James Knapp, Author at HARDTIMES

June 24, 2023

Look, I know that most of you only clicked on this ranking for the tits, it’s why I decided to…

June 23, 2023

CLEVELAND — Bastion of musical irrelevance the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame (HoF) recently shut down its immersive exhibit…

June 15, 2023

LAS VEGAS — Representatives from the Punk Rock Museum recently reached out to their counterparts at the Rock and Roll…

May 10, 2023

CALABASAS, Caif. - Local indie band, currently performing under the recent moniker Parkitect, were once again unable to stick with…

May 10, 2023

The Damned are sort of like punk rock’s perpetual cautionary tale. The landscape of the modern punk scene likely wouldn’t…

May 8, 2023

The Clash redefined the art of being a pretentious dick wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt who starts every conversation with…

May 7, 2023

CHIPLEY, Fla. — Diehard Five Finger Death Punch fan Aaron Stummerer recently squandered all of his weekly earnings on shoddily-made…

May 3, 2023

Millencolin: proof that coming from a country with the highest quality of life in the world doesn’t mean shit when…

April 30, 2023

We've written about Social Distortion a few times before. Fortunately, we were pretty drunk all of those times and don’t…

April 30, 2023

Each week The Hard Times looks back on a classic album from punk history. We also consume enough ketamine to…