"Hey Vince..." "Yeah, Kip?" "Remember when we saw Earthless open for Baroness and one nob in the whole place claimed to not like them for no apparent reason?" "Yes I do, and I will never understand that..." "Me neither. Thanks for the fictional yet accurate quotes." "My pleasure. You rule." After seeing the almighty California [...]
We're not huge punk-lovers here at Metalisbad but this certainly seems worthy of mention... The (anti?) super group OFF! is made up of Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag) with Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), Dmitri Coats (Burning Brides) and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless, Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes). Vice Records is putting out four EPs [...]
OFF! (members of Circle Jerks, Red Kross, Hot Snakes) in-store at Generation Records -10/22

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive , Television On Friday night's episode of ' Last Call With Carson Daly ,' hardcore throwback Off! will make late-night television history by performing their debut EP in its entirety. Granted, the intense four-song '1st EP' clocks in at just over four minutes but still, no other band has done it. This is the television debut for the group, which is fronted by [...]
Kurt Ballou is the guitarist for Converge and runs/is Godcity Recording Studio. In both of these capacities he has been a big part of making some of my favorite music ever. Screw the commonly used term “arguably” – Converge’s last record is their best/hardest record yet. And Kurt’s recording style presents live-sounding documents of aggressive [...]

Filed under: News , Video , New Music , Exclusive Hardcore punk legend Keith Morris is still just as pissed off today as he was in 1977 when he fronted the original version of Black Flag . And he still has as much to get off his chest as he did in 1979 when he formed the Circle Jerks . Old age hasn't tamed the beast in him either -- he still feels like being loud and [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Even for a punk legend like Circle Jerks and Black Flag alum Keith Morris , putting a band together isn't always an easy task. But when it came to his latest back-to-basics project, Off!, the stars aligned after a failed attempt at another collaboration. Originally, Morris and Burning Brides frontman/guitarist Dimitri Coats attempted to form a group with several other musicians, but the project [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Even for a punk legend like Circle Jerks and Black Flag alum Keith Morris , putting a band together isn't always an easy task. But when it came to his latest back-to-basics project, Off!, the stars aligned after a failed attempt at another collaboration. Originally, Morris and Burning Brides frontman/guitarist Dimitri Coats attempted to form a group with several other musicians, but the project [...]
The next time you find yourself amidst a swarm of bloodsucking insects, don't reach for the bright orange can of mosquito repellent, just turn up the volume on hardcore/punk's newest supergroup, OFF! . If the group's ferocious tempos and razor-sharp melodies don't eliminate the winged intruders, you'll be thrashing too hard to care. OFF! consists of Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks) on vocals, Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides) on guitar, Steve McDonald (Redd Kross) on bass, and Mario Rubalcaba (Rocket From The Crypt) on drums. Back in late '09, Coats and Morris began penning tracks for a now-scrapped [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Book Club In the early-to-mid '90s, following the success of Nirvana, major labels made what will likely prove their last-ever push to sign underground punk bands. Amid the frenzy, even some of the freewheeling neo-garage acts covered in Eric Davidson 's recently released debut book, 'We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001,' managed to scam their way into the mainstream. As refreshing as it was to see, say, Rocket from the Crypt getting some MTV love, the revolution [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Ben Hider, Getty Images Had Matt and Kim not headlined the Village Voice's 10th annual Siren Music Festival , held Saturday at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY, they probably couldn't have played at all. The twosome took the stage at around 7:45PM, by which time the sun had mercifully begun to set and the temperatures to dip into the mid 80s. The weather was as right for a dance party as [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Book Club When Eric Davidson pitched the idea for his debut book, 'We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001,' out now in stores, a rep for his publishing company raised the issue of timeliness. "He said, 'Your book is either going to be right on time or five years ahead of it,'" Davidson, a longtime rock journalist, former CMJ editor and founding member of super-charged Ohio punks the New Bomb Turks , tells Spinner.
Sometimes Jake Ryan and myself have notes that help control the pace and topics of the show. We had no such notes on Episode 69. This is Danger Radio going commando and I gotta tell ya... it's feels wonderful. PLAYLIST: Butter 08 - Butter Of 69 Foals - Electric Bloom David Holmes - 69 Police The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Say No To Love R.E.M. - Star 69 The Wonder Stuff - Unbearable King Khan & The Shrines - 69 Faces of Love [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , Book Club Like rock 'n' roll zombies, the New Bomb Turks refuse to stay dead. In the nearly eight years since their last official show, the Ohio punks have toured Europe and rocked stateside with the likes of Radio Birdman, jumping on reunion opportunities too good to pass up. On June 26, at the Bell House in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Turks will reconvene once more, this time in honor of lead singer Eric Davidson. A [...]

Edition 15 of Wild Weekend is upon us, and once more the For The Sake Of The Song iPod is set to shuffle to take you on a diverse musical trip. Dynamite and outta sight... you better believe it, bay-bee. "If you ever loved me with all of your heart, you'd never take a million dollars to part..." That´s Marvin Gaye singing of course, from his post-divorce masterpiece Here, My Dear . Very smooth, and very, very bitter. A bad marriage is a soul singer´s goldmine? San [...]
Holly Golightly may be British, but she sure knows her way around a country song. Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for links that don't make it onto the blog.
:: Man, 2010 was looking so promising to me... until I heard this: New MGMT album in April . Ick. :: I used to think those Matador dudes were alright, but now that I know they killed six bulls in one day , I'm not so sure. Then again, if they're using it for free hamburgers at SXSW, they'll be my favorite label. :: Dillinger Escape Plan will be playing a lot of shows between now and the middle of August. My boy Black Bubblegum - apropos, [...]
Pouria took advantage of my being away, and saved up 50 albums over two weeks of the lowest profile albums in the entire world (with a few exceptions). That means you get FIFTY album reviews in ONE column! Who else can provide you such value? Read on! The State Vs. Radric Davis by Gucci [...]

I can remember the first time I heard a Rocket From The Crypt song. I was 15. It was about half one in the morning and I was about to go to sleep (school in the morning). Darragh Purcell was presenting a music program at the time and I happened to be watching that night. As I got up to turn the television off, he appeared on screen and began musing about a rock band from San Diego out to conquer the world. To surmise he said "The band are Rocket From The Crypt. The song is Break It Up. [...]

I can remember the first time I heard a Rocket From The Crypt song. I was 15. It was about half one in the morning and I was about to go to sleep (school in the morning). Darragh Purcell was presenting a music program at the time and I happened to be watching that night. As I got up to turn the television off, he appeared on screen and began musing about a rock band from San Diego out to conquer the world. To surmise he said "The band are Rocket From The Crypt. The song is Break It Up. [...]