GIVEAWAY: Riot Fest Announces Single Day Band Lineup, Shuttle Service to RiotLand and the Community Band Contest

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Riot Fest, the iconic annual punk rock and alternative music festival, is excited to announce its 2024 daily lineup, shuttle service, a community band contest in the Lawndale & Little Village neighborhoods and more! This year’s festival will take place at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, from September 20-22nd, featuring 90+ bands over 3-days, and will feature RiotLand, an immersive “Choose Your Own Adventure” world that promises to elevate the festival experience to new heights. Riot Fest, while reluctant to leave its longtime home in Chicago, made the difficult decision to relocate due to issues with the Park District, which paved the way for RiotLand, a 3-day version of which will be explorable on the Riot Fest website starting tomorrow. Fans can double tap their way through the various locations in this punk rock town.Continue reading


FESTIVAL REVIEW: No Values Festival – Live at The Fairplex Pomona


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We might be entering a golden age of music festivals in the USA. Sure,everywhere you turn fans struggle to afford tickets, and some tours are tanking. Even a few festivals have had disastrous results. At the same time, the destination festival is beginning to thrive here, as we are trying to copy the model from Europe that has reigned for nearly four decades. So throngs of people descended on the Los Angeles area `burb Pomona, known best for Citrus and good colleges, for what could be the one Punk Rock festival to rule them all; No Values Fest! Continue reading


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Riot Fest, the iconic annual punk rock and alternative music festival, is excited to announce its 2024 lineup, along with the introduction of an innovative new world, and a venue change, now with parking! This year’s festival will take place at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, from September 20-22nd, featuring 90+ bands over 3-days, and will feature RiotLand, an immersive “Choose Your Own Adventure” world that promises to elevate the festival experience to new heights.Continue reading


No Values Fest ft. The Original Misfits, Social Distortion, Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Bad Religion, Sublime, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Power Trip Announce Set Times


 

Kicking off later this week, the first annual No Values festival, featuring The Original Misfits, Social Distortion, Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Bad Religion, Sublime, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and more at the Pomona Fairplex this Saturday, June 8th, 2024. The festival is produced by the legends at Goldenvoice! For one day only, many of the greatest punk bands of all time perform in one place, on four stages. The fest has released their full set times and map of the event now! There is also an app to plan your fest and mind your set times!Continue reading


Blink-182, Gwen Stefani, Shinedown, Beck and More Booked for First South Star Festival in Alabama



Huntsville, AL is welcoming the inaugural South Star Festival to John Hunt Park on September 28-29. The event will make its debut this fall, with headliners Blink-182 and Gwen Stefani alongside Shinedown, Beck, Jane’s Addiction, Sublime, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World, TLC, Ludacris, Juvenile and the 400 Degreez Band, Big Boi, Gin Blossoms, Pete Yorn, Candlebox, Vanessa Carlton, Winona Fighter, Bully, Dexter & Moonrocks, and Billy Allen + The Pollies. Keep reading below for further details.
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Finding Joseph Biography To Delve Into The Life of Bad Brains Frontman HR


 

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Bad Brains frontman Paul “H.R.” Hudson has had an amazing career, which is far from over. From helping create and lead hardcore punk with Bad Brains being nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Now Lesser Gods Publishing (A Vulgar Display Of Pantera) is releasing the first fully authorized biography for H.R.: Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains. Continue reading


Video: Kilgore Reunites For Hometown Charity Show


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Underground 90s metal leaders Kilgore reunited last weekend for their first show in several years in their hometown of Providence, RI at The Met. They were joined other prominent bands from the scene reuniting: Times Expired, the much respected Shed, and State of Corruption. Coming together for a tribute show for late Providence area studio owner and producer Joe Moody, Kilgore played a set of favorites from their two albums Blue Collar Solitude and A Search For Reason. You can watch fan-filmed footage of two songs, ‘Steamroller’ and ‘A Lullaby For Your Casket’ below:

 

Three of the bands’ original members Jay Berndt, Brian McKenzie, and Bill Southerland were joined by late era bassist Marty O’Brien (Tommy Lee, Lita Ford) for the show. The band sold new merch including a remastered and expanded version of their demo Die Cast, that was originally produced by Joe Moody. Kilgore, also known as Kilgore Smudge, rose to prominence from the norther east on a fusion of classic metal sounds like Black Sabbath and Clutch, and hardcore. They played Ozzfest in 1998 toured heavily for years touring with Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Clutch, Fear Factory, Biohazard, Sublime, and Spineshank. Vocalist Jay Berndt has a new band called Bloodriders and also has released outlaw country and folk/Blues/Americana, and rock solo albums.

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