Punk NewsNews on Punk continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Legendary Punk Rock Producer Jerry Finn Passes Away- August 14, 2008 Jerry Finn, who "worked on now classic albums from Blink-182 , Morrissey , Green Day , Rancid , Bad Religion , AFI and Alkaline Trio " has passed away .http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/legendary-punk-rock-producer-jerry-finn-passes-awa... Punk Rock Academy- August 14, 2008 In the long tradition that was started by Marco Collins in 2002 and several others held down, Punk Rock radio returns to KWOD 106.5 every Friday for a full hour at noon! Besides gracing the airwaves with ...http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/punk-rock-academy?fromrss=1 Movie Review: What We Do Is Secret- August 13, 2008 The Germs get the punk biopic treatment in the filth and fury of What We Do Is Secret.The Germs are one of those bands that are very hard to view with critical detachment. Some see Darby Crash as the purest embodiment of the live fast, die young mantra, and hence, a Christ-like figure to be worshiped. Others see him as a perfect example of youthful stupidity, a miscreant who read some Nietzsche and figured himself a rock star and...http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/movie-review-what-we-do-is-secret?fromrss=1 Former Blink-182 bassist sues over bad investment- August 12, 2008 Former Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus sued a father-and-son business Monday, alleging they pocketed his investment in a venture to install automated checkout machines at McDonald's restaurants.http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/former-blink-182-bassist-sues-over-bad-investment?... 'Iron Bob' hired mob to kill Castro- August 11, 2008 For one simple reason, nearly all of the notable and notorious from Robert Maheu's life couldn't make it to his funeral over the weekend.http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/iron-bob-hired-mob-to-kill-castro?fromrss=1 Be the first reader to comment on this story- August 11, 2008 Legendary punk poet John Cooper Clarke has been added to the line-up of this year's Leeds and Reading festivals.http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/be-the-first-reader-to-comment-on-this-story?fromr... Punk rock movie authentic, but sadly familiar- August 10, 2008 The music, fashions and general milieu of the southern California punk scene of the late '70s are re-created in loving detail in "What We Do Is Secret," a biopic about the legendary band the Germs and its ...http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/punk-rock-movie-authentic-but-sadly-familiar?fromr... Damnation debut trailer brings steam punk cowboys- August 10, 2008 We have to admit it. The premise of Damnation is intriguing. Steam punk mixed with the Old West Yes please.http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/damnation-debut-trailer-brings-steam-punk-cowboys?... 'Pay attention Bremerton' - punk rock luminaries descend on Winterland- August 9, 2008 At the request of Bremerton's own Mike the Pike - aka Michael Frottage, frontman of the punk rock band Neutralboy - a bevy of alternative music luminaries descended on Winterland in Bremerton Thursday night.http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/pay-attention-bremerton-punk-rock-luminaries-desce... Limits of Solzhenitsyn- August 9, 2008 Prophets, it is said, are supposed to be without honor in their homeland. Yet Moscow has just witnessed the extraordinary sight of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - the dissident and once-exiled author of "The Gulag ...http://www.topix.net/music/punk/2008/08/limits-of-solzhenitsyn?fromrss=1 |