The reality was somewhat different. “There was this old guy, and he was like, ‘Oh, another punk band turned country band. I feel like there’s a story about that in the Old Testament ...

With the skeleton of a venue intact, the only challenge left was getting bands to come out to a cinder-block building in the middle of a cornfield. Bill Rich, a 25-year-old punk rock enthusiast ...

Ving turned out to be exactly how “SNL” host Donald Pleasence described the band in that notorious 1981 episode: “Actually, very nice people.” The 74-year-old punk legend talked excitedly ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the visionary and influential U.K. punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. James’ death on March 6 was confirmed on his official Facebook page ...

Brian James, the guitarist who was a founding member of legendary band The Dmaned, has died at the age of 70. The news was announced in a post on his Facebook page, immediately receiving an outpouring ...