The Anniversary’s Würst Interview Ever
Josh Berwanger is a busy guy. He’s a dad. He’s a friend to many. And he’s also a member of three currently active bands: The Anniversary, Radar State and Berwanger. He’s playing three shows in Chicago...
View ArticleFishbone’s Angelo Moore Speaks of ‘Truth and Soul’
On this day in 1988, Guns n’ Roses had the number one song in the country with “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” the Cold War was thawing out, and Fishbone released Truth and Soul—a seminal collection of...
View Article“I’m Essentially A Living Photo Op” and Other Musings from The Lizardman
Photo by Christopher Andrew Erik Sprague was born as a human baby in 1972, but is better known to Riot Fest participants as The Lizardman from the Hellzapoppin’ Circus Sideshow Revue. The Lizardman...
View ArticleAn Interview With The Regrettes About How To Interview The Regrettes
Tough crowd! L-R: Sage Chavis, Genessa Gariano, Lydia Night, Maxx Morando The Regrettes are a punk rock band from Los Angeles. Comprised of teenagers and having only been a band for a couple years,...
View ArticleFishbone’s Angelo Moore on Subliminal Fascism: Then & Now
In 1987, with the Cold War omnipresent, Angelo Moore wrote and recorded the Fishbone burner “Subliminal Fascism,” for the classic Truth and Soul album. Riot Fest sat down with Moore at Milwaukee’s...
View Article7 of the Most Unforgettable Toilets In Punk Rock
Flatulation punctuates the still night air, and I thank god there’s a bathroom here! Sometimes, it doesn’t matter how nasty a toilet is, when you gotta go, you gotta go. On this, the 7th day of...
View Article“We Would Not Record a Jingle for a Product We Didn’t Believe Was Totally...
On December 15, 1967, The Who Sell Out was released. The Who’s third album took the piss out of the commercialization of music (not to be confused with 1971’s Who’s Next?, where the guys are actually...
View ArticleCheck out “Dear Beer,” the Title Track from the EP the Bombpops are About to...
I’m so sick of hating all my friends But I’m too lazy to get new ones If you’re pretty sure you’ve heard this one before, you’re better off not being alone today. Thankfully, the Bombpops feel your...
View ArticleFrank Turner Wants to “Make America Great Again” with This New Video
Like so many of us, Frank Turner loves America. The not-so-ignorant Englishman loves our country so much, that he can’t sit idly by after being pummeled with nonsense from the Trump-loving,...
View ArticleRing in the fiscal new year with these live Twin Peaks videos
Photo by Tim Nagle There are three unavoidable things in life: Death, taxes, and live videos from cool shows. In honor of the first day of not having to worry about filing your taxes for another 51...
View ArticleCheck Out Spike Slawson’s Outsider Music Playlist, and the First New Song...
Punk rock’s own Pony Boy, outsider Spike Slawson has seen and heard it all while criss-crossing the world with such outfits as the Swingin’ Utters (his 15 year stint with the band ended in 2012) and Me...
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