Their weapons against street harassment in Mexico City are song and confetti, but smashing machismo can still be a dangerous undertaking for Las Hijas de Violencia, the Daughters of Violence, the punk ...

There was a point in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the term “pop-punk” was used as a pejorative against Green Day, Blink-182, and others. “Basket Case” is too catchy. Green Day can’t possibly be ...

Michelle Cruz Gonzales spent her teenage years and the beginning of her adulthood immersed in the Punk scene in the East Bay. She performed under a stage name, “Todd,” in two iconic, all-female groups ...

This article is featured in the 2025 Commencement & Reunions special issue. Fraternities are a hub for campus music. On a given Saturday night, there might be five or six different performances from a ...

In 1979, a fearless punk song challenging gender expectations arrived with a voice unlike anything listeners had heard before. "Typical Girls" by The Slits was later ranked by Rolling Stone among the ...

We all know and love Joan Jett and Debbie Harry, but what about the female icons who don’t get mentioned in conversations about the heyday of punk nearly as often? Let’s dive into a list of four ...

The 1990s were a definitive era for rock and roll, with subgenres like grunge, nu metal, and Britpop taking over the scene and stomping out the previous decade’s sex-fueled glam metal landscape. Music ...