It’s hard to tell just how serious local punk rockers, Trashkannon, are being, especially on their new album Crappy Days. Their breed of loud, middle-finger-waving, three-chord skate punk is so perfectly composed and so flawlessly offensive, it makes one wonder, “Is it a joke?”
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Quietly tucked away in downtown Mountain View, the Dana Street Roasting Company puts on wild, high energy shows a couple times a month. One of the defining characteristics of the shows has always been the variety of styles present on any given bill—punk rock, hip hop and folk bands regularly share a…
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Who would have thought that three guys sitting around watching the Damon Wayans military comedy Major Payne would be make for such a good music video?
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In 1993, underground Southern Californian punk band The Offspring, which play the San Jose Civic on Tuesday Oct. 2, went mainstream when their third album, Smash, came out. Since then, they’ve had a string of singles and platinum records.
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It’s no mystery that Asian Man recording artists, the Atom Age are obsessed with 1960s pop-culture. Not only is their music a clear nod to 60s rockabilly and garage rock, but every one of their videos so far have been an overt homage to those swinging, groovy times, including their new video…
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The Bomb The Industry concert on August 25 at Homestead Lanes could be the last South Bay appearance for the New York punk rockers after the band announced it could stop touring after this summer tour.
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After making it’s debut last year, the Think and Die Thinking music festival returns this weekend with two days of punk and indie music performed by bands with women, people of color and members of the queer and transgender communities.
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For a year and a half, San Jose was home to the underground music venue, the Texas Toast House, which was actually the home of Chris Gough, Tom Nguyen and a rotating group of guys. They put on shows in their detached garage in the backyard. The shows were always all-ages, admission…
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Like so many others, I’ve been hopelessly hooked on the Misfits’ unique brand of punk for a long time. Almost a complete mythology in and of themselves, Danzig’s songs for the band impossibly blended romance and gore, pop harmony and gutter hardcore.
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Krupted Peasant Farmerz, better known as KPF, is now one of San Jose’s most famous punk bands, with a cult following that spans the globe. But when the band broke up in the ’90s, guitarist Rob Fraser had no idea that would be the case.
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