Punk rock existed in opposition to the mainstream, but one pioneering album by the Sex Pistols managed to top the album charts upon its release in October 1977.

Thanks, boss. Yes, there are the proto-punk records from the likes of the Dolls, the Stooges and MC5, but really, in 1976, ...

Brian James, the founding guitarist for the visionary and influential U.K. punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. James' ...

Revisiting 'White Riot', the debut single by The Clash, which immediately established the punk credentials and politically-charged songwriting of Joe Strummer.

“A lot changed after that,” says Steve Jones, whose shearing guitar set the tone for one of most revolutionary rock bands ...

James electrified the nascent UK punk-rock scene and fired its first salvo with the Damned's era-defining single, New Rose ...

Brian James, founding guitarist of the legendary British punk band The Damned, has died. He was 70. His passing was confirmed ...

The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and ... new standards for rock ‘n’ roll excess.” By the end of their first run, ...

Basement Holocaust were only around for 1985, when the trio were sophomores at West High. The "new" record is a chance to ...

Jersey musicians are mourning the passing of David Johansen, founder and frontman of the New York Dolls, who died Friday, Feb ...

rock’n’roll and addiction. It’s three since Danny Boyle’s surprisingly tender TV adaptation, Pistol. But the veteran punk’s vulnerability is still kind of disarming. This is the guy ...