In some cases -- like songs from Ozzy Osbourne and Iron Maiden -- the results have been demonic, but in many others they have ...

Before joining 2-Tone heroes The Selecter, Pauline Black was used to hearing casual racism everywhere, even in her own family.

I’ve been told most of my life that the music you love is not popular, and then it’s dead. And I respond, no it’s very much alive and it’s always going to be there.” ...

Eric Earley was happy with Blitzen Trapper’s 11th album, “100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions,” when it came out in May, ...

Fifty years ago, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California; President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation; Swedish pop ...

In this bouncy, ska-infused track ... and blood-curdling howls lead into one of the 80s’ truly great (and scary) pop songs. Listen to it during the witching hour on Halloween and you might ...

Los Fastidios are visiting Stroud as part of their UK tour, writes Tim Lezard. The Verona-based ska punk five-piece play the ...

The first British invasion produced some of the best music of all time, and the second one is not far off thanks to these ...

The October roundup of our punk column 'In Defense of the Genre' includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

The early-’80s pop scene got a welcome shot in the arm when a bunch of bands from Coventry welded the energy of punk to the mid-’60s Jamaican ska beat. A two-CD set, disc one of One Step Beyon ...

There are many opinions about which decade was the best for music, but many would agree that it might have been the ’80s.

Yoon’s self-written song, “Apartment,” was one of the biggest hits of the early '80s with its fast beat, catchy rhythm and relatable lyrics, indirectly criticizing the apartment boom in the ...