What's up AP fam? It has just been announced that punk band Bad Brains' song "Re-Ignition" has been licensed to be featured on the upcoming video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (to be released in the fall). Other bands featured will include Ramones, The White Stripes, Them Crooked Vultures, Alice Cooper...the game will also have the now-closed legendary NY hardcore/punk venue CBGB
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"Brooklyn's Afro-Punk Festival (...) aims to explore the nexus between hip-hop, punk, and urban black culture. It's the kind of place where folks of all shapes, sizes, and colors can be spotted with Metallica, Joy Division, and Green Day T-shirts. Bands like Living Colour and Fishbone are the festival's touchstones, and of course Bad Brains, D.C.'s legendary hardcore band, who, along with Mos Def, headlined the event's sixth annual installment." Source:…Continue
When most people think about punk rock, images of sweaty thin white boys instantly come to mind- holding stead fast to the idea that punk music is reserved for the privileged white youth that exude bottled rage in the form of guitars, drums, mosh pits, drugs, piercings, and cheap alcohol.
Hey AP Family, would you like to help spread the word about the 2010 Afro-punk Festival? Here are some promo items that you can embed on your websites and various online profiles. The Festival has been free for the past 5 years, but in order to be able to keep producing it and book the bands you love, we have to charge a small cover this year, still way below what you would normally pay for an event that includes Live…Continue
Punk legends Bad Brains have issued a statement explaining that they're canceling their Australian tour due to "personal health issues". We send our best wishes to whoever isn't feeling well. Full refunds will be available from tickets providers. Here is their full statement:
“To all fans,
Regretfully Bad Brains are forced to cancel the June Australian dates due to personal health issues that don’t allow the stresses of the travel involved at this… Continue
It's almost criminal that Austin skatepunk pioneers The Big Boys are known more for their pivotal roles in the history of other bands than for their own wonderfully bizarre raucous blend of hardcore, post-punk, jazz, psychedelic, and straight up funk. Mentions of The Big Boys are usually either in the context of discussing onetime opening act The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (my 4th least favorite band...saved only by Breaking…
What does an Afro-punk look like? Technically there’s no single answer to this question for punk style itself is a free for all, ranging from totally outrageous to simplistic. Hell, there isn’t even a solid definition of what an Afro-punk is either. However, there are a few slight differences in appearance that separate us from the stereotypical image of a rocker besides the most obvious: skin…Continue
Check out the new advertisement for SABATTA's Album - Emperor's New Clothes now on AfroPunk:
You can also see this and other SABATTA videos HERE!
Packed with killer tunes like Didn't C It, Exit Right, Taking my Time and of course Emperor's New Clothes, this album is music at it's most passionate… Continue
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Check this out! There is a documentary currently being made following the music and the life of the Bad Brains from 1979 to present day. Here is the trailer: Bad Brains_teaser
In other news related to Bad Brains: a limited edition print is set to be released in the next few weeks. It's a collaboration between graphic artist Shepard Fairey, Bad Brains and Glen… Continue
Bad Brains' Music On Guitar Hero 6: Punk Move Or Sell-Out?
Too old and too black for punk?
Big Boys, more than just a Bad Brains fuck up
What does an Afro-punk look like? Technically there’s no single answer to this question for punk style itself is a free for all, ranging from totally outrageous to simplistic. Hell, there isn’t even a solid definition of what an Afro-punk is either. However, there are a few slight differences in appearance that separate us from the stereotypical image of a rocker besides the most obvious: skin… Continue
NEW ADVERT FOR SABATTA - 'EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES' ALBUM NOW ON AFROPUNK!
