Artist: Ramones

Did your high school principle ever take your concert tickets away?

I was born in late August and attended schools in South Florida, which meant two things. One, I was doomed from the beginning, considering the public school systems there are garbage. And two, I was always going to celebrate my birthday on the first day of school, which kind of sucked because nobody ever remembered it and everyone was too busy to even bring cupcakes into class. Now, I wouldn't have cared so much if not for the fact that everyone else in the class - from kindergarten to third grade, really - had special afternoons dedicated to [...]

Here's an edited version of the Ramones concert recorded & filmed at The Rainbow in London on Dec. 31, 1977. The concert was eventually released as a double live album on Sire Records in the UK in 1979, and the film saw the light of day officially in 2007 on the comprehensive It's Alive DVD collection. These guys were one well oiled machine...Hey ho!

Un poco de paciencia es suficiente para sumergirse en la red y encontrar buenos documentales de rock en línea que puedan resultarnos inspiradores. El primero con el que dimos es la historia de una de las bandas más importantes de la historia: TheRamones. "End of The Century - The Story of the Ramones"  fue dirigida por Jim Fields y Michael Gramaglia, documentalisas norteamericanos, y da cuenta de la trayectoria de los Ramones desde su formación a principios de los setenta, hasta la muerte de tres de sus cuatro miembros [...]

If you made it to your local cineplex this summer, odds are you probably saw one (or if your like me, all), of the following big budget super hero movies - The Avengers, Batman: The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spiderman. With that in mind I thought we'd dedicate this week's Mix Tape to all those DC and Marvel comic book heroes that we grew up with, and that I spent much of my allowance on each week. So sit back, enjoy and play it loud!!! We kick things off with [...]

If you don’t dance to Bleached like it’s Pretty in Pink and Ducky’s your prom date, then you’re not getting your $12 ticket’s worth to see this band.

Banner by Cysquatch Know what's awesome about Slayer? Everything goddammit! They're fast. Violent. Merciless. Great artwork. Awesome singer, unbelievable drummer , historic guitar tandem. Sonics to scorch your brain. Special. So why is it not enough for them to crank out Slayer-by-numbers records? Are they short-dicking their own creative prowess? Did they get freaked out by the stinky [...]

Aquí os dejamos el chart de Ramón Basso (Imagina/Cádiz). Disfruten de la selección! Facebook Soundcloud 1.Mario Piu,Mennie-Get Enough 2.Doctor Dru-The Voice Of Dru 3.Finnebassen-If You Only Knew 4.Flashmob-Need In Me 5.Kim English-Nitelife(Raffa FL Remix) 6.Cosmonauts-StarDust 7.Superhero-Drugs And Choices 8.Infinity Ink-Infinity 9.Alex Dimou-Indigo 10.Gotye-Somebody That I Used To Know(Miami 1984 Remix)

I remember when I first heard Teenage Bottlerocket's Total back in 2005.  I was skating and had it in my headphones, completely blown away by the Ramones influenced pop-punk with clever songs about girls, the radio, and going postal at work.  I was so impressed, I made my girlfriend at the time listen to it (who wasn't a fan of punk... but still has seen Bigwig more than me, fucking figures) and even she loved it.  Seven years later, Wyoming's Teenage Bottlerocket return with their 5th studio album Freak Out , and it's the perfect blend of [...]

• Teenage Bottlerocket - Done With Love

Somebody—I don’t know who, but they didn’t look impressed—pointed out Siouxsie Sioux, the dominatrix-clad queen of a gang of fashion horses known to themselves as the Bromley Contingent, über-followers of the Pistols machine, who were fast garnering as much notoriety as the band itself. Someone else nodded pityingly toward a beanstalk by the stage, leaping up and down on the spot and clearly in danger of crashing through the ceiling. Muted by the din of the band, you could lip-read their contempt nevertheless. “Look at that idiot.” I looked. I knew him. Bev . [...]

One of our favorite features run by our friends at excellent UK website The Quietus is their regular excerpts from the Rock's Back Pages archive. They recently exhumed an old article from the NME , wherein Nick Cave, Shane MacGowan, and Mark E. Smith held a "summit" at a south London pub . As it turns out, we happen to own this exact NME – we found it for $1 in a second-hand record shop years ago — and leafing through the article again got us thinking about similar great meetings of the minds that have [...]

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Weezer, The Ramones, Ty Segall Song: JEFF the Brotherhood - Sixpack [download here ] What's so good? When listening [...]

• JEFF The Brotherhood - Sixpack

Saturday's show became a battle of the headbangers // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

I was never a Beatles guy. Sure, they were alright, but for me the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all-time has always and will always be The Rolling Stones. I inherited copies of Out of Our Heads and December's Children from my folks at an early age, and—though most fans consider the Stones' golden era to be that late 60's and early 70's streak leading up to Exile On Main Street —I've always had a soft spot for those early records: the bluesy stomping Chuck Berry numbers "Talkin Bout You" and "Carol," Jagger's sultry [...]

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Earlier this week Wilco revealed the details of their annual summer photo contest , with this year's theme being "Wilco In Nature." To enter, simply snap a photo that includes Wilco, nature, why this image will remind you to vote the environment this November, then Tweet your photo @wilco with the hashtags #wilcoinnature & #becauseilove. The grand prize winner, which will be determined via a public vote on the band's website, will get receive a Jeff Tweedy Signature Model Martin Guitar. Good luck, and start snapping those pics. Wilco [...]

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The shoegazing Scots played San Diego on Sunday // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

Nazz Ramone on the beach in California. Leather MC jacket (sleeveless) for the summer? Check. High top sneakers? Check. It's a huge week at the Nomad house. Nazz jr graduates middle school and Princess Nomad is graduating High School. A prouder father there never was- especially as Princess Nomad is getting almost a completely free ride to college- (she sure doesn't take after her parents academically!) We even attended the "Senior Awards" event, where she received [...]

Five mid-90s alt-rock covers geared to make the milk in your cereal bowl turn purple.