Distorted Magazine

BAD RELIGION CULMINATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH 15TH STUDIO ALBUM IN SEPTEMBER

Editor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:24:04 +0000

Bad Religion will release their fifteenth studio album, “The Dissent of Man”, on September 27. The album’s first single ‘The Devil in Stitches’ can be heard now at www.myspace.com/badreligion. Fans can preorder The Dissent of Man now at www.BadReligionStore.com. Produced by Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool), “The Dissent of Man” finds Bad Religion...

Koffin Kats: Drunken Psycho Strays

Editor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:35:14 +0000

The Koffin Kats are a hard working band, and that’s an understatement. With the recent departure of long standing Tommy and EZ Ian joining the three piece full time, the band had been on tour for six weeks across Europe when we caught up with them after their show in Kingston, UK. Despite the sweltering...

Record Reviews: Good Riddance/ Sundowner/ Jeff Riddle

Editor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:24:33 +0000

Capricorn One Good Riddance Fat Wreck Chords Good Riddance were a underrated band, but with their demise in 2007, this collection of 21 tracks (and only 44 minutes long) is a great reminder of the legacy the East Coast melodic punks left and a reminder of the legions of bands that took inspiration from them. This is a...

The Suzukis release 2nd single ‘Reasons For Leaving’ for free

Editor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:24:28 +0000

From Jerry Lee Lewis to At The Drive-In, via The Stooges and The Sex Pistols, there is a lineage of rock and roll bands united by the same primeval energy and visceral power. Hailing from Wigan, a quartet called The Suzukis, are creating a mighty storm that taps into this same raw, primal aggression and marks...

FRANK TURNER – ‘TRY THIS AT HOME’ SINGLE & COMPETITION

Editor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:08:50 +0000

In what is already a jam packed summer of UK, European and American festival appearances as well as a support slot with Green Day at Wembley Stadium, Frank Turner is also finding time to release his new single ‘Try This At Home’ on 2nd August 2010. The fourth song to be lifted from ‘Poetry Of The...

No Sweat Fest 2010

Editor — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:40:22 +0000

Following on the success of last year’s event, OUT OF STEP and NO SWEAT have teamed up once more to bring you another day, of the best punk/ska/hip-hop currently doing the rounds. The event would have been held at The Cross Kings over 2 floors but due to its recent closure it will now be held...

The Bermondsey Joyriders

Post Punk — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:30:48 +0000

The 100 Club London, UK Friday July 9th What do you get when you cross classic London 1977 punk with addictive power-chorded rock ‘n’ roll and a heavy sprinkling of Johnny Thunders? Something not far off The Bermonsdey Joyriders – the missing link between the 60s and the 70s. Gary Lammin (ex-Cock Sparrer guitarist) and Martin Stacey...

Bobby Steele/ The Undead: Still Hell-Raising

Editor — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:10:34 +0000

Bobby Steele is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead but rose to some notoriety as the second guitarist of The Misfits from 1978-1980. A original cast member of the plains of the Bowery in New York’s lower east side as punk rock rose to prominence in the...