The second full day of Punk Rock Bowling was the one I was most looking forward to this year. Headliners Bad Religion are one of the bands that got me into punk, they’re coming off one of their best albums in a while with True North and it’s been about 7 years since I last saw them live. On top of that, I’m a huge Bouncing Souls fan (I do run a blog named after one of their songs) and I never tire of seeing Lagwagon. ...
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Images: Punk Rock Bowling Day One feat. DEVO, The Damned & more Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Fremont East
Memorial Day weekend brought about the return of Punk Rock Bowling, the long-running music festival put on by BYO Records founders Mark and Shawn Stern. The festival has expanded over the years from a single show at the Huntridge or House of Blues to a full on Lollapalooza-sized festival for fans of punk and its various subgenres. ...
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Images: 7Seconds, TSOL, Angry Samoans May 26, 2013 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon (Punk Rock Bowling)
Hardcore and punk legends 7Seconds, TSOL and Angry Samoans, along with relative newcomers Stabbed in Back, packed the Las Vegas Country Saloon May 26 with wall to wall eager fans making this one of the first club show to sell out. The quick sellout is a testament to the bands’ legacies, especially considering TSOL was set to play a free pool party the next morning (there’s a group I’d never think of as a water-front party band) and 7Seconds frontman Kevin Seconds played a solo show the night prior. But all those other appearances just can’t beat seeing the bands on a small, intimate stage. ...
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Images: The Muffs, Throw Rag May 25, 2013 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon (Punk Rock Bowling)
Los Angeles, CA pop punk band The Muffs returned to Vegas for Punk Rock Bowling this year, playing a club show at the Las Vegas Country Saloon with The Detroit Cobras and Throw Rag. ...
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Images: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Pulley, The Bombpops May 26, 2013 at the Fremont County Club (Punk Rock Bowling)
Jun 4, 2013
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Closing out the club shows of Punk Rock Bowling 2013 was the show I was most excited for, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. I was very lucky to get a ticket to this, as it sold out in about 5 minutes, leaving a lot of disappointed fans staring at their computers in disbelief. ...
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Images: Strung Out, Guttermouth, Left Alone, Guilty By Association May 24, 2013 at the Fremont Country Club (Punk Rock Bowling)
Jun 3, 2013
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Deciding which Punk Rock Bowling late night club shows to go to can be difficult with so many great bands playing at the same time. On the first night, while Steven was covering Lawrence Arms/Nothington/ ИO / / / sé, I opted to attend the Strung Out/Guttermouth/Left Alone show at the Fremont Country Club. ...
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Images: The Lawrence Arms, Nothington, ИO / / / sé May 24, 2013 at the Las Vegas Country Saloon (Punk Rock Bowling)
Jun 3, 2013
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During a festival stacked with legendary bands like FLAG, Bad Religion, Devo and 7 Seconds (to name just a few), I was actually most excited for the bowler kickoff show with Lawrence Arms, Nothington and ИO / / / sé. The Lawrence Arms has long been one of my very favorite bands, ever since I first saw them open for Bouncing Souls and Alkaline Trio at Punk Rock Bowling 2002 (sort of, since the show was changed to 21+ last minute so I had to watch through an open door). ...
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Images: Reel Big Fish, The Chinkees, Let’s Go Bowling & more at Viva Ska Vegas May 4, 2013 at the Henderson Events Plaza
Last year, Viva Ska Vegas emerged as a spiritual successor to the early 2000s mega Ska Summit event. Like its “big brother,” the festival strived to celebrate the legacy of ska, but on a much smaller scale. Taking place in the shaded grounds of the Henderson Events Center, the festival has become the most relaxed of any I attend in a given year, with big groups of people eager to happily sing and dance under the canopy. ...
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