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May 12, 2015

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - After shaving his thinning crown for the first time, balding punk Justin Morris proudly declared that…

May 11, 2015

NEW YORK -- The scars on Mickey Bautista's face and knuckles each carry a story worth telling, but one battle stands…

May 6, 2015

BOSTON - Self-described “hardcore kid” Jared Mahoney came to the realization that he is ready to enter the “liking hockey” phase…

May 5, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO - One of America’s longest lasting wars has finally come to an end as punks and jocks finally settled…

May 3, 2015

Dog Pile is the weekly comic created by Justin Melkmann of New York punk band World War IX. Check back…

April 29, 2015

SALT LAKE CITY - Following a long night of pile-ups and sing-alongs, local hardcore fan Adam Brooke heavily regrets not stretching…

April 27, 2015

LOS ANGELES - The punk world was shocked by the recent passage of Keith Splat, the lead vocalist of legendary…

April 23, 2015

VANCOUVER, Canada - Emergency responders worked through the night after a stage collapse at a hardcore show left 175 photographers…

April 22, 2015

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -Glenn White, accused racist, adamantly defended himself on a heated Facebook thread yesterday, claiming he has "plenty of…

April 20, 2015

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Local vegan Sean Paige has come under a lot of scrutiny by the vegan community after savagely…