In the early 1980s, at the peak of the punk rock scene in Fullerton, the interest and demand for punk in Orange County reached a boiling point during one particular TSOL show at Fullerton College. The ...

Nothing quite compares to the subtle, sublime pleasures of punk rock music. Of course, those pleasures don't include listening to the music. Good God, no! Listening to punk is pure torture. Punk ...

When the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas opened its doors in 2023, onlookers fell into one of two decidedly different camps. Many were excited to celebrate the genre’s unique and fascinating history, ...

Starting out as a jazz-rock group called Mind Power in 1976, they changed direction entirely when original vocalist Sid McCray brought records from the Sex Pistols, Ramones and Dead Boys to their ...

In the late ’80s and early ’90s, the DC hardcore band Swiz was a familiar presence around town, playing shows that were chaotic and exciting, scary and inspiring. The band’s members—plus a few other ...

The deep-rooted history of the punk music scene in Orange County and beyond is the focus of a new exhibition at the Fullerton Museum Center. “Punk OC, From the Streets of Suburbia,” will feature ...

This article was originally published on www.audiophix.com as Punk rock fans rejoice: Record Store Day 2026 is almost here.

These ska-punk legends helped bring the genre to a new level in the late 1980s. They inspired countless punk bands that followed, even today. And they did it all with only one album: the 1989 record ...