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Power Violence is cancelled. No new power violence bands allowed for 5 years. (2026)

And practically overnight an entire era of rock music was deemed “uncool”. I literally watched programmers pull CDs that days before were in heavy rotation out of the radio studios. Unlike anything I’ve seen before or since in 43 years in the biz. Proud to say I kept playing ALL rock regardless of the trends or stigma. And still do.

Power Violence is cancelled. No new power violence bands allowed for 5 years. (2026)

The Ramones are just evidence that you can do nothing innovative at all but be praised as trailblazers by the music press if you are in the right place at the right time and marketed right

Our official map of the best hardcore band from every U.S. state. kerrang.com/features/the-uni…

Trump wasn’t on the list, if he was, the left would have released it 10 years ago instead of the Russia hoax. However, Trump campaigning and suddenly switching up on the Epstein files tells me someone else is. Frankly, I don’t care, I want it released.

Thank God for punk rock and hard-core music

One of the weirder American traits for me is how they’ll say “June one” or “December twelve” instead of “June first” and “December twelfth”.