Warped Tour, the travelling rock festival that’s been bringing rock music to fans across the United States and beyond since 1995, is holding its final cross-country run this summer. Over its 24-year history, the tour has featured massive rock bands like Blink-182, Fall Out Boy and Paramore, as well as more unexpected acts like Katy […]
Blink-182
‘The band is the strongest it’s ever been’: An Interview with Sam Douglas of Mallory Knox
It could be any time – it could even surprise me! We’re in a position where we can do what we want now. Mallory Knox has been at the forefront of British rock music for years, and now bassist and former backing vocalist Sam Douglas is stepping into the limelight after the departure of […]
A Night to Remember: Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
I remember exactly where I was when I found out that Chester Bennington, vocalist in world-famous rock group Linkin Park, had taken his own life. I was at a blink-182 concert at the O2 in London, and in an arena full of excited music fans, it was a strange and heavy atmosphere to be in, […]
Feature: What Does Punk Mean in 2017?
Punk is dead!”, cry the forlorn dad-rockers lamenting the loss of their Buzzcocks and Dead Kennedys only to be displaced by Fall Out Boy and Twenty-One Pilots. There’s no shortage of punk-rock-loving individuals nostalgically fetishising the bygone age of battered leather jackets, colourful Mohawk sand metal spikes as long as your fingers while the current […]
Album Review: Blink 182 – California
C alifornia, the new album from pop-punk legends Blink-182, is everything a comeback album should be. It blends punk guitar riffs with pop melodies and maintains the spirit of ‘zero fucks given’ that Blink are famous for. California sounds more like their old sound than anything they’ve had for a while, but it doesn’t feel regressive. […]