L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Former first-generation Southern California punk guitarist Mike Atta might not be as known as some of the peers he and his band the Middle Class influenced, but his place in the annals of L.A. rebel music is understood. The band was founded in 1977, ... more info

Impose Magazine — Iconic Fullerton, California-based label, Burger Records, brought us some mouthwatering news for the new year. The cassette home to such notable acts as Thee Oh Sees and Ryan Adams, Burger is currently midway through their plan to release a tape eve... more info

Metalsucks — Marilyn Manson is a pretentious douche chill. I don’t deny this, have never denied this, and yet… I do consider myself a fan. The truth is, the guy makes catchy, industrialized pop metal — like Nine Inch Nails without all the genius baggage. T... more info

Guardian Music — She was a pioneer of the punk movement… and a legend in Boy George's lunchtimeFor the punk generation, Poly Styrene, the late punk songstress and poet, was a true legend, her style ironic and iconic. Polly was the prototype for Ugly Betty with brac... more info

Pop Candy — I've raved so much about the indie True Adolescents that it pleases me to hear you're starting to rave about it, too. This e-mail/question comes ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Goregrinding metal gods EXHUMED have awakened from their slumber and delivered unto us 'All Guts, No Glory', their first new record in almost eight years. 'All Guts, No Glory's 11 choice cuts of grinding death metal combine the raw ferocity of thei... more info

KEXP Seattle — They lasted only three years and produced only one album,* but for a band of self-branded underachievers X-Ray Spex managed to create a classic of English punk rock in Germ Free Adolescents. Led by singer Poly Styrene, the band had long lasting influ... more info

Guardian Music — One of the punk era's original talents who fronted the band X-Ray SpexIt did not take long for the punk rock movement of the 1970s to lose its creative impetus and lapse into tedious repetition, but Poly Styrene, who has died of cancer aged 53, remai... more info

Guardian Music — Even while battling cancer in a hospice, the former X-Ray Spex singer was talking about writing new songs and fighting cynicism. Here was a pop star who truly made a differenceThe internet is already melting with the warmth and love extended towards ... more info

Guardian Music — The punk icon and singer with X-Ray Spex has died from an advanced form of breast cancerPoly Styrene, best known as the frontwoman with 1970s punk group X-Ray Spex, has died. Styrene was receiving treatment for an advanced form of breast cancer when ... more info