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This page is dedicated to punk rock, more specifically newschool punk. Newschool punk, or melodic hardcore, is fast, melodic, fun and serious at points, and features powerful vocals, machine-gun drumming, pounding bass, and searing guitars. The lyrics are sometimes fun and silly, and other times serious and inspiring. All in all, it is excellent "pre-fabbin' before the surf" music, and will always charge you with energy - it makes you feel good!
Disclaimer: Considering some responses on my guestbook about this page, I thought I'd make something clear right now. I do not claim to be punker than you. In fact, I am probably considerably less "punker" than you. I do not dye or spike my hair. I do not have body piercings. No tattoos. (Of course, I have no problem with people who choose to adopt these styles--unless they think it makes them somehow cooler or "more punk"). I guess my "style" is what some would call "skate-punk". I do not like to mosh so I hurt everyone around me. In fact, I like watching shows rather going into the pit. I like oldschool punk, not just newschool. It's all punk (labelling just makes it easier to classify). Punk is not a style, it's a way of thinking and, if you choose, living. I will not try to define what "being" punk really is, because everybody has their individual opinions. Just remember the unity, the music, the feeling, the energy, and the fun of punk rock.
Enough rhetoric,let's get to the music!
Hey before my review of Sno Jam 3 last year, here's a link for Sno Jam 4, to see whose playing when and where: SNO JAM 4. Pennywise and Guttermouth are headlining the two Toronto shows.
SNO-JAM 3!
I went to see Sno-Jam when it came through Toronto for two nights, March 28 and 29, 1997. It was awesome! The venue, The Opera House, is really great. It has a great mosh pit and bar area, so you can take breaks from either or. Here's short mini-reviews of all the bands that played: March 28 @ The Opera House
The Tirekickers - This southern Ontario band (they play 70's Oi mixed with newswchool I guess) were ok. There weren't a lot of kids in when they started cause the doors were opened so late, but they dealt with it.
Reset - These guys are from Montreal, and they're really young (like 17-18 range) and really good. They play fast melodic punk rock with metal-influenced guitars (their kick ass guitarist looks like he's straight from a Slayer concert). They played excellent, and i picked up their CD "No Worries" after the show - it really rocks.
Straight Faced - O.C. "thrash-punk-hardcore." Played a great show, they weren't as tight as they could've been, but that's probably cause they got a new guitarist just recently. Johnny, the vox, made sure halfway through the set to say a big "get the fuck out" to any racists in the building and stated that "racism has no place in the punk/hardcore scene." Like we needed reminding, but it was cool, and everyone cheered mightily. I picked up one of their CD's "Broken" and it's really wicked.
Bodyjar - Australian pop-punkers. They played really well, not as good as i expected but still really great.
Satanic Surfers - Swedish melodic punk rock. Played an awesome show (2nd best after Good Riddance - see below), and I just have to say that Rodrigo, the drummer and singer, is an amazing drummer, AND he sings at the same time!
Good Riddance - no intro necessary. Santa Cruz's finest cleaned up and put on a wicked show, my favourite of both nights. Just awesome.
March 29 @ The Opera House
10 Days Late - Pretty boring stuff, an all-girl band (from Vancouver), but that's not why it was boring of course! The music wasn't very fast, and they were more hard rock than punk. Also, their whole set sounded like the same song.
Pridebowl - Swedish melodic punk. I really like these guys, they're really nice, and they play great stuff. They did a great set, with lots of energy. I picked up their new CD, "Where You Put Your Trust"; it's a lot more varied than "Drippings of the Past," but because of that it takes a while for it too grow on you. Pretty heartfelt-type songs.
Stealth - Rage Against the Machine-type music. Didn't really fit in with the rest of the bands on the bill (like 10 Days Late, but these guys had better songs) so, while they played well, the crowd didn't really get into it (we tried!). The bassist is the old bassist for Bad Brains.
No Fun at All - Swedish melodic punk. They aren't my fave, but they put on a really good show.
SNFU - the Canadian legends. I don't really like SNFU, but they are just so amazing live, it's hard not to like them. I mean they had peanut throwing, fire-blowing and all this weird shit! and they rocked!
Diesel Boy - It's too bad these guys had to go on after SNFU, cause they aren't as popular, and not as good. HOwever, the crwod still loved em, and they put on a good show. A little too poppy punk for me, but still really good. Titty Twister is of course, one of my fave songs of all time though!
All in all, best $27 punk-related bucks I ever spent! An awesome double-header, eventhough the first night was better.
BAD RELIGION
This band paved the way for the newschool era; simply put, they are legends! Their lyrics are truly amazing, my favourite songs being "Modern Man" and "I want to Conquer the World".
Bad
Religion The official site. Lots of cool stuff here--I especially like
Greg Graffin's scientific, rational, and often witty essays on various
aspects of the world we live in.
PENNYWISE
Pennywise, signed on Epitaph, is my favourite punk band ever! I love every single song they've done! The guitar work is phenomenal, and their lyrics range in topic from teenage angst to the shit that's going on in the world today, whether domestic, political or whatever. And when they add their kick ass music ( music they can call their own) to these insightful lyrics - whammo you've got one wicked band.
Pennywise It's a
little hard to read cause of the background pattern.
The Pennywise Page
Features frames, JAVA, clips, photos, and much more!
Pete-Dog's Pennywise Page More cool stuff from more cool Pennywise
fans.
Pennywise Article
Courtesty of the Pennywise Mailing list home page (see below), this
article is a cool insight into Pennywise. Cool facts about Fletcher!
Pennywise: The Punk
Genre Photos, links and much more.
Interview with Fletcher
Great interview with PW's kick ass guitarist. Fucking hilarious!
There is a E-Mail mailing list for Pennywise fans. Just send email to pml@sprynet.com with the word "SUBSCRIBE" in the Subject header. You can also go to the Pennywise mailing list home page!
Pennywise's new album, Full Circle, is out,
and all I gotta say is go get it! It kicks major ass.
LAGWAGON
Lagwagon in action! Click here to see a bigger version of this photo. Photo taken by Magnus Aldemark (check out his cool Lagwagon page below).
Lagwagon is another one of my most favourite punk bands. They hail from Goleta, California (just outside of Santa Barbara), and they play fast, melodic punk, with a mixture of fun and serious lyrics! It's good stuff.
The Unofficial
Lagwagon Home Page This site, run by Magnus Aldemark, is rad. There's
photos, interviews, tour schedules and album and band info here.
Lagwagon Nice
overview of releases and members.
The new album "Double Plaidinum" is out on
Fat Wreck,
and it is very good, as would be expected. It is similar to their last
album "Hoss" but is better.
88 FINGERS LOUIE
88 Fingers is from Chicago, and have one full-length CD out on Hopeless records, with 12 songs. They also have another album out on Hopeless called "88 Fingers Up your Ass" , which is a compilation of all their stuff that hasn't been released on CD, and a few new songs too, and a few live tracks. Finally, they have an CD EP on Fat called "The Dom Years" but it ain't that great. Unfortunately, 88 Fingers broke up recently, but Joe and Dan are looking to get together another band. They play some more "oldschool" stuff too, which is cool. One of my favourite bands, I recommend them highly!
The 88
Fingers Louie Shrine Info and other cool junk.
TEN FOOT POLE
Click HERE to see the band!
Another amazing Epitaph band; their CD "Rev" and their new one "Unleashed" are both really cool, and the album artwork is killer! They also have an old CD called "Swill" which is pretty good, and a split with Satanic Surfers (on Bad Taste) with three really good songs (Gnarly charlie is one of my fave TFP songs ever!). They have a very unique sound, distinct from other newschool bands today.
The
Official Ten Foot Pole Home Page Need I say any more!?
Heckler Interview with Ten Foot
Pole Answers some questions you may have.
The Unofficial Ten Foot
Pole Page
TFP's new album came out March 11, 1997!
It's called "Unleashed." I've
gotten a copy and it rules! It's even better than their first album "Rev"
even though they don't have Scott Radinsky in the band anymore (see
below). Dennis, the rhythm guitarist, is now singing and he has a great
voice. The production, mixing, engineering and overall feel and sound
of the music is amazing; Ryan Greene has done another great job! Pick up
this album as soon as possible, cause it really rocks.
The former
lead singer, Scott Radinsky, has been kicked out because of his inability
to tour during the summer because he's a pro pitcher for the Los Angeles
Dodgers. The rhythm guitarist, Dennis, is now also the singer. Scott is
now playing in Pulley, a all-star punk band with Jordan from Strung Out
(drums), Jim from Strung Out (guitar), Mike from Scared Straight, which is
no longer in service, (guitar, and Matt, who used to be in face to face
(bass). They have two albums out on Epitaph.
NO USE FOR A NAME
On Fat Wreck Chords, these Californian newschoolers are kicking ass! The most recent album out is called "Making Friends", and while it isn't as good as their last one "Leche Con Carne", it stills stands up straight.The last one, as I said, is called "!Leche Con Carne!" (which means "Milk with Meat" in Spanish, in case you didn't know), and is full of great songs, like Soulmate, 51 Days, Fields of Agony, Justified Black Eye, and a awesome rendition of Bob Marley's classic Redemption Song. Like Pennywise, all their songs have a meaning, whether of crappy relationships or political, social and environmental problems we face everyday.
The Unofficial No Use for a
Name Page Easily the best one out there!
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GOOD RIDDANCE
From Santa Cruz, CA, comes this wicked band - Luke Pabich (guitar/backing vocals), Sean "SC" Sellers (drums/goatee), Russ Rankin (vocals) and Chuck Platt (bass/backing vocals). These four vegan surfers play awesome hardcore, with lots of melodies and hooks. Their lyrics are inspirational and really smart (but fun at times, too!). They have two albums out: For God and Country, and A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion. For God and Country is a better album, but they both rock!
The Unofficial Good
Riddance Page
The new album will be out on February 10, 1998
on Fat Wreck.
STRUNG OUT
On Fat Wreck Chords, West Hill's (CA) Strung Out has two records out. They play very melodic punk rock, and have great, cool, lyrics. The band is: Jake (guitar), Jason (vocals), Rob (guitar), Jim (bass), Jordan (drums).
American Lie - A Strung Out Page Really cool page with interviews, reviews, discography, merchandise and more, plus some info on another punk band called Blount (see the Fearless record link lower on this page).
The Unofficial Strung Out Page Another cool Strung Out page, with clips, lyrics, discography and more.
BLINK-182
Great pop-punk out of San Diego, California! They have two CD's, "Cheshire Cat" on Grilled Cheese Records, and "Dude Ranch" on MCA. The band is: Mark Hoppus (bass/vocals), Tom Delonge (guitar/vocals), Travis (drums).
Blink 182
Decent page
Go to the official page!
NOFX
Probably the best loved punk band of all time! These guys have been around for 15 years or so, and have been turning out first-class punk the whole time. They have funny and sad lyrics, and their music is just amazing. And of course, Fat Mike (vocals and bass) runs Fat Wreck Chords, one of the premier newschool punk labels.
NOFX Official web site.
The Unofficial NOFX Page A great site
for a great band (these descriptions are getting lamer and lamer!).
RANCID
Another great band out of NoCal, on Epitaph records. Ska is a big influence in their music, as Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman used to be in Operation Ivy, the best ska-punk outfit ever!
HOME GROWN
This band is easily one of my favourites. They play amazing ska-punk, with some melodic hardcore influence. From Sunset Beach, California, the band is: Johnee Trash (vocals/guitar), (slur) Ian Cone (vocals, guitar), Bob Herco (Drumz), Adumb Lohrbach (Bass/Vocals). They have two releases out, a full length on Liberation called "That's Business" and an EP on Burning Heart called "Wusappening?!." I have "That's Business" and I love every song. Every song on that album also has relevancy to my life, and no doubt to the lives of many teenage punks. The music is simple in structure, but the band arranges it very diversely, giving us great harmonies between vocals and excellent guitar work, and cool bass riffs. The vocal harmonies between Johnee and Ian (these two share lead vocal position depending on the song) are rad too. Well enough analyzing, these guys are extremely talented, and young, and I hope to hear tons of new stuff from them in the future! Check em out!
Home Grown Tour
dates, sound bites and more.
Lots of cool shit here.
The new album is out on Outpost Recordings and
it's called "Act Your Age". It's great, but I wish there were more fast
songs! The two fastest songs on the album, "She Dumb" and "Grow Up" are
both kick ass. But the slower ones are fun too, especially "She's Anti"
and "Nowhere Slow".
VARIOUS BANDS
Here's a bunch of links to more kick ass punk band. I'll try to get more info and designate each their own section soon, but until then this'll have to do!
The Official Bodyjar Home
Page One of Oz's finest newschool band!
The Official Squelch Page
This page is for a band called Squelch. Cool stuff, including sound clips
of the band.
Next to Nothing Pop-punk
from New York.
Millencolin
California-styled skate punk (melodic and aggressive), but these guys are from
Sweden, the European
hotbed of newschool activity! This is one of my favourite bands. Here they
are: 
Five Knuckle ChuckleCool page
for a cool Canadian band. They play fast skate punk.
The Best Offspring Page Out
ThereThey did sorta sell out though. But it is the music that counts,
right?! But there new album does kinda bite...
The Pinheads The mp3.com site for
this anti-corporate, pro-pot, fast and funny Chicago band. Self-described
as a mix between the Dead Kennedys and the Ramones--surely, one can't go
wrong there!
Adhesive
A great melodic hardcore band from Sweden. I heard one song on the Bad
Taste Quality Punk Rock comp and was hooked!
Operation Ivy Info,
pictures and more for another one of my favourite bands. It sucks they
aren't still togethor. These guys, including Tim and Matt from Rancid,
defined ska-punk, and if you don't have their "Energy" album on Lookout
(with all released material I think) you're missing out on one of the best
punk records ever!
Three
Impotent
Males Nice official page for this good Sarnia, Ontario melodic skate-punk
band.
The Official Out of
Order Page Great home page for my favourite ska/ska-punk band (along
with Buck-O-Nine)! These
guys are awesome; they play "real" ska (that puts trendy No Doubt, who try to
play real ska in some of their songs, to shame!) and ska-punk, and it's
all rad. Great vocals, drums, horns and guitar (well that's everything I
guess)! But I just heard from Mario (Sax) that they broke up, which really
bites!
Mike's
Guttermouth Links Good bunch o' links to Guttermouth, "O.C. punk gods"!
The
Unofficial d.b.s. page Cool page for this Vancouver punk band.
The Unoffical
Falling Sickness Page Nice stuff about this Riverside ska-punk
quartet. Think Guttermouth meets Op Ivy.
Belly Up All about a
cool NOFX-like Canadian punk band.
Gob Great page for
great B.C. pop punk.
Another Joe
Another great Canadian punk band, kinda like Gob...
Reset Nice page for this
excellent Canadian melodic hardcore (with lots of metal influence) band.
The Official Fifteen PagePage
for a punk band that's been around quite a while...
Glass Joe A
five-piece melodic hardcore band out of the deserts of Arizona.
Official
Superchief Page A BC punk band out of Vancouver that's opened for
Lagwagon, Guttermouth, D.B.S and more.
Tribulation
Hardcore from Fontana, California.
The Dalians Riot grrrl punk
band from Las Vegas.
GENERAL PUNK LINKS
The PUNK page Lots of links to
both newschool and oldschool bands, and more!
WORLD WIDE PUNK! Tons o' links
to all sorts of punk bands and labels.
The Punk Tab
Archive IF YOU PLAY THE GUITAR AND LOVE PUNK ROCK, GO HERE! This
archive has hundreds of tablatures for all your favourite songs by your
favourite bands. You'll never believe the value of this site if you play
the guitar, like me.
Round Flat Records Great
punk/hardcore cd's, cassettes, LP's, t-shirts and more. Wicked low prices!
Nepente Official Punkpage This
Swedish site is really cool, as it has the "World's Biggest List of
Swedish Punk Bands." It's damn long that's all I'll say! Add that to a
snazzy set-up and other goodies and you got a cool web site for sure.
Roni's Punk
Page This Finnish site has links to Roni's fave bands (including a
great page on Astream), reviews of his fave albums, and more!
PunkWorld Lots of cool info on the
history of punk rock and more!
Lupo's Punx
Page Lots o' punk information and links.
Punk Links Lots
more links.
Newbury
Comics This is a pretty corporate link, but you might find some cool
punk cd's, posters etc.
Mikhail's Punk Page Tons of
album reviews, info on Mikhail's band MOSZ and more.
Trendy Kids Suck! Man,
I love that name! A wicked page with shit on Assorted Jellybeans,
Blink-182, Home Grown, as well as punk links and more.
Ryan's Totally
Punk Page Cool page with links, pics etc. to various bands and labels,
and snowboarding too!
War Against the Idiots!
Cool punk etc. zine out of Chicago.
Tim's Punk
Page Real nice page with lots of links, sound clips (NOFX and more),
and a punk chat.
Net Punk
Lots of stuff....
Jar
of Elvis Cool site with concert listings for Toronto area. Also has a
rumour page about bands coming to the Toronto area. The reason I have this
here is cause I'm from Toronto, but if you know of pages that give
listings for other parts of North America and beyond, let me know.
The Toronto Punk
Page Great page run by two Toronto punx with all the concert listings
for my hometown and southern Ontario and a bunch of other cool stuff.
The Old Punks Web
Zine A big nicely done web zine with lots of info on older punk bands,
concert reviews, and so much other stuff I can't remember.
PUNK RECORD LABELS
There are a lot of cool punk record labels with great newschool bands on them. My fave are Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph, cause they got the best bands! Here some links to those two, and others.
Epitaph Records On-Line This is the
real-deal!
The ANTI- Web Site They're not a record
label, but they sell lots of punk CD's, LP's, and cassettes through
mail-order. I buy stuff from them all the time! Right now the site is crap,
but it's gonna be up and running soon.
Fat On-Line The official page
right here for Fat Wreck Chords! This page rocks, lots of info on all your
fave Fat Wreck bands, and of course you can order a shitload of stuff too.
Really rad.
Burning Heart This Swedish
label has alll the best punk from that country, such as Millencolin and No
Fun at All! Also, has some releases from non-Swedish bands like Bodyjar
and Homegrown.
United
Records This is a rad new indie label out of London, Ontario. They've
put out a few cool cd's and ep's for Trunk, Voice of Reason, and a comp.
Check them out. (This page also has a subpage for Trunk, a great SoOntario
punk band).
Raw
Energy This is easily the best indie label in Canada (IMO), and they
have a bunch of really awesome SoOntario punk bands signed, like Five Knuckle
Chuckle, Three Impotent Males, Random Killing, Trunk, Marilyn's Vitamins,
the Tirekickers and more! All of these bands have a distinctive sound, and
of course they all rock! This web site, run by Ryan Izzard, really does
justice to the label's awesomeness. Sound clips, info on the bands, pics,
great graphics and set-up all make this web site really stand out.
Hopeless Records A small page
devoted to the record label that has 88 Fingers Louie, Falling Sickness,
Digger and a bunch of other kick ass punk bands!
Huel
Records This North Carolina label has several cool local punk and
ska bands, like Squatweiler, Codeseven, Disband, and Rompeccbeza.
Fearless Records This is a
really cool Californian punk label with bands like Straight Faced (wicked
hardcore/punk hybrid) and Blount,
which is often said to be a hybrid between face to face and Lagwagon.
Ampersand Records Home
of such great Swedish melodic hardcore bands as Adhesive and Stoned.
Radical
Records Cool NYC punk label with Blank-77 and some other cool '77 type
punk (and some ska too).
Theologian Records Out of Order,
early Pennywise, F.Y.P. and more from these Hermosa Beach punx!
DIYrection Records Cool
New Jersey label devoted to unity in the hardcore/punk scene, and
finding new bands. Well, they do a much better at explaining their
"mission"!
Your
Mom's Records Cool new record label from Michigan with melodic hardcore
bands like The Complaints. They're putting out a big comp soon (some of
the bands that should be on it are pretty damn cool - besides a bunch of
lesser known bands, there's Home Grown, Wizo, Lag Wagon and others!),
so if you're in a band, go check it out! Course, check it out anyway!
Sudden
Death Records Run by Joey Keithley of D.O.A. fame (infamy?), this
Canadian label has lots of straight-ahead punk on it.
Kel's Screenprinting
Inexpensive patches, bags, t-shirts and more for over 60 different bands.
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