Posts Tagged ‘punk band’
Strung Out
About the band Technical and aggressive, yet melodic and emotional, Strung Out has emerged from the grossly populated Southern California music scene as one of the strongest and most creative melodic punk bands in the land. Strung Out formed in Simi Valley, CA in 1992 and [Read More]
Ampere
The dictionary defines Ampere as “the practical meter-kilogram-second unit of electric current that is equivalent to a flow of one coulomb per second or to the steady current produced by one volt applied across a resistance of one ohm” TruePunk defines Ampere as [Read More]
Algernon Cadwallader
Their name is pronounced “al-jur-non kad-wall-uh-der” – a strange name without obvious origins. This Philly punk band doesn’t perpetuate the rage of other hard rockers, but instead uses their high energy and rocking tunes to bring out the best in the [Read More]
My Bloody Valentine
Forged in 1980s Ireland, named after a Canadian slasher film, got its start in Holland, and recorded its first album in Germany before settling in London; My Bloody Valentine is the world’s brainchild, channeled through Irishmen Kevin Shields and Colm Ó Cíosóig. [Read More]
Shudder to Think
Since 1986 Shudder to Think has been making waves in rock and roll in America. They were virtually unknown after three album releases, but gained popularity as they launched on a US tour with Fugazi and the Smashing Pumpkins. When they released their first album after the [Read More]
Against Me!
Now hailed as “the best punk band” by Rolling Stone Magazine, Against Me! started in Naples, Florida as an acoustic solo project by Tom Gabel. Floundering at first Gabel made a few releases of acoustic music before finally being signed to a major label and [Read More]
Bad Religion
They started it all. In the 1970s punk first discovered who it was. In the 1980s punk tried to purify itself by distilling the rage into hardcore. But Bad Religion and its members introduced punk back into the mainstream in the 1990s by interweaving punk with other musical [Read More]
HorrorPops
Perhaps one of the strangest, and definitely the most popular, punk bands to emerge from the island of Copenhagen (capitol city of Denmark) is HorrorPops. Many bands have featured married band mates – The Apples in Stereo, The Groovie Ghoulies, Reverend Peyton’s [Read More]
Pennywise
Building on punk rock’s long obsession with horror, Jim Lindbergh (vocals), Fletcher Dragge (guitar), Byron McMackin (drums) and Jason Thirsk (bass) named their band after the monster from Stephen King’s legendary novel “It”. Their self-titled debut [Read More]
