The road to success is not traveled in the backseat, it’s traveled with you in the driver’s seat, or perhaps walked by foot, or maybe…
BIG FLATTS, N.Y. — 51-year-old nu-metal fan Ricky Clud recently expressed that Saliva’s early 2000s classic “Click Click Boom” was the secret to getting hyped…
BOSTON — Local punk Patricia “Peg Leg” Sullivan made a massive pledge of $20,000 per month to the recently launched Hard Times Patreon after randomly…
Hello! When we started Hard Times and Hard Drive almost 10 years ago things were a bit easier for us. Facebook and others allowed our…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Hannah and Jack Lungo experienced both anger and relief upon realizing they hadn’t been invited to their friends’ wedding, according to sources…
Another year, another plan to disappear completely and never be found. It’s not an instinct universally shared, but how else are you going to cash…
NORFOLK, Va. — Members of local power pop band The Voltage Enthusiasts reportedly purchased a synthesizer in what some are claiming is a “last ditch…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An increasingly agitated yellow canary found inside a previously abandoned basement venue is really bumming out attendees at a recent crust punk…
Meet Andy “The Ronz” Ronzoni: Cheboygan, Minnesota’s coolest resident. He’s got slicked-back hair, rides a killer motorcycle and has a devil-may-care attitude. Sounds a little…
AUSTIN, Texas — Aging punk Bryce Horn is preparing for doomsday by backing up his collection of “rare” MP3s to an external hard drive amid…
At first glance, the whimsical world of Harry Potter may not seem like a place that would produce fans of the early satanic Norwegian black…
NEW YORK — Local Donald Trump supporter Joel Grainston wished Green Day would keep politics out of their song “American Idiot” after singer Billie Joe…
Uh oh! You just opened Instagram and noticed all your friends are all in the same place and having a blast without you. Were you…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Local bartender Zack Kenton, 28, reportedly used the same three adjectives to describe at least seventeen of the bar’s signature beers, leading…
It took me years to finally quit smoking. I’m really proud of myself. I’ve pretty much lost the desire to smoke altogether. Unless of course…