Ben Parker

  • Punk Records 005: Thug Life

    For Judgement, just waking up, getting high, and banging out some hardcore is a small victory.

  • Punk Records - (Zen) Arcades Project

    How do you remember Hüsker Dü? As pioneers of gauzy alternative rock? Or as thrashing maniacs who laid down some of the fastest early hardcore imaginable?

  • Punk Records 003: Hate The Police

    Anti-cop punk songs are timeless, which means of course that every so often they become timely again. The Spanish hardcore band RIP have one of the most famous and straightforward of anti-cop anthems, "Policia No!"--but I prefer this one, "Terrorismo Poli

  • PUNK RECORDS 002: Gay And Hardcore In 1980s Austin

    There are probably some people who will never be able to get down with a song called "Shit on Me." Their loss.

  • Punk Records 001: No Hope For The Kids Is Better Than Iceage

    If you read popular music blogs, you've probably got an opinion on Iceage, the underage Danish punk band currently making the rounds. What you may not have an opinion on is the wave of Danish punk that hit US shores in the early aughts. No Hope For The Ki