More >>

On the Hunt for the Best Jukebox in the Haight

The juke at Aub Zam Zam​The heyday of authentic jukeboxes is long over. With many bars installing those nasty touchscreen digital Internet boxes, the old school record-flipping kind of jukebox is a dying breed. And this is in the town that originated the concept of jukeboxes back in 1889. So what ... More >>

A new postpunk festival highlights a genre's revival

Golden Garden

Punk impresario Dirk Dirksen remembered in two-night stand

Hear This

A pack of Orphans you don't want to mess with

House of Tudor

Gogol Bordello's debauched Gypsy ferocities, and the Transcinema Festival's mind-altering new media

House of Tudor

A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

Hear This

Bratmobile's riot grrls tackle gender, identity, and George Dubya's politics

Daft Punk

Meet the self-proclaimed No. 1 face in hip hop -- a former punk gone gold

SF Music Awards 2001

An exotic adventure into the mysterious world of sound!

Rebel Yell

For over 20 years Detroit icon Mick Collins has been rebelling against everything -- including rebellion

Boys' Band

Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

House Of Tudor

Silke Tudor sings the praises of punk rock karaoke, swoons over the Faint, and revels in girlhood

I Wanna Be Sated

Fleshies have what it takes -- nudity, pissed-off lyrics, blazing noise -- to be Oakland's next great punk band

Truth Be Told

The Lies may be San Francisco's most deceptively honest group

Letters to the Editor

Letters from October 18, 2000

Pop Philosophy

Downtown Rehearsal agreement; Aquarius Records' 30th anniversary; political songs contest

Sweet Adeline

A determinedly small Oakland label proves that punk is still a viable sound

Riff Raff

A Punk's Progress; Critic's Corner

Riff Raff

Flipper's a Cover Band Now, OK?

Various Artists

Gimme Indie Rock
(K-Tel International)

Best Controversial Transformation

Blondie's

Common Cause

Jesse Michaels didn't get the fame his former Operation Ivy bandmates did with Rancid, but he didn't lose his passion for ska-infused punk rock either

The Clash

Sandinista!

Growing Pains

After 11 albums, Berkeley's Mr. T Experience is starting to abandon the punk-pop sound it pioneered

Magic and Loss

From Texas to San Francisco and back again, Alejandro Escovedo has weathered the push and pull of family and music

Punks at War

Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that threatens punk's most enduring and provocative partnership.

Hear This

The House of Tudor

One-Hit Wanderer

Since moving to the Bay Area a decade ago, Alec Palao has diligently tracked the history of local bands before the Grateful Dead (yes, such bands existed)

The Accidental Punk

Avengers frontwoman Penelope Houston tried to escape punk, but history pulled her back in

Flipper Redux

A half-decade after his band's demise, Steve DePace is trying to write and close the book on Flipper

Riff Raff

Good Riddance

Night Crawler

Hear This

The House of Tudor

Suspicious Minds

Sunday in the Park With the Sex Pistols

An eyewitness account

SFO3 1996

Suspicious Minds

Bring in Da Noise

Michael Goldberg's rock 'n' roll Web dream

White Trash Nation

The stereotype may be racist and classist, but that hasn't kept a generation from embracing the white trash aesthetic -- a disposable culture populated by trailer parks; junk cars; big hair and gaudy makeup; loud, angry music; and empty beer cans -- and i

Recordings

Night Crawler

Spirit of '77

Sin and salvation with Rancid

Margin Walkers

Fugazi tried to transcend its isolated niche

The Creature Double Feature

The local garage rock revival with the Groovie Ghoulies, Hi-Fives, Trash Women, and more

Samples

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