PUNK/HARDCORE – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com The blog is faster than the books... Sat, 19 Oct 2024 10:53:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-BAZILLION_POINTS_B_GREEN_144.png.jpeg PUNK/HARDCORE – Bazillion Points Blog https://blog.bazillionpoints.com 32 32 Boston Public Library 11/26: Nancy Barile’s I’M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/04/boston-public-library-11-26-nancy-bariles-im-not-holding-your-coat-book-talk/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/04/boston-public-library-11-26-nancy-bariles-im-not-holding-your-coat-book-talk/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:18:13 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=12825 Hey Boston, save the date! Nancy Barile, author of I’M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion has been invited to the Book Talk series at Boston Public Library on the theme of “Revolutionary Music.” The event is tentatively set to kick off on November 26, 2024 around 6 p.m. “I can’t tell you what a thrill it will be to speak in this historic and hallowed building…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2024/10/04/boston-public-library-11-26-nancy-bariles-im-not-holding-your-coat-book-talk/feed/ 0 ANTIDOTE | NYHC Band of the Week https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/09/02/antidote-nyhc-band-of-the-week/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/09/02/antidote-nyhc-band-of-the-week/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:12:05 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11558 Ten years, nearly 400 pages, and hundreds of bands… and this week the mighty ANTIDOTE is the featured attraction from Tony Rettman’s monster history NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980–1990. Matt Warnke (vocalist, Bold): “Antidote’s Thou Shalt Not Kill is one of the singularly sickest, most perfect blasts of hardcore ever created. I don’t believe the band itself ever achieved anything close to it…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/09/02/antidote-nyhc-band-of-the-week/feed/ 0 ROOTS Riots for 50 YEARS of the Stooges Fun House | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/07/12/roots-riots-for-50-years-of-the-stooges-fun-house-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/07/12/roots-riots-for-50-years-of-the-stooges-fun-house-on-siriusxm/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2020 13:36:07 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11524 ROOTS Riots for 50 Years of the Stooges Fun House | on SiriusXM Week of July 11, 2020 Sat 7/11, 6PM ET Sun 7/12, 1PM ET Mon 7/13, 9AM ET Tues 7/14, 4PM ET Thurs 7/16, 9PM ET Along with Black Sabbath’s debut in 1970, the Stooges Fun House record smashed down a sledgehammer and broke ground on all heavy music to come. Join us for a fifty-year anniversary celebration of Iggy Pop and his gang…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2020/07/12/roots-riots-for-50-years-of-the-stooges-fun-house-on-siriusxm/feed/ 2 The NYHC Band of the Week Is UNDERDOG https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/25/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-underdog/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/25/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-underdog/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:58:59 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11112 Next mutt on the block—our weekly riot of New York City hardcore punk bands continues, ripped from the pages of Tony Rettman’s big, meaty NYHC book. Adam Nathanson, Life’s Blood/Born Against: “In the New York City scene, Underdog played the role that I imagine Minor Threat occupied several years earlier in D.C. They were the mutually agreed-upon and best-loved singalong band, and all of their…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/25/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-underdog/feed/ 0 The NYHC Band of the Week Is FALSE PROPHETS https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/13/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-false-prophets/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/13/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-false-prophets/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:34:38 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11086 Next on the block—our weekly riot of New York City hardcore punk sermons continues, pulled from the pages of Tony Rettman’s big, meaty NYHC book. Rob Kabula, Cause for Alarm/Agnostic Front: “I’d say the False Prophets were the NYHC version of the Dead Kennedys.” Jack Rabid: “Until the first time I saw the False Prophets, every gig I’d been to, I was the young man.” Steve Wishnia, bassist…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/06/13/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-false-prophets/feed/ 1 The NYHC Band of the Week Is CRUMBSUCKERS https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/05/22/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-crumbsuckers/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/05/22/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-crumbsuckers/#respond Wed, 22 May 2019 19:41:33 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11048 Don’t just sit there! Our weekly riot of New York City hardcore punk backflips continues, pulled from the pages of Tony Rettman’s big, meaty NYHC book. The Crumbsuckers formed in 1982 in Nassau County, Long Island, New York. The original lineup of the band played the early NYHC hotspots A7, Gildersleeves, and CBGB. With the addition of singer Chris Notaro in 1985, however, the band’s metal roots…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/05/22/the-nyhc-band-of-the-week-is-crumbsuckers/feed/ 0 CAUSE FOR ALARM Is the NYHC Band of the Week https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/05/09/cause-for-alarm-is-the-nyhc-band-of-the-week/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/05/09/cause-for-alarm-is-the-nyhc-band-of-the-week/#comments Thu, 09 May 2019 20:21:17 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11031 Stand as one! Our weekly riot of Lower East Side New York City hardcore punk antics continues, pulled from the pages of Tony Rettman’s big, meaty NYHC book. Cause for Alarm was formed at the start of the 1980s under the name Hinckley’s Fan Club, with Rob Kabula on bass, Alex Kinon on guitar, and Billy Milano on vocals. Before long, Keith Burkhardt took over on vocals and the band became Cause…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/05/09/cause-for-alarm-is-the-nyhc-band-of-the-week/feed/ 1 THE UNDEAD Are the NYHC Band of the Week https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/04/30/the-undead-are-the-nyhc-band-of-the-week/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/04/30/the-undead-are-the-nyhc-band-of-the-week/#respond Wed, 01 May 2019 01:50:16 +0000 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=11010 Too much punky business! Let’s get down to action with our weekly barrage of Lower East Side New York City hardcore punk antics, pulled from the pages of Tony Rettman’s big, meaty NYHC book. These bands eat cinder blocks for breakfast… The Undead were formed by guitarist Bobby Steele after his acrimonious split with the Misfits. He played an overlooked role in that infamous Lodi, New Jersey…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2019/04/30/the-undead-are-the-nyhc-band-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Roots of the Original Misfits | on SiriusXM https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/19/roots-of-the-original-misfits-on-siriusxm/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/19/roots-of-the-original-misfits-on-siriusxm/#comments Sat, 19 May 2018 09:45:02 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10582 Roots of the Early Misfits Family of Bands on SiriusXM Week of May 19, 2018 Sat 5/19, 6PM ET Sun 5/20, 1PM ET Mon 5/21, 9AM ET Tues 5/22, 4PM ET Thurs 5/23, 9PM ET As the reunited original Misfits continue to storm concert arenas, Bloody Roots dives deep into the gory vaults of the DIY 1980s era of this legendary New Jersey horror hardcore gang. Prepare your spinal remains for hits from…

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]]> https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/05/19/roots-of-the-original-misfits-on-siriusxm/feed/ 16 Thurs 2/8, San Diego: Rettman’s pre-LA Weekend STRAIGHT EDGE Panel at Super7 https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/02/06/thurs-2-8-san-diego-rettmans-pre-la-weekend-straight-edge-panel-at-super7/ https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2018/02/06/thurs-2-8-san-diego-rettmans-pre-la-weekend-straight-edge-panel-at-super7/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:31:09 +0000 http://blog.bazillionpoints.com/?p=10445 This Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Super7 Store on 701 8th Street in San Diego, STRAIGHT EDGE author Tony Rettman arrives to sign books, take names, and talk hardcore punk with Rob Moran of Unbroken, Tim Gonzalez of Amenity, and Daniel Saint of Over My Dead Body. Of course an event such as this demands free drinks, and neighbors Heartwork Coffee Bar will step up with enough vats of the strong stuff to…

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