From New York rockers to anarchists in the U.K. from hardcore to riot grrrl to pop-punk, and more ...

Rolling Stone just released its ranking of the top 100 punk albums of all time, and of course, any such ranking would be ...

The snotty, sneering phenomenon that is pop punk has become perennially popular. As long as puberty exists, the genre will endure. But what happens when such a quintessentially youthful genre starts ...

This legendary album defined an entire generation of the genre.

Punk rock has always been about expressing aggression and attitude as much as it is about the music. But those lines aren't so easily defined. On the surface, bands that arrived during the genre's ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

When one thinks of punk rock music from the 1980s, usually British bands come to mind. While punk and proto-punk bands across the pond definitely pioneered their own legendary period in rock music, ...

Here's the best pop-punk album from very year of the 1980s. Genres don’t appear overnight. They are the result of a natural evolution, where musical styles collide to create something new and dynamic.

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...