Descendents are one of the best bands to ever play punk rock music. Formed in ‘78, the band’s first releases have proven historic, and all the ones since have only further refined the Descendents concept. Punk, pop, buzzing, summery, heartfelt, defiant, adolescent, and wise all at once, the Descendents sound

Growing up at a time when there was no internet or digital cameras meant it was a challenge to document our scenes with quality photos! This is why I love things like Instagram and tumblr – because these places allow us to archive our past. I could spend so much

Who was the biggest punk promoter on the West Coast during the 80’s? Hands down it was GOLDENVOICE, because they brought in the biggest bands to huge venues with prices that kids could afford.  They had some of their raddest shows at the Olympic Auditorium in Downtown L.A., plus they

Text and Photos: Wayne Ballard In its 9th year of operation, Southern California based festival Sound & Fury continues to represent everything I love and want out of a Hardcore-based music festival. 2017 marked my fourth year attending the festival and this year may have been the most excited I’ve

Unholy fucking Awesomeness – SOUND AND FURY 2017 just went down in L.A. and it was off the chain! Our homie in hardcore, Wayne Ballard of Toxicbreed’s Funhouse, will be reporting about the fest for CVLT Nation, plus he also took some rad photos that he will be sharing with

On January 12, 1991, FUGAZI performed at a Gulf War protest in front of the White House…in 2017, when we say “illegal gulf war” most people think of George Bush Jr., but back when he was still seeing white lines in his mind, his dad was perpetrating another war that had America