“As a drummer, let me tell you, in my experience it’s all the same,” says Chip Hanna, longtime skin hitter for punk stalwarts U.S. Bombs and One Man Army and, nowadays, country singer, songwriter, and ...

‘CRAZY ARMS’ From high school band to busking on the streets of Santa Cruz, Lomes Oleander, center, is driven by music and ultimately formed Pigeon Pit, pictured here, in Olympia, Washington. (Photo ...

John Lydon may be ingrained in the punk tradition, but he thought this country song was just as powerful as any rock song.

Thirty years ago, alt-country/punk legends the Supersuckers opened for the Ramones and White Zombie at Hara Arena. GeeGee Bradley was at that show. Now, three decades later, nearly to the day, ...

With luck on their side, Orange Country punk rock and craft beer fans don’t have to wait until November for Brew Ha Ha Productions’ next anarchy-fueled event. The Lucky Punks! Craft Beer & Music ...

Listening to Social Distortion’s first album, Mommy’s Little Monster, takes you back to the hardcore punk that was stirring in Southern California in the late 1970s. However, within all the noise and ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

With the announcement this week that Dixie Roadhouse sold for $2.7 million, it signaled an end of an era in Southwest Florida. The Cape Coral venue has been a hot spot for entertainment, from line ...

Marking the group’s return from a six-year hiatus, Social Distortion’s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes offers their classic punk rock sound with some surprises. Highly reflective in substance, the album ...