Our favorite punk rock grandpa Dick Slaughter gives us his picks of photos from 2025 that didn’t get picked, featuring outtakes from Cruel World, PRB, and Rebellion Festivals, with artists including Hayley Williams of Paramore, St. Vincent, Rebecca Black, the Knuckleheadz Band, Nick Cave, Bootsy Collins, the Rifleman String Band, Keith Morris, Iggy Pop, Dick Lucas of the Subhumans, and Perry Boris, plus trips to the Cadillac Ranch in Texas and the “Army” Trump birthday War on America festival in Washington, DC.

Legendary O.C. rock venue Chain Reaction closed it’s doors in January 2026 after 30 years in operation.