A personal and passionate review of Rebellion Festival 2025, with reflections on mental health, loss, resilience, and the healing power of live music. Lorraine Carter takes you through three unforgettable days of punk rock, highlighting standout performances from female-fronted bands, North East punk legends, and festival favorites, while celebrating the sense of community that makes Rebellion more than just a music festival.

Tied Down Detroit 2026 Pre-Show #1 w/Youth Of Today, Restraining Order, Build and Destroy, Madman, and WMD.

Punk is for all the misfits of all ages. From kids on their parents’ shoulders to seasoned silver-haired punks in studded battle vests, The Adicts’ recent Fillmore show proved punk remains one of the gracious spaces where generations of outsiders still belong together.

Dog Party kicked off the night with infectious energy and heart, while Monster Squad sent the pit into full chaos before The Adicts transformed the venue into a full-blown punk circus. More than a concert, it felt like a celebration of community, weirdness, family, and legacy.

A brutal, unflinching serialization about surviving abuse, finding refuge in punk, and carrying the weight of trauma into adulthood and emergency response work. Moving between memory, firehouse reflections, and the formation of Al & the Coholics, it traces how music, rebellion, and chosen family became a lifeline for someone trying to outlive the ghosts that never fully leave.

The festival has sold out, and aftermarket prices continue to propel sky-high, likely due to the Bieber Effect.

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2026, Part Four. The Casualties, Good Riddance, Juicebox, Hindsight, Hillbomb, and more.

Paul Holstein gives us a look at his favorite photos from 2025, featuring shots from Punk Rock Bowling and the thriving Detroit punk scene. Artists include Leftöver Crack, Flag, Suicide Machines, Koffin Kats, Scathing Wesley, Agnostic Front, Bridge City Sinners, FEAR, HR of Bad Brains, and so much more.

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2026, Part One. Featuring Armor Class, Briefbombe, Manicdotes, Playboy Manbaby, Chopping Block, The Convicted, Violent Way, and more.

Fat Mike’s birthday takeover at the Punk Rock Museum is a superfan’s dream. Dick Slaughter Photo brings the details, some loving ISM family ball-busting, seven newly released NOFX photos, and a handful of fresh fan shots.

Paul Holstein takes on the nearly impossible task of narrowing down the more than 200 punk rock releases he reviewed in 2025 to his Top 50.

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Twenty. Includes Bad Beat, Regal Beagle, Soldiers of Destruction, and more.

Leftover Crack, World’s Scariest Police Chases and The Lowcocks in Detroit at The Shelter 12/01/2025.

Supersuckers, Fashion Crime, Crippled Fox, Stabber, Haggus, Pridebowl, C4 and more.

BlackPoo and Hot Pink Sewage: the names alone clear the room; the music fills it back up. Straight from the gutters of Blackpool’s punk underbelly.

After waiting nearly three decades, I finally got to see Texas Is The Reason at a small club in Chicago, with one of my other favorite bands, Samiam, all thanks to Riot Fest 2025.

The Briefs “Bloodied in the Midwest” tour 2025 @ Small’s Bar + Thought Control / Colossal Man/ Totaled @ Edgemen Printing.

John Greenwood trades the punter’s view for the press pit - capturing sets from Phat Problem, Dakka Skanks, UK Subs, Circle Jerks, Steve Ignorant, and TV Smith & The Bored Teenagers, closing out with the fierce energy of Maid Of Ace.

Haywire Shirts Vs. Skins Tour 2025 at Edgemen Printing.

The New Bomb Turks Summer Tour 2025 with The Drowns and Saber Tooth Gary comes to The Magic Stick / Black Iris Booking annual Blackout BBQ.

We all love Charlie Harper and the UK Subs at Rebellion Festival—but maybe not as much as Lorraine Cater. She’s getting geared up for Blackpool by catching Rebellion acts on the road, including the UK Subs, Destructors 82, and Yur Mum at a rare Lincolnshire gig.