‘70s Punk Icons Have Major Announcement: ‘Never Thought We’d Make It This Far’ originally appeared on Parade. When you hear the word "punk," who do you think of? Some might imagine the spiky hair ...

Part of the initial hype around punk rock was it had “no guitar heroes.” That was an exaggeration. To clarify, punk (in part) was meant to destroy the cult of technique. The obsession with 15-minute ...

On Thursday night, I went to see a concert by the multi-talented A.J. Croce, who sang some songs by his father, Jim Croce. The singer-songwriter Jim Croce was killed just as he was becoming a ...

Punk rock music—that blistering, snarling, enlivening style—has exhilarated audiences for some 50 years now. What rose to prominence in the mid-1970s has become a sound for the generations. Never ...

The 1970s were a crucible for musical innovation, witnessing the birth and evolution of numerous genres, including ...

Mon, March 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM UTC Smith's melding of music and poetry led the album to be tagged as one of the greatest of all time and reportedly as the first punk rock album. It was also preserved ...

“Teenage Jesus and the Jerks: Live 1977-1979” contains 29 songs recorded in the mid-’70s. The music sounds like next week. (“Baby Doll” could easily be on the new Savages album, “Adore Life,” give or ...

This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as Quiz: Can You Match the Lyric to the '70s Hit Song It's From?

The 1970s. What a decade for music! It was a wild, experimental, and incredibly fertile period that saw genres explode, artists push boundaries, and hit after hit cascade from radios across the globe.

Brian Gorsegner, vocalist of Night Birds (who are currently on hiatus) and booking agent for a handful of punk bands, has also put together a new punk book called Ancient Artifax. As the title implies ...