“Dad, what were you like in the 90s?” asks the popular social media viral trend. For starters, this writer was listening to Goldfinger’s 1996 self-titled debut in his room as part of an introduction to the ska/punk genre. On Friday night at Houston’s House of Blues, Goldfinger made its long awaited return to the stage in Texas and made many 16-year olds in the 1990s very happy.
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Making its Texas debut and opening for popular screamo/ country core act Bilmuri, Driveways didn’t disappoint.
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The year is 2025, and Yellowcard just put outs its best album. “Better Days” is an honest effort to relive the band’s past success / sound, but at the same time there’s a sense of angst and punch that feels new for them. Travis
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KANSAS CITY- Blink-182’s “Missionary Impossible” tour hit the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City Saturday Sept. 27, and peeked into the punk rock band’s prolific past by playing some deeper cuts in “Roller Coaster,” “Online Songs,” “Wishing Well,” and the 1997 single and old-school fan favorite “Josie.”
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In Mark Hoppus’ “Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir” the past really is the future with the lights on.
Read moreINTERVIEW: Aerospace engineer Mario Romero talks innovation, Alkaline Trio,UAP
Mario Romero is an assembly, integration and test engineer at innovative Houston aerospace company Intuitive Machines, and as an avid Alkaline Trio fan and friend of the band, he’s a punk rocker too.
Read moreRare blink-182 artifact makes appearance during San Antonio ‘One More Time’ tour date
During the San Antonio stop of blink-182’s “One More Time” tour, an iconic artifact from the “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket” era was on display outside- the van from “The Rock Show” video.
Read moreINTERVIEW: DESCENDENTS Stephen Egerton talks band's influence, legacy
Guitarist Stephen Egerton is the virtuoso buzz behind the Descendents fast, frantic, upbeat punk rock that has helped redefine the genre, as well as help create pop-punk. The legendary act is currently on tour with fellow old-school classic acts the Circle Jerks, and the Adolescents, and the band has shown no signs of switching to decaf anytime soon.
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