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NOVI SAD, SERBIA – JULY 13: Wattie Buchan (C) of the Scottish rock punk band The Exploited performs with festival goers at Main Stage during the Exit Festival 2024 Day Four at Petrovaradin Fortress on July 13, 2024 in Novi Sad, Serbia. (Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images) The Exploited Cancel Upcoming Shows After Vocalist Wattie Buchan Collapsed on Stage
The Exploited frontman, Wattie Buchan, reportedly remains hospitalized in Germany at this time, following a bout with the flu.
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Photo Credit: Sean Carlton Jones Codefendants Announce New Album ‘Lifers’, Drop Pummeling New Single ‘Rivals’ With the D.O.C. (Exclusive Debut)
Fat Mike (NOFX) told us that fans can “expect the unexpected” on the new Codefendants album, which drops on April 3rd.
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Photo by Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images 5 of the Best Green Day Deep Cuts You Should Be Listening to in Addition to ‘American Idiot’
Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ is one of the biggest punk albums of all time, but the band has lots of deep cuts that fans should know.
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Scott Dudelson/Getty Images 4 Exciting Alternative, Noise, and Hardcore Albums Coming in 2026
Looking for the next best thing in alternative and hardcore? Here are four albums scheduled for 2026 that we’re highly anticipating.
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Lindsay Brice/Getty Images If I Could Blend Timelines, I Would Create These 3 Dream Punk Collabs With Old and New Bands
Who would you choose if you were setting up punk collabs? Here are three hypothetical pairings we’d love to see on split albums.
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Anne Fishbein/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 4 Beautifully Written Punk Songs That Showcase the Poetry Hiding Behind the Noise
Of all the different flavors of punk songs, one constant is that the lyrics are usually beautifully and brilliantly written.
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Photo by Juliet Farmer The Debut Punk Albums I Was Obsessed With in 2025
To close out 2025, these are the debut punk albums that caught me in their jaws and shook me like a dog with an old sock (affectionate).
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Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images On This Day in 1981, Teenage Beastie Boys Help Bid Farewell to Iconic NYC Nightclub by Opening for Bad Brains
When Max’s Kansas City closed down in 1981, Bad Brains, The Rattlers, and the baby Beastie Boys were on hand to bid farewell.
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Charlie Steiner – Highway 67/Getty Images On This Day in 1973, There Ain’t No Foolin’ Around When CBGB Opens Its Doors in Manhattan
Iconic punk nightclub CBGB opened its doors in the Bowery on December 10, 1973, helping launch many of today’s big-name artists.
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Photo by Ken Hoge Terminal Mind’s Forgotten Late-70s Album Proved That Punk Has Always Been Political
Terminal Mind had a short career in the late-70s Austin punk scene, but after 40 years, their only album still reflects modern punk ideals.
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