Tag: punk rock
Head Injuries Talk Tour Life, New Record ‘Bail’
by Tim Wenger Fort Collins punk rockers Head Injuries recently released their second full-length album Bail, recorded at legendary The Blasting Room in their hometown. Since then, the four piece has spent as much time as possible touring the hell out of the record, and will be returning to the west coast this fall. We […]
NOFX Front Man Fat Mike Talks Longevity, Fat Wrecked Tour, and Why He Feels Punk Rock Again
by Tim Wenger [email protected] @TimWenger1 I’d be willing to bet that NOFX front man Fat Mike never set out to be a role model. When he started the band with guitarist and best friend Eric Melvin in 1983, he was a teenage punk rocker in California raised on The Misfits and Bad Religion. But 32 […]
Allout Helter- Ruins
by Tim Wenger So many bands grow soft with age. Not Allout Helter. The five-piece Denver thrash outfit droppep a new six-song EP entitled Ruins that is Denver’s hardest hitting release of 2015. The biggest difference I have been able to decipher, from a critiquing view, between most other evolutions of punk rock and the […]
The A-OKs Are Back With A New Album, and They Haven’t Lost Their Beer Bong
by Tim Wenger “Mark, whenever we’re on stage, he always goes ‘We are the A-OKs, and YOU are the A-OKs, and that is one of the biggest things we have always done is to make them a part of us.” Inspiring words from The A-OKs trumpet player Nicole Swan, describing front man (and husband) Mark […]
Is Anti-Flag Still Legit?
by Tim Wenger I was a sixteen year old kid growing up in the Denver suburbs the first time I saw Anti-Flag live. Truth be told, I was at the show to see Less Than Jake, I’d never heard Anti-Flag before, but the giant, inverted and reversed American flag that Anti-Flag used as a backdrop […]
Wiredogs- Kill The Artist, Hype The Trash
by Tim Wenger Wiredogs are one of the hottest names in Denver music right now, and they will be striking while the iron is hot by dropping the ep Kill The Artist, Hype The Trash at the Marquis Theatre on January 24. The five songs tell five very different stories, set on top of punk […]
Kill The Artist, Hype The Trash: Solid Gold from Wiredogs
by Tim Wenger “I feel like we’re ending the year on a really high note,” says Wiredogs front man Dan Aid of the band’s work in 2014, the energy in his voice forcing a smile onto his face. “We got to play Riot Fest and got to play with bands that we really love and […]
Dublin’s The Mighty Stef Hitting Ogden with Flogging Molly
by Tim Wenger According to the band’s website, the people of Denver will be treated to “Hopefull songs about hopelessness and euphoria” next Tuesday night at the Ogden Theatre, when Dublin, Ireland’s The Mighty Stef share the stage with well-known Celtic punkers Flogging Molly. In what seems fitting for Dublin bands (according to my personal […]
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