Donald Sheffield June 4, 1990 – July 5, 2023 Born in Bennington, Vermont, Donald Sheffield was raised in a paper yurt on the backside of…
For many Bay Area punks Lookout! Records was the catalyst that helped foment the local scene into a much larger entity. Plagued by the numerous…
Death is the only thing certain in life, and if you’re a true punk you die a lot younger than most people. Here are just…
WEST CHESTER, Penn. — Self-proclaimed “DIY bro” Clifton Mansfield reportedly concocted a convoluted and completely fictitious backstory as to how he discovered his favorite new…
MINNEAPOLIS — Touring sludge metal band Butt Abduction recently realized they can’t fire their deadbeat merch guy until they’re able to regain access to the…
Look, I know that most of you only clicked on this ranking for the tits, it’s why I decided to write the dang thing. But…
CLEVELAND — Bastion of musical irrelevance the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame (HoF) recently shut down its immersive exhibit on the 27 Club, after…
LAS VEGAS — Representatives from the Punk Rock Museum recently reached out to their counterparts at the Rock and Roll Hame of Fame to ask…
CALABASAS, Caif. – Local indie band, currently performing under the recent moniker Parkitect, were once again unable to stick with one consistent name throughout their…
The Damned are sort of like punk rock’s perpetual cautionary tale. The landscape of the modern punk scene likely wouldn’t exist without them, and yet…
The Clash redefined the art of being a pretentious dick wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt who starts every conversation with “um, actually…” before launching into…
CHIPLEY, Fla. — Diehard Five Finger Death Punch fan Aaron Stummerer recently squandered all of his weekly earnings on shoddily-made knives with tacky, patriotic designs…
Millencolin: proof that coming from a country with the highest quality of life in the world doesn’t mean shit when you’re a pissed-off teenage skatepunk…
We’ve written about Social Distortion a few times before. Fortunately, we were pretty drunk all of those times and don’t remember most of what we…
Each week The Hard Times looks back on a classic album from punk history. We also consume enough ketamine to kill an adult zebra every…