User:Bridget/Punknews.org
Type of site | Music industry news and reviews |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| URL | Punknews.org |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Yes |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Current status | Active |
| ISSN | 1710-5366 |
Punknews.org is a news website and discussion board focused on punk rock. It began publishing in October 1999, run by a volunteer staff.[1] The website publishes music news and album reviews, and publishes user-submitted and editor-evaluated articles.[citation needed] It covers other musical genres including emo, hardcore, indie, metal, and ska.[1]
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History
[edit]Punknews.org was founded in 1999 by Aubin Paul, a 2005 graduate of the University of Toronto.[2]
Epitaph Records head Brett Gurewitz was known to have searched web sites, including Punknews.org, to find new punk artists. Gurewitz signed the New York band the Getaway in 2002 after coming across a song by the band that was submitted to the website by a user.[3][4] The website was the first to report on Rancid's contract with a major record label, Warner Bros. Records; a report by Billboard magazine two days later confirmed the news. According to the East Bay Express, almost a thousand comments had been posted to the website made in "angry — and elated, and confused, and profane, and disoriented — reply."[5] It made a "major scoop" in 2009 on the plans of the fledgling Gaslight Anthem to tour with Bruce Springsteen as a backup band.[6]
In 2006, the website's primary editorial staff at the time, Aubin Paul, Adam White and Scott Heisel, launched the Punknews Records imprint under Epitaph Records.[7][2] When it was active the label released the albums Apocalypse in Increments by Chicago band Ryan's Hope[2] and Pandora by Somerset.[citation needed]
BuzzMedia (later SpinMedia) acquired Punknews.org and three web properties in late 2012, with the intention to form a central hub of punk music news named AbsoluteVoices.[8][9]
Content
[edit]"rumors, press releases, interviews, and show reviews"[5] It has hosted a weekly podcast[10]
In his 2007 book on modern punk rock history, music journalist Matt Diehl described the website as the "CNN of neo-punk"[11] and asserted that "websites like Punknews.org and magazines like Alternative Press have built a significant niche out of neo-punk."[12] A Library Journal reviewer found the website's coverage to be "a good assessment of the hydra-headed state of modern 'punk.'"[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hannon 2010, p. 87.
- ^ a b c Martens 2006.
- ^ Staudter 2002.
- ^ Tomcho 2002.
- ^ a b Sanchez 2003.
- ^ Caramanica 2008.
- ^ Punknews.org 2005.
- ^ Pakinkis 2012.
- ^ Rys 2012.
- ^ Cameron 2016.
- ^ Diehl 2007, p. 176.
- ^ Diehl 2007, p. 181.
- ^ Moyer 2007.
Sources
[edit]Book chapters
[edit]- Diehl, Matt (2007). My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion–How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 9780312337810.
- Hannon, Sharon M. (2010). "Punk in the New Century". Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313364563.
News and magazine articles
[edit]- Cameron, Mac (September 6, 2016). "7 Music podcasts to make your commute tolerable". Podcast Playlist. CBC Radio. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- Caramanica, Jon (August 18, 2008). "The Gaslight Anthem Performs at the Knitting Factory". The New York Times. Gale A183293093. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- Martens, Todd (July 1, 2006). "Punknews makes news: push is on for Chicago band Ryan's Hope". Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 26. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Google Books.
- Moyer, Matthew (November 1, 2007). "The Filth and the Fury 101". Library Journal. Vol. 132, no. 18. ProQuest 196814644.
- Pakinkis, Tom (August 28, 2012). "BuzzMedia makes more music media acquisitions". Music Week. Gale A324982094. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- Rys, Dan (August 27, 2012). "BuzzMedia Purchases Four New Sites, Creates AbsoluteVoices Punk Music Collective". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- Sanchez, George B. (November 5, 2003). "White Punks on Warner Bros". East Bay Express. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- Staudter, Thomas (September 1, 2002). "Move Over, Old Timers". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- Tomcho, Sandy (July 26, 2002). "Signing with Epitaph, getting Warped". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
Websites
[edit]- "Happy New Year!". Punknews.org. January 1, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.