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Bam Margera performing during An Evening With Bam Margera Australian tour

Bam Margera Brings Unseen CKY And Viva La Bam Footage To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Bam Margera will bring unseen footage from his CKY and Viva La Bam years to Australia in November, joined by filmmaker Joe Frantz.

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Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory performing on guitar

Chad Gilbert, New Found Glory Guitarist And Founding Member, Dies At 45

by Paul Cashmere

New Found Glory guitarist and founding member Chad Gilbert has died at 45, with his family and bandmates remembering his music, humour and dedication to his family.

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Mike Ness of Social Distortion performing live during the White Light, White Heat, White Trash era

Social Distortion’s White Light, White Heat, White Trash Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Social Distortion’s White Light, White Heat, White Trash turns 30, marking three decades since Mike Ness and the band returned to their punk roots with one of their most personal albums.

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The Damned performing at The Forum in Melbourne during their Final Damnation 50th Anniversary Tour

The Damned Deliver A Defiant Final Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Damned closed their Australian tour at Melbourne’s Forum with a two-hour career-spanning performance covering five decades of punk, gothic rock and psychedelia.

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Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys guitarist, performing with Batusis at SXSW in 2010

Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys Guitarist, Dies At 71

by Paul Cashmere

Cheetah Chrome, founding guitarist of the Dead Boys and a key figure in American punk, has died aged 71.

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Motörhead exhibition featuring Lemmy Kilmister memorabilia at The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas

Motörhead Exhibition Opens At Punk Rock Museum In Las Vegas

by Paul Cashmere

A new exhibition dedicated to Motörhead and Lemmy Kilmister opens at The Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas on October 2, featuring personal memorabilia and Lemmy’s bass and amplifier stack.

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Spanish Love Songs announce Future Nausea album and Good American single

Spanish Love Songs Announce Fifth Album Future Nausea

by Paul Cashmere

Spanish Love Songs will release Future Nausea on 6 November via Pure Noise Records, with Good American introducing their politically charged fifth album.

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Strung Out

Strung Out Announce Australian Tour Supports For 30th Anniversary Of Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues

by Paul Cashmere

Strung Out will tour Australia in September 2026 celebrating 30 years of Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues, with local punk acts announced as supports.

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Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Blink-182 Confirm New Album Is In The Works

by Paul Cashmere

Travis Barker has confirmed Blink-182 are working on their 10th studio album, with the drummer saying the band will work on the new record during 2026.

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Lou Koller of Sick Of It All from Sick Of It All website

Lou Koller of Sick Of It All Dies at 59 After Cancer Battle

by Paul Cashmere

Sick Of It All frontman Lou Koller has died aged 59 following a two year battle with oesophageal cancer. The band’s official statement pays tribute to one of hardcore’s defining voices.

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Spike and the Gimme Gimmes We Are The World

Spike and the Gimme Gimmes Release Charity Version Of ‘We Are The World’

by Paul Cashmere

Spike and the Gimme Gimmes have released a new recording of ‘We Are The World’ featuring an all-star lineup of guest musicians, with proceeds benefiting the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.

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Dirty Fences

Dirty Fences Announce First Australian Headline Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Dirty Fences will tour Australia for the first time this November, bringing the Brooklyn punk rock band’s acclaimed live show to six intimate East Coast venues.

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Dizzy Sunfist supplied Fat Wreck

Dizzy Sunfist Announce New Album Our Dream Is Not Dead

by Paul Cashmere

Japanese melodic punk power trio Dizzy Sunfist have confirmed the upcoming release of their new full length album Our Dream Is Not Dead, arriving this September via legendary independent punk label Fat Wreck Chords alongside a brand new single.

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NOFX by Jesse Fischer

Fat Mike Releases First Single From NOFX Documentary Score Ahead Of Australian Cinema Screenings

by Paul Cashmere

Fat Mike has released the first music from the orchestral score to the NOFX documentary 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up as Australian cinema screenings begin ahead of the August soundtrack release.

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Supersuckers supplied

Superpussy 2 Tour Announced For Australia With The Supersuckers And Nashville Pussy

by Paul Cashmere

Hardline Media has announced the return of the Superpussy package tour for February 2027, featuring co-headliners The Supersuckers and Nashville Pussy, alongside Nine Pound Hammer.

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Ed Kuepper 2025 pic

Ed Kuepper Marks 50 Years With New Live Album, Catalogue Reissues And National Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Kuepper will celebrate 50 years as a recording artist with a new live album, two major catalogue reissues and a national Australian tour beginning in July.

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The Menzingers photo by POND

The Menzingers Share ‘Better Angels’ Ahead Of New Album Everything I Ever Saw

by Paul Cashmere

The Menzingers have released Better Angels, the latest preview of their forthcoming album Everything I Ever Saw, due out July 17 through Epitaph Records.

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Social Distortion by Jonathan Weiner

Social Distortion Explain 15-Year Album Gap As Mike Ness Signals Fast Follow-Up To ‘Born To Kill’

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Ness explains why Social Distortion took 15 years between albums and hints that a follow-up to Born To Kill may arrive soon.

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Slayer Undisputed Attitude

Slayer Undisputed Attitude Turns 30 As The Band’s Most Divisive Album Reaches A Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Slayer’s Undisputed Attitude turns 30 this week, revisiting the punk and hardcore influences that shaped the band and sparked one of the biggest debates of their career.

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NOFX by Jesse Fischer

NOFX To Release Final Soundtrack Collection For Career Documentary 40 Years Of Fuckin’ Up

by Paul Cashmere

NOFX have announced 40 Years Of Fuckin’ Up: Soundtrack + Score, featuring two new songs, rare recordings and Australian documentary screenings.

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The Damned at Northcote Theatre, Melbourne 22 March 2024 photo by Mary Boukouvalis

The Damned Say Covers By Guns N’ Roses And The Offspring Paid More Than The Band Ever Earned

by Paul Cashmere

Rat Scabies says The Damned earned some of their biggest royalty payments after Guns N’ Roses covered ‘New Rose’ and The Offspring recorded ‘Smash It Up’.

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The Runaways

The Runaways Debut Album Turns 50 As Its Legacy Continues To Shape Rock Music

by Paul Cashmere

The Runaways’ landmark 1976 debut album has reached its 50th anniversary, highlighting the enduring legacy of “Cherry Bomb” and the band’s impact on rock music history.

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The Damned to perform live in Australia for their 50th anniversary tour

The Damned Return To Australia As Captain Sensible Reflects On Punk, Pop Fame And Survival

by Paul Cashmere

Captain Sensible tells Noise11 The Damned’s upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour will revisit The Black Album while reflecting on nearly 50 years of punk history.

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The Damned to perform live in Australia for their 50th anniversary tour

The Damned And The Saints ’73-’78 Reunite Punk’s Year Zero For Final UK Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Damned and The Saints ’73-’78 will finally tour together in the UK nearly 50 years after launching the original punk movement, reconnecting through the legacy of bassist Algy Ward.

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Social Distortion by Jonathan Weiner

Social Distortion Rework Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’ As Mike Ness Revisits The Band’s Long History With Cover Songs

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Ness says Social Distortion’s version of Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game continues the band’s long tradition of reworking songs by artists from punk, country and classic rock.

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Teenage Joans 2026 media

Teenage Joans Unleash Coming Up From Hell Ahead Of UK Tour And Violent Soho Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Teenage Joans return with Coming Up From Hell, a heavier new single ahead of UK tour dates and Australian shows with Violent Soho.

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TISM by Mary Boukouvalas_25

REVIEW: TISM Wankers of the World Unite, Saturday 2nd May 2026, PICA

by Anna-Maria Megalogenis

TISM turn PICA in Port Melbourne into a multi-stage live experiment, delivering a chaotic rotating performance alongside a lineup of Australian support acts in a one-off event.

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FEAR suppled by Troubadour Touring

FEAR Add Second Melbourne Show For First Ever Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

FEAR will tour Australia for the first time ever in June and July, adding a second Melbourne show after the first sold out.

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Rat Boy promoting Broken single

Rat Boy Release New Single ‘Broken’ Ahead Of Upcoming Album ‘Crash!’

by Paul Cashmere

Rat Boy have released ‘Broken’, the first track from their upcoming album ‘Crash!’ due June 26 via Hellcat Records.

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Peter Blackie Black of The Hard Ons

Hard-Ons Peter ‘Blackie’ Black Releases Twin Solo Albums Boss Is Gone Gone Gone And A Bowl Of Spiders, Shares New Video Not To Hurt Anyone

by Paul Cashmere

Hard-Ons guitarist Peter Black has released two new solo albums alongside a new video, expanding his prolific catalogue.

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