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Denver Sucks Now   – April 25, 2001

: No More All Ages Shows In Denver Anymore. This Sucks!!! "Effective April 15th , the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses has changed their interpretations of the Cabaret Ordinance to disallow any person under the age of 21 to attend an event during which…

Would you like some fascism with that denial of human rights?   – April 19, 2001

The never anonymous Killian writes: Just an update for those who are following the Summit of The Americas (since MSNBC and CNN don't feel like reporting it) the police in Quebec City have constructed a…

Pleased to Meat You   – April 17, 2001

While not strictly "punk", I found an article over at one of my favourite sites, suck.com that talks about vegetarianism, one of my favourite quotes from the funny article: "If AIDS is…

Project Censored   – April 11, 2001

I was just surfing around tonight and I found a very interesting website, called Project: Censored.org. They list their top stories, which were unceremoniously ignored by the…

Music being used in ads...   – March 21, 2001

"There's an interesting editorial over at the Guardian about the use of music to sell products... "It's always sad to see a much-loved song being used in a commercial. When a tune that was associated with a…

Napster and Money   – March 11, 2001

Where does Napster get its money? It’s a good question that came up in light of the Greg Graffin comment posted a few days ago. A reader posted this comment "well I don’t think "millions of trendy kids" using napster to download britney spears gets the company any money.…

Fighting For Freedom Of Speech!   – January 26, 2001

Click Read More to get the full story....Hi, This is Kolin from Fort Worth, TX here. I am 15 years old, I write for a local zine, and I sing for my band Loki. I am a student at South Hills High School, and am a victim for a fascist dress code... "No extreme…

Aussie Rebuttal   – December 27, 2000

: well i know this is not a message board but this whole putting australia down is not on... i mean sure some bands have changed but that doesnt mean a whole scene has changed no replys please to this comment but i think bodyjar are differant to the rest of the aussie…

...Punk Coca Cola Commercial?   – December 22, 2000

: This is not really news, I think that by now everybody has seen it by now. The new Coca-cola comercial is all "punky". There's a there's a 20cm mohawk punk in it and it has a Punk cover of a Christmas song. Despite the "Punks supporting mega-corporations stuff" I think…

Amazon judges 2000 Punk/Ska   – December 20, 2000

This is just a perspective... me/Aubin/Punknews do not agree/disagree with any of this, its just interesting to see what "they" think. These are the punk and ska bands that (at least I noticed) are on Amazon.com's top 100 albums of 2000 (the critic's list, not by…

Aussie punk sucks!?   – December 18, 2000

writes : Australian pop punx , Bodyjar have been in the media spotlight ever since they've signed to major label (EMI), over a year ago. But when I heard their song "Not the same" on Pepsi commercial, I knew they really went too far.Is it just me or are the Australian…

Bush is President.   – November 26, 2000

Well, for those who haven't been following the coverage, Bush has been officially named president of those United States. Also, this sad news reminds me to post something that…

Suspension for Anti-Patriotism   – November 12, 2000

Hello, this is Ian Horton back with my second story. To further add salt to the wound, Mr. Watkins has expelled 5 of my friends for refusal to pledge allegiance at a pep rally. The official reason given by Watkins was "insubordination," which I am also guilty of according…

Support a Punk, Screw a Principal   – November 10, 2000

Ian Horton writes "I am writing to inform the punk community about an obscene abuse of power occuring in my town, Van Buren. Our new principal, Tom Watkins, runs the school as a dictator. My first battle with him…

Somebody Wants You to Vote   – November 02, 2000

Sporin writes "Get off your ass and vote. And if you're not 18, find someone who is and most likely won't vote; have them vote for you. If you're like me and despise Bush and Gore, do a little research and find a candidate who will…

Suspended for Refusing Homecoming Crown   – November 02, 2000

Marty Beckerman writes "From the Sacramento Bee: Manhattan Beach high school prom king refuses crown MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A high school homecoming king renounced his crown, prompting school…

Canadian Alliance Can Fuck Off   – November 01, 2000

Just some information, our friends at canadianallianceparty.net (a humour and criticism site) has been accosted by some of Stockwell Day's cronies, in yet another affront on freedom of speech in North America by North…

Fastmusic Speaks Up   – October 21, 2000

I had a chance to talk to Neal of the fastmusic network yesterday, and we talked a bit about what you guys were talking about the other day. He was pretty pissed off at me, but I guess he understands that…

Problems with Fastmusic?   – October 17, 2000

danimal writes "Has anyone ever ordered from Fastmusic? I have done it a couple of time with satisfactory results. I placed an order with this one month ago and I still don't have a damn thing. I've sent…

We May be Sellouts, but We Don't Censor   – August 23, 2000

Doom41 writes "Check out this page kiddies,..all the news concerns apolitical commerical mainstream corporate punk rock (i.e.-rancid, unwritten law, stuff on FAT, etc).That is the only thing in "punk" this site COVERS!It makes no attempt to even…

Coyote Ugly has punk in it?   – August 10, 2000

Jared writes "Hey guys. I recently saw the movie "Coyote Ugly" and i noticed many times that in the background there were stickers of punk bands/labels (Fat Wreck Chords, Swingin Utters and more) and in one scene in a club…

Are We Too Mainstream?   – June 22, 2000

Every once in awhile, I get an e-mail or two, from some self-described hardcore punk guy, who tells me that I'm too mainstream, for covering Epitaph, Fat and whatever else. I just wanted to answer these in this place instead of writing a million e-mails. 95% of this site is…

Blink / Bad Religion in Buffalo - Take 2   – June 15, 2000

I was at the same Blink / Bad Religion concert as Kip was, at Darien Lake near Buffalo NY. I'll post my comments in the extended section of this article.…

Blink 182 concert editorial   – June 14, 2000

Here is a story on the Blink 182 show in Buffalo 2 weeks ago. I got free tickets from the local paper to report on it, but I will drop the editorial off here first. I figured there was a lot of interest in this topic as reported below and wanted to let you know my opinion…

A word from the maintainer of briandeneke.org   – January 15, 2000

Clair Denision, one of the people behind www.briandeneke.org had a short editorial about the issue from a semi-insider. Take a look.…

A View on a Kill   – January 12, 2000

Jim Lian, of Broke Ass Loser sent us his take on the Deneke situation, and digs a little deeper into the mindset that helped bring such a tragic situation to be.…

Punk Rock Economics 101   – November 24, 1999

Jordan from Pastepunk.com, had a new rant for us, click below to read…

Why use WinAmp?   – November 17, 1999

It's come to my attention that the majority of you out there are using the 'ever-popular' WinAmp MP3 player. Well I'm here to rescue you poor souls from your own sin... This may not have anything to do with punk, but I felt that it was my duty to inform you all of this.…

The First of the Rants   – November 09, 1999

A new thing on Punknews.org is the Rants section. We're hoping that some of you will feel inclined to submit us an opinion/rant piece of something, related to punk, hardcore, emo or the internet. Let…