For the past 29 years, D.R.I. has been the epitome of the aggressive, hardcore-punk thrash sound that we've all become accustomed to hearing. Throughout this time, they've been one of the few genuine underground bands to remain true to their pure punk roots. Still actively touring and recording, the only thing that may have changed is that they're a little older now, but time hasn't gotten the best of the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. They're still thrashing just as hard, and just as loud as ever, continuing to overload our senses with the sound that is, and will always remain, uniquely D.R.I. D.R....
Johnie 3 Sex Bomb Johnie 3 has always affixed with the Ramones label, when really that has never been the case. The band has always had a Chixdiggit swagger to it, and while a lot of the band’s material is certainly pop-punk, “Sex Bomb” sees the group going harder and faster than ever before. The title track is the best song the band has ever done. The hook is fantastic, the guitars and drums slam - it’s straight punk ‘n’ roll. They chop up hardcore punk efforts like “BMF” and “Movin Up” with their staple Chixdiggit//Screeching Weasel sound in “Little Heartbreaker” an...
Crust, sludge and hardcore punk all converge in the raw energy and furious lyrics of this band, based out of Munster, Germany. Expect a gut-wrenching performance before they head back to Europe in September. 8/5 Now That's Class • Cleveland ...
Metalcore! The term means a mix between metal and hardcore punk; more importantly, it means mosh pits and frighteningly intense vocalists. Expect it all when Our Last Night entertains Peabody’s on the 12th with a whoooole bunch of other bands. More Info Here!...
Jeremy James is a mad scientist. As I listen to him talk about the music he loves and the passion he has for recording bands I can't help but notice a demented twinkle in the corner of his eye. He and and the other three madmen (brothers- Drew and Rob Lippencott and guitar-shredder Brian Lipinski) that make up the New Philadelphia Ohio based band the Gunt Punchers have been playing in various punk, rock and metal bands together for the past fifteen or so years in one form or another. The Lippencott brothers were part of the iconic New Philly punk band The Indigents, while James and Lipinski...
“Hardcore Punk” and “Muslims” are the least likely words you would ever find combined together, but The Taqwacores, the debut film from Cleveland native Eyad Zahra, is just that. The term taqwacore comes from the the Islamic word for piety or devotion (taqwa) and hardcore (core). Together they have spawned an entire punk rock movement. Based on the cult classic novel by Michael Muhammad Knight, the film chronicles a year in the life of an engineering student in Buffalo whose family is from Pakistan named Yusef and his interaction with a group of unlikely Muslims punk rockers he ha...
By D. Beall This is a first-wave hardcore punk collector’s item. Unbeknownst to some of us, Cleveland punk history isn’t just Rocket from the Tombs and the Dead Boys. Scene maker Tom Dark put this compilation record together in 1983 to show that hardcore wasn’t limited to LA and DC. According to Tom, the original intention was to “put Northeast Ohio on the hardcore map, announcing to the world that we were a force to be reckoned with." Featuring The Guns, The Dark, No Parole, Offbeats, Agitated, Zero Defex, Starvation Army, Spike In Vain, Outerwear and PPG, the...
When I think of Orlando, Florida, I think Spring Break ’88 or Disney World. This is a far cry from a band that is infamous for their bondage and S&M bondage image. The industrial metal/industrial rock/nu metal act, the Genitorturers has spent a somewhat quiet, under the radar career building a very passionate fan base, especially within the fetish community. The self-proclaimed “Sexiest Band in the World” is set to take Peabody’s by storm, November 11th, doors at 6pm, opening band is Mary Magdalan. They took the 1990 influences of hardcore punk and electronic music, and worked i...
