If there’s one thing we here at Hard Times are sure of, it’s that Father Time is undefeated all-time. Which makes sense, because after all,…
When you’re a kid you can’t wait to be an adult so you can pursue your dreams and live a life full of wonder and…
Chances are that you have spelled this incredible punk rock reimagined version band’s name wrong once, twice, or thrice, but Me First and the Gimme…
Chucky is the gold standard for serial killer toys, slaughtering dozens of victims in creative fashion across decades of films. Whether he’s bashing a babysitter…
The Wet Bandits are not what anyone would call criminal masterminds. But following our mandatory annual Hard Times staff rewatch of “Home Alone,” we’re not…
Municipal Waste are the premier crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, and for most of their existence has been composed of the core quartet of…
Seattle, Washington’s Alice in Chains is such an influential/groundbreaking rock that your favorite act and ours, Godsmack, named themselves after one of their songs, and…
Congratulations, you’re back at a family gathering and tolerating it as long as you can. Time for your mom to grab that karaoke mic, bust…
The holidays are a time of family, reflection, and raw-doggin’ in the back of the sleigh. And what better mood music to get your nipple…
If “Pony,” Far’s cover of Ginuwine’s third-wave ska-punk masterpiece, is the only song that you know of from the Sacramento, California four-piece, you need to…
Late 90s/early aughts hard rock bands that couldn’t get a good word written about ‘em via the elitist press at the time like Creed, Nickelback,…
Calabasas, California’s Incubus formed the year that “Nevermind” and “Rover Dangerfield” both conquered the globe with complicated quantum physics, lovely sunrises, vicious violent crows, and…
Like politicians, serial killers tend to have an unjustifiable amount of self-esteem. They see what they’re doing as art or God’s work or whatever screwed-up…
Sometimes a telling benchmark for a band’s mainstream success is whether or not moms rock out to said act in their SUVs that drain gas…
No, All Time Low’s EP “Put Up or Shut Up” is not technically an album, and yes, their debut studio effort “The Party Scene” shouldn’t…