Scene History

A new edition includes 11 new interviews and over 30 new profiles of even more incredible musicians, including…

Defy authority, embrace joy, experience your body in an empowering way—it’s time to dance! Created by contemporary…

Have you ever had a band save your life? Or help you along the way to becoming a different person? This is one such…

In the summer of 1988, a star-struck teenager with zero concert promotion experience booked a fledgling DC punk band…

Ah, Cleveland. Chronically misunderstood, underappreciated, and lost in the shuffle with the other Ohio cities that…

Punk women! They rock (literally). This super pack collects some of our favorite books (and a sticker!) highlighting…

In the late 90s, the music scene in Miami was at the infancy of becoming the multi-million dollar cultural and artistic…

Updated and revised second edition with new interviews and photographs. Through hundreds of exclusive and original…

Speak In Tongues was a freewheeling, community-run underground music venue in Cleveland, Ohio that operated on a…

Cleveland, Ohio's punk scene has played host and step parent to tens of thousands of kids for over 40 years.…

Late one night in Miami in 1985, Amos Larkins II was mixing the track “Commin’ In Fresh” by Double Duce…

In this short and unofficial biography of Pete Shelley and the Buzzcocks, Colin Burrowes uses personal anecdotes and…

Featuring Alex living and volunteering in Moscow, this zine tells the story of punks in Russia. With @still.hear's art…

Minot may only be the fourth largest city in North Dakota, but it's a key player in the punk ecosphere. Home to the…

"Hey Jealousy," "Found Out About You"... most of the hits from the Gin Blossoms' 1992 breakout album, New Miserable…

You a punk? Want to read some anecdotes about other punks from around the world? Well, here you go. Mutant Maniac is the…

Each issue of “Punks Around” features a story written by a contributor drawing from their experience in another…

One night, a group of friends, and bomb ass music. This is a short comic about friendship and budding relationships…

In 1983, Circle Jerks bassist Roger Rogerson stole the band’s van and dropped off the face of the earth. Thirteen…

Small town America built the punk rock revolution; but big city scenes have gotten all the coverage.  No longer! Out of…

"For every successful local group that ever packed the Fillmore, Avalon, or Winterland Ballrooms, there were dozens of…

Much has been written about the glamorous and short-lived New York City punk rock scene of the late 1970s. Less has been…