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In a continuous effort to not only keep adding cool new shit to the new AZPunk, but deliver the daily punk rock events, shows & happenings from all over the state straight to your webbernets devices, AZPunk now offers an RSS feedSubscribe to the AZPunk.com RSS today's shows feed! for today's shows listed on our calendar! So if you do the math, when you post your show info on AZPunk, like a bullet train, your show info will rocket through the innernenet's connecting tubes and beamed straight into people's brains instantly like magic! Now you don't even have to be on AZPunk to find out what the hell you and your bored friends are going to do tonight (although, we certainly encourage you to come back at some point. We miss you already.) Head over to our RSS pageSubscribe to the AZPunk.com RSS today's shows feed!, grab the link to the "Show Feeds" subscription, plop it into your RSS reader, and get out and support your local D.I.Y. community!
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Recently, a very good friend of the AZPunk.com family, and all-around awesome dude, Danny NSK of North Side Kings tragically lost his house and all of his possessions to an accidental house fire. Miraculously, no people or pets were harmed in the fire, but their lives were complletely devastated. But with his horrible loss, brings and opportunity for you to finally do something selfless for once in your life. If Danny ever entertained you in any sort of way, whether you've thrashed out to a live NSK show, whether you've shared a kindly laugh while he was checking your ID at the door, whether you've wasted any amount of time reading his genius horror . . .
Once upon a time, AZPunk.com had a vast resource page, where users could submit links to local recording studios, music stores, and other businesses or organizations that could assist a local punk in finding the right kind of info for stuff they really need to get their hands on. Well, we haven't gotten around to getting that resource section back up on the new site yes, but we still have plenty of local and national resources that could possibly help you out at one point or another. Below, you can browse through our current list of resources that we've been both gathering since the relaunch, as well as some old classics that managed to find their way over from the old site. Let it be known that this list is nowhere near complete, as we're still looking for local links to add. If you have a resource that could . . .
Valley of the Scum is a local zine based in East Mesa. We provide coverage of the local Rock'n'Roll music scene here. Punk, Garage, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Rock'n'Roll, anything you want. If you're a local band, that can't get coverage from The New Times or any of the other non-existent music press ... holler at us! We don't care how cool you look, how many 'roadies' you have, or who did you hair. We want to Rock'n'Roll. Bop and shout. Plain and simple. Move us and we'll move you. In the pants. Mesa! Tempe! Phoenix! Scottsdale! Glendale! Peoria! Even Apache Junction! If you're in the local Metro-Phoenix area, hit up Valley of the Scum Zine if you want your band's album . . .
Many American ska bands, both past and present, have been majorly influenced by punk. In fact, the music of some of the "ska" bands that have been more widely accepted has been considerably more punk than ska (think Less Than Jake, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, etc.). Historically, Arizona has had one of the better ska scenes in the country, believe it or not. In the mid to late 90s, ska bands could be seen at venues almost every night of the week. One of the more popular weekly ska events being Moonstomp Wednesday's at Boston's in Tempe. This was the epitome of ska's thriving metro-phoenix scene in Arizona during the late 90s. While the popularity of the music has waned over the years, and the size of the local ska scene has diminished, bands continue to record and perform the music all over . . .
Sometimes, my daily mining of the innernets unearths small pieces of gold that must be shared with the rest of the world. Here's a live clip from what looks like a public access TV show called the Twit Show (why can't we have nice shit like this anymore?) filming on location from the Tucson Western International Telethon recorded in the Fall of '84. While I was busy picking my nose and finding creative new ways to destroy my Star Wars figures, downtown . . .
This city is huge and filled to the brim with great music and all it requires for you to find it is to have an open mind. I have been in bands and around this town since about 1997 and I will never say that those were the good ole days because right now punk music in the valley and in the world is still alive and kicking ass. Here in our city I have been so sad to see so many people that are afraid to let in a new and younger generation of "Punk". This will not sound like the music you grew up on; they will not look like the dudes in that band from you childhood, but the heart is the same. Getting stuck in a rut is something a lot of us do. We get used to one venue and one group of certain bands, and we stay in that little circle. This is not a bad thing, but can only lead you towards not being able to find what else is going on in the rest of the city when it comes to local music. . . .
Yesterday marked the 3rd anniversary of a fallen friend to AZPunk.com. Sidney Copeland was an incomparable part of Arizona local music and the entire AZPunk family. His passion for music and generosity towards everyone he met generated an entire community of people who loved him and made the local punk rock scene what it is today. He was a father and friend to all of us. He will be missed deeply, but never forgotten.
Since the site's been back online for almost three weeks now, I've been spending a lot of time scouring the innerwebs for new Arizona punk stuff. Whether they're bar shows, house shows, skate jams, or underground conventions, we want to showcase the hard work behind these local happenings on AZPunk.com. What I've found is that shit is happening all over the place, and since we went offline a year ago, the local punk scene has continued to thrive and come up with new ways to have a good time. Did you know that Yuma just had a punk fest with about 10 of their local bands? No? How about that Wickenburg has one of the most kick ass skate parks in the state? Bottom line is that if you're bored in AZ, you're lazy. Besides the countless showsGot an upcoming show? Post it on our calendar! that occur on a daily basis, there is so much going on out here for a punk to experience, . . .
The new AZPunk will be an ever-growing engine of sweet-ass web stuff. We built it so we can easily include new tools and gadgets as we go long. Over the next couple of months, we'll be integrating features like RSS feeds, amped-up profile pages, and unique communication tools to name just a few. We're excited about some of the new thing's we'll be including later on, but we're pretty sure you're gonna dig what we've got in store for you already. Here's a list of the features you'll run across in the new site, and a sneak peek at some of the new stuff that will be coming up in the next couple of months.
With a complete rebuilding of the website, we also needed a redux of the database, which means the old AZPunk, along with your old usernames have gone the way of the Dodo. But isn't a fresh start a good thing? We think so. Get over to the Registration page, and sign up with your new AZPunk profile. Make sure to . . .
Hi! So, we managed to find our way back onto the innerwebs after a year of intense geeking out over where the hell we were going to take this site. Anyone who spent more than 10 minutes on the old version knew that something desperately needed to be done about the layout, the content management, and most importantly, the basic process of getting you local punk info fast.
Towards the end of 2007, funds to keep the website running, along with costs to produce the upcoming AZPunk.comp Vol. 6 album, were getting low. From September to December, we ran a series of benefit shows to help raise money for these costs. The support for AZPunk was overwhelming, and we couldn't be more grateful to everyone. With your help, we raised enough money to pay for the Vol. 6 album and keep the site running for a while longer.
It was about a week before April 1, 2008, when, after about a half . . .
8pm @ Sound Factory, The • All Ages • $??
with Moovalya W/ Awaken The Nightmare, The Limit Club
10pm @ Farrelli's Cinema Supper Club • All Ages • $6
with Vintage Herschell Gordon Lewis Gross-a-thon About A Gruesome Nightclub Act That Literally Has Customers In The Aisles
6pm @ Phix Gallery, The • All Ages • $8
with The Swellers, Living With Lions, The Fair And Debonair, Move Forward, Go Great Guns
7pm @ Vaudeville Cabaret • 21+ • Free Show!
with with Impossible Ones, Bricktop, Desolate Graves
7pm @ Jacobs YMCA • All Ages • $5
with Downpresser, Life In Chains, Withdrawn, Chain Drop
8pm @ Ruby Room, The • 21+ • Free Show!
with Los Desperados C.c.
8pm @ Táala Hooghan Infoshop • All Ages • $5
with National Disasters, E.c.v., Let The World Die, Discotays
8pm @ Jugheads • 21+ • $6
with Secretions, The Bugs, Slime And The Boobytramos, Japanese Monsters, Nunzilla
Lucky Devil Tattoo is looking for Rockabilly Bands to play at their Kustom Kulture Friday Night gigs. Hit them up on their myspace.
The BUGS (featuring Dangerous Dave of The Queers) will be playing Wednesday July 8th at Jugheads with another great California band The SECRETIONS. SLIME and the Boobytramps, Japanese Monsters, and Nunzilla will be opening the show, which starts at 8pm, is 21+, and is $6 at the door. This will be one of the most fun shows this summer.
"Check out the zine online in our picture section or pick it up at the following stores. Additional locations coming soon, so please check back. And if you notice that any of these locations are out, please let us know so we can restock!"
We''re continuously trying to come up with new ideas and useful tools to help you in your search for something punk to do in the Valley. If you think AZPunk is doing a good job, buy us a beer. Any little bit helps keeping this AZPunk machine running, and is totally appreciated.
Haven't picked up one of our local punk stuffed compilation albums for a measley $3? What the hell are you waiting for? The AZPunk compilation albums Volumes 1-6, have more than 200 local Arizona punk rock & hardcore songs to burst your eardrums to. Head over to ShopAZPunk.com and buy a copy or two, ya cheap bastard.
602Radio.com showcases videos and recordings of live studio sessions with local punk bands and streams them online for you to hear for free.
Dry Heat Radio plays DIY Arizona punk rock from old schoolers like Malignus Youth to all forms of current locals. Tune in Sundays 8pm (GMT) to hear classic and current bands, as well as special guests from all over the state. This is Arizona punk rock radio at it's finest!
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