EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Legendary punk singer Jello Biafra announced a special edition reissue of his 2002 spoken word album “Machine Gun in the Clown’s Hand”…
TAUNTON, Mass. — An overbooked Saturday matinee show at the Taunton American Legion featuring over a dozen unknown bands is being rebranded as “Weapons of…
Punk legends Teenage Bottlerocket have a new 7″ coming out right around the corner called “So Dumb/So Stoked” and this is your first chance to…
Ah, the Garden State. To know her is to marginally tolerate her out of necessity. The taxes, the corrupt politicians, the odor; it’s really got…
Oftentimes, the problem with punk music made by actual PEOPLE is that those people are so rarely puppets, sitcom characters, or Martin Short. With this…
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Sibling members of local DIY punk band Reserve recently changed their musical style and image after discovering they are the beneficiaries of…
It’s a question as old as time, and one we get frequently here at the Hard Times: “How do I listen to Green Day without…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former psychobilly luminaries The Rot Hodders were revealed to be accidentally misdiagnosed and will be moving forward as a “sociobilly” band, medical…
BERKELEY, Calif. — Operation Ivy’s iconic Ska Man logo is reportedly devastated that he was not asked to be a part of the new Jesse…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced last week that his state would seek to remove DC hardcore legends Bad Brains from the “Essential…
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — Legendary Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh delighted dozens of acquaintances around a campfire after busting out his acoustic keytar to kick…
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — 38-year-old punk Eli Collum once again hovered his phone’s camera over the old-school Equal Vision logo thinking it was a QR…
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A group of show promoters commissioned Nicole Kidman to appear in a video similar to her infamous AMC ad to spread a…
SAN DIEGO — Members of the vegan hardcore band Right Side were reportedly forced to settle for a pescatarian bass player after their hunt for…
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. — Employees of a local hardware store franchise are reportedly exasperated with the many noise musicians who repeatedly come in to solo without…