Punks just wanna have fun and that they did when old-school English punk rockers The Adicts took over the Fonda Theatre this past Friday. Professional BMX biker and singer Rick Thorne kicked off the evening with a loud, heavy rock set but the audience was itching for The Adicts. The crowd was a sea of studs, stripes, […]

Punk’s not dead! That is a true statement because there were about 22,000 of them standing, walking, moshing, and surfing crowds in the sweltering, heat this past Saturday at San Manuel Amphitheater for It’s Not Dead Fest. I had planned on getting to the festival a little later, once the heat died down a bit, but since […]

Straight from the lauded ’77 punk scene, The Avengers have announced a headlining show date at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. The San Francisco punk band has been playing some local Bay area shows and now they will take the stage at the Bootleg on Friday, December 4. Led by the powerful female vocalist, Penelope Houston, […]

It was a powerful and inspiring night of music this past Friday as punk rockers Against Me! took the stage at The Observatory. With the occasional crowd surfer, Against Me!’s  positive energy was absolutely intoxicating. Led by the empowering front woman, Laura Jane Grace, she gave a perfectly fierce performance smashing on her guitar and […]

Social Distortion came out Sunday night to do the first of three nights at the Observatory in Orange county. They were celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of their self-titled album. People of all ages showed up from eight-year-olds to sixty-something-year olds. Mike Ness hit the stage wearing a Jerome’s boxing t-shirt, bearded and obviously fully tatted. […]

Thursday at the Echo was the fourth time I’ve seen Kate Nash perform live and I have zero shame in that. Though she’s known by most for the pop album she released eight years ago Made of Bricks, Nash has evolved as a musician into something entirely different altogether. She’s fused her catchy pop lyrics with rock […]

By the end of “Bad Habit” — the first song of the Offspring‘s set at the Hollywood Palladium — I was drenched in sweat as though I was a raver kid on molly at a Flosstradamus show. The entire front two-thirds of the massive roller-rink style floor was a mosh-pit and people were ready to […]

Educate yourself. Empower yourself. Change your world. While those words of wisdom may sound a little cliché, when Alice Bag says it, it strikes a chord within you and you believe it. The famed punk rock singer (The Bags, Alice Bag Band, Cholita, etc), feminist, educator and author recently released her self-published, diary-style memoir “Pipe […]

I went into last night’s Los Crudos show at the Ukrainian Culture Center knowing what to expect. I knew that if I placed myself at the front of the pit that I would most likely get kicked in the head numerous times; however, I didn’t fucking care. I knew that there would be some pretty bad […]

It was a high-energy show last Thursday at The Observatory. Misfits have been scheduled to play three days and play three classic albums in their entirety. Thursday night was Static Age. It was an all ages show and I would say that it was cool to see all ages actually there. There were some very […]

Man it has been nearly 20 years since I saw Bad Religion. The last show I saw them was when they opened for Blink 182, which I really thought was weird given that it was mother fuckin’ Bad Religion. Anyway that is beside the point. They were the headliners this past Friday at the Fonda Theatre and […]

We have more photos from MUSINK for you! On Saturday at MUSINK, the stages were once again exploding with punk rock and hardcore mayhem. Bad Religion, OFF! and Ignite all put on thrashing performances while the crowd engaged in moshing and other wild antics. Also on the evening’s event schedule was the highly anticipated MISS […]

It was night one of a weekend music and ink festival. Musink went off without a hitch and the bands of night one really knew how to get the festival started. I walked around the grounds for awhile while waiting for the music to start. There were two warehouses full of tattoo artists giving tattoos […]

The all female power trio, Ex Hex are coming back to Los Angeles with a headlining performance scheduled at The Roxy in West Hollywood on Friday, May 15th. The band recently played the Echo in support of their fiery debut album, Rips. Now the trio are back and ready to rip some more. Ex Hex are […]

80s punks, The Dead Milkmen have announced a headlining show date at The Troubadour in West Hollywood on Saturday, April 25. The satirical punk band are touring in support of their new album, Pretty Music for Pretty People, which was released October 7 via Quid Ergo. The Dead Milkmen have been at is since 1983 […]

Echo Park rockers, Dead Dawn have released their striking new video for “Live Near You”. Shot at the infamous scenic location, the Salton Sea, the video depicts a group of eccentric young adults rolling up to an abandoned shanty home as they park their El Camino and vintage motorcycle in what’s left of the driveway. […]

Like two maenads taking part in a rite of delirium, twin sisters Beah and Cecilia Romero of the new East Los Angeles band, Flames Of Durga sure know how to put on an impressive rock show. Not only do these fierce brunettes deliver those early female punk vibes (think Babes In Toyland and Bikini Kill), but they’re […]

Bad Religion This past Sunday at the Mayan in Downtown Los Angeles kicked off Red Bull Sound Select’s show number 9 of their #30DaysinLA series. Fans came in herds, donning their weathered O.G. punk rock shirts as a symbol of their time, a true patron of this punk rock era. I’m talking about the 80s, […]

I arrived at the Fonda on the early side on Saturday for the punk rock show. It’s not everyday that GBH and the Adolescents play a show in Los Angeles. Plus, local, San Fernando Valley skacore band The 5th Wave was opening and I was curious to see how they would fill up that stage […]

A lot of bands in Los Angeles as they gear up for their shows at SXSW! You can find the best concerts happening in Los Angeles, Orange County and more neighboring cities on Grimy Goods’ custom show list. While keeping it selective, we’ve handpicked shows from all genres to satisfy your musical palette. The show […]