The grrrls of punk rock

(eclecticism) Nine of the best female-fronted punk rock bands today from around the world

(eclecticism) Riot grrrl is back! Its history and the new scene

• There are females in punk rock?

Henry Rollins 1992 message still hits today

White man's powwow: slam dance mosh pit

Study finds mosh pits mimic ancient tribal rituals

If only neighboring Hollywood nightclubs had a way for young invading European settler colonialists to express themselves in appreciation of their musical traditions, perhaps a distinctive dance style to the beat of relentless drums with howls and yelps, cheers and applause.

• VIDEO: Mosh Pit Meditation, Part 1 (Wisdom Quarterly)

(John Blues) Hardcore band Avenged Sevenfold orchestrates huge mosh pit at Rock Am Ring

Careful, kids, you don't want to get hurt.

Such exuberance might look like pure mayhem and random violence, particularly when it devolves to a war game/war dance called a "Wall of Death."

For example, the biggest Wall of Death ever was during Slaughter to Prevail's set at Hellfest 2024. Is it real?

Hey, down front, we're trying to watch the show! - Then pay for a seat. This is GA on the floor.

POV: Hellfest wall of death from eye of storm - It's growing, not shrinking: Inkcarceration 2025

We Got Power! (perihelionarts.com)

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Mosh Pit Meditation (calm amid chaos), Pt. 1

But a tribal war dance full of fists and fury with wild gyrations of the body, swinging limbs recklessly at nonparticipants, or coagulate into a swirling mass of humanity in a "circle pit" to the grating guitars, excruciating vocalizations, and amplified rhythm section of rebels without a cause, ne'er-do-wells, and malcontents. Perhaps, in time, such an outlet will form in and around Tinsel Town, USA, as bands seek to win the attention of corporate music industry types.

Mosh pits of the future

The craziest mosh pit ever seen (band = Drosera)

• I. Rony, Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly

Warped Tour crashes into LA (7/25-26)

Now less warped for comfort and convenience!

It's time to don the Vans and get ready to slam. The Warped Tour is here! Vans Warped Tour Long Beach | July 25-26, 2026. The two-day extreme sports and music festival is back from the grave on the LA border town with the OC, Long Beach, what Snoop Dogg introduced the world to calling it, "The LBC." But T.S.O.L. and others were calling it home long before that. It's a big town. With stops in Mexico, Montreal (Canada), and Washington, D.C., and Orlando (Florida), it seems the tour is being cut short. We bet our very own Dukkha Girl will be running into a certain Punk Rock Girl there, as she vamps and acts out her attention whure aesthetic like she did when we last saw her at the private KROQ Social Distortion show. What a poseur, model, and music influencer she's turned out not to be. Right, Erin? We know what Wisdom Quarterly fans are probably asking, How do I get my band on this tour? Here's how: Ernie Ball Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands Powered by Guitar Center

2026 TOUR: Los Angeles (Long Beach), Mexico City, Orlando, Washington D.C., Montreal

2026 Lineup | Vans Warped Tour LBC

Vans Warped Tour Long Beach | July 25-26, 2026

It's been three decades of this punk madness

I was one of LA's Wasted Youth teen punks

(Algo Falla) Punk's Not Dead: documentary by Susan Dyner (con subtitulos en Espanol)

(@Saturdayskids-k8o) Punk's Not Dead!

The History of OC Punk: The Birth of the Scene (Female Punkers)

Agent Orange "Bloodstains" (OC punk music video with Brooke Shields)

Wasted Youth: "Problem Child"

(Atomic Video Jukebox) LA's Wasted Youth "Problem Child" (fan music video)

(Atomic Video Jukebox) I first heard LA's Wasted Youth (with frontman Danny Spira) on "Rodney on the ROQ" (Mayor of the Sunset Strip pervy Jewish Rodney Bingenheimer's new-music radio show on KROQ in LA) in 1981.

(Brewzerr) LA's Wasted Youth "Problem Child"

I immediately went out and bought their hardcore punk album Reagan's In and wore it out over time playing it so much.

• What was punk like in the 1980s? W5 TV News was there

Wasted Youth: Reagin's In

(Dead Kennedys) "California Uber Alles" San Francisco scene punks

I first saw Wasted Youth early in 1982 at the Hollywood Palladium when they played with T.S.O.L., the Adolescents, Social Distortion, Youth Brigade, and others. It was an amazing show with a very active mosh pit!

T.S.O.L. "Superficial Love" (music video)

(lucindamichelle) "Oki-Dog" [L.A. burrito] by Youth Gone Mad

We Got Power! (The Decibel Store)

I blended the footage with digital audio from their album and made this fan video from live footage of the band as well as post-gig footage at Oki Dog in Hollywood, Los Angeles, all shot by Dave Markey.

Dave Markey of We Got Power Films, drummer of Sin 34, was very ambitious and always carried a movie camera and film with him back then. And from the footage he shot, he made some short films and the punkumentary The SLOG Movie, featuring a number of SoCal bands including Sin 34.

We Got Power Presents The Slog Movie a film by Dave Markey

True "punk" will never die?

REBELLION FESTIVAL (UK) - True Punk & Oi! - RESISTANCE 77

• Is punk dead? The Punk Rock Museum (2025)
• LA punk rock FUN with Social Distortion (2026)
• When punk rock was fun and funny (2026)
• LIVE: Punk Rock 'chella: No Values concert 2024
• PUNK: We Were Going to Change the World (Pussy Riot)
• Why punk and Buddhism beats “us vs. them”
• VIDEO: Big punk concert: Gnarlytown!
• LA Punks: The Linda Lindas, Wasted Youth
• Masturbation? Sex tape "biggest mistake" of her life

Still Not Dead | Hard to Kill | No Quit

This video was put together by me uses his footage, which he shot for the Slog Movie. #WastedYouth #ProblemChild​ #DavidMarkey​ #DaveMarkey​ #WeGotPowerFilms​ #punk​ #PunkRock​ #SoCalPunk​ #AtomicVideoJukebox #DJAtomic #djatomiclv #djatomic702

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights to any of the audio or video. All audio, video, and images belong to their respective copyright holders. I am just here to promote content creators, artists, and musicians, all of whom I hold all in the highest regard. If copyright holders have not been given proper credit for any of their material that appears in this video, or if they wish their content NOT be used in this video, PLEASE contact me so that I may correct the issue by crediting work or providing appropriate links to websites or removing content. Contact me at: hansonmeyer@yahoo.com. Wasted Youth Problem Child 1981 ATOMIC.

• Punk's Not Dead; Atomic Video Jukebox, 5/10/21; Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Circle Jerks' Keith goes off on Republican

Circle Jerks announce tour with T.S.O.L., Negative Approach, Scowl (2023)

(TYT Sports) MAGA moron stunned to learn this famous punk rock singer HATES Trump

(Trust Records)

Back Against the Wall: You yell out in defiance/ You're backed up against their wall/ They're up there clutching their guns/ It makes you feel real small// So you can cuss, spit, throw bottles/ Broken glass/ But it all ends up with handcuffs on your hands// You run around and spray paint/ Graffiti on everybody's wall/ You think that's bitchin’ man/ That ain't nothing at all!// So you can cuss, spit, throw bottles/ Broken glass/ But it ends up with a swift kick to your ass

 

(Raw America and Really American) Punk band kicks out MAGA hecklers

San Francisco hardcore Dead Kennedys: Nazi Punks F*ck Off (LIVE)

Trapped [Karma]: Trapped, I'm trapped/ Trapped, I'm trapped/ Trapped, I'm trapped/ Trapped, I'm trapped/ What did I do to deserve this?/ Painted myself into a corner/ What did I do to deserve this?/ Painted myself into a corner/ No windows, doors, or a ladder/ Trapped, I'm trapped/ Trapped, I'm trapped/ What did I do to deserve this?/ Running down a black alleyway/ What did I do to deserve this?/ Running down a black alleyway/ Trash cans, chain link fence line the way/ I'm trapped/ I'm trapped

Wasted: I was so wasted/ I was so wasted// I was a hippie/ I was a burnout/ I was a dropout/ You know I was out of my head/ And I was a surfer/ I had a skateboard/ I was so happy, man/ You know I lived on the Strand/ I was so wasted, I was wasted/ I was so wasted, I was wasted// I was so f*cked up/ I was so screwed up/ I was so jacked up/ Couldn't get any higher than that/ And I was so pilled up/ I was so nebbed out/ I was so jacked up/ I was out of my head// I was so wasted, I was wasted/ I was so wasted, I was wasted

Group Sex: Group sex!/ Group sex!/ Group sex!/ Group sex!// Private swing party Friday and Saturday/ Wouldn't it be nice/ To have a party where the couples/ Are friendly and mellow?/ A low-key atmosphere/ Where you can explore/ The most sensual fantasies/ With other aware sensitive couples?// Group sex!/ Group sex!/ Group sex!/ Group sex!// Where you can bring someone/ You care about without embarrassment?/ With privacy, good food, and music/ Refreshments, cleanliness/ And a super-jacuzzi, too?/ That's what parties at the A-Frame are all about/ Call (213) 659-3756/ Best time to call is Friday and Saturday afternoons/ See you there!/ Group sex!

Paid Vacation: Hope you're having fun/ Where's your uniform, where's your gun?/ Better rub up that suntan lotion/ 'Cause you'll be fighting in the hot sun/ It's not Vietnam/ Just another oil company scam/ Salute that flag for Uncle Sam/ Get your money out, place your bets/ It's Afghanistan!// Fix bayonets, check grenades/ Got enough bullets, got enough rounds to wipe out this place/ Where’s the infantry and the cavalry?/ Parachutes fill the skies as bodies burn and people die// It's not Vietnam/ It's another oil company scam...

"Wild in the Streets" (live at Coachella '25)

Jewish radical Keith Morris, Circle Jerks, "Wild in the Streets" live at Coachella 2025

Keith Morris has a bit of an attitude

Jewish punker Keith Brian Morris (born 1955) [1] is an American singer and songwriter known for his role as frontman of the hardcore punk bands Black Flag (The Black Flag situation is pathetic), Circle Jerks, and the supergroup OFF!. Born and raised in Hermosa Beach, California, he formed Black Flag at the age of 21 with guitarist Greg Ginn and performed on the band's 1979 debut EP Nervous Breakdown. Shortly after leaving Black Flag in 1979, he formed the Circle Jerks with guitarist Greg Hetson. The band released seven albums between 1980 and 1995 and have broken up and reformed numerous times. More

• When Punk Got Faster, Angrier & Unstoppable
• Truth About Hardcore Punk (Punk Rock MBA)
• Anger Became Art: The DIY Revolution That Changed Everything
• Why Hardcore Punk Was So Important (Rich Mom)

Black Flag fronted by Keith Morris "Nervous Breakdown"

Keith Morris' punk supergroup OFF! - "Wiped Out" (OFFicial video)

(danframpt0n) Keith Morris had lots to say to this MAGA poser

LA punk rock concert disrupts ICE protest

(TRAFFIC NEWS LA) Punk rock concert held in the middle of ICE protest on the graffitied streets of Los Angeles

I saw federal agents put man in deadly choke hold - Rudimentary Peni "Media Person"

Talking sh*t to ICE #tiktok #relatable #viral #notmine @s1n_ss

 

Spring Break 2026 in Mexico?

Punk rock to thrash metal: 'Institutionalized'

(Suicidal Tendencies) "Institutionalized"

(RawMusicTV) Institutionalized: The Story of Suicidal Tendencies (punk rock documentary)

After the umpteenth lineup change, ST in 2024

Suicidal Tendencies is an American punk rock crossover thrash metal band formed in 1980 [5] in Venice Beach (Los Angeles), California, by vocalist [wannabee white gang member/bike clubber] Mike Muir.

Punk? I'm a one-man cult of personality for ca$h

The band [could be called a one-hit wonder with "Institutionalized" on MTV that] has undergone various lineup changes, with Muir as the only remaining original member. [Got ego?]

Their current lineup includes Muir, guitarists Dean Pleasants and Ben Weinman, bassist Tye Trujillo, and drummer Jay Weinberg.

(The Punk Rock MBA) How ST changed punk forever (gang members to MTV)

And it all started with this 1983 crossover album

Notable musicians who have contributed to the band's studio and/or live activities include:

• guitarists Rocky George and Mike Clark;
• bassists Louiche Mayorga, Bob Heathcote, Robert Trujillo, Ra Díaz, Josh Paul, and Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner; and
• drummers Amery Smith, Jimmy DeGrasso, Brooks Wackerman, David Hidalgo Jr., Thomas Pridgen, Ron Bruner, Eric Moore, [Slayer's] Dave Lombardo, Brandon Pertzborn, Greyson Nekrutman, and session musician Josh Freese.

It's punk/thrash, but is it hardcore enough?

Along with D.R.I., Corrosion of Conformity, and Stormtroopers of Death, Suicidal Tendencies is often credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash" [6, 7, 8]. They have released 14 studio albums... More: Suicidal Tendencies

• Suicidal Tendencies "Institutionalized" (Frontier Records)
• Suicidal Tendencies announce 40th anniversary shows (theprp.com)
• RawMusicTV, Dec. 2025; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

Aryan Brotherhood eats punk PENI gang

Skinhead white supremacist Hitler Youth from white suburban Orange County and LBC

How PENI, a prison punk rock gang, became "slaves" to the Neo-Nazi Aryan Brotherhood

(Hood Archives) True crime documentary. Oct. 27, 2025: In the 1980s, PENI ("Public Enemy Number One"), named after the British anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni, emerged from the Long Beach/Los Angeles hardcore punk scene.

By 2018, their co-founder was murdered on a prison yard—executed on orders from the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) leadership he once served.

This documentary examines how a white punk rock street gang became controlled by a notorious white supremacist prison organization through federal court testimony, law enforcement records, and witness accounts.

• Peckerwood is a U.S. racial epithet used against white people, especially poor rural whites [2]. Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been reclaimed by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs [3,4,5,6]. The term was in use as an inversion of woodpecker in the Southern United States by the 1830s; it is also with the sense referring to white people documented from the 1850s [2]. African-American folklore in the 1920s contrasted the white "peckerwood" bird with the African-American blackbird [6,7]. The word became a common term in Jive. More

DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes only. Content is based on public court records and news reports. There is no intention to glorify or encourage any criminal activity. All crimes discussed resulted in arrests and prosecution and, in many cases, imprisonment. Viewer discretion advised.

Crass Course: Skate Punk (The Punk Historian) May 24, 2021: Crash coarse on the history and evolution of the "skate punk" music genre from the early 1980s to the present. Plus a little of my personal thoughts and commentary.

Background music: "1977" by D.D.F. • D.D.F. – Means To An End... (2000) [Full C... (Track 10) "Locals Only" by Agression • Locals Only "These Valley Streets" by Jughead's Revenge • These Valley Streets (song starts at 0:42) "Any More Lonely" by First Class • Any More Lonely "The Greatest Betrayal" by Much the Same • The Greatest Betrayal "Too Old to Die Young" by Straightline • Straightline - Too Old To Die Young coarse on the history and evolution of the Skate punk genre from the early 80's to the present. Plus a little of my personal thoughts and commentary. Pop Punk video: • Crass Course: Old School Pop Punk Background music: "1977" by D.D.F. • D.D.F. – Means To An End... (2000) [Full C... (Track 10) "Locals Only" by Agression • Locals Only "These Valley Streets" by Jughead's Revenge • These Valley Streets (song starts at 0:42) "Any More Lonely" by First Class • Any More Lonely "The Greatest Betrayal" by Much the Same • The Greatest Betrayal "Too Old to Die Young" by Straightline • Straightline - Too Old To Die Young

Police try to murder suspect on freeway

Uninvolved cop puts himself on duty and slams into fleeing motorcyclist during high-speed pursuit east of Los Angeles

(KTLA 5) Oct. 27, 2025: An off-duty cop decided he wanted to put himself on the clock [thereby immunizing him from the crime of attempted murder using a civilian vehicle likely to produce great bodily harm or death] and he purposely sideswipes a motorcyclist allegedly fleeing the scene of a shooting. The speeding motorist crashed during the high-speed pursuit in [or just beyond] eastern Los Angeles County [into San Bernardino County].

Trump's federal ICE agent fires shot after traffic stop in Ontario | FOX 11 LA

Watch KTLA streaming live on the free KTLA+ app for Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and Samsung Smart TVs: ktla.com/watch-ktla-on-roku-a...

• Fleeing motorcyclist crashes during high-speed pursuit east of Los Angeles
• Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Aftershock, Coachella...alt rock fests

Aftershock Festival 2025, Sacramento, Northern California | lineup announcement for rockers

I'm just looking for cheap thrills

Imagine a privileged life so tragic there's nothing left to do but attend big alt rock festivals, dance to EDM, and get blitzed with friends doing nothing with their lives but going to school and working for The Man. This is the American dream? This is the "pursuit of happiness"? And shows are so expensive now, post-plandemic, that one is reduced to trying to win tickets by listening to commercial radio. What a bummer. I mean, woo-hoo! I feel lucky! I'm going to call in and be the "correct" caller, just me and no one else.

Coachella 2025 ft. Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone, Travis Scott, more

(Wyatt's Metal) Aftershock 2025: This lineup is...

Win free tickets to one of these shows

This week KROQ FM, LA's second-rate "alt" rock station, wanted to promote concerts for profit by offering listeners a "chance" to win a pair of passes for an upcoming music festival. Which? The promotion includes a choice of five fests:

1. Monday: When We Were Young
2. Tuesday: Just Like Heaven
3. Wednesday: Cali Vibes
4. Thursday: Coachella
5. Friday: Aftershock

Contest dates run between March 17, 2025 (St. Paddy's Day), at 8:00 am PT through March 21, 2025, at 7:00 pm PT.

Whiplash with Full Metal Jackie for heavy metal on KLOS 95.5 FM

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Watch dinosaur classic rock?

For the On Air Contest: Festival Fever, listen to KROQ.com on weekdays starting at approximately 8:00 am (PT) on Monday, March 17, 2025, and ending at approximately 7:00 pm (PT) on Friday, March 21, 2025, for the cue to call. The "correct" caller at (800) 520-1067 (as announced by the on-air personality prior to the cue to call) will, upon verification of eligibility, receive the following prize based on when the call is place.

Winners on March 17, 2025, will receive two (2) GA passes to When We Were Young at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 19, 2025. The “prize(s)” is valued at $850.00 and is courtesy of Live Nation.

Winners on March 18, 2025, will receive two (2) GA passes to Just Like Heaven at Brookside at the Rose Bowl on May 10, 2025. The “prize(s)” is valued at $452.00 and is courtesy of Goldenvoice.

The Man likes it when we dance.

Winners on March 19, 2025, will receive two (2) 2-day GA passes to Cali Vibes at Marina Green Park on June 7-8, 2025. The “prize(s)” is valued at $630.00 and is courtesy of Goldenvoice.

Winners on March 20, 2025, will receive two (2) GA passes to Coachella at Empire Polo Field on April 18-20, 2025. The “prize(s)” is valued at $1,198.00 and is courtesy of Goldenvoice.

Winners on March 21, 2025, will receive two (2) 4-day GA passes to Aftershock at Discovery Park on October 2-5, 2025. The “prize(s)” is valued at $1,024.00 and is courtesy of Danny Wimmer Presents.

Losers on any day will receive nothing. Charges may apply. Cost of calls is the full responsibility of the phone owner making the calls. Good luck!

There will be up to twenty (20) winners in this contest. *Individuals may enter this Contest as often as they desire, but any one (1) individual may only be a verified Winner and receive the announced prize one (1) time in this Contest, and there may only be one (1) verified Winner per household (i.e., at the same address), whether related or not, in this Contest. Otherwise, KROQ general contest rules apply and are available by clicking HERE.* The winner(s) and any guest(s), if applicable, must comply with any and all COVID-19 vaccination, screening, testing, safety, and related requirements imposed or required by (if applicable) the Station, the venue, event promoter, sponsors, travel providers, hotels, governmental authorities or others in connection with the receipt, use, and redemption of the prize. Refusal to comply with all applicable COVID-19 requirements will result in forfeiture of the prize and no replacement or alternate prize will be provided. All cancellations are deemed beyond the control of the Station and its sponsors. This includes, but is not limited to, event cancellations due to any pandemic or epidemic constituting a public health emergency, including those subject to government mandated quarantines, travel restrictions, or stay-at-home orders. The Station and/or its sponsors shall in no way be responsible under any circumstances whatsoever for replacing, and/or for reimbursing any winner(s) with any form of compensation for, any prize(s) or portion(s) thereof forfeited due to the refusal of the winner(s) and/or their guest(s) to comply with all applicable COVID-19 requirements and/the cancellation of any event, nor will any alternate prize(s) be provided.

• CONTESTS
• KROQ Festival Fever 2025
• Crystal Q., CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly