Green Day have been crowned the kings of punk in a new Rolling Stone online poll. The California trio beat out The Clash, The Ramones and the Sex Pistols to land atop the fans' countdown of the b...

Grammy-nominated artist Matisyahu will embark on an extensive summer tour beginning May 30, playing major festivals and co-headlining several shows in the South with Les Claypool and on the East Co...

Not since the late 1960s and early 1970s has there been a musical artist who so completely spoke for an entire generation. After the breakup of the Beatles and the tragic deaths of Jimi Hendrix, J...

This October, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is bringing the sounds of skate culture to life like never before in Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground -- the deepest, most customizable skateboarding game ev...

Skate is the closest thing to skateboarding without actually putting your feet on a board. With innovative controls that take advantage of the dual analog sticks, the power of the next gen hardware...

The summer's two-day Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Maryland is all about big reunions - The Police will join the Smashing Pumpkins as headliners. The Police have just announced they'll close the fi...

System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian has been chosen to direct punk icons Bad Brains' comeback video, Build A Nation. The rocker, a longtime fan of the group, which formed in 1979, will shoot f...

US punk icons Bad Brains are planning a major comeback with Beastie Boys star Adam Yauch. Yauch, aka MCA, has produced the group's untitled new album. The Beastie Boys star says, "The Br...

Emerging in the early 1980s, hardcore punk championed independent thought and a f-you attitude - all with a fierce "do-it-yourself" aesthetic. More than just loud, fast music driven by primal aggre...

One of the greatest tragedies of recent musical history was Sublime singer-songwriter-guitarist's Bradley Nowell's untimely death, compounded by the fact that he did not live to witness the massive...

More than 80 eclectic songs from NYC raised or transplanted bands that span such diverse genres as punk, hip hop, hardcore and rock bring true East Coast flavor to Activision, Inc.’s highly anticip...