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The metal-meets-punk sound that Strung Out helped pioneer and popularize has influenced countless musicians in the 2+ decades since the band’s formation, but there’s just nothing like seeing the real deal. ...

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Before their January 29th show at the Hard Rock Café on the Strip with Strung Out, we sat down with The Sheds’ singer Mac Miller to discuss how he became a drum tech for Strung Out, an interesting interaction with Warped Tour’s Kevin Lyman, and what his band has planned for 2012. The interview features special guest appearances by Strung Out drummer Jordan Burns and The Sheds’ guitar player Morgan Miller. Read More » ...

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Social Distortion returned to Vegas a little over a year since selling out three nights at the House of Blues, this time selling out the massive Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel. Not many punk bands can pull off that feat, but then again, not many punk bands have been able to maintain success for as many decades as these Southern California mainstays. ...

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Jason Cruz is a poet, a tattoo artist, and is best known as the vocalist and lyricist for long-running Southern California punks Strung Out. But as he showed us last week before their January 29th show at the Hard Rock Café, Cruz is also a talented solo musician. He was gracious enough to share with us two solo songs, “Lubricating the Revolution” (originally from Strung Out's An American Paradox ) and “Leavin’ Kind” and you can see them here. ...

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On January 20th, the Las Vegas Country Saloon got back to doing punk shows with a power bill of seminal punk rock bands – California’s Adolescents and Youth Brigade along with locals The Vermin. I’m fairly certain Fremont Street hadn’t seen this many old punks sporting mohawks, studs and back patches, since last year’s Punk Rock Bowling, and it was great to see. ...

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The first batch of bands playing this year's Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival have been announced. Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, the Adicts and the Briefs are all set to appear at the festival, which takes place May 25-28 in downtown Las Vegas. More band announcements and ticket info are still to come. ...

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