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From Wednesday 26 June 2002

Jerry Built – new record and tour on the way!

London upstarts Jerry Built are looking set to be one of the next big things on the UK scene, and are currently putting the finishing touches to their mini album. The quartet, signed to Firefly Records, home to the likes of Scuttle and Travis

Spankboy – an update!

Your next favourite Ska band have sent an update about their current situation… All Wolverhampton-based punkers, get down to the National Battle Of The Bands! The guys are in the quarter finals and need some support in order to show the judges just what skanking really is! Its

Tuesday 25 June 2002

Ataris say ‘So Long Historia!’

The Ataris have announced that their long awaited new record is to be called ‘So Long Historia’. Frontman Kris Roe told fansite www.theataris.com that the record, their first for Columbia Records, will be released in 2003. This new information contradicts earlier rumours which suggested the album would be named

The Ramones – read all about it!

Just today an argument kicked off in our forums about who were the godfathers of punk rock. MC5? The Stooges? Iggy Pop? Sex Pistols? Blink 182? Ok, maybe not the last one… Well in my opinion the band that kicked

Monday 24 June 2002

NFG get to 10!

I’m sure it will only add to their sell-out accusations, but Coral Springs pop punkers New Found Glory charted at number 10 in the UK album charts. I’m pretty sure the sales of ‘Sticks and Stones’ in the UK will have even surprised the band, making this record

Brand new competition from The Used

We get all excited when we get new stuff to give away (hey we’re just nice like that), so we can convey with great pleasure that we’ve got 5 copies of The Used‘s eponymous album, which is released tomorrow (Monday 25th), and 5 tees to go with

Sunday 23 June 2002

Have an American Nightmare in the UK

Rising hardcore stars American Nightmare have rescheduled and changed a couple of dates on their forthcoming UK tour. The band will now play at the following dates, not any others that are floating about the internet… 26 July ­ Sheffield Corporation w/ako 27 July ­ London The Underworld w/UNITE,

Saturday 22 June 2002

Weezer go muppet crazy!

Rivers and Kermit the frog… an unlikely pairing, but amazingly this picture is not a hoax! Weezer met the ‘cast’ of The Muppets last week as they filmed their new video for the single ‘Keep Fishin’, taken from the fantastic ‘Maladroit’ record. To see more pictures from

Ozma Star injured in car crash

Ozma keyboad/flute player Star Wick has been injured in a car crash, following an accident on Tuesday evening. The band’s drummer Pat Edwards posted the following message on Ozma‘s web site: Greetings from Boise, Idaho. While we are very excited to be here making new friends and

MxPx make a mistake

The brand new MxPx video is now available for everyone to download. The track ‘My Mistake’ from their best of collection ‘Ten Years And Running’ is available by clicking here: www.toothandnail.com/downloads/mxpx/