Dick Slaughter somehow slithered his way into the Youth Brigade show in L.A. and landed an interview with the band’s frontman—and founder of BYO Records and the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival—Shawn Stern.

John Greenwood gives us a Damned + TV Smith tour preview — featuring photos by Dick Slaughter. Catch both acts in and around Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas this weekend, at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA on May 30, and later this summer at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, UK. Full tour dates and links in the article.

Phil Thorns attends the Chinese Heritage Concert at the stunning Grade II-listed Firth Hall at Sheffield University. His stunning photos capture an evening of music, dance, and cultural celebration.

Mac Sabbath, The Angry Samoans and Flummox at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, Michigan 05/08/2025.

Dick Slaughter gives us a preview: Bootsy Collins will put the funk in Punk Rock Bowling with a kickoff party at the Fremont Country Club, featuring special guest Angelo Moore of Fishbone. Also on the bill are Micki Free—Prince’s former guitarist—The Less Warren of the Clut, and Evil E, teaming up as Evil Cult for a DJ battle drum mashup.

Bad Nerves with Norcos Y Horchata and Spiritual Cramp at The Loving Touch.

Dick Slaughter says, Haul yourself to the Teregram Ballroom on May 18. Youth Brigade is making a rare L.A. appearance, with Pistol Grip, Knuckleheadz Band, and Bad Ass. Don’t miss it.

Singapore’s Wormrot played at the Locker Room in Garden Grove, California. Words and photos by Goody James.

Paul Rotzler spends the day sunning himself at Punk in the Park, Arizona — featuring Bad Religion, Face to Face, Pennywise, The Adolescents, Manic Hispanic, Catbite, and so much more.

Phill Thorns takes in Headsticks, Nick Parker, and Shanghai Treason in Sheffield, UK—a night that quickly turned into full-blown BANJO-DRIVEN CHAOS.

Gang of Four are saying a “Long Goodbye” with a North American tour spanning 25 cities. I was lucky enough to catch them in a smaller club in North Carolina, the iconic Cat’s Cradle.

Goody James and Dick Slaughter caught the Subhumans at Orange County’s only independent open-air venue, Garden Amp.

Remember when Coachella was just for hipsters? And how nowadays only influencers go just to be seen? Or that every year the lineup is worse than the year before—and definitely not ever as good as it was in the decades before?

Let me ask: Does Beethoven suck? Are the Circle Jerks jack-offs? At what other festival can you even listen to Beethoven performed by a world class symphony orchestra and mosh in a Circle Jerks pit in the same weekend?

This is the magic of Coachella.

Dick Slaughter runs through the updated Punk Rock Bowling main fest lineup — last-minute changes and all — and takes a few shots at Vegas resort fees while he's at it.

Hardcore: En Love, Suffer No Fools, King’s Command, Strange Magic.

The Venomous Pinks, The Anti-Queens, Seahag at Small’s Bar, “Flock Around and Find Out” tour 2025.

Hampton Roads put on a show with 4 local bands (well technically two were from RVA) and Atlanta natives New Junk City on the bill.

Dead Boys, Burn Kit, Detroit 442 & Duk Butter at The Sanctuary, Hamtramck, MI. Legendary guitarist Cheetah Chrome was in the house.

Lorraine Cater takes in the Scarborough Punk Festival, with photos by Phil Thorns—the guy who literally did the photo book on it. Featuring Grade 2, The Bar Stool Preachers, The Skids, The Steve Ignorant Band, The Cockney Rejects, The Exploited, and more.

Dick Slaughter and Dick Lucas sit down to talk about what it really costs for UK bands to tour the U.S. in the age of the internet.